Novena vs Saint Joseph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novena
This app guides users through the Catholic tradition of the Novena de Aguinaldos, a Colombian Christmas custom. It provides a step-by-step format for praying the novena, making it easy to follow for those unfamiliar with the tradition.
- Step-by-step novena prayer guide
- Explanation of Colombian Christmas traditions
- Facilitates family and social gatherings
- Includes traditional elements like carols and games
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La Novena de Aguinaldos es una tradicion católica no solo en Colombia sino en algunos países vecinos. Si no conoces en qué consiste esta tradición en Colombia, esta aplicacion es perfecta para que fácilmente sigas el paso a paso de cómo se reza esta novena. Esta costumbre es un espacio religioso y social donde las familias y amigos se reunen a rezar la novena de aguinaldos y a celebrar las festividades navideñas al estilo colombiano. Esto viene acompañado de villancicos, juegos, comidas tradicionales como los buñuelos o la natilla, baile o simplemente una oportunidad de compartir con los seres queridos las fiestas de diciembre.
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: Novena at none against Saint Joseph's 1. Novena also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Saint Joseph's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (345 vs 5). On price, rating, ads 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. Novena asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Novena against 4.9 for Saint Joseph. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saint Joseph has 345 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Novena's written reviews are positive against 85% of Saint Joseph's.
Novena ships an update every 51 months, Saint Joseph every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novena | Saint Joseph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (345 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 51 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BoCoSoft,Inc. | Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rivera |
Customer experience
Novena
Saint Joseph
Bugs and requests
Novena
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
Novena
No in-app purchases
Saint Joseph
- Premium Version - Lifetime Access$3.99
Questions
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