Comparison

ACIM Remind vs BGF InfoCenter

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

BGF InfoCenter

This app provides exclusive access to online events, reports on healings, and music for members of the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends. It also facilitates collaboration among helpers for projects and plans, including messaging and file management.

Highlights
  • Online event participation
  • Access to healing reports
  • Circle of Friends music library
  • Project collaboration tools
  • Messaging and scheduling
  • File management
Features
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The InfoCenter app of the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends - this app can only be used by friends of the Circle of Friends. You will receive your access personally from your community leader or technical leader of the community. With this app you can take part in online events (conferences, community hours, meetings and training courses), you have access to numerous reports on healings and help as well as the Circle of Friends' own music. Circle of Friends helpers can use the app to work together on Circle of Friends projects and plans. Messages, scheduling, file management and online meetings are available for this purpose. The app reminds you of appointments and informs you when you have received new messages from other helpers.

Screenshots

ACIM Remind4 screens
BGF InfoCenter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ACIM Remind at 90% against BGF InfoCenter's 0%. ACIM Remind also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 3). BGF InfoCenter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. BGF InfoCenter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACIM Remind holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACIM Remind has 3.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of ACIM Remind's written reviews are positive against 0% of BGF InfoCenter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ACIM Remind versus BGF InfoCenter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACIM RemindBGF InfoCenter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.2K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews89.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCDE Solutions Inc.Kreis fur naturliche Lebenshilfe e.V.

Customer experience

ACIM Remind

All ratings3,168 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews239 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.1%

BGF InfoCenter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

BGF InfoCenter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ACIM Remind

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$5.99
None

BGF InfoCenter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACIM Remind free?
ACIM Remind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BGF InfoCenter free?
BGF InfoCenter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACIM Remind or BGF InfoCenter?
ACIM Remind is rated higher. ACIM Remind averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while BGF InfoCenter averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do ACIM Remind or BGF InfoCenter have ads?
Neither ACIM Remind nor BGF InfoCenter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACIM Remind or BGF InfoCenter?
ACIM Remind ships an update every 2 months, and BGF InfoCenter every 2 months. Most recently, ACIM Remind was updated on October 22, 2026 and BGF InfoCenter on October 24, 2026.

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