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This app has changed my life
I can’t recall when I downloaded this app. But since I started regularly utilizing it, it has literally changed my life. My prayer life, which was embarrassingly non-existent, is now a daily conversation with God in which I look forward to. It has reframed how I look at prayer totally. It’s honestly reframed my life. I make a daily effort to walk with the Lord. I have since returned to going to Mass weekly and now visit the Blessed Sacrament in Adoration. I say the rosary frequently and am learning The Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Oh, and every time Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen, says at the end of a prayer session, “thank you for praying with me, I look forward to praying with you again soon,” I just want to keep going. That single sentence has literally kept me alive during dark periods of wanting to give up. Now I just pray and keep doing the hard life stuff because life is now worth living.
I thank God for that and the maker of this great app. Fantastic product . Will continue to use it forever.Show lessbrenar1989
Very Appealing Interface
I just started using the app yesterday primarily because I read that Mark Wahlberg says the rosary. This was first thing I did and it was a good way to start. The rosary always seemed endless to me but the interface is like an audio file which shows the length of time remaining. It didn’t seem so endless. The interface is simple but appealing. It started with closing your goals - better sleep, less stress, reconnect with faith etc. I then listed to the evening prayer and the speaker had a very soothing voice. Today started a summer book club that was very good. I recommend trying Hallow for the free trial period to see if it’s something that works for you. A year has passed since I started this review and I use the app daily. My initial reason for purchasing was for the sleep meditations which have enabled me to get to sleep. I’ve gotten to the point that I fall asleep within the first few seconds. There are so much content I love - Daily Exegesis, Daily minute, catholic trivia, Truth and Life New Testament readings. One of my favorite challenges was The Acts with Dr Scott Hahn. You don’t have to be a technical person to use this app.Show lessMmg78229
Developer Response
Your experience with us is very important. Could you contact support@hallow.app so can talk a little more about what you didn't like about the app and to know how we can be worthy of 5 stars? We would love to resolve any questions! With God!Finally! Free Bible Text In App
I’ve used Hallow for some time and have really found the features useful (especially Father Mike), even though I am not a subscriber. One thing that held me back from using the Hallow app extensively was the lack of a Bible text in app to follow along with the daily readings and the Bible in a Year without having to open a second app. However, in the most recent update you added the Bible, and the best part:it’s FREE! It is very convenient to have a searchable Bible in app, complete with the daily readings when I open the Bible portion of the app. One improvement I would like to see is the addition of some older Catholic translations like the RSV-CE (so I can follow along with the Bible in a Year because this is the translation Fr. Mike uses) and the Douay-Rheims. These translations have a poetic quality that I, personally, find unmatched by newer ones. I understand that permission to use copyrighted translations requires money, but the Douay-Rheims is public domain, so it should not require any cost for copyright permissions. Thank you for this app, and keep up the good work! God bless!Show lessYayBible!
Developer Response
Hi! Thanks so much for trying the app and for your feedback! Would you mind shooting us an email at support@hallow.app? We'll be sure to sort things out for you asap!Could be way better.
As someone who doesn’t know much about this whole christian stuff and wants to get closer to god, read the bible more, learn about god, this is really helpful. That is, if you pay. No one should have to pay money for something they should be able to learn for free. Yes, yes, i know that you can just read your bible for free but let’s just be real, how many apps that you know of can personally help you get to understand all of this christian stuff good? (For free). None i couldn’t find a single one. Sorry i just thought that since i saw a tiktok saying that this was number one in all of these bible apps, that you wouldn’t have to pay to actually understand the app. Without paying, i have no clue how to work this app. Sorry i know i sound kind of like a karen but if you think about it, these people know you need help getting closer to god and need help learning how to study the bible so they are drawing your money out of you, instead of giving help for free like if they really wanted to help you get closer to god and stuff like that, don’t you think they would have helped you for free? Well anyways i may be completely wrong about all of this but this is just my opinion and i wanted to share it bc i feel like people should know. Thank you.Show lessAuedrey
Developer Response
Hi Auedrey. Thanks so much for giving the app a try and apologies for any confusion. Please know that our goal is to build the best resource we can to help as many people as possible grow in their faith lives. We decided on a subscription model in order to help us achieve this mission and support the development of the app and content, and help the app truly reach as many people as possible. We are incredibly grateful to our subscribers (priced at ~20% discount to the secular meditation apps), but understand not everyone can afford, or will want to pay for, a subscription, which is why we offer the free version of the app that you mentioned with a lot of content. Sorry that you weren't able to easily find the free pieces! We will work on fixing this for users in the future. The free version includes Lectio Divina on the Daily Gospel and the Rosary, plus a intro 9 day challenge, many minute meditations, Bible in a Year, daily examen, daily meditation, guest sessions, Chaplet of Divine Mercy and two guides per prayer, 3 length options per prayer, and background music all free. Hope you try the free trial or use the free content and find it fruitful! In the end, please know that every decision we make is geared entirely toward what we think will help the most people with their spiritual journey in the long-run. For more information, feel free to read our blog post here: https://hallow.com/2020/01/23/why-do-we-charge-for-hallow-plus/ or to reach out to us directly at info@hallow.app. We also offer a free year to those who can't afford it. Please send us a note at support@hallow.app to learn more. God bless!best app EVERRR
