Comparison

Pelican+ vs Patriot+

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

Head to head
About

Pelican+

A faith-safe digital sanctuary for Traditional Catholic families, offering a personalized content library with e-books, audiobooks, and podcasts. It supports Catholic creators and provides trusted media for prayer, learning, and devotion, free from secular ads.

Highlights
  • Personalized content library
  • Cross-device progress syncing
  • E-book highlighting and note-taking
  • Premium podcasts, video blogs, ebooks, audiobooks, articles
  • Content for prayer, learning, and devotion
  • Films, documentaries, and children's programming (coming soon)
Features
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Pelican+ is a faith-safe digital sanctuary for Traditional Catholic families. Subscribe to get access to account-based features such as a personalized content library, picking up where you left off across devices, and e-book highlighting and note-taking as well as premium media such as podcasts, video blogs, ebooks, audiobooks, and articles to inspire prayer, learning, and devotion. Rooted in Sacred Tradition and free from secular ads or distractions, Pelican+ supports Catholic creators while providing content families can trust. With films, documentaries, and children’s programming coming soon, Pelican+ is growing into the most complete Catholic media experience—bringing beauty, reverence, and truth to your daily life. Terms of service: https://app.pelicanplus.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://app.pelicanplus.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

Patriot+

Explore U.S. history daily with bite-sized facts and trivia. Test your knowledge, track historical sites, and enjoy mini-games. Stay connected to American heritage with convenient widgets and notifications.

Highlights
  • Daily U.S. history facts
  • Daily trivia questions
  • Streak tracking
  • Historical site bucket list
  • Arcade-style mini-games
  • Home screen widgets
  • Daily notifications
Features
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A daily dose of American history, right in your pocket. Every day, Patriot+ surfaces a piece of U.S. history that happened on this date — from pivotal battles and landmark legislation to forgotten firsts and the people who shaped the nation. Daily Trivia Multiple-choice questions every day. Answer correctly to build your streak. Miss a day and it resets — so make it a habit! Today in History What happened on this exact date across centuries of American history? Each entry is pulled from real events and written to be fast, readable, and worth remembering. Streak Tracking Your daily streak keeps you honest and coming back. Build the habit or lose the streak. Games Take a break with Smoky Trails, Lunar Lander, and Grand Slam — three arcade-style mini games with leaderboards to compete against friends. Widgets & Notifications Put Today in History, your streak, or the daily trivia question on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Enable morning notifications and let history find you. Built for curious Americans, history students, trivia lovers, and anyone who wants to feel a little more connected to the country they live in.

Screenshots

Pelican+4 screens
Patriot+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Patriot+ at none against Pelican+'s 4. Patriot+ also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Pelican+'s advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Pelican+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Patriot+ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pelican+ against 5.0 for Patriot+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pelican+ has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Pelican+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Patriot+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pelican+ versus Patriot+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPelican+Patriot+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (32 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB13 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPious Pelican Media, LLCNopri, LLC

Customer experience

Pelican+

All ratings32 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

Patriot+

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pelican+

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Basic Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly$199.991 Year
None

Patriot+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pelican+ free?
Pelican+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patriot+ free?
Patriot+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pelican+ or Patriot+?
Patriot+ is rated higher. Pelican+ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Patriot+ averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pelican+ or Patriot+ have ads?
Neither Pelican+ nor Patriot+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pelican+ or Patriot+?
Pelican+ ships an update every 2 months, and Patriot+ every 2 months. Most recently, Pelican+ was updated on November 5, 2026 and Patriot+ on October 31, 2026.

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