# The Catholic Rosary — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of The Catholic Rosary by Davy Rodenko, rated 3.50/5 from 146 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-catholic-rosary/id1388444058/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-catholic-rosary/id1388444058.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 60 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 29 ## What do users think of The Catholic Rosary? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 📿 Beautiful stained glass artwork and mystery illustrations - 👍 Simple, intuitive, and easy-to-navigate interface - 📖 Helpful mystery descriptions aid meditation and contemplation - ✝️ Complete prayer text with clear instructions for rosary praying - 📱 Convenient mobile access to rosary prayers anytime - 🎨 Visually appealing design that enhances spiritual experience **Cons** - 📢 Intrusive and frequent advertisements throughout app - 🔊 Loud ads that override phone silent settings during prayer - ⛔ Inappropriate ad content (political, gambling, non-Catholic religions) - 🚫 Ads difficult or impossible to close/dismiss - 💰 No paid ad-free version available despite user requests - ✍️ Multiple spelling and grammar errors in prayers and instructions - 🔄 Hail Holy Queen prayer repeated multiple times at end - 🖼️ Missing or incorrectly placed mystery images - 📝 Incomplete final prayers and missing prayer sections - 🔀 Prayer text out of order in some mysteries - ❌ No sign of the cross at end of rosary **Commonly reported bugs** - Hail Holy Queen prayer displays 3 times in succession - Ads cannot be closed with X button, only continue button - Missing portion of Hail Holy Queen after each mystery - Spelling errors: Isaiah, Resurrection (double S), Mt Olive, 'of' in instructions - Punctuation error in Hail Holy Queen (missing period between 'tears' and 'Turn') - All Luminous Mystery images identical (same picture for all decades) - Thursday mystery images all showing Baptism picture - Crowning mystery text out of order (starts and ends in middle) - Saturday mystery images missing or incorrectly placed - Final prayers run together and are confusing - Ads blast audio even when phone is silenced - Full-screen ads with no dismiss option on app open **Most requested features** - Paid premium version to remove ads - Audio narration for praying while driving - Updated Apostles' Creed or Nicene Creed option - Ability to close/dismiss ads easily - Option to customize or filter ad content - Add final prayer (Deus, cuius unigenitus Filius) after each mystery - Complete and correct Salve Regina/Hail Holy Queen prayer - Sign of the cross at conclusion of rosary ## Newest reviews (15 of 82) ### 4/5 — Do not like the commercial *2026-06-21, version 1.9.9* You must endure a full minute of commercial before you can open the app. Is there a commercial free edition? ### 4/5 — Ads are distracting *2026-02-16, version 1.9.9* Get rid of the ads, and make it a purchased app ### 4/5 — Ads *2026-01-27, version 1.9.9* I understand the point of ads with a free app but recently I’ve had trouble getting out of the ads when they are done. No X just a continue button. I usually have to close out and start over. ### 4/5 — I love this Rosary *2025-10-06, version 1.9.9* I wish there was someway to get Rosary without advertisement. I use this at Adoration and it is so hard to get past advertisements. Can I pay for it without the ads? ### 3/5 — Fairly good app *2025-06-22, version 1.9.9* Pictures in each mystery are beautiful. Easy to follow set up. There are spelling errors in the “how to pray’ section. The last part of the Hail Holy Queen prayer is missing after each mystery. ### 3/5 — Ads *2024-08-23, version 1.9.9* Why not have option to pay a few bucks and NOT have to watch ridiculous ads every time Id like to pray the Rosary? ### 4/5 — Great Rosary App with a Small Request *2023-09-18* I’ve been using this rosary app for a while now, and I must say it’s excellent in many ways. The user interface is simple and intuitive, making it easy to follow along with my prayers. However, there’s one small improvement that could make this app even better. It’s time for an update to include the updated version of the Apostles’ Creed. The app currently uses the traditional version, but many people now use the updated Nicene Creed in their prayers. Once that update is in place, I’d happily give this app a solid 5-star rating. It’s a valuable tool for anyone looking to deepen their prayer life through the rosary. Thank you for providing such a wonderful resource! 🙏 ### 4/5 — May I request to turn off ads, I will pay you *2023-02-02, version 1.9.9* If you are starting to get prepared for prayer and you open the app, ads come out. I will gladly pay for the ads to go away since I think it is inappropriate to have sponsored ads just before you want to be silent and start to pray. It is a very good app though and very complete and meaningful meditation. Other than the ads it would be perfect. ### 3/5 — Frustrating Ads *2023-01-26, version 1.9.9* The Ads in this app are really loud and frustrating when you open it up for quiet meditation and prayer. I would take a paid version just not to have them in the chapel as a disruption! ### 2/5 — Annoying Ads *2022-07-08, version 1.9.9* Too many annoying ads that you can’t clear ### 2/5 — Pop Up Ads Inappropriate *2021-11-22, version 1.9.9* I have had this app for years. Last week I was at a Knights of Columbus meeting and saying