Becoming Stoic vs Steady Stoic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Becoming Stoic
This app offers a structured curriculum to learn and practice Stoic philosophy. It includes daily lessons, real-world challenges, guided journaling, and a collection of quotes from ancient thinkers to foster resilience and inner peace.
- Structured multi-month curriculum
- Daily lessons and real-world challenges
- Guided Stoic journaling
- 230+ curated quotes from Stoic thinkers
- Widgets and Live Activities
- Smart, progress-timed reminders
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Becoming Stoic is your personal guide to ancient wisdom that still works today. Through a structured, year-long curriculum, you'll learn practical Stoic philosophy and build habits that lead to a calmer, more resilient life. FOUR FULL COURSES OF STOIC WISDOM Progress through Foundations, Intermediate, Advanced, and Mastery courses with 361 lessons drawn from the greatest Stoic thinkers. Each day brings a new lesson designed to build on the last, taking you from beginner to lifelong practitioner, from Stoic logic and the path of the sage to money, work, family, health, and mortality. Choose a learning path that fits your goal - whether that's finding inner peace, building mental toughness, leading with wisdom, or living with purpose. START FREE Begin your journey with your first three days of lessons, full access to philosopher profiles, 230+ curated quotes, journaling, and content browsing. Ready for more? Unlock Premium to continue your curriculum and access all daily challenges. DAILY PRACTICE Put philosophy into action with 12 real-world challenges, from a 7-day meditation practice to the 30-Day Stoic Living challenge and the Sage Challenge. From morning reflections to evening gratitude exercises, these daily challenges help you live Stoicism, not just read about it. Track your streaks and watch your discipline grow. STOIC JOURNALING Reflect on your journey with guided journal prompts inspired by the Stoic tradition. Marcus Aurelius kept a journal. Seneca wrote letters every evening. Now it's your turn. DISCOVER STOIC WISDOM Explore 230+ quotes from ten legendary Stoic philosophers. Save your favorites, filter by philosopher, and find the words that resonate most. From Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Musonius Rufus, Cato the Younger, Hierocles, and Posidonius. LEARN FROM THE MASTERS Dive into the lives and ideas of ten of history's greatest Stoic thinkers. Understand their core teachings and see how their wisdom applies to modern life. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES Keep Stoic wisdom on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with beautiful widgets. Track active challenges with Live Activities so your practice stays front and center. SMART REMINDERS Receive thoughtful notifications that match where you are in the curriculum. Not generic alerts, but wisdom timed to your progress. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account or sign-up needed. Your journal entries and progress sync privately through your own iCloud account. Built by someone who believes philosophy should be practiced, not just studied. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://www.napitventures.com/apps/becoming-stoic/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.napitventures.com/apps/becoming-stoic/privacy
Steady Stoic
This app delivers daily Stoic philosophy lessons and practices, with a new theme each week. Access the full Stoic library, listen to readings, and keep your reflections private, all without an account or ads.
- Daily Stoic lessons
- Weekly themed content
- Full Stoic library access
- Audio readings of lessons
- Private note-taking
- Offline reading capability
- Home-screen widget
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Stoicism, in your pocket, and entirely yours. Make the Stoics part of your day. Steady Stoic turns their philosophy into a daily habit you'll actually keep: wisdom to read, hear, and live with two short lessons a day, refreshed with a new theme each week. No account, no sign-up, just open the app and begin. Nothing you do is tracked, and your notes never leave your phone. Two lessons every day: Steady Stoic gives you two short lessons each day — one in the morning, one in the afternoon. The morning brings a themed reflection to set your focus; the afternoon, a lesson on the Stoic concept behind it. Each takes only a few minutes, and a home-screen widget keeps the day's lesson a glance away. A new theme every week: Every week is built around a single Stoic theme and the core concept beneath it — what's in your control, mastering desire, accepting what happens, the shortness of life, and dozens more. Both of the week's lessons draw from that theme, so the days build on one another instead of arriving at random. The arc opens with the foundations and moves through a two-year cycle that never repeats the same way. The whole Stoic library: Read the classics in full: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Seneca's Letters, Epictetus's Discourses and Handbook, plus Musonius Rufus, Cicero, and more. Browse by author, work, or concept, and jump from any daily lesson straight to its source. Listen anywhere: Tap to hear passages and lessons read aloud in a warm, natural voice, on a walk or focusing with your eyes closed. Private by design: No account. No analytics. No ads. Your bookmarks and reflections are stored only on your phone. The app fetches lessons and texts over an encrypted connection without sending any personal information, and the library caches for offline reading. Marcus Aurelius wrote that the art of living is more like wrestling than dancing: you have to stand ready. Steady Stoic keeps this philosophy close and the practice simple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steady Stoic at none against Becoming Stoic's 2. Steady Stoic also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Becoming Stoic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Steady Stoic asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Becoming Stoic against 5.0 for Steady Stoic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Becoming Stoic ships an update every 3 weeks, Steady Stoic every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Becoming Stoic | Steady Stoic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jenesh Napit | Jeffrey Goodwin |
Customer experience
Becoming Stoic
Steady Stoic
In-app purchases
Becoming Stoic
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
Steady Stoic
No in-app purchases
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