Comparison

Intercede vs Catholic Prayers

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Intercede

This app offers a focused approach to Catholic prayer, specializing in multi-day novenas for various intentions. It provides saint biographies, customizable reminders, and the ability to pray with friends and family. Track your intentions and prayer progress within a dedicated spiritual companion.

Highlights
  • Extensive novena collection for various intentions
  • Detailed saint biographies
  • Customizable prayer reminders
  • Community prayer with friends and family
  • Personal prayer intention tracking
  • Prayer progress history
Features
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**Intercede: Deepen Your Catholic Prayer Life (formerly the Pray Catholic Novenas app)** Intercede is a Catholic prayer app uniquely focused on novenas, which are multi-day prayers, some extending up to nine months. Created by a Catholic for Catholics, Intercede focuses exclusively on traditional Catholic devotions, distinguishing it from other apps that cater to a broader Christian audience. Whether you're seeking healing, discernment, employment, or any special intention, Intercede offers novenas for every need. From the powerful Sacred Heart novena to St. Jude for impossible cases, find the perfect prayer companion. **Key Features:** - **Pray with Purpose** Explore an extensive collection of novenas tailored for every intention—from healing to discernment—guiding you through structured prayer experiences. - **Discover the Saints** Gain inspiration from richly detailed biographies of saints whose intercessions you're seeking, deepening your spiritual connection and understanding. - **Never Forget a Novena** Stay committed to your spiritual goals with timely, gentle reminders that ensure you never miss a day of your novena prayers. - **Pray Together** Invite friends and family to join your novenas, fostering community and shared spiritual growth through collective prayer. - **Track Your Intention** Add and track your personal prayer intentions seamlessly, keeping them visible during daily prayers and enhancing your focus and devotion. - **Your Prayer History** Easily monitor your prayer progress and completed novenas, reflecting on your spiritual growth and celebrating your prayerful milestones. **Why Catholics Love Intercede** "Intercede has completely transformed my prayer habits—consistent, meaningful, and easy to keep up with." "This app is a blessing! The saint biographies have made my prayers come alive." "Perfect for busy Catholics. The reminders keep me on track with my novenas." Intercede Patrons support the Intercede app. When you become an Intercede Patron with a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account when you confirm your purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off anytime by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. The current price for the Canonization Patron level is USD 29.99 per year. Depending on exchange rates, prices and currency may vary from country to country. **Intercede's privacy policy & terms of use** https://catholicnovenaapp.com/privacy/ https://catholicnovenaapp.com/tos/

About

Catholic Prayers

Access a comprehensive collection of Catholic prayers for personal, family, and liturgical use. Features include daily readings, seasonal information, and a teleprompter for guided prayer. Easily favorite and share prayers, with options for customization and a daily Bible quote widget.

Highlights
  • Diverse Catholic prayer collection
  • Daily readings and seasonal information
  • Favorite and easily access prayers
  • Full-screen teleprompter
  • Customizable text display
  • Daily Bible quote widget
Features
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Catholic Prayers is a complete, lightweight, and reliable resource for personal Christian Prayers in English. It gathers a diverse selection of prayers from the rich traditions of the Catholic Church. This treasury of Catholic worship includes personal, family, and liturgical prayers. It includes a great collection of daily prayers that can be used on different occasions in our lives. † Great ways to read † • Daily prayers, Occasional Prayers, Litanies, Novenas, Marian Prayers, Prayer to Jesus, Prayers to Saints, and much more. • Favorite your prayers and access them easily. • Dark mode • Widget for Daily Bible Quotes. • Lock Screen Bible Verses • Prayer counter. • Details of the Current season, Daily thoughts & Daily readings. • Full-screen Teleprompter with adjustable speed. • Zoom In & Out to adjust the text. • Colorize the text for better understanding. • Simple and Elegant UI. • Share the prayers with your friends and family. Copyrights: All copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on Catholic Prayers may be extracted from different sources and books. Courtesy: To different online prayer sources and Christian prayer books: Thank you for your inspiration. Privacy Policy: Catholic Prayers does not collect any of the user information with their prior knowledge. The app doesn't share or misuse any of the information collected from the user. The software, materials, and assistance Catholic Prayers provides are the only purpose of sharing prayers with its users. URL: https://reeba256.github.io/privacypolicy If you have any questions or suggestions don't hesitate to drop us a line at reebasebastian@icloud.com - that's what we're here for!

Screenshots

Intercede4 screens
Catholic Prayers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Intercede at none against Catholic Prayers's shown. Intercede also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#85 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Intercede sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Catholic Prayers sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Intercede against 4.9 for Catholic Prayers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36K and 25K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Intercede's written reviews are positive against 82% of Catholic Prayers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intercede ships an update fortnightly, Catholic Prayers every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Intercede versus Catholic Prayers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntercedeCatholic Prayers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (36K ratings) — better4.9 (25K ratings)
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews — better82.3% of reviews
Number of ratings36K — better25K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDevoted Coders, LLCReeba Sebastian

Customer experience

Intercede

All ratings36,014 ratings
Positive99.3%
Neutral0.3%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews342 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.7%

Catholic Prayers

All ratings24,729 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews266 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.8%
Negative10.9%

User reviews

Intercede

From 36K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Powerful novenas and prayers
  • 📆 Helpful daily reminders
  • 🗓️ Keeps track of progress
  • 🔖 Wide selection of novenas
  • 🌟 Deepens faith and relationship with saints

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription required for full access
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality
  • 🔊 Lack of audio/TTS option
  • 🔧 Some technical issues reported

Catholic Prayers

From 25K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Helpful for prayer life
  • 📚 Wide variety of prayers
  • 🔍 Easy to find prayers
  • 🌟 Excellent resource
  • 🌍 Convenient to have on phone

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Search function issues
  • 🔊 Lack of audio options
  • 📢 Intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Compatibility problems

Bugs and requests

Intercede

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Subscription issues causing loss of progress
  • App crashes or freezes reported

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more novenas and prayers
  • Improve search and filtering options
  • Implement audio/TTS support
  • Allow customization of reminders
  • Provide more free content

Catholic Prayers

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing/not loading
  • Prayer counter not working
  • Language issues on Apple Watch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Audio playback for prayers
  • Alarm/reminder settings
  • Liturgical year-based prayers
  • Spanish language support
  • Accessibility improvements for blind users

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Intercede

Subscriptions5
  • Monthly Patron$4.991 Month
  • Canonization Patron$29.991 Year
  • Blessed Patron$29.991 Year
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  • Patron14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Family Patron14 Days trial$44.991 Year
7 purchases

Catholic Prayers

Subscriptions2
  • Prayers Plus$1.991 Month
  • Prayers Go$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Faith Coin$0.99
  • Faith Coin$3.99
  • Faith Coin$6.99
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  • Prayers Pro$39.99
  • Prayers Special$49.99

Questions

Is Intercede free?
Intercede is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catholic Prayers free?
Catholic Prayers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Intercede or Catholic Prayers?
Intercede is rated higher. Intercede averages 5.0 out of 5 from 36K ratings, while Catholic Prayers averages 4.9 from 25K ratings.
Do Intercede or Catholic Prayers have ads?
Catholic Prayers shows ads; Intercede does not.
Which is updated more often, Intercede or Catholic Prayers?
Intercede ships an update fortnightly, and Catholic Prayers every 5 weeks. Most recently, Intercede was updated on November 2, 2026 and Catholic Prayers on November 1, 2026.

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