# Pax: Catholic Quotes by Mood — Daily peace for a crowded mind

> Catholic quotes and spiritual guidance tailored to your emotional state. (iPhone/iPad app by MATTHEW JOHN MYERS.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pax-catholic-quotes-by-mood/id6817832936 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MATTHEW JOHN MYERS](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817832938)
- Category: Reference, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 24 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-12
- Data updated: 2026-11-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases

## What is Pax?

Anxious? Afraid? Tired? Find the words.

Pax answers “How is your soul today?” with Scripture, the saints and the Church. Choose how you feel (anxious, afraid, tired, grateful, lonely, overwhelmed) and find quotes from the Church Fathers, the saints, the popes, the Baltimore Catechism and trusted Catholic voices, gathered for that moment.

MORE THAN QUOTES
A quiet daily practice for a restless mind. Name what you’re carrying, read what the saints and Scripture say to it, write your own response, and begin again tomorrow.

EVERY QUOTE VERIFIED
No invented or misattributed quotes. Each one is checked word for word against the book, document or recording it comes from, and its source is one tap away.

A DAILY TRIAD FOR THE CHURCH YEAR
Each day brings one Scripture verse, one saint and one teaching of the Church on a single theme, following the seasons and feasts of the liturgical year.

A PRIVATE JOURNAL
Open any quote, read a short reflection, and write your own response, even by hand with an Apple Pencil. Your journal stays on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync, is never read by the reflection feature, and can be locked with Face ID.

SUNDAY’S GOSPEL
The coming Sunday’s Gospel all week, in the Douay-Rheims, with something new each day: the Church Fathers, a homily, the Baltimore Catechism and a question for your journal.

WHEN SOMETHING SETS YOU OFF
Triggered? gathers Scripture, the Fathers and the popes for the moment before you react: a soft answer, slowness to anger, making peace, and holding the line with kindness.

SPIRITUAL BOUQUETS
Keep the people you pray for. Each decade, Our Father, Mass or prayer of your own you offer for them becomes a flower in a chalk bouquet you can give and share as a picture. No streaks, no counting.

PRAY THE ROSARY
Tap the little cross below the Daily Triad and pray bead by bead, with today’s mysteries, in English, Spanish, Latin, Italian or French, or together over FaceTime. Prayers to Our Lady and litanies, free.

ON EVERY SCREEN
Pax runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, opens into two pages on iPad and iPhone Duo, and prays the Rosary on Apple Watch.

DISCERNMENT, FREE
Verified words on hearing God’s call, the priesthood, religious life and marriage, including priests of the Diocese of Lansing from our podcast Before the Collar.

BEFORE CONFESSION
A free examination of conscience: the commandments, the precepts of the Church and the capital sins, with the Baltimore Catechism’s own words, for adults or kids. Nothing you tick is saved.

ON YOUR HOME SCREEN
Widgets and Siri bring the Daily Triad, today’s Rosary and Sunday’s verse to you, with an optional daily reminder.

PAX COMPLETE
Moods, Discernment, the Daily Triad, the Rosary and prayers, the examination, Ember Days and the journal are free, always. Pax Complete is a one-time purchase, no subscription, that unlocks:
• Struggles, Family Life, Temperaments, Mental Clutter, Daily Life and Triggered?: temptation, grief, marriage, parenthood, overthinking, the inner critic, anger and more
• Seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter (each also sold on its own)
• Sunday’s Gospel, with Past Sundays (a season pack opens its own season’s Sundays)
• Spiritual Bouquets: keep the people you pray for and give each a flower for every prayer (a season pack opens it too)
• Past Triads and unlimited favorites (15 without it)
• Journal extras: calendar, topic filters and a Face ID lock
• Chalk stickers for Messages, hidden in Pax’s easter eggs
• Any section as your home board
• Every section and season to come
Share it with your family through Family Sharing.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything you save or write stays on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn sync on. We never see it.

Pax is a companion for prayer, not a substitute for professional care. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988 (in the U.S.).

Made by Listening Beard Productions, the makers of the Before the Collar podcast.

## Key features

- Mood-based quote selection
- Verified Scripture and Church teachings
- Private journaling with Apple Pencil support
- Daily Triad: Scripture, Saint, Church Teaching
- Pray the Rosary with multiple languages
- Examination of conscience
- Spiritual bouquets for prayer intentions

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pax Complete | $9.99 | one-time |
| Advent | $4.99 | one-time |
| Christmas | $4.99 | one-time |
| Lent | $4.99 | one-time |
| Easter | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Pax safe?

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## Is Pax legit?

Pax: Catholic Quotes by Mood has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pax is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Frequently asked questions about Pax

### Does Pax have ads?

Pax is ad-free, allowing for an uninterrupted spiritual experience. The app is supported by optional one-time purchases for additional content.

### What is Pax Complete?

Pax Complete is a one-time purchase that unlocks additional content categories such as Struggles, Family Life, Temperaments, Mental Clutter, Daily Life, and Triggered?. This is not a subscription.

### Can I use Pax offline?

While specific features like iCloud sync require an internet connection, the core functionality of accessing quotes, journaling, and praying the Rosary is available offline.

### How is the content in Pax verified?

Every quote in Pax is verified word for word against its original source, such as a book or document. The source of each quote is readily accessible within the app.

### What devices does Pax support?

Pax is available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. It also offers an Apple Watch app for praying the Rosary.

### How often is Pax updated?

The latest version of Pax is 1.7, and it was last updated on November 9, 2026. Updates typically include new content, features, and performance improvements.

### Is Pax suitable for children?

Pax has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide audience. The examination of conscience feature is available for both adults and children.

