Amen User Reviews

Amen: Catholic Bible & Prayers

Augustine Institute, Inc.

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Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasHelps with daily prayer and meditation

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This app hasExcellent sleep stories and meditations

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This app hasProvides daily Mass readings and reflections

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This app hasCalming background music and sounds

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This app hasTracks daily usage without resetting

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This app hasCompletely free app with no ads

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This app hasHigh-quality content and production

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This app hasDiverse selection of prayers, novenas, and Bible teachings

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This app hasResponsive and helpful customer support

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This app hasAids in spiritual growth and understanding

Negative highlights

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This app hasBackground music cannot be muted during meditations

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This app hasLack of option to display prayers and scriptures visually

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This app hasApp allows device to sleep during content playback

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This app hasLimited availability in languages other than English

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Wonderful App!

This is a great app, it has everything a Catholic could want !

Lee McD543

10 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you!! Blessings 😇

Used to be a wonderful app!

I have been using the Amen app since it was released. I absolutely loved it and recommended it to many other Catholics. However recently, apparently after some design changes, I’ve found it very difficult and frustrating to use. The app allows my device to time out and go to sleep in the middle of a recording. I’m forced to focus on keeping the device from going to sleep instead of focusing on the app content. I brought this issue to the attention of the developers and was told that I should change the global device settings for going to sleep to give the app more time to play its content. Well that seems like the tail (an app) wagging the dog (global setting for the device). The content length varies and to completely eliminate the issue for all possible content lengths it would require disabling the battery saving feature. No other content playing app I’ve ever encountered has allowed my device to go to sleep while it was playing content. Maybe I’m too sheltered or too easily distracted, but the usefulness of the app to me has vanished. I’m currently looking for a substitute. It was wonderful while it lasted. Thank you for that!

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Knarf123456

10 months ago

Response from developer

UPDATED 2/22/24: Oh goodness, I am so sorry to hear you are disappointed in Amen and the time-out feature for sleep stories. We are an audio app, without videos, only still artwork so most people do not look at the app once the audio starts playing. I will share your feedback with the Amen team. Again, I do apologize and am sorry to see you go. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and providing us with a five-star review. We love sharing God's word and being part of your walk with Him! Blessings! 🙌

Amazing Free Catholic App

I would definitely recommend this Catholic App. It has everything a Catholic needs to know and grow in their faith. Most importantly, it’s authentically Catholic… It’s amazing that it is free, but I am considering supporting this App in the new year.

Ryn139

a year ago

Response from developer

We are pleased to hear you enjoy our free Catholic audio app. Blessings from our team to you! 😇

Knowledge, Inspiration, and Peace

First, the practical…Amen app is easy to use. I’m a technology idiot and it took me no time to learn how to use this app. I plan to share it with the young children in my family so they can use it too. The content of Amen has helped me to fill in the knowledge gaps from my poor Catholic formation. For example, I knew very little about Advent until I listened to the short talks by Dr. Tim Grey. Now, I can properly participate in Advent and teach my god children about the season too. The radio plays are wonderful! They teach about the lives of the saints in a way that inspires me to follow their examples. The productions are very well done making them educational and entertaining. Finally, the prayers, meditations, and reflections have helped me deepen my prayer life giving me more peace. Thank you Augustine Institute!

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C Marshall Turner

a year ago

Great Addition to My Prayer Life

While I do not use all that is available at Amen, what I’ve sampled and what I use on a regular basis brings me great peace. I’m frequently praying in the Perpetual Adoration Chapel where I live. When I’m on a shift at a low traffic time, like right now a 5:00 am on a Sunday, I especially enjoy praying by singing along with the Divine Mercy Chaplet by Handmaiden music. It is very singable, whereas the one on the EWTN App is not for me, and the music is both tender and majestic. I would highly recommend other Catholics to use this App. We are blessed to have several truly excellent Apps to facilitate, encourage, and stimulate one’s prayer life along with Holy Scripture, liturgically based prayers and other spiritual aids. I used to ponder my five “desert island books” should I ever be stranded with only my company and five books. I would ponder now which spiritual Apps would I want if I were stranded and just providentially had internet. The Amen App would make my “desert island Apps” list.

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GrammyYiaYia

a year ago

Response from developer

Praise Jesus! We're grateful to know the Amen app would make your 'desert island apps list'. We appreciate you taking the time to share your kind review with us! May the Lord continue to meet you in prayer through Amen and continue to bring peace to your life. Blessings! 😇

So Grateful to find this App

I am so grateful that my lord inspired me to go and find this app. So easy and helpful to use

Nicholas274

a year ago

Incredible and free!

This app has brought me back to my faith and supported me when I needed it most. Excellent resources and so relaxing.

i am pengting

a year ago

Excellent for a busy mom

This Amen app has been a real blessing for me as a busy mom. It helps me to take a few minutes out to focus on God, and helps me to pray throughout the day. I would like to suggest an added feature- the ability to set a playlist! For example, every morning I like to pray the Morning Offering followed by the daily readings, and then the next recording in whatever series I am currently listening to. It would be so lovely if I could set it up for them to play after each other, rather than have to pick my phone up in between each.

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scdumouchelle

a year ago

Helped Me Return to the Catholic Faith

Separated from the Church as a child, my parents opting to join the Mormon church, and then after their separation, a modern Baptist congregation where I was baptised. Up until a few months ago, I was essentially non-denominational and almost at a loss, until I came across a series of videos breaking down The Divine Comedy; the man talking about each section would occasionally regale God and Christ not as an angry and judgmental being as I was used to hearing, but as someone who was infinitely patient and eagerly awaiting our return to Him. The more he spoke about the subject, the more it moved me and made me realise I saw Him all wrong.

I came across this app in my journey to prepare myself to rejoin the faith and gain a newfound understanding of the Lord, and have yet to be disappointed. I feel at peace, but know my journey is just beginning. Very grateful to my chance encounter online, and to this app, for opening my eyes and heart to His love and grace. Words cannot express how this makes me feel.

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Lesburrito

a year ago

Response from developer

WOW! We appreciate you taking the time to share a mini testimony with us. It is a blessing to hear that our free Catholic audio app has become an integral part of your faith journey as you look to learn more about the beauty and truths of the Catholic faith. If you're ever interested in learning more about Catholicism and the ways God's mercy is abundant, we suggest also checking out 'FORMED' which is a Catholic streaming platform that hosts a variety of theological talks and content. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to send us an email at help@amenapp.org. Blessings from our team to you!

Most helpful app to help me sleep

I’ve been listening to sleep stories for the past two weeks and I can feel the difference in the quality of my sleep. Listening to God’s word in bed has been such a blessing. I enjoy other contents too. This app is by far my favourite app - helps me to grow spiritually, helps me to sleep, and helps me to pray.

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