# Agpeya (Eng/Arabic)

> Coptic Orthodox prayer book for daily devotion, featuring customizable text and navigation. (iPhone/iPad app by Michael Farah Software.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agpeya-engarabic/id414385737 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Michael Farah Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/414385740)
- Category: Reference, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 231 App Store ratings · 109 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-01-26
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agpeya-engarabic/id414385737/reviews.md

## What is Agpeya (Eng/Arabic)?

Easily the best Agpeya application on the App Store. (5 Star rating in over 60 different countries)

The Coptic Orthodox Agpeya (Agpia), is a prayer book, "the book of hours". It contains prayers for 7 different hours to be said out throughout the day. The hours are chronologically laid out in a neat way, each containing a theme corresponding to events in the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

App Features 
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- Switch to Arabic/English on the fly
- Each prayer is organised and broken down for quick, easy, painless use
- Customisations include the ability to change fonts, sizes, colors, reading modes
- Swipe left and right to navigation through prayers
- Ability to identify which prayer hour you are supposed to be praying (green activity indicator next to prayer)
- Content is now managed remotely on a server which means changes are instantly updated in the background.
- Notification centre allows for a silent communication feed from the developer to communicate changes/additions/bugs and updates
- Additional section for psalms.
- New full screen mode (double tap to enter/exit)

## Key features

- Daily prayers for 7 hours
- Chronological organization by theme
- Switch between English and Arabic
- Customizable fonts, sizes, and colors
- Swipe navigation
- Prayer hour indicator
- Remote content updates
- Notification center

## What do users think of Agpeya (Eng/Arabic)?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🙏 Helpful for praying
- 👍 Great work, God bless the effort
- 👍 Amazing, works well, nice soft background
- 👍 Good, easy to use
- 👍 Provides easy prayer in English or Arabic
- 👍 Helpful for reading the hours, dissipates discouragement
- 👍 Well written and developed, easy to navigate
- 👍 Friendly user interface, can change font, easy to switch between English and Arabic
- 👍 User-friendly, gives chance to pray in Arabic or English
- 👍 Excellent translation of Psalms, simple English
- 👍 Excellent application, God bless the service
- 👍 Organized well, states prayer times
- 👍 Convenient, full of everything in the book
- 👍 Wonderful way to augment the Liturgy of the Hours
- 👍 Easy and convenient, beautiful words
- 👍 Amazing for on-the-go prayer
- 👍 Contains everything, easy to use, well organized

**Cons**

- 🐛 Some typos or odd spellings
- 🐛 Weird translation of litanies and thanksgiving prayers
- 🐛 Lots of typos and punctuation errors

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Arabic concluding prayer at the first hour is not complete
- No rotation feature

**Most requested features**

- Add French language support
- Add Coptic introductions before Gospel and litanies
- Add option to change background to black
- Add bookmark, highlight, and background picture options
- Add audio option to listen to the prayers
- Remove psalm numbers and add psalm names instead

## Recent user reviews (10 of 109)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/agpeya-engarabic/id414385737/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Mr

*2025-07-28, version 4.6*

Very helpful for praying .

### 5/5 — Perfect and Outstanding

*2025-03-28, version 4.6*

Great work. May God bless all your hard effort to provide such a great achievement. Thank you.

### 5/5 — Amazing!!

*2025-03-06, version 4.6*

Such a great app. Uses the preferred translation, has a nice soft background, and it works well!
God bless!

### 5/5 — Good

*2023-08-12, version 4.6*

Good

### 5/5 — تطبيق يليق الشهرة

*2023-02-19, version 4.6*

يوفر التطبيق هذا للمستعمل سهولة الصلاة بالانجليزي او بالعربي بفضل قائدة صلوات ساعات الكنيسة (تسمى أجبية باللغة القبطية بمعنى ساعة). هو تطبيق التحصن والتأمل بالاضافة الى طقوس الصلاة. سيفيد استعماله المتواضع

### 5/5 — Good app

*2023-01-28, version 4.6*

I’m able to read this well Thank you. Especially like the time lapse circle for the hours very helpful

### 5/5 — Nectaria

*2022-09-17*

I’m so glad to have this app! I’m a convert to Orthodoxy. Due to transportation problems I wound up at the Greek Orthodox Church. My heart, mind, soul is Coptic. Pope Shenouda 3rd and Pope Kyrillos 6th are just two of my favorites. I read this daily and ask the Lord Christ to bless the founders and creators of this app. May the Holy Trinity be with you always!!

### 5/5 — Relief

*2022-08-29, version 4.6*

Reading the hours helps to dissipate the discouragement of the day.

### 5/5 — Thank you

*2022-08-25, version 4.6*

This is a great Agpeya app. Very well written and well developed. I love the way the prayers are organized that you can easily choose and jump to the part you need. Thank you for this great service, god bless.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2022-07-14, version 4.6*

Very happy , very handy and can change the font as well easy to navigate and switch between English and Arabic
I wish some other prayers to be added as it is already at the Agpeya 
Many thanks

## Frequently asked questions about Agpeya (Eng/Arabic)

### What is the Agpeya (Eng/Arabic) app?

The Agpeya (Eng/Arabic) app is a digital prayer book for Coptic Orthodox Christians. It contains prayers for seven different hours of the day, chronologically organized and themed around events in the life of Jesus Christ. The app aims to make daily prayer easy and accessible.

### What are the key features of this prayer app?

Key features include the ability to switch between English and Arabic, organized prayers for easy use, customizable fonts, sizes, and colors, swipe navigation, an indicator for the current prayer hour, and remote content updates. It also includes a notification center for developer announcements and an additional section for psalms.

### Is the Agpeya (Eng/Arabic) app free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating it is a completely free resource for users.

### What devices is Agpeya (Eng/Arabic) compatible with?

While specific operating system versions are not detailed, the app is available on the App Store, suggesting compatibility with iOS devices. The description does not mention Android compatibility.

### How does the app help with daily prayer?

The app simplifies daily prayer by providing prayers for seven distinct hours, laid out chronologically. Its organized structure, customizable reading options, and clear navigation, along with an indicator for the current prayer hour, make it straightforward for users to follow their prayer routine.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.6 — 2019-02-20

- Disabled the copy / paste / select all menu when in detail view.

### 4.5 — 2018-10-26

- Fixed a resizing bug with the reading view when connected to TVs via Airplay

### 4.4 — 2018-10-24

- Fix for minor bug in some iPad devices where text was hiding behind the toolbar in the reading view.

### 4.3 — 2018-10-22

Thanks for all your feedback, i received a tonne of emails asking for landscape mode!

Guess what? Landscape mode is finally here!!!!

Other improvements:
- Fixed bug were even though you may have rated the application, you still receive dialogs asking you to.
- Cleaned up some of the UI
- Optimised for newer iOS versions

### 4.2 — 2018-05-09

Fixed bug where prayer titles were not showing the second detail view.

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