Comparison

Tempora Romae vs Interior Castle

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

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About

Tempora Romae

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What day is it in the Roman calendar? Tempora Romae shows you. See today's date as the Romans wrote it, with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus. Browse a full monthly calendar in authentic Roman format, complete with day names in Latin. The app uses your location to calculate temporal hours: the variable length hours the Romans actually used, divided equally between sunrise and sunset. Watch them tick on a sundial visualisation. Free features: • Roman date with Kalendae, Nonae, and Idus • Monthly calendar view • Latin day names • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Apple Watch app and date complication • Roman holidays and festivals • Day classification (dies fasti, nefasti, comitiales) • Nundinae (market day cycle) Tempora Romae Pro (one time purchase): • Temporal hours with sundial • 16 civil day periods, from Media Nox to Concubia Nox • Military night watches (Vigiliae) of the Roman legions • Roman wind rose with classical wind names • A.U.C. year (Ab Urbe Condita, from the founding of Rome) • Julian calendar mode • Day starts at sunrise option • Additional widgets and watch complications No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Just Rome.

About

Interior Castle

This bilingual Catholic devotional guides users through St. Teresa of Ávila's "Las Moradas" over 30 days. It offers daily readings, reflections, and a unique "Quietud" prayer practice. Additional year-long retreats and personal practice tools are available via subscription.

Highlights
  • Bilingual Spanish & English text
  • 30-day retreat through seven mansions
  • Quietud silent prayer practice
  • Year-long devotional retreats
  • Retreat journal and prayer tracker (subscription)
  • Library of St. Teresa's writings
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INTERIOR CASTLE — A YEAR WITH SAINT TERESA OF ÁVILA A bilingual Catholic devotional rooted in Las Moradas, Saint Teresa of Ávila's masterwork on the soul as a castle of crystal with seven mansions. Built with the care that sacred texts deserve. — THE 30-DAY RETREAT Walk the seven mansions over thirty days, six gentle steps each day: a verse, a reading, the Quietud (Teresa's prayer of quiet), a colloquy, and a closing reflection. About twenty-five minutes a day, at your own hour. You set the pace. The text is Teresa's autograph 1577 Spanish, paired with the Stanbrook Abbey 1911 English translation — both public-domain Catholic patrimony. — THE QUIETUD Teresa's oración de quietud, drawn from Camino de Perfección chapters 26 through 29 and Las Moradas IV: not breathwork, not generic meditation — just looking at the Christ who looks at you ("Mira que te mira"). Five to fifteen minutes of silence, with a rotating Teresian anchor word for each session. — YEAR-LONG, NOT THIRTY DAYS After the first walk through the castle, five more retreats unfold across the year: • El Camino — through The Way of Perfection • Con María — Marian devotion in Teresa's voice • Los Carmelitas — the great Carmelite saints • Los Salmos — the psalms Teresa prayed • Año con Teresa — a slow year through her letters You can also re-walk the castle as many times as you wish. — BILINGUAL — SPANISH & ENGLISH You choose which language leads; the other stays visible underneath. Teresa's mansion names, source citations, and traditional prayers (the Salve, the Sub Tuum, the Padre Nuestro) stay in Spanish either way — because that is what she wrote. — WHAT'S FREE — ALWAYS Everything devotional in the app is free and stays free: • The 30-day retreat through the seven mansions • All readings from Las Moradas • The Quietud silent prayer • The five optional retreats • The library of Teresa's writings • Daily prayer + the bilingual treatment — THE SUBSCRIPTION For those who want the personal-practice tools, an optional subscription unlocks: • Your retreat journal — write your reflections, day by day • The prayer tracker — gently see your year unfold The subscription is what keeps our small studio alive enough to keep building. — ABOUT THE STUDIO Sanctified Souls is a small Catholic studio building apps that serve the faithful — prayer, liturgy, the saints — with the care that sacred texts deserve. Every word, every citation, every date is verified before it ships. — A QUIET NOTE No analytics. No tracking. No advertising. Everything you write in your journal stays on your device. We never see it. Terms of Service :: https://www.sanctifiedsouls.net/terms Privacy Policy :: https://www.sanctifiedsouls.net/privacy

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Tempora Romae4 screens
Interior Castle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tempora Romae at 3 against Interior Castle's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Tempora Romae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Interior Castle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tempora Romae versus Interior Castle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTempora RomaeInterior Castle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperØyvind BergetQUINTILIAN LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tempora Romae

One-time1
  • Tempora Romae Senator$3.99
2 purchases

Interior Castle

Subscriptions2
  • Interior Castle Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Interior Castle Annual7 Days trial$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Tempora Romae free?
Tempora Romae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interior Castle free?
Interior Castle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tempora Romae or Interior Castle have ads?
Neither Tempora Romae nor Interior Castle shows ads.

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