Comparison

LubDub vs Saintly

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

Head to head
About

LubDub

Features
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LubDub empowers individuals to take a proactive approach to a better lifestyle. Using your iPhone’s built-in microphone, the app captures heart sounds (phonocardiograms) and applies smart filtering to highlight the “lub-dub” rhythm of your heartbeat. If you are simply curious about your cardiac rhythm, LubDub makes it easy to record, listen, and reflect on your heart sounds — right from your chest, without any extra devices.

About

Saintly

Features
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Saintly: Daily Catholic Prayer, Saints, and Virtue Saintly is a Catholic devotional app designed to make daily prayer and formation simple, beautiful, and consistent. Built around the rhythm of the Church, Saintly helps you pray with focus, learn from the saints, and build practical daily habits. What You’ll Find • Daily saints and feast days with short insights and life stories. • Catholic Bible access and daily readings for prayerful Scripture time. • A focused prayer library with clean, distraction-free prayer cards. • Virtues made practical with concrete ways to live them each day. • Routine plans to turn intentions into simple, repeatable actions. • Journalling to track your practice over time. • Gentle reminders and personal settings (including text size) to support consistency. Designed for Prayer, Not Noise •No social feeds. •No pressure to perform. •No clutter. Just a calm, contemplative space to pray and return daily. Whether you are beginning a habit of prayer or deepening an existing one, Saintly supports a steady, thoughtful approach to Catholic devotional life. Language Availability Notice Saintly is available in multiple languages. Localised content is currently generated from the original English using automated translation tools and may occasionally include minor inaccuracies or awkward phrasing. Bible content is currently available in English. Terms of Use (EULA) This app uses Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LubDub4 screens
Saintly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LubDub at none against Saintly's 2. Saintly's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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. Saintly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. LubDub asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
LubDub versus Saintly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLubDubSaintly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB176 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnupinder SinghLuke Macmillan

In-app purchases

None

LubDub

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Saintly

Subscriptions2
  • Saintly Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Saintly Annual$4.991 Year

Questions

Is LubDub free?
LubDub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saintly free?
Saintly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LubDub or Saintly have ads?
Neither LubDub nor Saintly shows ads.

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