the Rosary. Instead o& opening up, it went directly into ads. Not appropriate in a religious setting. Couldn’t get into the Rosary. I used to love this app. ### 3/5 — Remove ad *2021-10-16, version 1.9.9* Need a link to remove the ads on the app. ### 4/5 — Nice rosary app but... *2021-06-28, version 1.9.9* It is advertising a protestant preacher briantome.com which is totally contrary to our Catholic faith. If it happens again, I will delete the app. ### 2/5 — Good app but... *2021-05-06, version 1.9.0* The App is good for praying the rosary however the latest updates messed up some things, for instance.. all the pictures are the same for Thursday. Basically the Baptism picture is used for every mystery for that day. Another is the wording is so out of order for The Crowning. Seriously, it starts in the middle and ends in the middle. I’ve also noticed a few spelling issues but tend to overlook them. If the developer is going to make changes, have someone proofread and verify the changes are correct. Wording is important and so are the visual pictures when a person is thinking about each mystery. Sadly, I hate to give a neg review. ### 2/5 — Worse since update *2021-03-31, version 1.9.0* Mystery titles have been changed and shortened. Crowing with Thorns mystery is completely out of order. Wish you would have waited until the end of Holy Week before attempting any changes. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads lock the Rosary App *2026-08-13, version 1.9.9* Was a good app but now the ads lock the app. Always starts with an ad but now you can’t get out of the ads. Tried closing and reopening but it keeps locking up the app. Will have to find another app. ### 1/5 — Shameful. Full of Ads. *2026-05-06, version 1.9.9* Unusable with ads. This is a shame. ### 1/5 — Great Rosary App with a Small Request *2026-02-06, version 1.9.9* I’ve used this app for years and it would have been the best Rosary app. Unfortunately, the ads have become frequent, annoying, and sometimes inappropriate, so I had to delete it. Really disappointing for a prayer app. ### 1/5 — Ads *2025-11-02, version 1.9.9* Very intrusive ads with audio that keep popping up ### 1/5 — Once was wonderful *2024-01-26, version 1.9.9* This had been a great app. Used daily, including while at adoration, as with my ADHD, I can get very distracted. The updated version enforces ads now, and even though I have my phone silenced, the ads blast/overriding my silent setting, disturbing others. This is a horrible idea and will now be deleting the app. What a shame. ### 1/5 — Gambling Ads a turnoff *2022-01-20, version 1.9.9* Gambling ads are not really comparable with praying the rosary ### 1/5 — Ads *2021-07-15, version 1.9.9* Opened the app it brought up an advertisement to donate to a Muslim organization. Really? It’s a CATHOLIC rosary app. ### 1/5 — Joe Biden at 5:30 am NO THANK YOU! *2020-08-30, version 1.9* This morning at 5:30 am I open my rosary app for my devotional time and I have a JoeBiden video blaring at me. You should be ashamed of yourself selling political ads on a rosary app. ### 1/5 — Distracting inappropriate ad *2020-08-30, version 1.9* When I open the app, I am presented with a full screen political ad for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Really??? This has happened several times now. I have deleted the app. ### 1/5 — Inappropriate ad *2020-08-23, version 1.9* When I opened my rosary app today, Joe Biden appeared giving a campaign speech looking for votes. Since he is historically pro choice, I don’t think he belongs on a catholic Rosary app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Playstore *2025-12-04, version 1.9.9* Can. I download to playstore my samsung flip 4 android? ### 5/5 — Love the App but don’t want Ads *2024-06-12, version 1.9.9* I love this app for praying the Rosary it is my favourite by far. It would be nice if I could pay once to make it ad free. Thank you, ### 5/5 — Editing issue *2024-05-12, version 1.9.9* In the Hail Holy Queen prayer there should be a period between tears and Turn. It’s annoying to read it. Sorry for such a minor complaint but otherwise it is a great app that I use daily. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2023-11-03, version 1.9.9* Simple and easy way to learn how to pray the rosary📿 ### 5/5 — Good app *2022-12-17, version 1.9.9* Great app, easy to use. Hail Holy queen is wrong. Should be: Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. ### 5/5 — This Rosary app is great *2022-07-20, version 1.9.9* It’s a wonderful app. Thank you Please correct misspelled words. Isaiah is misspelled in one of the mysteries. Also the word “of” is misspelled in the instruction section. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2021-06-09, version 1.9.9* This app is amazing, i really recommend if looking for a rosary app, it has everything you need!! 5/5 starts ### 5/5 — Luminous mystery *2021-05-05, version 1.9.0* It has the same picture for all decades ### 5/5 — Highly recommend *2021-03-27, version 1.9.0* This app I’ve been using for idk how long and it is awesome! I love how this is organized and everything and the pictures are beautiful. I pray the Rosary daily and this is my go to to pray the rosary at anytime 💞 ### 5/5 — Review. Lover of our Lady *2020-05-20, version 1.9* Deeply appreciate the images in stained glass which seem to be classic to say the least. What a powerful Aid to my meditation. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*