Catholic Prayer Apps Compared (2026)

AngelGuard is the app we make. It is an audio prayer app built around fear, protection and sleep: the St. Michael prayer and novena, Psalm 91 (which can loop through the night), guardian angel sleep prayers, the guided Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, prayers for fear and anxiety, healing prayers and Compline. It also has Ask AngelGuard, an AI feature that suggests Scripture and a prayer for what you are going through, a course on the Church’s teaching about spiritual warfare, and an anonymous, moderated prayer wall.

It is built for those moments rather than as a daily-readings or Bible-study app; for those, Laudate and Ascension below are built for the job.

Price, per our listing: 7 days free, then $39.99 a year, or $7.99 a month. The App Store lists English, Portuguese and Spanish, and the app is also on Android.

Made by CCC Impact B.V. (us). Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Hallow is an audio prayer and meditation app. Its App Store listing says it offers over 10,000 sessions, among them the Rosary, Lectio Divina on the daily readings, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours, novenas, litanies, chant and Bible stories, with a choice of more than 50 guides and three lengths for each prayer.

It suits someone who wants a large, varied library of guided audio prayer.

What is free, per the listing: the daily prayers (including the Rosary) and a 9-day introductory prayer challenge. The rest of the library needs a subscription, listed at $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year for US customers. The listing does not state a free trial. The App Store lists seven languages, and the app is also on Android.

Made by Hallow, Inc.. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Laudate describes itself as the most comprehensive free Catholic app. Its listing includes the daily Mass readings with the saint of the day, the Liturgy of the Hours (also in Latin), the New American Bible and the Douay-Rheims Bible, an interactive Rosary and several other rosaries and chaplets, the Stations of the Cross, the Catechism, the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the Code of Canon Law, guides to Confession, podcasts and a live stream of daily Mass.

It suits someone who wants as much of the Church’s prayer and reference in one free app as possible.

No in-app purchases are listed on the US App Store. The App Store lists 19 languages, and the app is also on Android.

Made by Aycka Soft (Andrzej Krawczyk). Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Amen is made by the Augustine Institute. Its listing describes recorded Catholic prayers, the Rosary in standard, meditative and scriptural formats, the daily Mass readings with commentary from Scripture scholar Dr. Tim Gray, reflections on the Sunday readings, guided lectio divina, Christian meditations, audio Bible studies, sleep stories inspired by Scripture, and a prayer journal.

It suits someone who wants audio prayer and a daily reflection on the readings without paying for a subscription.

No in-app purchases are listed on the US App Store. The App Store lists English as its only language; the description mentions 20 prayers in Spanish. The app is also on Android.

Made by Augustine Institute, Inc.. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Divine Office is built for one thing: praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Its listing says it contains the official text and audio of the daily prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church, and that it “has been approved for use in the United States by USCCB”. It downloads the right prayers for each hour of every day, including solemnities, feasts and memorials, and can show where others are praying the same hour.

It suits anyone who wants to pray the Hours with recorded audio.

No in-app purchases are listed on the US App Store. The App Store lists English as its only language. The app is also on Android, where it is published under the name Divine Office, Catholic Ministry.

Made by Surgeworks, Inc.. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

iBreviary puts the Breviary, the Missal and the Lectionary on a phone. Its listing says they are complete in ten languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French, Romanian, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Latin and Galician), with the Latin texts of the older form as well. It also carries the rites for the sacraments and blessings, common prayers, a section on the saints, and the liturgical texts used in the Holy Land, through a partnership with the Custody of the Holy Land. Up to 14 days can be saved for use offline.

It suits someone who prays the Hours or follows the Mass texts in a language other than English, or in Latin.

No in-app purchases are listed on the US App Store. The app is also on Android, as iBreviary.

Made by Paolo Padrini. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Pray As You Go is a work of the Jesuits in Britain, based on the spirituality of St Ignatius of Loyola. At its centre is one guided prayer session a day, lasting 10 to 13 minutes, made of music, Scripture and questions for reflection. It also offers Examen prayers, imaginative contemplations, sleep prayers, prayer guides on mental health, prayers for children and guides in sign language.

It suits someone who wants one short, steady prayer each day.

The listing says all of its content is free, with no subscription. It also says its audience is roughly half Catholic and half Protestant. The app is also on Android.

Made by Jesuits in Britain. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Ascension is built to help Catholics read and understand the Bible. Its listing includes the Great Adventure Catholic Bible with the Bible Timeline learning system, audio of the Bible read by Fr. Mike Schmitz, answers to more than 1,000 common questions about the Bible, over 80 study plans, companion material for the Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year podcasts, and the daily Mass readings with video reflections.

It suits someone who wants to study Scripture with Catholic teachers.

What is free, per the listing: the full text of the Bible and the Catechism, the daily readings and reflections, the full Rosary and most Ascension podcasts. The rest needs a subscription, listed at $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US. The listing does not state a free trial. The App Store lists English as its only language, and the app is also on Android.

Made by Ascension Publishing Group, LLC. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Catholic Spiritual Warfare is a collection of hundreds of Catholic prayers for protection, deliverance and healing, alongside the Rosary, chaplets, litanies, novenas and prayers to Mary, the saints and the angels. Its listing says Adam Blai provides voice-guided prayers and other content, and it adds explanations of spiritual warfare, an Adoration chapel finder, prayer groups, and suggestions of books, podcasts and films.

It suits someone who wants a broad library of prayers on this one subject in a single place.

The listing says the app “requires a subscription to access all features and content”, at $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year. It does not state a free trial. The app had 5 ratings on the US App Store when we checked. It is also on Android.

Made by Make Some Noise Media Inc. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

Truthly is an AI app for questions about the Catholic faith, and about everyday life seen through it. Its listing says answers draw on Scripture, the Catechism, Church teaching and other Catholic sources, and that the sources behind every answer are shown. It also includes the daily Mass readings and liturgical calendar, the full Bible with explanations of any passage, a short daily lesson in text and audio, audio courses (in beta), and a Mass, Adoration and Confession finder.

It suits someone who wants a quick answer with sources they can check.

The listing does not state a price; the App Store shows several Truthly Pro and Pro+ subscriptions among its in-app purchases. It says clergy and religious can ask for free access, as can anyone who cannot afford a subscription. The App Store lists English as its only language, and the app is also on Android.

Made by Truthly, Inc.. Sources: App Store listing · Google Play listing. Checked September 25, 2026.

This comparison covers Catholic apps available on the US App Store that had been updated in the twelve months before our check. Pray.com and Glorify are left out because they are not Catholic apps: their own listings describe them as apps for Christians generally.

Every price, free trial, rating and feature above comes from each app’s own US App Store listing, and Android availability from its Google Play listing, checked on September 25, 2026. Where a listing does not state a free trial, the table says so rather than guessing, and where it gives no single price, the table says the app is free to download with in-app purchases. Ratings are App Store averages rounded to one decimal, with the number of ratings in brackets.

We make AngelGuard. It is described on the same terms as the others, from its own listing, and it is listed last. Prices change; if you find something here that is out of date, write to hello@angelguardprayers.com and we will correct it.