Great content, readers & music
I enjoy comparing Dr Gray’s Daily Reflections with my own thoughts after listening to the daily Mass readings. The Bible in a Year is also a great feature & when I’m struggling to get to sleep, it helps to listen to the sleep meditations. All the readers are excellent & the music options are beautiful. I’ve just started the Opening the Word tracks this month and find the insights very helpful & thought provoking. Chris Stefanick’s 1 Minute Inspirations are brilliant. I hope he’s going to record more tracks. Thanks heaps for all of the wonderful content!
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Response from developer
What a beautiful review, thank you! We have so much more to come!! Blessings always! ✝️
Thank you!
These two short words do not completely convey the appreciation and gratitude I feel! The Augustinian Institute directors and team members have been able to develop and App that truly fulfills the mission of developing, increasing, sustaining, and improving the faith in Christians around the world.
I daily use the Amen app for my daily meditations of the daily Bible readings guided by Dr Gray- what an awesome experience! I pray my daily Rosary and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Also, the short one, five, ten minute mediations are inspiring. The Advent meditations were a great preparation for Christmas - I am looking forward to the Lenten ones!
I could go on and on because this is truly a great app for those of us searching for a real closeness to Jesus! Again…thank you!!!
I daily use the Amen app for my daily meditations of the daily Bible readings guided by Dr Gray- what an awesome experience! I pray my daily Rosary and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy. Also, the short one, five, ten minute mediations are inspiring. The Advent meditations were a great preparation for Christmas - I am looking forward to the Lenten ones!
I could go on and on because this is truly a great app for those of us searching for a real closeness to Jesus! Again…thank you!!!
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Amen Team 🙏
Dear Amen Team, In my religion class we did a app review and I did some research on some different catholic apps, “Amen” really stood out to me. I love how every morning when I wake up, I check my Gmail, and they send me a daily bible verse, and sometimes that’s really what you need to start your day. This is one of the only catholic apps that you don’t need to pay to any of the features. The app really brings me healing, peace, love, and joy. I absolutely love the meditations, stories that help you fall asleep, and bible teachings/readings.
I’ve never seen an app that has everything I liked and wanted, I honestly have no negative reviews because honestly I think your app is perfect! Keep up the amazing work! God Bless!
I’ve never seen an app that has everything I liked and wanted, I honestly have no negative reviews because honestly I think your app is perfect! Keep up the amazing work! God Bless!
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Helps me to pray, contemplate, and stay focused
The app is very easy to use and has background music for daily scripture readings from the lectionary, the rosary, many other devotions and prayers. You can select a particular background music and adjust the volume separately from the main track.
For example, you can have the sound and scenery of rain, a stream or waterfall, piano, guitar, or other instrumental music background, and pray your favorite prayers, devotions, and meditations with the music or without, while listening to excellent lectors or readers as they proclaim readings of the day, pray the rosary or other prayers, and focus your prayer.
Matthew Kelly often reminds us in his books and recordings that silence helps us to focus our prayer. I agree. But I often find it very helpful to have quiet time with soft instrumental or ambient sound in the background. It may not be completely silent, but it seems to me a very close approximation.
Give yourself a truly unique prayer app that will compliment other Catholic prayer apps like Laudate, Divine Office, or iBreviary. And besides-it’s free!
For example, you can have the sound and scenery of rain, a stream or waterfall, piano, guitar, or other instrumental music background, and pray your favorite prayers, devotions, and meditations with the music or without, while listening to excellent lectors or readers as they proclaim readings of the day, pray the rosary or other prayers, and focus your prayer.
Matthew Kelly often reminds us in his books and recordings that silence helps us to focus our prayer. I agree. But I often find it very helpful to have quiet time with soft instrumental or ambient sound in the background. It may not be completely silent, but it seems to me a very close approximation.
Give yourself a truly unique prayer app that will compliment other Catholic prayer apps like Laudate, Divine Office, or iBreviary. And besides-it’s free!
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Just what I was looking for
This app is wonderful! I had actually been in the process of recording some of my daily prayers with music behind them so I could listen to them when driving. I’ve used the sleep meditations a couple of times when I’ve had trouble falling back asleep in the middle of the night and they worked great.
I have two suggestions for enhancements. One, for the sleep meditations, an option to make a play list or to have the first half include the speaking but then have the second portion be only the music. Two, to include the words to the prayers so that if someone wants to read along with the prayer, they can do so. I would find that helpful so that I can memorize the prayer more quickly. All in all this app is very well done and brings a lot of peace and calm when I use it.
I have two suggestions for enhancements. One, for the sleep meditations, an option to make a play list or to have the first half include the speaking but then have the second portion be only the music. Two, to include the words to the prayers so that if someone wants to read along with the prayer, they can do so. I would find that helpful so that I can memorize the prayer more quickly. All in all this app is very well done and brings a lot of peace and calm when I use it.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your kind words and wonderful feedback, what a great review!! Blessings!! 🙌
Beautiful, Thought Provoking App for our times
The Amen App by the Augustine Institute is a winner. I have finally found a reverend and clear way to hear the daily scriptures of the day, to focus on the meaning of the Word of God in my life today. The speaker voice and tempo, the background music, and the precise and deliberate focus on the gospel readings helps calm the busyness of the day and makes me want to shut out the world and focus for a bit. I have just started listening to this app, there is so much more to explore. I thank the institute and all those involved in putting this app together. Well done, I wouldn’t change a thing.
