Come Aside vs Stillbead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Come Aside
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Not sure how to pray today? Tell Come Aside what you're carrying and receive a prayer and a Scripture verse for it. Then pray with the day's Mass readings, pray the Rosary bead by bead, or keep a line in your journal. Come Aside follows the liturgical calendar and keeps the prayers and lines you save. When you want more Scripture, Bible Scroll gives you 24 short passages a day for free. Plus keeps the scroll going and shows more from the books you pick. Friends and Held in Prayer are free. Share a kept line or a prayer with people you choose, ask for prayer and pray for others, with screening, reporting and blocking. These need an account and are for ages 18 and up. Come Aside Plus adds guided reviews, devotions such as novenas and simple fasts, spoken reflections, prayer songs from saved reviews, optional AI suggestions, Prayer Lock and the home screen widget. If you set up Prayer Lock or the widget before they joined Plus, they keep working. Prayer Lock pauses the apps you choose at your prayer times, using Apple's Screen Time permission. Your choices stay on your device, and you can end a pause at any time. Your journal is free. The daily readings, the reflection, the day's question and the Rosary are free. Private sync is free when you sign in. Optional AI suggestions use only the text you choose and are saved only when you accept them. Export, deletion, support and Restore Purchases are always available. Plus is an auto-renewable subscription. The App Store purchase sheet shows your local price and any free trial you're eligible for before you confirm. Manage it in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://comeaside.app/privacy
Stillbead
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Stillbead is a quiet digital rosary designed to help you pray bead by bead on iPhone and Apple Watch. New to the Rosary? The app shows the name and full text of the current prayer and guides you through what comes next. Once you are familiar with the prayers, switch to Prayer Focus Mode to show only the prayer name and count. Key Features - Complete 59-bead Rosary flow with full prayer texts - Automatic selection of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, or Glorious Mysteries based on the day - Choose any Mystery manually - Drag and tap controls on iPhone - Digital Crown, drag, and tap controls on Apple Watch - Subtle haptics for each bead and optional sound effects - Prayer progress sync between iPhone and Apple Watch - Right- and left-handed layouts - Save presets for your own prayer sequences - Option to prevent the screen from locking while praying - Support for 8 languages - VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support - No ads, accounts, analytics, or tracking - Prayer progress and settings are stored on your device All prayer features are free. The optional βFull Style Collectionβ unlocks additional materials and colors such as pearl, onyx, lapis, and glass, along with more bead shapes, chains, cords, and crucifix styles through a single non-consumable purchase. All prayer and Apple Watch features remain fully available without a purchase. Stillbead is an independently developed digital prayer aid and is not affiliated with the Vatican, any diocese, or any official Catholic organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stillbead at none against Come Aside's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Come Aside sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Stillbead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Come Aside | Stillbead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | β |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chisha Kafuli | ironwhy |
In-app purchases
Come Aside
- Come Aside Plus Weekly$9.997 Days
- Come Aside Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Come Aside Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Stillbead
- Complete Style Collection$2.99





