Comparison

devo vs Sanctus

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

Head to head
About

devo

Engage in daily Bible reflection with close friends. Write your thoughts on a verse before seeing others' insights, fostering genuine connection without social media pressures. Track your spiritual growth with a unique tree-building feature.

Highlights
  • Daily verse reflection
  • Friend-based sharing
  • Private journaling
  • Growth tree tracker
  • Meaningful reactions and comments
  • Group creation
Features
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devo is a daily quiet time you keep with your closest friends. Read today's verse. Write what you noticed. Then, and only then, your friends' reflections unlock. No silent reading: they can't see yours until they've written their own either. The gate works the same for everyone. No likes. No follower counts. No algorithm. No public feed. Just the people you've chosen, and what today's verse stirred in them. How it works • Write your reflection on today's verse. Attach a photo of your notebook if you want. • Choose who sees it: all your friends, a specific group, or just yourself. • Your friends' reflections show up after yours does. • Your tree grows on the days you show up. One missed day is fine. Two in a row and it withers, and that season is remembered in your past trees, not erased. • React with a small set of meaningful responses, comment, and mention friends to bring them into a reflection. • Look back through your archive any time. Groups, when you want them Friends are the core. Groups are optional: a study group, a family thread, accountability partners. Share a join code and they're in. Who it's for Anyone who has tried posting a verse to a story full of strangers, or journaling alone until one busy week quietly ends the habit. devo sits in between: reflection with the people who actually know you, and a reason to come back tomorrow. Privacy We don't sell your data. We don't run ads. We don't track you across the internet. Your reflections are visible only to the audience you choose. If you use contacts to find friends, we never store your contact list, only your matches. Free. No paywall, no subscription, no ads. Just the practice.

About

Sanctus

Deepen your Catholic faith with daily readings, prayers, and devotions. Access a guided rosary, lives of saints, and traditional prayers. Connect with a community to share requests and pray together.

Highlights
  • Daily liturgy and Gospel readings
  • Guided rosary with daily mysteries
  • Profiles of over 130 saints
  • Traditional prayers and novenas
  • Catholic community for prayer requests
  • Bible for reading and meditation
Features
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Sanctus brings together everything you need to live and deepen your Catholic faith, in a beautiful and simple app. BIBLE & LITURGY - Holy Bible to read and meditate - Daily liturgy: each day's readings and Gospel SAINTS & DEVOTIONS - Over 130 saints, with their lives, prayers and examples of faith - Verse and reflection of the day ROSARY & PRAYERS - Guided rosary, step by step, with each day's mysteries - Several rosaries and chaplets (Divine Mercy, St. Joseph and more) - 27 novenas and dozens of traditional prayers - Devotionals: Stations of the Cross, Examination of Conscience, Lectio Divina, Angelus CATHOLIC COMMUNITY - Share prayer requests and testimonies - Pray together: say "amen", comment and take part - Topic groups and messages between members In Portuguese, English and Spanish. PREMIUM Prayer and devotional content is free. The Premium subscription unlocks the full community (post, comment, groups, messages), the full liturgy and the Bible. - Monthly: $4.99 / Yearly: $39.99 - 1 month free for new subscribers Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel in your App Store Settings. Privacy Policy: https://sanctusrc.netlify.app/privacidade.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://sanctusrc.netlify.app/termos.html May God bless your journey.

Screenshots

devo4 screens
Sanctus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: devo at none against Sanctus's 2. devo also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). Sanctus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Sanctus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. devo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for devo against 5.0 for Sanctus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: devo has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

devo ships an update every 8 days, Sanctus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
devo versus Sanctus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdevoSanctus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB11 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKyuchan HanMARCELLO DE SOUZA PEREIRA

Customer experience

devo

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sanctus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

devo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sanctus

Subscriptions2
  • Sanctus Premium (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Sanctus Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is devo free?
devo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sanctus free?
Sanctus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, devo or Sanctus?
devo and Sanctus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do devo or Sanctus have ads?
Neither devo nor Sanctus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, devo or Sanctus?
devo ships an update every 8 days, and Sanctus every 3 days. Most recently, devo was updated on October 9, 2026 and Sanctus on October 11, 2026.

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