Comparison

Steady Stoic vs Heartword

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

Head to head
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.

About

Heartword

Features
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Know it by heart. Live it by heart. Heartword is a thoughtful Scripture memorization practice designed to help the words stay with you. Short daily sessions guide you through a proven learning sequence: • Discover — read for meaning, structure, and rhythm • Rebuild — reconstruct the verse through active recall • Complete — retrieve missing words with helpful context • Recall — type or recite the full verse from memory • Return — review near the point of forgetting Heartword adapts review timing based on your recall, helping you strengthen difficult verses without turning your spiritual practice into pressure. FEATURES • Typed and optional spoken recall • Adaptive spaced review • Personal verse library • Custom verse entry • Mastery progress, daily rhythm, and streaks • Optional local practice reminders • World English Bible Updated at launch PRIVACY FIRST No account is required. Your progress, custom verses, preferences, and reminder schedule remain on your device in the current release. Heartword contains no advertising, third-party analytics, or cross-app tracking. Heartword is a memorization aid. Verify custom verse wording against a trusted Bible source.

Screenshots

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Heartword4 screens

Verdict

The call

Steady Stoic and Heartword are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Steady Stoic ships an update every 9 days, Heartword every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Steady Stoic versus Heartword: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteady StoicHeartword
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey GoodwinTimeTells Innovations LLC

In-app purchases

None

Steady Stoic

No in-app purchases

None

Heartword

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steady Stoic free?
Steady Stoic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heartword free?
Heartword is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steady Stoic or Heartword have ads?
Neither Steady Stoic nor Heartword shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steady Stoic or Heartword?
Steady Stoic ships an update every 9 days, and Heartword every 2 weeks. Most recently, Steady Stoic was updated on October 1, 2026 and Heartword on October 10, 2026.

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