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Lia2022
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BEST Catholic Meditation App!!!
Dear Amen Team,
I cannot find the right words to express just how awesomely refreshing this App has been in my life and I can’t imagine it’s free! I’ve tried another Catholic App but most of the content is locked unless you opt for the paid subscription. The Amen App has become part of my daily routine multiple times throughout the day. It has been God’s answer to a prayer as I’m going through a very lonely yet important phase in my life with tons of changes much like being in the spiritual wilderness. Your App has been like my lifeline to God constantly receiving His healing, peace, joy and love as I hear it. Dr. Tim Gray’s explanations of the daily readings are so educational as I try to learn more about our Blessed Lord through scripture including the Catholic Church Teachings. I love that the Daily Readings are also included. The background music, images, and the plethora of varied content such as prayers, meditations, sleep stories & Bible teachings, 1 minute inspirations & so much more are just priceless. The voices of the readers are so calm and soothing especially Bonnie Curry, my favorite!May God richly bless each of you and your families for creating this precious gem to bless people immensely!
I cannot find the right words to express just how awesomely refreshing this App has been in my life and I can’t imagine it’s free! I’ve tried another Catholic App but most of the content is locked unless you opt for the paid subscription. The Amen App has become part of my daily routine multiple times throughout the day. It has been God’s answer to a prayer as I’m going through a very lonely yet important phase in my life with tons of changes much like being in the spiritual wilderness. Your App has been like my lifeline to God constantly receiving His healing, peace, joy and love as I hear it. Dr. Tim Gray’s explanations of the daily readings are so educational as I try to learn more about our Blessed Lord through scripture including the Catholic Church Teachings. I love that the Daily Readings are also included. The background music, images, and the plethora of varied content such as prayers, meditations, sleep stories & Bible teachings, 1 minute inspirations & so much more are just priceless. The voices of the readers are so calm and soothing especially Bonnie Curry, my favorite!May God richly bless each of you and your families for creating this precious gem to bless people immensely!
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Response from developer
Wow and Wow, what a glorious review, God is shining through you!! Thank you for praying with us and many blessings to you too! (I love Bonnie as well!) 😇
Well made
As a cloistered religious, I find your app very well made and quite useful. Many times I’ve found other popular religious productions to be so geared towards the “layman in the pew” that its usefulness for me is limited. Excessive references to popular culture/movies/television shows/internet productions are very distracting and will cause me to abandon using a meditation book/product. Your app, on the other hand, focuses on the Scriptures and the guided meditations are superb in that they focus more on true conversion of heart and mind than on superficial external changes. I also appreciate the quietly beautiful background music which you provide.
I have only been using this app for a few days, so I’ve not “played around” with any of the settings or other options; thus, I cannot provide you with any further feedback regarding your product. While I’m unable to provide monetary support, you may rest assured that I will be keeping all of you at the Augustine Institute (as well as all those involved in the app development and support) in my daily prayers.
I have only been using this app for a few days, so I’ve not “played around” with any of the settings or other options; thus, I cannot provide you with any further feedback regarding your product. While I’m unable to provide monetary support, you may rest assured that I will be keeping all of you at the Augustine Institute (as well as all those involved in the app development and support) in my daily prayers.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your kind review, feedback, and insight into Amen! Please feel free to reach out to us at help@amenapp.org and we will provide you with an outline of all our Amen features for you to "play around" with and enjoy! Blessings! 😇
A true blessing!
I am very pleased with this new app.
For a long time I was using a non Catholic app that was tracking the days you were using the app, as an encouragement, but sometimes I would be listening late at night, and the number of days will be reset to zero, making me feel a little sad.
When I discovered your app I was very pleased to see that even though you guys have a tracking system that tells how many days you have been using this app, it does never reset to zero if you forget to open the app.
I love the feature that allows you to choose the music playing in the background.
Thank you for putting together an amazing Catholic app that is totally free and completely awesome!!!!!
For a long time I was using a non Catholic app that was tracking the days you were using the app, as an encouragement, but sometimes I would be listening late at night, and the number of days will be reset to zero, making me feel a little sad.
When I discovered your app I was very pleased to see that even though you guys have a tracking system that tells how many days you have been using this app, it does never reset to zero if you forget to open the app.
I love the feature that allows you to choose the music playing in the background.
Thank you for putting together an amazing Catholic app that is totally free and completely awesome!!!!!
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Love almost every part of it
This is a wonderful app with so many different selections to choose from. I have used the sleep stories a lot because I have a hard time turning my brain down and relaxing. Plus, the Bible stories are great! Many people have mentioned the music in the background- this is the part I do not like. The music sounds like moaning to me and the pitch keeps me awake. I find it creepy, but I know I’m in the minority here. I just wish I could listen to those soothing voices telling the stories without the loud, eerie, background sounds. I do appreciate this app being so available to all. God bless you for this work.
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