# Velad — Your digital prayer book

> Your digital prayer book (iPhone/iPad app by Nicolas Bases.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/velad/id6780601315 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Nicolas Bases](https://appshunter.io/developer/6780601318)
- Category: Lifestyle, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 166 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-18
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/velad/id6780601315/reviews.md

## What is Velad?

Velad is a digital Catholic prayer book: a quiet companion for your prayer life — no accounts, no ads, no distractions.

PRAY THE ROSARY
• All four sets of mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous), with today's mystery highlighted.
• A minimalist contemplative mode, or full text for every prayer.
• Litany of Loreto and sacred art to accompany your meditation.

DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS
• Traditional devotions: Sacred Heart, Stations of the Cross (biblical and traditional), Trisagion, Franciscan Crown and more.
• Chaplets, Marian prayers and classic prayers, organized and easy to find.
• Create your own prayers and share them with other users.

NOVENAS
• Novenas to Our Lady and the saints, with your personal intention woven into the prayer.
• Day-by-day tracking: the app remembers which day you're on and reminds you so you never break a novena.
• Build your own custom novenas.

SAINTS
• Lives of saints and blesseds with their feast days, patronages and prayers.
• Save your favorite saints.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
• St. Alphonsus Liguori's Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, with today's visit ready.
• Acts of faith, love, contrition and spiritual communion.

YOUR PRAYER LIFE, ORGANIZED
• Daily routine: choose your usual prayers and see what's still pending today.
• Prayer calendar: log what you pray and review your history month by month.
• Daily intention and a record of your sacramental life (Mass, confession, adoration, fasting...).
• Optional reminders for your routine, your novenas and the Hour of Mercy.

MADE FOR PRAYER
• Works fully offline.
• No sign-up, no accounts, no ads. Your data stays on your phone.
• Dark mode for praying at night.
• Available in Spanish, English, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian.

"Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation" (Mt 26:41)


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.9 — 2026-08-14

- Added activity tracking and summaries in the calendar.
- Added a new counters feature with create, edit, and delete support.
- Improved the home screen and daily detail view.
- Fixed the app version display.

### 1.0.8 — 2026-08-05

- Added the Prayer of the Saint Benedict Medal, with translations in all supported languages.
- Added custom sacramental life entries, with one-time or permanent options.
- Improved app version display.
- General fixes and polish.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-07-04

New devotional content, including the Emergency Novena and the Novena to Pier Giorgio Frassati.
Improved custom novena creation with day-by-day editing, classic structure, copy options, and better validation.
Improved prayer tracking from the home screen and fixed layout issues.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-06-20

Improvements to the Rosary and devotional prayer experience.
The app now remembers whether you prefer to show or hide the prayer text.
Also includes improvements to pending prayers, calendar behavior, and overall stability.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-06-18

No release notes.

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