Comparison

Messages From The Light vs Misunderstood Deities

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

Head to head
About

Messages From The Light

Discover daily inspiration and guidance through over 50 original oil paintings and contemplative messages. Explore card spreads for deeper reflection or simply browse the gallery for moments of stillness and clarity.

Highlights
  • 50+ original oil paintings
  • Daily card inspiration
  • Quick Draw single card reading
  • 3-card spread for reflection
  • Gallery browsing
  • Meditative background music
  • Premium features for deeper readings
Features
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Messages from the Light — Meditation Cards A luminous, meditative experience built around the original artwork of artist Joyce Huntington. Discover daily inspiration through 50+ beautiful oil paintings that emerged from Joyce’s dreamwork and meditation practice. Each card carries a message for contemplation — a moment of stillness, clarity, and connection. Whether you need grounding, guidance, or a spark of creativity, this app offers a peaceful space to return to again and again. HOW TO USE THE APP You can approach Messages from the Light in whatever way feels right to you: • Check your Daily Card with a message to guide your mood, intention, or meditation. • Use the Quick Draw to receive a single image and message. • Explore a 3-card spread for deeper reflection and insight. • Browse the gallery freely and sit with any image that draws you in. Each card comes with a single word and short text to support contemplation, without rigid interpretation. Gentle meditative music plays throughout the app, creating a calm atmosphere while you explore the art and messages. PREMIUM FEATURES For those who wish to go deeper, the premium version offers: • A 5-card spread for more expansive readings • The ability to create custom spread layouts • Save readings and add personal notes or reflections ABOUT THE ARTIST Joyce Huntington is a visionary artist whose work springs from inner exploration guided by the Light. The artwork in this app is drawn from her original oil paintings, created over many years through meditation and dreams.

About

Misunderstood Deities

Explore sixty guardian figures from global traditions, reframed from historical misinterpretations to reveal their true teachings. Each deity includes a familiar counterpart for easier connection. Enjoy daily draws and a comprehensive field guide without ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • Sixty global guardian figures
  • Reframed historical interpretations
  • Daily sacred draw
  • Comprehensive Field Guide
  • Familiar twin connections
  • No ads or data collection
Features
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Misunderstood Deities is a card draw app for anyone who has felt labeled, reduced, or pushed into a costume that never fit. Sixty guardian figures from traditions across the world, each one introduced through the misreading history gave them and the teaching they were carrying the whole time. Every card includes a familiar twin, a named figure from closer to home, so the bridge back is short. No streaks, no push notifications, no data collection. Free to draw every card. A portion of optional gratitude jar support goes to the Parliament of the World's Religions. WHAT YOU GET Sixty deities from thirteen traditions including Hindu, Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, Japanese, Yoruba, Mesopotamian, Slavic, Aztec, Andean, Afro Brazilian, and Alpine folk. Yamaraj, Kali, Hecate, Hades, Loki, Baba Yaga, Anubis, Lilith, Ereshkigal, Fenrir, Sekhmet, Eshu, Oya, Mictlantecuhtli, Xolotl, Krampus, and more. Each one written with scholarly sources cited. HOW IT WORKS One sacred draw per day. The rest of the time, browse the Field Guide. Bookmark the ones you want to sit with. Every entry carries the reframe, the teaching, the reflection, the source, and the familiar twin. WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND No streaks. No push notifications. No dark patterns. No data collection. No ads. No retention hooks. Just the deities, as scholarship actually describes them, for people who got taught the cartoon version and want the real one. THE GRATITUDE JAR Four optional tiers. Offering, Garland, Temple, Pilgrimage. Tips only. Nothing is locked behind them. A portion goes to the Parliament of the World's Religions, an organization that has gathered leaders from living traditions since 1893 to practice the kind of listening this app is trying to point at. A note from Drew: I am not a scholar. I am a person who reads, and who asked actual scholars and practitioners to check my work. If I got something wrong in your tradition, please write me. I would rather fix it than be right.

Screenshots

Messages From The Light4 screens
Misunderstood Deities4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Messages From The Light at every 5 days against Misunderstood Deities's monthly. Messages From The Light also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Messages From The Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Misunderstood Deities sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Messages From The Light against 5.0 for Misunderstood Deities. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Messages From The Light has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Messages From The Light ships an update every 5 days, Misunderstood Deities monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Messages From The Light versus Misunderstood Deities: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMessages From The LightMisunderstood Deities
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB164 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJoyce StanekDrew Douglass

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Messages From The Light

One-time1
  • Messages From The Light$9.99
4 purchases

Misunderstood Deities

One-time4
  • Offering$1.99
  • Garland$4.99
  • Temple$9.99
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  • Pilgrimage$19.99

Questions

Is Messages From The Light free?
Messages From The Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Misunderstood Deities free?
Misunderstood Deities is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Messages From The Light or Misunderstood Deities?
Misunderstood Deities is rated higher. Messages From The Light averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Misunderstood Deities averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Messages From The Light or Misunderstood Deities have ads?
Neither Messages From The Light nor Misunderstood Deities shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Messages From The Light or Misunderstood Deities?
Messages From The Light ships an update every 5 days, and Misunderstood Deities monthly. Most recently, Messages From The Light was updated on October 24, 2026 and Misunderstood Deities on October 20, 2026.

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