Best Roman Catholic app
Best modern Roman Catholic app especially for those who coming back or starting love it
A precious resource
The Ascension app is a trusted companion for deepening my faith. Its rich library of videos on the sacraments and core doctrines offers clarity and insight that transformed my understanding of Catholic tradition. The content is accessible and well-organized, making it easy to grow spiritually. Whether studying Scripture or reflecting on Church teachings, this app delivers depth and peace—essential tools for any committed believer seeking to strengthen their relationship with God.
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Missing text
When reading the bible, doesn’t matter the story, there seems to be missing words at the end of some sentences. Sometimes I’m able to select the sentence and the rest appears, but lately nothing appears and I’m left to wonder…Other than that it’s good, just wish they didn’t hide so much stuff behind paywalls, especially when I don’t understand a verse. I end up having to switch to google where I get a free explanation…
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Amazing resource to get to know my faith
I can’t say enough thanks for the amazing team that is behind all the postings and the works of this app!
The resources available are a life support for my faith and my life journey.
The resources available are a life support for my faith and my life journey.
I love this app!
I love that it’s one place where I can find everything that I need. The rosary, the Bible, daily bleedings, devotions history, Bible in a year, everything I need to carry on my journey with the Lord. I have learned so much with this app.
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Helping sinners become Saints
I use the Ascension app every day. Daily Mass readings, meditation, a guided rosary and many special features. All of it leading me to a better life! Thank you Ascension!
latest update problem
good app, but the latest update does not allow one to text or copy/paste full bible. verses or catechism paragraphs or multiple paragraphs to others, truncating with a****
Love this app!
Love the Bible in a Year. ❤️
Ascension is great from what i know
Love it! Especially for Bible in a Year !!
Inspiration
In Becoming Catholic program in London, confirmation name: Carlo for London’s Saint
Amazing
Thank you Ascension for the quality of Catholic content you offer!
Ascension App
Use the App everyday, learn more everyday
Latest Version Has Broken Fast Playback
I’ve been listening as a subscriber for quite a while, but the latest version released this week has broken the fast playback feature. Any speed other than 1x introduces annoying artifacts in the playback, making it difficult to understand the speaker.
Highlight the words while Father Mike reads
I love this app. It is amazing, and it helps me a lot. I love Father Mike reading it. His voice helps me stay with it. I am dyslexic, and I appreciate that you also made the Catholic Reading Bible: Dyslexia Friendly Edition, the one with clearer type that is easier to read. What I still want in the app is the same thing Speechify does. While the voice reads, highlight each word as it is spoken, so my eyes can stay with the line. Right now it will read to me, but the words do not light up as it goes. That follow-along highlight, with Father Mike reading, would make this even better.
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Confusing
Please stop hiding stuff so that the app looks cool. Of you want to complicate it let me set my home page so I don’t spend 10 minutes looking for stuff I used to find in seconds.
Please stop taking free features away
I initially gave a very positive review for both this app and Ascension as a company with the caveat that I found it frustrating that they placed the previously free feature of the daily meditation behind their subscription paywall. I saw other reviews expressing the same frustration, but apparently Ascension is not listening or does not care because they have now taken away another of me and my wife’s favorite features, the saint of the day. There is no indication of this until you tap on the feature and are hit with a pop-up ad asking you to pay for a subscription. This is extremely frustrating and off-putting. It feels like I am being manipulated into paying with a bait and switch.
Ascension, please if you are listening and care, there is nothing wrong with charging for resources that you obviously put a lot of work and money into. But please don’t remove the basic free features that win people over to your app (and Catholicism) in the first place. Unfortunately for the time being my wife and I have to look elsewhere for devotional materials because you have lost our trust.
My original review:
This is a wonderful app. It has been a tremendous blessing for my wife and I as we are investigating the Catholic Church. For the first time in our marriage we have been able to consistently do shared devotions together every morning thanks in large part to this app. BIY and CIY have also been great resources. We love Ascension so much that we even purchased a Great Adventure Bible and a Catechism.
However it is frustrating that the Daily Meditation became a paid feature in the most recent update, without warning or notice of any kind. This was one of our favorite features and unfortunately we can’t justify paying a subscription fee at the moment.
It’s understandable that Study Plans would be a paid feature that we would gladly consider paying for if we could afford it and were ready to go deeper but at the moment we are not at that point. We would even be willing to make a one time purchase to upgrade but unfortunately that is not an option.
All that being said, we still benefit greatly from this app. It is beautifully designed and an invaluable resource for both Catholics and inquirers like ourselves. We are big fans of Ascension and can tell that they put a lot of love into what they do. God bless.
Ascension, please if you are listening and care, there is nothing wrong with charging for resources that you obviously put a lot of work and money into. But please don’t remove the basic free features that win people over to your app (and Catholicism) in the first place. Unfortunately for the time being my wife and I have to look elsewhere for devotional materials because you have lost our trust.
My original review:
This is a wonderful app. It has been a tremendous blessing for my wife and I as we are investigating the Catholic Church. For the first time in our marriage we have been able to consistently do shared devotions together every morning thanks in large part to this app. BIY and CIY have also been great resources. We love Ascension so much that we even purchased a Great Adventure Bible and a Catechism.
However it is frustrating that the Daily Meditation became a paid feature in the most recent update, without warning or notice of any kind. This was one of our favorite features and unfortunately we can’t justify paying a subscription fee at the moment.
It’s understandable that Study Plans would be a paid feature that we would gladly consider paying for if we could afford it and were ready to go deeper but at the moment we are not at that point. We would even be willing to make a one time purchase to upgrade but unfortunately that is not an option.
All that being said, we still benefit greatly from this app. It is beautifully designed and an invaluable resource for both Catholics and inquirers like ourselves. We are big fans of Ascension and can tell that they put a lot of love into what they do. God bless.
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Sinful and Greedy Paywall
They’re slowly placing every feature behind a paywall. Soon you’ll have to pay $20 a month just to read the Bible. Why do I have to pay for the Daily Meditation now? And the saint of the day?? They’ve ruined their app; you’re much better off finding an app created for the purpose of spreading the Good Word, not for the purpose of making money. Try Hallow instead.
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Frustrated.
I started out being able to read the daily, the saint of the day, and the meditation all for free.
Then they started charging for the meditation.
Now as of 10/01/26 they charge for the Saint of the day too.
Very off putting. Gonna look for an app that doesn’t do that.
Then they started charging for the meditation.
Now as of 10/01/26 they charge for the Saint of the day too.
Very off putting. Gonna look for an app that doesn’t do that.
Too much behind paywall
This is a great and well made app. I understood putting some things behind a paywall to cover the cost of development, and to continue to make high quality content. However this used to just be longer programs and video series’. Recently they put the daily meditation behind one, and now even the saint of the day requires a premium subscription. I will be finding a different app.
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