Comparison

Square Note vs Keep The Faith Catholic

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

Head to head
About

Square Note

Access a vast library of Gregorian Chant scores with over 800 unique chants. Learn to read square note notation and hear melodies with adjustable speed and pitch. Ideal for choirs, scholas, or personal study.

Highlights
  • Extensive library of Gregorian Chant scores
  • Learn square note notation
  • Adjustable melody playback (speed, pitch)
  • Customizable chant viewing settings
  • Bookmark favorite chants
  • Search by name or full text
  • Includes Mass Propers, Commons, and Kyriale
Features
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Gregorian Chant for the Masses! Square Note puts a huge library of Gregorian Chant scores—over 800 unique chants and counting—right at your fingertips. Always wanted to learn how to read square note notation? Always wanted to have the amazing Gregorian Chants of the Catholic Church on your iPhone and iPad? Square Note brings the ancient music of the Church to your mobile devices, ready for you to utilize in your schola, your choir, or your home. * Beautifully rendered chant that automatically formats itself to fit nicely on your screen. * Hear the melodies of the chants, adjusting speed and pitch, to learn how the chants are sung. * Easily adjust chant viewing settings, including zooming in, zooming out, and toggling certain chant markings. * Bookmark your favorite chants or the ones you'll be practicing in your schola. * Search and find chants by name or even by searching through the full text of the chant. * Automatically include Gloria Patri paradigms to your Introit and Communion antiphons. CURRENT CHANTS: Mass Propers for the Proper of Seasons (Ordinary Form and Extraordinary Form); some propers for major Feasts and Solemnities; most commons for both the OF and EF; Latin Kyriale, including all traditional 18 Masses and 6 Creeds; some Marian antiphons (simple and solemn forms) and a smattering of other antiphons and hymns. More chants to come--let us know what you'd like to see included!

About

Keep The Faith Catholic

Access a vast collection of Catholic audio content, including teachings, history, and liturgical traditions. Explore the faith, lives of saints, and social justice topics anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Catholic audio library
  • Traditional teachings
  • Latin liturgical tradition
  • Catholic philosophy
  • Social justice topics
  • Lives of saints
  • Catholic history
Features
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We offer some of the best Catholic audio ever recorded. Here you will find the priceless treasures of the Catholic faith and Catholic worship preserved and accessible to all—24 hours a day, seven days a week, from anywhere in the world. The traditional teaching of the Church on faith and morals, the indispensable Latin liturgical tradition, the “right reason” of Catholic philosophy, the Church’s vital prescriptions for true social justice, the lives of the saints, Catholic history, Catholic Marriage, the Message of Fatima—these and many other subjects pertaining to the Faith are presented here for you to know and share with others.

Screenshots

Square Note4 screens
Keep The Faith Catholic3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Square Note at every 4 weeks against Keep The Faith Catholic's every 11 months. Square Note also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 14). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Keep The Faith Catholic holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Note has 70 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Square Note's written reviews are positive against 100% of Keep The Faith Catholic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square Note ships an update every 4 weeks, Keep The Faith Catholic every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Square Note versus Keep The Faith Catholic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquare NoteKeep The Faith Catholic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (70 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings70 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB17 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOblates of St. JosephKeep The Faith, Inc

Customer experience

Square Note

All ratings67 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative1.9%

Keep The Faith Catholic

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Square Note

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cannot get music to play on iPhone
  • Playback won't work after iOS 14 update
  • Sundays of paschaltide enumerated differently in OF & EF

Requested features

25 requests
  • Add liturgical calendar for 1962 missal
  • Add traditional nuptial propers (deus Israel)
  • Include psalm tones for singing psalms
  • Add common chants of the Divine Office
  • Add different tones of the Te Lucis hymn
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  • Add the antiennes des Vêpres
  • Include parts of the Divine office (e.g., compline)
  • Add the Exultet
  • Add chants from the breviary (Roman Breviary hymns)
  • Add Mass XVIIII and Feast of All Saints Introit, Gradual, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion
  • Add the Benedicamus Domino for Masses
  • Separate Marian antiphons from other Marian chants
  • Add a keyboard for playing notes
  • Add the Jubilate Deo sequence (beginners compilation)
  • Provide alternate chant sounds
  • Allow transposition into other octaves
  • Include English translations of each chant
  • Add sung chants, not just notes
  • Offer a crisper sound option for chant tone
  • Provide a choice of different types of chant tones
  • Add notation for punctums or scalici
  • Add notation for the Exultet
  • Add notation for breviary hymns
  • Add notation for Mass XVIIII and Feast of All Saints
  • Add notation for Benedicamus Domino

Keep The Faith Catholic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square Note

No in-app purchases

None

Keep The Faith Catholic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square Note free?
Square Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep The Faith Catholic free?
Keep The Faith Catholic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square Note or Keep The Faith Catholic?
Keep The Faith Catholic is rated higher. Square Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Keep The Faith Catholic averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Square Note or Keep The Faith Catholic have ads?
Neither Square Note nor Keep The Faith Catholic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Square Note or Keep The Faith Catholic?
Square Note ships an update every 4 weeks, and Keep The Faith Catholic every 11 months. Most recently, Square Note was updated on November 2, 2026 and Keep The Faith Catholic on November 3, 2026.

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