# Daily Readings

> Daily Greek Orthodox Scripture readings, saints, fasting, and prayers. (iPhone/iPad app by Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-readings/id516000464 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America](https://appshunter.io/developer/384687972)
- Category: Reference, Lifestyle
- Price: $0.99
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 138 App Store ratings · 86 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: +4
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-04-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-readings/id516000464/reviews.md

## What is Daily Readings?

The Daily Readings app offers an easy way to access the day's Scripture readings, saints, and fasting guidelines as prescribed by the Lectionary of the Greek Orthodox Church. Now there are even more features to enhance your experience: 

Content: 
* View the fasting guidelines, readings, and saints of the day.
* Time sensitive prayers on the main page help you pray throughout the day.
* Search for your favorite saint or feast any time during the year. 
* Quickly look up movable feasts based on the date of Pascha. 
* Lookup definitions of Orthodox words
* Read a selection of Orthodox Prayers.
* Live Services of parishes across the United States of America.

Usability: 
* Reminders to read the Epistle and Gospel for the day facilitate personal Bible reading.
* Viewing both the content and the app interface in your choice of English, Greek, or Arabic.
* Orientation changing. 
* Font size and face options for readings.
* Easily share readings with friends and family!
* Swipe on the main page to go to the next date.
* Swipe between readings to go the next one.
* iPhone and iPad "reader" modes.

This app follows the typikon and lectionary of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

## Key features

- Daily Scripture readings
- Saints and fasting guidelines
- Time-sensitive prayers
- Searchable saint database
- Movable feast lookup
- Orthodox word definitions
- Customizable reading interface

## Chart rankings

- #8 in Top Paid · Reference (US App Store)

## What do users think of Daily Readings?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great content and informative
- 👍 Useful for daily readings and saints
- 👍 Appreciated for faith engagement
- 👍 Convenient for Orthodox Christians
- 👍 Good for spiritual journey
- 👍 Helpful for daily walk in Orthodoxy
- 👍 Valuable resource for Orthodox faith
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 👍 Good for new converts
- 👍 Greek language support appreciated
- 👍 Non-profit and from Archdiocese

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and instability
- 🐛 App no longer opens or loads
- 🐛 Dates do not auto-update quickly
- 🐛 Content mixed up with previous days
- 🐛 Paid content not always provided
- 🐛 Poor translation choice for scripture
- 🐛 Switching between languages is difficult
- 🐛 Overlapping words on the face page
- 🐛 Font size options are extreme
- 🐛 Prayers are off schedule
- 🐛 Slow and clunky performance
- 🐛 Archaic language is distracting
- 🐛 Poor resolution of text at x2 size
- 🐛 Incomplete calendar information
- 🐛 Saint bios often missing
- 🐛 Swipe gesture can be annoying

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes immediately on startup
- App no longer opens after updates
- Paid content not accessible
- Dates not auto-updating
- Content mixed up with previous days
- Switching between English and Greek not functioning well
- Overlapping words on the face page
- Saint search not working
- Bugs in glossary
- Prayers are off schedule
- Resolution of text is poor
- Calendar incomplete
- Missing saint biographies
- App crashes on iOS 17.2.1
- App stopped working with iOS 16.0.3
- App crashes after latest update
- App no longer opens after phone update
- App crashes on opening
- App crashes when trying to open
- App freezes on opening screen then crashes
- Paid version won't open
- Lite version opens, paid version crashes
- App crashes when trying to do anything
- App crashes when trying to open
- App crashes as soon as I try to open
- App crashes on startup
- App not working
- App crashes every time I try to open
- App crashes sometimes after update
- App crashes when opening

**Most requested features**

- Translate daily prayers into Greek
- Enlarge icons for better detail
- Add a dark/night mode
- Option to download prayers/readings for offline use
- Add a reminder option
- Add a share feature for saint stories
- Include commentary from church fathers
- Add an old calendar setting
- Announce if tomorrow is also a fast day

## Recent user reviews (10 of 86)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daily-readings/id516000464/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Doesn’t do anything

*2026-08-10, version 1.6.7*

I prod for the upgrade and it’s all blank

### 5/5 — Great!

*2026-04-29*

I am using the app for about 2 weeks now and I love it! I chose this version versus the free lite version because I wanted to read in Greek. Personally I prefer to pray in Greek rather than in English even though I have lived in US for most of my life.