this is the bestest app ever i love this i just got the app and i always had a short simple prayer but now that i have this app i have long good prayers and i am also trying to get more closer to god and the holy spirit to so yea and this app has so much options to pick to pray to learn about the bible, and it even has meditations and this app helps a lottt although theres some stuff that cost money i dont pay for it i just see if theres any free stuff i can pray to and there is, you can also write a journal abt what you think of the stuff or have a little prayer you can make for yourself and there all private, when you pray or watch a daily bible session you can read, listen, or both! i can’t wait to get more and more closer to the holy spirit and god and jesus and mary/lupita, if you wanna get closer to god or jesus or the holy spirit i recommend getting this app because it so good and the best part is that theres no ads!! (i think they havent popped out in a while so) yea i recommend getting the app its rlly good, anyways whoevers reading this have a good day/night!! byee 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️❤️Show lessshejsbdbdhx
Beautifully Crafted and Amazing
Amazing app. I’ve used it daily and it has helped me so much to grow in my life of prayer. Even if you don’t purchase a subscription, the app is completely functional, no ads and no distractions, simply a few prayers your are unable to access (e.g. they have several rosaries you can pray, such as a daily rosary, a rosary before bed, a scriptural rosary, a workout rosary, etc. but you are only able to pray the daily rosary and a few other variations) I truly believe there is something on here that will resonate with anyone whether it be overcoming grief, anxiety, or simply connecting with Our Lord. Another thing that intrigued me is, you are able to select which narrator reads the prayers to you, and one of the options is Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the chosen- this really makes you feel close to God, at least for me. You can even change at what speed each narrator reads, in case your in a hurry, or have some extra time. Honestly, I suggest everyone here should give it a try. What’s the worst that could happen? You pray? :)Show lessperegrin1234567
Atheist to Hippie to Christian
My journey has been a long one. Born into the catholic faith before rejecting it and all religion as pre-industrial nonsense, to Jordan Peterson teaching of metaphysics and meaning, to using psychedelics and pursuing all religions for their meaning and developing my own new age belief, to 15+ years later finally being a Christian again. I’ve started using Hallow after many synchronicities in life have pushed me towards Christ, including The Chosen by Angel Studios, which made me want to be closer to Jesus. The actor portraying Him showed up in an advertisement for Hallow and I thought “what the heck, why not?”
If you struggle with faith, I promise there is something to be gained from the practices. As Mary said to the wedding servants at Cana, “do whatever he tells you.” We are called to follow and obey before belief. That is the act of faith. He reaches out to each of us in whatever way He deems best. I ask you, app or not, to visit the Bible with an open mind, but more importantly, an open heart.Show lessSergeantKozi
Prayer goal badges not working
Editing since someone was kind enough to reach out to me, hopefully the problem will be resolved soon. I do enjoy this app.
The prayer goal badges stopped tracking. It will say I’m on day 25 of 40 for the in the desert badge but my activity calendar says over 43 now. The hello and welcome badge says 0/9 but I’ve completed 6 all with green check mark beside them. I’ve tried to ask for help one time person did reply but simply asked me to check if my app was updated which I did before contacting help but I made double sure and then I sent screen shots of what was happening and more emails but it’s been weeks and no return response. This may seem trivial to some but if I’m paying this much for an app it should work. I’ve troubleshot all I could logged in and out even deleted the app and redownloaded and as I said the app and the phone software is up to date. It would be nice if someone would help or at least say they can’t.Show lessPrayer goal badge
Developer Response
Apologies for the delay. Per our team, the fix has been implemented. To correct this issue, please close and re-open the app, or finish any ongoing prayers. This should resolve all of the issues of the progress in those badges not matching what the user is doing. Let us know if you need further assistance. God bless.Hesitate no more
Cradle Catholic of 58 years. I saw and heard about this app and have always blown it off. Why do I need an app, been praying my whole life?
This is different and I’m so glad I decided to spend the money for this. It’s so well done. There is so much to choose from. For me, I started with the beginning of Lent and joined the Pray 40 challenge. I figured I can use the extra prayers, why not? The very first episode had me in tears about humility. In one daily reading, I completely changed my way of approaching prayer. No longer has it been a praying for something good for me or like that. It’s become a daily reflection on my life and how to listen to what God is saying to each of us. Amongst so many other things.
I encourage anyone who has been hesitating as I was to take the plunge especially during Lent and start your own daily routine. I encourage you to listen to the first episode on humility from the Pray40 challenge. It will really speak to you. I also love this app for the amazing Hollywood actors who are part of the daily readings (I mean in this day and age, who would have thought? They’re fantastic!), and also the other regular guest speakers who are in the daily prayers. Their lived experiences truly add to the effect of this app.Show lessCLR Gen X
God Speaks Back….
I subscribed to the Hallow app on Ashe Wed. That night my 9yr old daughter was struggling to fall asleep. She came to get me and I tried my best to not grow annoyed like I can easily do by that time of day. I got out of bed and sat with her in her room to hear what was on her mind. She said, “I’m worried about the Chinese balloon…” 😒 I wasn’t aware she knew anything about its existence! I didn’t have the mindset to try to explain any of that so I asked if she wanted to listen to the app. It has tons of prayers, studies & mental health tips and we chose one of the 5-minute bedtime meditations entitled “let go of worry”. It started with “take a slow deep breath” (which Lord knows I say a million times a day to my kids, patients, & friends! My kids sometimes just huff at me and won’t apply the advice but since the APP was giving the instructions, she was so into it 🧘🏽♀️). And THEN the prayer opened up by saying “Imagine that each one of your worries is like a balloon…🎈” eventually letting it go up to God! I looked at my daughter and I’m like, we are literally sitting here worried about a balloon!! She started laughing and said “Mama I can’t believe that. We were just talking about balloons!” I simply said “Just remember God is always listening, sweetheart. Sometimes He will speak back -we just had be quiet & hit play!”
Thank you for this wonderful app. I’ll be scrolling though all the options beyond these 40 days!Show lessHolySweat
Developer Response
We are truly humbled and blessed by this beautiful testimony. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
