Comparison

Saint Steps vs Live InVero

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Saint Steps

This app uses psychological principles and church resources to help users break bad habits and cultivate virtue. It offers features like habit tracking, quick temptation escape, daily spiritual content, and customizable tools to support personal growth.

Highlights
  • Virtue and habit tracking
  • Temptation escape feature
  • Daily spiritual content
  • Customizable panic button
  • Fasting timer for habits
Features
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Break the cycle. Build virtue. Become free. Saint Steps is a Catholic formation app designed to help men overcome pornography and rebuild their lives through discipline, truth, and grace. Instead of relying on willpower alone, Saint Steps gives you a structured system that trains your mind, strengthens your habits, and restores control. Built on the teachings of Thomas Aquinas, the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, and modern psychology through a Catholic lens, Saint Steps is designed to reforge your mind, heart, and soul. Developed for men who are serious about change, Saint Steps combines daily formation, behavioral psychology, and proven spiritual practices to help you break the cycle for good. What you can do with Saint Steps: • Follow a structured 6-month formation regimen designed to eliminate relapse and build the virtue of temperance through daily action • Track your progress with the Grace Streak and build real momentum toward lasting freedom • Stop urges in real time with the Panic Button, using personalized images, prayers, and reminders • Begin and end each day with guided meditations, scripture, and formation content • Reflect daily with a guided examination of conscience to stay aligned and accountable • Train discipline through intentional fasting, habit tracking and action based habit formation. Why Saint Steps works: • Built as a system, not motivation. You don’t need to guess what to do each day • Combines Catholic truth with proven psychological principles of habit formation • Designed for daily use, helping you build temperance through consistent action • Focuses on transformation, not just behavior control Whether you are trying to quit pornography, regain control of your life, or build real discipline, Saint Steps gives you the structure and direction most men never have. Start your path to freedom today. Terms of Service: https://saintsteps.com/policies/terms-of-service

About

Live InVero

This app offers a peaceful space for Catholic prayer, scripture reading, and building spiritual disciplines. It features prayer intentions, habit tracking, and offline Bible access with journaling prompts. Designed for presence, it provides a distraction-free, reverent experience.

Highlights
  • Prayer intentions with answered prayer tracking
  • Flexible spiritual disciplines and habit tracking
  • Offline Douay-Rheims Bible
  • Daily scripture on home screen
  • Reflective journaling with AI insights
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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InVero is a peaceful, contemplative home for your Catholic prayer life. It is built to disappear into the background so you can be present with God — no noise, no gamification, no pressure. Just prayer, Scripture, and the quiet work of holy discipline. PRAYER INTENTIONS Hold the people and needs on your heart before God. Write your intentions, mark them as prayed, and return to them day after day. When a prayer is answered, note it and give thanks — a gentle record of God's faithfulness over time. HOLY DISCIPLINES Build a rule of life that fits the season you are in. Track daily habits, work toward goals, or commit to a single act. InVero favors grace over perfection: every day is a fresh invitation, never a broken streak to mourn. SCRIPTURE, ALWAYS WITH YOU Read the Bible offline anywhere — the full Douay-Rheims (Challoner) translation is bundled right in the app. Highlight verses that speak to you, keep private notes, and let a rotating verse meet you on the home screen each day. DAILY REFLECTION A quiet space to sit with your prayer and notice where God is moving. Optional AI-assisted insights help you reflect without ever replacing your own words or your relationship with the Lord. DESIGNED FOR PRESENCE InVero draws its inspiration from the calm of native iOS apps — clean, minimal, and reverent. Full dark mode, thoughtful typography, and a distraction-free interface keep the focus where it belongs: on prayer. - Prayer intentions with answered-prayer tracking - Flexible disciplines: habits, goals, and one-time commitments - Offline Douay-Rheims Bible with highlights and notes - Daily Scripture on your home screen - Reflective journaling with optional insights - Beautiful dark mode - Your data stays on your device InVero means "in truth." Come as you are, and grow in the presence of God — one prayer, one day, one small faithful step at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Saint Steps4 screens
Live InVero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Saint Steps at 379 against Live InVero's 2. Saint Steps also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Saint Steps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Live InVero sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Saint Steps against 5.0 for Live InVero. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saint Steps has 379 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Saint Steps versus Live InVero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaint StepsLive InVero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (379 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings379 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB62 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSaint Steps LLCJayson Boyce

Customer experience

Saint Steps

All ratings347 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative10.3%

Live InVero

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Saint Steps

Subscriptions3
  • One Month$9.991 Month
  • Six month Subscription$39.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$69.991 Year
4 purchases

Live InVero

Subscriptions4
  • Coffee$2.991 Month
  • Lunch$9.991 Month
  • Gym Membership$14.991 Month
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  • Study Bible$24.991 Month

Questions

Is Saint Steps free?
Saint Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live InVero free?
Live InVero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Saint Steps or Live InVero?
Live InVero is rated higher. Saint Steps averages 4.9 out of 5 from 379 ratings, while Live InVero averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Saint Steps or Live InVero have ads?
Neither Saint Steps nor Live InVero shows ads.

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