My only suggestion is that the daily prayers to be translated in Greek as well (just like the Bible exerts, the biographies of Saints and the fasting guidance). Thanks for your consideration!

### 3/5 — Grateful for this App but needs Improvement, please donate

*2026-03-17*

I’ve been looking at this app daily, especially finding the listing of the daily Saints very useful. However the biographies are sketchy, so I must look up the biographies elsewhere. Even though the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a sister church under the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the app assists in Moscow Patriarchate genocide by failing to point out the most of the “Russian” saints were born in Ukraine and spoke the Rus’ Ukrainian language, unintelligible with modern Russian. This leads people to the OCA site, which is even more Kremlin KGB “Church Aboard” influenced. Seeing the lie that St. Tikhon was the “Enlightener of America” makes me ill, as convincing Carpatho Rusyns to despise their own language and heritage was very evil. No other Orthodox Church does this. St. Tikhon was a martyr, despite dutifully serving the Kremlin, like so many useful idiots.
Also, on my iPad, the Prayers button and many others won’t open. So I urge all to donate $ for development of this app.

### 1/5 — Needs Work

*2025-12-22, version 1.6.7*

Sadly the app no longer works with the most recent update from Apple. The dev(s) needs to address this asap.

### 2/5 — Good content bad app

*2025-05-19*

The content is great, very informative. The problem is with the application. It crashes, not often, but it still crashes. The dates do not auto update quickly, be careful to see what you are reading for that day. Sometimes the content is mixed up with yesterdays content and todays. I have the paid version and some of the paid content is not given to me. Really not that good. They should either fix it or just cancel the app.

### 5/5 — love this app

*2025-04-13*

our Matushka shared this app with me and I really, really love it.   I love having a quick reference for the daily readings and fasting schedule, and as a newish convert I really appreciate reading about the different saints.

### 1/5 — Pour functionality

*2025-04-05, version 1.6.7*

The choice of translation for English scripture is appallingly bad. Switching between English and Greek is possible only at a settings level, and does function well. Nothing like the GOArch website. Very disappointed.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2025-03-23, version 1.6.7*

I am very happy that this app exists! Helpful and straight from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; not for profit.

### 5/5 — Problem with overlapping words on face page

*2025-03-16*

The app is excellent but this problem has not been resolved .

### 5/5 — Inspiring App

*2025-01-14*

I love the app as is gives me the ability to look deeper into the faith of my Church. Daily Epistles and Gospel readings are excellent along with the Saints and Feasts keep me up to date with the Church calendar. My only suggestion is that I would like to be able to enlarge the icons so that I can better see the details and beauty of them.

## Frequently asked questions about Daily Readings

### What does the Daily Readings app do?

The app provides daily Scripture readings, information on saints, fasting guidelines, and prayers as prescribed by the Lectionary of the Greek Orthodox Church. It aims to make accessing this spiritual content easy and convenient for users.

### What are the key features of the Daily Readings app?

Key features include viewing daily readings, saints, and fasting guidelines, time-sensitive prayers, a searchable database for saints and feasts, definitions of Orthodox terms, and a selection of Orthodox prayers. It also offers live services from parishes.

### Is the Daily Readings app free to use?

Yes, the Daily Readings app is completely free to use. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating a free monetization model.

### What languages and platforms does the app support?

The app interface and content can be viewed in English, Greek, or Arabic. It is available for both iPhone and iPad, offering dedicated "reader" modes for each device.

### How can this app help with personal spiritual practice?

The app facilitates personal Bible reading with reminders for the Epistle and Gospel. Users can also customize font sizes and faces, search for specific saints or feasts, and look up definitions to deepen their understanding of Orthodox teachings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.7 — 2019-03-10

Back-end change to accommodate new server environment.

### 1.6.6 — 2018-09-06

* Fixed bug that prevented some time-appropriate prayers to show up on the main screen.

### 1.6.5 — 2018-07-24

* Fixed bug that wasn't displaying Prayers of the Hours in Readings section.
* Moved "Your Prayers" to top of Prayers section.

### 1.6.4 — 2018-06-08

* Backend updates
* Fixed UI issues with iPhone X.

### 1.6.3 — 2018-03-30

Bug fixes in iPad.

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