TV vs Лествица!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TV
Access a vast archive of Russian Orthodox TV programs and past episodes. Save favorites, download content for offline listening, and track new and listened episodes. View the current TV schedule.
- Favorite program list
- Offline episode downloads
- Built-in audio player
- Track new/listened episodes
- View TV schedule
- Background downloads
- Audio playback with lock screen
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A companion app for the Russian Orthodox TV website (tv-soyuz.ru) offering convenient access to its large archive of programs and past episodes. The app makes it easy to: • maintain a list of favourite programs; • download episodes on the device and listen to them on the go via the built-in audio player very much like a podcast; • keep track of new and listened episodes; • check out the currently broadcast TV schedule for today. The app supports: • Background downloads; • Audio playback with locked screen and support for earphones remote control; • iPad/iPhone with portrait/landscape screen orientation and 2 view split on iPads.
Лествица!
This app provides a spiritual guide based on the teachings of John Climacus, featuring 30 "steps" towards spiritual perfection. It also includes prayers, a religious calendar, sayings of saints, news, and information on holy sites and lives of saints.
- 30 spiritual steps
- Prayers and favorites
- Orthodox calendar
- Sayings of saints
- Religious news feed
- Pilgrimage information
- Lives of saints
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Лествица! — это сочинение Иоанна Лествичника, состоит из 30 глав, «ступеней» добродетелей, по которым христианин должен восходить на пути к духовному совершенству. Кроме сочинения, Вы так же найдете много интересного, что может быть полезным для христианина: - молитвы и избранное, - православный календарь на год, - слова святых, - православный еженедельный вестник, - лента новостей, - православные каналы, - паломничество по святым храмам и их описание, - жития святых, - Святое Евангелие, - Псалтирь, - Акафист, - Канон, - Книги из Библии, - возможность обратной связи и даяний. Мы стараемся наполнить приложение все большей и большей полезной информацией. Вам будет интересно. Будьте ближе к Богу и да хранит Вас Господь!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Лествица! at every 3 weeks against TV's every 4 months. TV's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TV against 5.0 for Лествица!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
TV ships an update every 4 months, Лествица! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TV | Лествица! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vadym Kharionovskyi | Denis Lyakhovich |
Customer experience
TV
Лествица!
In-app purchases
TV
No in-app purchases
Лествица!
No in-app purchases
