Comparison

NCEA Events vs Openlight Media Plus

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

Head to head
About

NCEA Events

Access schedules, presentations, and speaker information for NCEA conferences. Enhance your learning by taking notes and drawing directly on presentation slides within the app.

Highlights
  • View conference schedules
  • Access presentation details
  • See speaker information
  • Take notes on slides
  • Draw directly on slides
Features
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The NCEA Events mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, and speaker details from the NCEA conferences. Users can also take notes adjacent available presentation slides and draw directly on slides inside the event apps.

About

Openlight Media Plus

Access a comprehensive library of faith-based educational content for all ages. Learn about virtues, the Catholic faith, and personal well-being through engaging video, audio, and text lessons. Track your progress and stay updated with new releases.

Highlights
  • Full content library access
  • Mobile-formatted lessons (video, audio, text)
  • Progress tracking and start/stop playback
  • Content for elementary, middle, high school, and adults
  • Focus on virtues and Christian anthropology
  • Push notifications for new releases
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Openlight Media is the media apostolate of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since 2013, our flagship framework, Disciple of Christ, Education in Virtue, has been trusted by 13 (arch)dioceses, 850+ schools, and educators in 89+ countries worldwide. Now the full library comes with you. With the Openlight Media Plus app, everything you love lives in one place. Access your courses anytime, from anywhere, and learn when it works best for you: at home, in the classroom, or on your commute. Video, audio, and text lessons are all formatted for mobile, and progress tracking with start-and-stop playback means you never lose your place. Turn on push notifications to stay in the loop on new releases. Explore programs for every age and stage: Elementary. Cultivating the Virtues introduces the youngest learners to the Kerygma, the sacraments, and 28 virtues through story, saints, and Scripture. Upper Elementary. Secure in Grace and Daily Virtue invite students to know and participate in their own neurodevelopment, pairing virtue with neuroscience, saints, and simple SEL strategies. Middle and High School. Arise, Virtue Explorer, the Life of Christ Companion Series, Uplifted: What Makes You Happy?, and Vice to Virtue help adolescents navigate identity, emotions, and faith with confidence. Our award-winning Virtue Field Guide (National Indie Excellence 2024 winner and Benjamin Franklin 2024 silver winner) empowers teens to explore the world of the virtues. Adult Formation. Grow alongside those you teach with the Education in Virtue mini-series, Learn the Virtues, Raised in Grace: Made for Wholeness, and the Still Point of Grace audio reflections. Millions have met the Sisters through the viral Dominican Sisters Open Mic podcast, drawn in by their joy, wit, and witness to the faith. Openlight Media Plus is where that same spirit becomes formation you can carry with you, deepening your walk with Christ day by day. Rooted in Christian anthropology, the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, and modern neuroscience, Openlight Media integrates timeless virtue with the science of how we're made. Students and adults learn what virtue looks like and sounds like, and how to nurture mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being at every age. Download the Openlight Media Plus app today, and take your formation with you.

Screenshots

NCEA Events4 screens
Openlight Media Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NCEA Events at 4.9 against Openlight Media Plus's 2.0. NCEA Events also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). Openlight Media Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Openlight Media Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NCEA Events asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NCEA Events holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NCEA Events ships an update every 3 months, Openlight Media Plus every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NCEA Events versus Openlight Media Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNCEA EventsOpenlight Media Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNational Catholic Educational AssociationOpenlight Media, Inc.

Customer experience

NCEA Events

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Openlight Media Plus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

NCEA Events

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Openlight Media Plus

One-time1
  • Uplifted: What Makes You Happy?$39.00

Questions

Is NCEA Events free?
NCEA Events is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Openlight Media Plus free?
Openlight Media Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NCEA Events or Openlight Media Plus?
NCEA Events is rated higher. NCEA Events averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Openlight Media Plus averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do NCEA Events or Openlight Media Plus have ads?
Neither NCEA Events nor Openlight Media Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NCEA Events or Openlight Media Plus?
NCEA Events ships an update every 3 months, and Openlight Media Plus every 9 days. Most recently, NCEA Events was updated on October 24, 2026 and Openlight Media Plus on October 29, 2026.

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