Ordo vs Saint Joseph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ordo
This daily prayer book provides access to prayers, readings, and resources in both English and Spanish. It functions offline, allowing users to access spiritual content without an internet connection. The app is presented by the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity.
- Daily prayers and readings
- Bilingual (English and Spanish)
- Offline access
- Prayer resources
- Mobile prayer book
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The Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity presents its daily prayer book––the Ordo––for your mobile device. With this app, you can take the Ordo with you wherever you go, even if you don’t have a reliable Internet connection. This app is bilingual with daily prayers, readings, and prayer resources in English and Spanish.
Saint Joseph
This app provides a guided experience for praying the Novena to Saint Joseph, allowing users to track their progress and save personal prayers with photos. It features automated audio playback, text highlighting, and customizable reminders to foster a daily prayer habit.
- Daily Novena prayer tracking
- Save personal prayers with photos
- Automated audio and text playback
- Progress counter for habit building
- Customizable prayer reminders
- Audio player with voice options
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NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH: Practical Novena to Saint Joseph. This app allows you to pray the Novena daily and record your progress to help you easily continue the next day. Save your own prayers by adding a photo to make it easier for you to make your requests every day. Functions: - Simple interface - The App saves your progress. - Automatically plays the Novena, Highlighting the Text that the Audio is reading. - AutoPlay: With the touch of the Play Button, the Audio and the Text of the Prayers are Automatically Played. - Counter of Novenas that help to create the Habit of Daily Prayer. - Alerts indicating the completion of a Novena. - Programmable reminders to encourage the habit of praying daily. - List of your Requests. - Audio Player. - Indications in Settings Tab to change the Narrator's Voice. - Change Language or Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ordo at none against Saint Joseph's 1. Saint Joseph's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 36 months). On price, rating and device support 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
Both are free to download. Saint Joseph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ordo asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ordo against 4.9 for Saint Joseph. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saint Joseph has 345 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ordo ships an update every 36 months, Saint Joseph every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ordo | Saint Joseph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (345 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinity Missions | Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rivera |
Customer experience
Ordo
Saint Joseph
Bugs and requests
Ordo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Saint Joseph
Reported bugs
2 issues- Premium version doesn't grant access to chaplet
- App does not show up in settings
Requested features
5 requests- Add prayer to Sainte Rita
- Include Sacro Manto prayer
- Add initial/final prayer 'A te o beato Giuseppe'
- Vivify colors for better readability
- Add rosary corresponding to San Jose
In-app purchases
Ordo
No in-app purchases
Saint Joseph
- Premium Version - Lifetime Access$3.99
