Comparison

Virtue guide vs Steady Stoic

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

Head to head
About

Virtue guide

Features
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Virtue Guide is a personal growth companion inspired by Stoic philosophy. Engage in thoughtful conversations with some of history’s greatest minds, including Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus. Designed for modern life, Virtue Guide helps you reflect, develop character, and navigate challenges with greater clarity and purpose. Features: • Conversations with Stoic mentors • Daily wisdom and reflections • Personal growth tracking • Guided exercises and journaling prompts • Wisdom collection and favorite insights • Personalized learning paths Whether you are facing uncertainty, seeking self-knowledge, or simply looking to live with greater intention, Virtue Guide provides practical wisdom for everyday life. Know thyself. Build character. Follow your inner compass.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily Stoic lessons
  • Weekly themed content
  • Full Stoic library access
  • Audio readings of lessons
  • Private note-taking
  • Offline reading capability
  • Home-screen widget
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Virtue guide4 screens
Steady Stoic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Virtue guide at 15.1 against Steady Stoic's 17.6. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Virtue guide versus Steady Stoic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtue guideSteady Stoic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduard KorporaalJeffrey Goodwin

In-app purchases

None

Virtue guide

No in-app purchases

None

Steady Stoic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virtue guide free?
Virtue guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steady Stoic free?
Steady Stoic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Virtue guide or Steady Stoic have ads?
Neither Virtue guide nor Steady Stoic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtue guide or Steady Stoic?
Virtue guide ships an update every 9 days, and Steady Stoic every 9 days. Most recently, Virtue guide was updated on October 1, 2026 and Steady Stoic on October 1, 2026.

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