### What languages are supported for the Rosary in Pax?

The Rosary can be prayed in English, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and French within Pax. You can also pray the Rosary together over FaceTime.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7 — 2026-11-09

• Spiritual Bouquets: keep the people you pray for and offer each one a flower for every prayer, from a decade of the Rosary to a Mass or a prayer of your own. Give the bouquet and share it as a picture. No streaks, no counting. With Pax Complete or any season pack.
• Triggered?: Scripture, the Fathers and the popes for the moment before you react, for making peace, and for holding the line with kindness. With Pax Complete.
• Your Year in Pax: a chalk card looking back on your year, worked out on your device.
• Saints’ lives now read like stories, and 350 more verified quotes, including 150 for the boards that had the fewest.
• Rate Pax: a plain link in Settings › About. Pax asks for a rating only after you have kept five hearts and used it three days.
• Fixes for the Reset and Delete Journal questions, and the St. Francis de Sales sticker.

### 1.6.1 — 2026-11-08

• Triggered? A new section for the moment something sets you off, with three boards: Before You React (a soft answer, slowness to anger, guarding the tongue), Making Peace (forgiving, reconciling, beginning again after you lose your temper) and Holding the Line (saying no and correcting with kindness, a just anger that does not sin, keeping away from what leads you astray). It gathers Scripture, the Fathers and the popes, including some lines you may know from other boards. Each board has its own triad, from the Triggered? button at the top. Part of Pax Complete.
• Your Year in Pax. A chalk card looking back on your year: a wreath of roses round the year, how many times you opened Pax, your journal entries and the quotes you kept, the board you visited most and a line you kept. On December 31 Pax offers it once, and it is always in Settings. Share it as a picture. It is worked out on your device and nothing is sent anywhere. Free.
• New quotes. 150 more on the boards that needed them (Pray for Priests, Fast and Pray, Discernment, Advent, Christmas, Easter, Marriage and Fatherhood), from Cardinal Manning, St. Bernard, Pope St. Gregory the Great, St. John Cassian and the Fathers. New voices too: Tauler, Garesché, Tabb, Procter and Crashaw, with more from Gertrude, Mechtilde, Angela of Foligno, Catherine of Genoa, Colombière, Benedict, Suso, Plus and Lehodey, plus The Cloud of Unknowing, the Desert Fathers, Manning and Chautard. Most are on the Pax Complete boards.
• The saint’s page now sits under the feast’s name with the years and role, and the life is told in shorter pieces that still read as a story.
• Older translations. Quotes from Pius XI, Leo XIII, Pius X and Benedict XV now use public-domain English translations.
• The author filter lists only voices whose words are in the public domain, and Spotlight finds a newer quote by its words only.
• Fixed: St. Francis de Sales’s sticker now appears in Messages when you find his easter egg, and Rochelle’s name is back in the author filter and in Spotlight.

### 1.6 — 2026-11-01

• Nearly 3,900 new quotes, from 169 voices new to Pax: St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Ávila, Bishop Erik Varden, Cardinal Cantalamessa, Theodoret of Cyrus, Dom Guéranger and many more, most of them on the Pax Complete boards. Near-repeats are folded into one, and the saints’ lives on their feasts are now told in Pax’s own words.
• Sunday’s Gospel. Get ready for Mass all week. The coming Sunday’s Gospel, in the Douay-Rheims, with something new each day: the Church Fathers, a homily, the Baltimore Catechism, a triad, and a short question that saves to your journal. Tap any piece to open it on its own page, or share it as a picture with its source. A widget shows the week’s verse, and Past Sundays keeps the year behind you. Part of Pax Complete; a season pack opens its own season’s Sundays.
• The seasons light the way. The Advent wreath stands beside “Pax” and gains a candle each week. The Christmas crib draws the wise men nearer until Epiphany. Lent brings a cross draped in violet, and Easter the Paschal candle. Each is also a new sticker.
• Saint of the Day, free. On a saint’s feast, tap its name on the Daily Triad to read their life, with two of their quotes beneath. Days of the Church that are not one person’s open as “Today in the Church.”
• Save triads, free. A heart on any triad keeps it at the top of Favorites. With Pax Complete, press and hold a favorite and choose “Make a Triad” to build one around it. Any triad can be saved to your journal.
• Black Board. A new switch in Settings › Display turns the board slate-black and keeps every color of chalk. The widgets and the watch follow it.
• A faster journal, and the same type everywhere, so quotes, Sundays and the journal read alike. Catechism questions now stand out in bold.
• On an iPhone Duo, or an iPad on its side: the Daily Triad opens like an altar piece, and Favorites can be read as a book. Stand the phone half open like a laptop and a topic, your favorites, the Daily Triad, the journal, the examination of conscience, Sunday’s Gospel and the quote page put what you read on the top screen and what you do on the bottom. The Angelus, prayers to Our Lady and litanies go a line at a time, the Rosary shows its bead large enough to read across the table, and it keeps your place when you close the phone. Stand it like a tent and a card for the Angelus, the Hour of Mercy or the night faces the room.
• Welcome back. After an update, Pax opens once with your settings as you left them. New readers signed in to iCloud now see Sync with iCloud start on; you can switch it off before you begin, and current readers keep their choice.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-10-25

With iCloud sync on, Pax could close by itself the first time you opened it each day. It no longer does.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-10-24

This update fixes a handful of things, most of them around iCloud:

Reinstalling Pax and turning on iCloud now brings back your favorites, calendar days, easter eggs and My Board.
A quote you saved stays in your Favorites, even if it’s no longer on a board.
Today’s journal page waits for iCloud instead of coming up empty on a new device.
Shared quote links, widgets and notifications open where they should, even when something else is showing.
“A Saved Quote Each Week” now arrives every week.
On a Mac, Save a Copy saves the file where you choose.
A shared picture is always the quote you shared.
If iCloud can’t sync, Settings › Your Data now says why.

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