NCEA Events vs Openlight Media Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View conference schedules
- Access presentation details
- See speaker information
- Take notes on slides
- Draw directly on slides
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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.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Openlight Media Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NCEA Events asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | NCEA Events | Openlight Media Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | 2.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Catholic Educational Association | Openlight Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
NCEA Events
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In-app purchases
NCEA Events
No in-app purchases
Openlight Media Plus
- Uplifted: What Makes You Happy?$39.00
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