Comparison

Intercede vs Catholic Exorcism

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 Exorcism

This app provides resources and prayers for Catholic exorcists and those involved in deliverance ministry. It offers guidance on spiritual renewal, healing, and best practices, including a direct contact option with exorcists from the St. Michael Center.

Highlights
  • Prayers for Priest Exorcists
  • Resources for Deliverance Ministry
  • Ask an Exorcist feature
  • Diary of an Exorcist blog
  • Spiritual renewal and healing guidance
Features
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The definitive Catholic exorcism app, created by the St. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal. This app was created to continue the Center's spiritual renewal, healing, and deliverance ministry, including assisting priests and those in deliverance ministry with the best practices and resources. The app includes: - Prayers for Priest Exorcists (with approval and password) - Prayers and Resources for all those assisting in deliverance ministry, healing, and spiritual renewal - Ask an Exorcist: contact the Catholic exorcists from the St. Michael Center - Diary of an Exorcist: The weekly blog of the exorcists at the St. Michael Center in Washington, DC

Screenshots

Intercede4 screens
Catholic Exorcism3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catholic Exorcism at none against Intercede's 5. Intercede's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 65%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Catholic Exorcism asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intercede holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Intercede has 36K ratings behind it against 154, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Intercede's written reviews are positive against 65% of Catholic Exorcism's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intercede ships an update fortnightly, Catholic Exorcism every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Intercede versus Catholic Exorcism: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntercedeCatholic Exorcism
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (36K ratings) — better4.7 (154 ratings)
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36K — better154
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDevoted Coders, LLCSt. Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal

Customer experience

Intercede

All ratings36,014 ratings
Positive99.3%
Neutral0.3%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews361 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.4%

Catholic Exorcism

All ratings133 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%

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 Exorcism

From 154 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Powerful Catholic app
  • 💖 Life-changing content
  • ✨ Provides powerful tools
  • 😇 Blessing of an app
  • 💪 Essential spiritual resource

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Prayers missing from favorites
  • 🐛 Prayer content missing
  • 🐛 Glitchy app
  • 🐛 Prayers gone from app
  • 🐛 App falls into a loop

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 Exorcism

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Prayers missing from favorites list
  • Prayer titles visible but no content
  • Deliverance prayer for deacons gone
  • App falls into a loop when selecting certain prayers
  • Perimeter Prayer missing from favorites and content altered
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  • App drains battery and heats up phone
  • Cannot click on many features
  • Unable to access Resources
  • App icon shows black screen on launch
  • Text is too large and scrolls off the page
  • Smallest text setting still too large
  • Text size adjustment not working

Requested features

13 requests
  • 💡 Fix missing prayers
  • 💡 Improve prayer content visibility
  • 💡 Resolve app glitches
  • 💡 Restore lost prayers
  • 💡 Fix app loops
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  • 💡 Optimize battery usage
  • 💡 Resolve phone heating
  • 💡 Enable feature clicking
  • 💡 Make resources accessible
  • 💡 Fix app launch issue
  • 💡 Correct text formatting
  • 💡 Improve font size control
  • 💡 Fix text display issues

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
None

Catholic Exorcism

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Intercede free?
Intercede is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catholic Exorcism free?
Catholic Exorcism is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Intercede or Catholic Exorcism?
Intercede is rated higher. Intercede averages 5.0 out of 5 from 36K ratings, while Catholic Exorcism averages 4.7 from 154 ratings.
Do Intercede or Catholic Exorcism have ads?
Neither Intercede nor Catholic Exorcism shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intercede or Catholic Exorcism?
Intercede ships an update fortnightly, and Catholic Exorcism every 3 months. Most recently, Intercede was updated on November 6, 2026 and Catholic Exorcism on November 3, 2026.

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