Comparison

ACIM Remind vs SRF/YSS

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

Head to head
About

ACIM Remind

This app provides daily lessons and reminders for "A Course in Miracles" students. It includes customizable alerts, a journal for thoughts, meditation music, and a random lesson selector for spiritual guidance.

Highlights
  • Access to "Workbook for Students"
  • Customizable reminder alerts
  • Daily lesson journaling
  • Meditation music
  • Random lesson selector
  • Daily reminder text editing
Features
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The FOUNDATION FOR INNER PEACE, original publisher of "A Course in Miracles," has joined with CDE Solutions to bring you this app. Features include: - Access to the Course's full "Workbook for Students," - BUILT-IN REMINDER ALERTS: The alerts fully customizable and have also been conveniently preset with the specific text to be remembered for the day and the alert intervals suggested by the Course. - Journaling: The app will allow you to record your thoughts for each lesson in a journal. These journal entries will be saved to your device so that you can reflect on them throughout the year. - Music: You have your choice of very beautiful high-frequency meditation music to play from within the app. This feature has been added to help you meditate and focus upon the lessons. - Daily Reminder Text updates: You have the ability to edit the reminder text for the day. This is especially useful for lessons that ask you to fill in certain portions of the reminder text with your personal thoughts. - Random Button: Let’s say you are in a situation where you are needing some spiritual guidance. You can click the Random button and read the text for the lesson the gets randomly chosen as a way to get insight and guidance from the Holy Spirit. - #/365 button: If you with your lessons to correspond exactly to the day of the year, simply click this button and that lesson will be selected. - Reminder Setup Alerts: You have the option of having an additional alert go off ten minutes prior to your lesson start time that will remind you to select and setup your lesson for the day. This way you never miss a lesson. You purchase the app ONLY ONCE. About "A Course in Miracles": The Course’s teachings are based on the practice of forgiveness as the key to inner peace and the remembrance of God. The "Workbook for Students", contained in this app, includes 365 lessons & reviews which are designed to train your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything in the world. This perception leads to inner tranquility and peace. As stated in the Introduction to the Workbook: “The exercises are very simple. They do not require a great deal of time, and it does not matter where you do them. They need no preparation.” You are asked only not to undertake to do more than one exercise a day. You might however choose to remain with a particularly appealing lesson for more than one day.

About

SRF/YSS

Explore spiritual teachings and guided meditations based on Paramahansa Yogananda's wisdom. Access digital lessons, audio recordings, and live online meditations to cultivate peace, joy, and a balanced spiritual life.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Live online meditations
  • Digital SRF/YSS Lessons
  • Audio recordings of Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Video instruction in Energization Exercises
  • SRF/YSS News and Events
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Experience a life-transforming awakening of the peace, joy, and wisdom of the soul through the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. The SRF/YSS app is for everyone—whether you are brand new to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda or have been immersing yourself in this great teacher’s wisdom for decades. It is also for anyone who wants to learn more about meditation, the science of Kriya Yoga, and practical ways to live a spiritually balanced life. Featuring: - Guided Meditations on Peace, Living Fearlessly, God as Light, Expansion of Consciousness, and more — with customizable meditation times from 15 to 45 minutes - Free access to live online meditations - SRF/YSS News and Event Information For those who are students of the SRF/YSS Lessons, the app includes the digital versions of your Lessons along with a rich variety of multimedia content to help you apply the SRF/YSS Kriya Yoga teachings in your daily life. Including: - Audio recordings of Paramahansa Yogananda - Guided meditations and visualizations led by SRF/YSS monastics - Classes on the SRF/YSS meditation techniques - Step-by-step video instruction in the SRF/YSS Energization Exercises If you are an SRF or YSS Lessons student, please use your verified account information to access the Lessons in the app. About SRF/YSS Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India are an invitation to the spiritual seeker to journey together on a life-transforming discovery of the soul. This journey embraces the “how-to-live” teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, which embody the highest techniques for realizing who we truly are and show how to bring lasting peace, joy, and love into our lives and into the world. The goal of SRF and YSS is to offer not just a course of philosophical study, but the actual transmission of sacred knowledge through the living words of one of the great spiritual masters of the modern era. Yogoda Satsanga Society of India was founded in 1917 by Paramahansa Yogananda. Self-Realization Fellowship was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920, to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga worldwide.

Screenshots

ACIM Remind4 screens
SRF/YSS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SRF/YSS at none against ACIM Remind's 1. SRF/YSS also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). ACIM Remind's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 392). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. ACIM Remind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SRF/YSS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ACIM Remind against 4.8 for SRF/YSS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACIM Remind has 3.1K ratings behind it against 392, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of ACIM Remind's written reviews are positive against 83% of SRF/YSS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACIM Remind ships an update every 3 months, SRF/YSS every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ACIM Remind versus SRF/YSS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACIM RemindSRF/YSS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.1K ratings) — better4.8 (392 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better82.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3.1K — better392
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCDE Solutions Inc.Self-Realization Fellowship Church Apps

Customer experience

ACIM Remind

All ratings3,134 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.3%

SRF/YSS

All ratings386 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.2%

User reviews

ACIM Remind

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Easy to use
  • 🕰️ Helpful reminders
  • 📚 Full text of lessons available
  • 🎶 Customizable audio options
  • 🔁 Consistent daily practice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Reminders not always working
  • 🔄 Need to manually set reminders daily
  • 🔍 Customization options could be improved
  • 🔊 Limited sound options for reminders

SRF/YSS

From 392 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Convenient access to lessons
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🌟 Exceptional content quality
  • 🌍 Global accessibility
  • 🔍 Helpful search and navigation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and login issues
  • 📱 Limited functionality on mobile devices
  • 🔒 Restrictive access controls
  • 🔋 Requires constant internet connection

Bugs and requests

ACIM Remind

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Reminders not working for some users
  • Crashes or black screen issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Automatic daily lesson updates
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Journal feature
  • Lesson audio playback
  • More customization options

SRF/YSS

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS updates
  • Unreliable login and authentication
  • Broken lesson access for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline mode for lessons
  • Landscape mode support
  • Customizable highlighting and note-taking
  • Integrated dictionary
  • Widgets with inspirational content

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ACIM Remind

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$5.99
None

SRF/YSS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACIM Remind free?
ACIM Remind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SRF/YSS free?
SRF/YSS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACIM Remind or SRF/YSS?
ACIM Remind is rated higher. ACIM Remind averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while SRF/YSS averages 4.8 from 392 ratings.
Do ACIM Remind or SRF/YSS have ads?
Neither ACIM Remind nor SRF/YSS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACIM Remind or SRF/YSS?
ACIM Remind ships an update every 3 months, and SRF/YSS every 2 months. Most recently, ACIM Remind was updated on September 23, 2026 and SRF/YSS on September 23, 2026.

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