# John 1:1 - Catholic Bible — Rosary, Mass Readings & Saints > Rosary, Mass Readings & Saints (iPhone/iPad app by North Boutique Studios Ltd.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/john-11-catholic-bible/id6784763639 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [North Boutique Studios Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/1697365115) - Category: Reference, Books - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 26.0 · 152 MB - Languages: American English, European Spanish - Released: 2026-07-07 - Data updated: 2026-10-25 ## What is John 1? A complete Catholic Bible, the Rosary, today's Mass readings and the saints, on your iPhone and iPad. Everything works offline. No account, no ads, no subscription. THE BIBLE • Three Catholic editions, with the deuterocanonical books: the World English Bible Catholic Edition, the Douay-Rheims and the Clementine Vulgate in Latin • A reader that sets Scripture like a book: paragraphs, psalms and poetry in lines, your choice of typeface, size and spacing • Search every verse in every edition, even without a connection • Bookmarks, highlights and private notes, on your device or synced to your own iCloud if you choose PRAYER • The Rosary with all four sets of mysteries, each with a public-domain painting • The Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 27 novenas with sources, nine-day progress and your intentions • A library of everyday prayers: Morning Offering, Angelus, Regina Caeli, Anima Christi, St. Michael, St. Patrick's Breastplate and more • A guided Lectio Divina and an examination of conscience for Confession (your notes clear when you leave) THE CHURCH YEAR • Today's Mass readings on the United States Roman calendar, opened in their full chapter • The saint of the day from the Vatican News calendar and the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic calendar • My Saints: save the saints you love, keep private intentions, and prepare for their feast days with a novena and an optional reminder THE FATHERS AND DOCTORS • 26 authors, 271 works, 15 million words, all offline: Augustine complete, the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, John Chrysostom, Jerome, Ambrose, Athanasius, Gregory the Great and more • Open a chapter of Scripture and see which Fathers wrote on it • Read the first part of every work free. Unlock the full library once, with no subscription ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • A verse widget for the Lock Screen and Home Screen that changes as often as you choose, from every 10 minutes to once a day • My Saint widgets with sacred art PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in • No ads and no tracking • Your notes, highlights and intentions stay private: on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync Reading references are bundled for 2026 and 2027. For the exact lectionary wording, the app links to the USCCB. Local calendars can differ. All artwork is public domain. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | The Fathers and Doctors | $9.99 | one-time | ## Is John 1 safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess John 1. ## Is John 1 legit? John 1:1 - Catholic Bible appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for John 1 is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.1.0 — 2026-10-24 New: the whole library of the Fathers and Doctors, yours with one purchase. • Read the first part of every work free, plus all of the Apostolic Fathers and St Augustine's Confessions. • Unlock all 271 works once, with no subscription. Family Sharing is on. • Installed John 1:1 before this version? The full library stays free for you. Everything else stays free: the Bible, the Rosary, prayers, readings, saints and widgets. ### 2.0.3 — 2026-10-21 Meet My Saints: a place for the saints you want to know. • Save saints and keep private intentions and notes. • Add a My Saint widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Choose a saint and an artwork-only option. • Prepare for feast days with novena plans and optional reminders. • Explore nine personal saint pages with prayers and sourced life accounts. • Browse the Vatican News and Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic calendars. Read English life accounts and open their Church sources. • Daily reminders include the saints and commemorations for that day. ### 2.0.2 — 2026-10-17 The Bible now reads like a book. • Pages turn with a swipe or a tap, like Apple Books. Each page shows the book and chapter, the page number, and how many pages are left in the chapter. • Turn past the last page to go on to the next chapter and the next book. • Highlights, notes, bookmarks, read aloud and VoiceOver all work on pages. • Prefer scrolling? Choose Scroll in Aa or in Settings. Real art only. • Every painting in the app is a real public-domain work, such as paintings by Fra Angelico, Piero della Francesca, Georges de La Tour and Ghirlandaio. • The new app icon is the face of the 6th-century Christ Pantocrator icon at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai. ### 2.0.1 — 2026-10-14 Every prayer, novena, and teaching in John 1:1 now quotes its source word for word: Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the popes, and the saints. Each text shows where it comes from. NEW • Prayers of the saints: St. Augustine, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Ávila, St. Patrick, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Anthony, St. John Henry Newman, and the prayers of the Angel of Fatima. • More traditional prayers: the Memorare, Anima Christi, Come Holy Spirit, Sub tuum praesidium, the Prayer to St. Michael, the Miraculous Medal invocation, Night Prayer from Compline, and Grace after meals. • Divine Mercy novena, from the Diary of St. Faustina. CHANGED • Novenas use the exact text of their published sources. • Teachings quote the Catechism of the Catholic Church. • The Confession guide uses the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and the Catechism. • Lectio divina follows Pope Benedict XVI, Verbum Domini 87. • Each set of Rosary mysteries opens with the words of St. John Paul II. ### 2.0.0 — 2026-10-12 John 1:1 is rebuilt as a native app for iOS 26. It opens faster, follows your system settings, and keeps your notes, bookmarks and highlights. • The Fathers and Doctors now turn like a book. Swipe, or tap the edge of the page, and the last page leads straight into the next homily or chapter. • Listen: the app reads a chapter aloud, with controls on the Lock Screen. • Reading plans: read John in 7 or 21 days, see your progress, and set a daily reminder. • Pinch to change text size, share a verse as a card, and copy verses with their reference. • Search suggests books and recent searches, and Spotlight finds your notes. • Tag your notes, undo a delete, and export or import a backup. • Write notes with Apple Pencil or by voice. • New Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, Control Center controls, and a Live Activity for the Rosary and the Lectio Divina timer. • Siri and Shortcuts: open today's reading or the Rosary, read aloud, or add a note. • On iPad: a sidebar, keyboard shortcuts and pointer support. ## More apps by North Boutique Studios Ltd - [TheSplit](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thesplit/id6451268133) - [The Split](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-split/id6738747917) - [By Day](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/by-day/id6753763394) All apps by North Boutique Studios Ltd: https://appshunter.io/developer/1697365115 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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