Daily Scripture vs The Catholic Thing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Scripture
This app offers daily scripture readings, meditations, and prayers based on the Gospels. It also includes daily readings from Christian books and a searchable archive of past meditations. Users can set daily alarms for reminders and access additional Bible study resources.
- Daily scripture readings from Gospels
- Meditations written by Don Schwager
- Daily Christian book readings
- Searchable meditation archive
- Daily alarm reminders
- Bible study resource materials
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Daily Scripture is an aid for daily prayer and meditation on the Scriptures. It provides a short Scripture reading for each day of the year from one of the four Gospel texts, followed by a meditation, written by Don Schwager based on the Scripture passage, along with a prayer and a few verses from the Book of Psalms. The app also has a daily resource, such as a reading selection from a Christian book. In addition, the app provides functionality to browse more than 300 meditation archives, bookmark meditations and reading selections for later reference and access a rich selection of resource materials on Bible study and several other Christian topics. Daily Scripture also allows you to set a daily alarm to remind you to read the meditation. The daily meditations displayed in the app are also available online at www.dailyscripture.net.
The Catholic Thing
This app provides a platform for thoughtful Catholic commentary and discussion. It serves as a forum for intelligent perspectives on faith and culture. Access insightful articles and engage with a community of Catholic thinkers.
- Intelligent Catholic commentary
- Forum for discussion
- Faith and culture perspectives
- Insightful articles
- Community engagement
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The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Daily Scripture at 100% against The Catholic Thing's 0%. Daily Scripture also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Daily Scripture holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Daily Scripture's written reviews are positive against 0% of The Catholic Thing's.
Daily Scripture ships an update every 7 months, The Catholic Thing every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Scripture | The Catholic Thing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (42 ratings) — better | 4.4 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Servants of the Word | Slynet Communications, Inc |
Customer experience
Daily Scripture
The Catholic Thing
In-app purchases
Daily Scripture
No in-app purchases
The Catholic Thing
No in-app purchases
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