Comparison

Square Note vs Latin Bible Reading Plans

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

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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

Latin Bible Reading Plans

Access and study the Latin Holy Bible with daily audio readings and offline capabilities. Features include verse sharing, Jesus videos, wallpapers, and a festival calendar. Ideal for personal devotion and accessibility.

Highlights
  • Daily audio Bible readings
  • Offline download available
  • Verse sharing via social media
  • Jesus videos and wallpapers
  • Searchable verses
  • Daily verse notifications
  • Festival calendar
Features
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The parishioners now depend on the Latin Bible Reading Plans to perform prayers at home. The individual small groups and those verses come as an Latin Bible Reading Plans app from the house " Bible Reading Zone" brand. Listening to the bible app while travelling on a bus, train, or some other commutation is advantageous to keep the mind and soul close to the Lord Jesus Christ. One can listen and resume where they left off reading or say the Latin Bible app that reads to you. Latin Bible Reading Plans is defined as a daily audio bible app where one can hear the verses read in sequential order for listening. Chapters reading can be changed Latin the free audio bible app from users' perspectives interested Verses. There is also a free offline Latin Bible Reading Plans download available that one can downlink the Holy Bible, and there is no need for the Internet to listen to Latin Bible Reading Plans. There is an exciting utility of the Latin Bible Reading Plans for the blind where the accessibility to hearing is gifted for them other than the reading process. In one of the most populated countries like India, there are some famous regional versions such as Latin Audio Bible to particular language-speaking people. To define the features of the Latin Bible Reading Plans, both old and new testaments are available with presenting the quotes to others via social sharing apps like WhatsApp. God Jesus' Videos describe the life path of ordinary people on how to follow truth and have dignity in their lives. Wallpapers displaying the God Jesus pictures that can decorate your phone's home screen. Search particular wordings in a verse of a chapter. With Daily Verse, get notified with a Verse over an alarm at the specified time. Mark the essential verses in the My Library option as a note to see whenever we want. Festival Calendar defines the festivals and events on the appropriate date. Finally, the Tamil Speaking Bible App is explained to be part of a text-to-speech feature that reads the active Verses. Another Best Audio Bible App for IOS feature includes Audio Bible in the mp3 format, which plays the file. There have been other setting options that an individual user can adjust for their use, a best audio bible app gifted free from "Bible Reading Zone".

Screenshots

Square Note4 screens
Latin Bible Reading Plans4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Square Note at none against Latin Bible Reading Plans's shown. Square Note also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Latin Bible Reading Plans's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Latin Bible Reading Plans holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Note has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Square Note versus Latin Bible Reading Plans: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquare NoteLatin Bible Reading Plans
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (70 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOblates of St. JosephSumithra Kumar

Customer experience

Square Note

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

Latin Bible Reading Plans

All ratings1 ratings
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

Latin Bible Reading Plans

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square Note

No in-app purchases

None

Latin Bible Reading Plans

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square Note free?
Square Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Latin Bible Reading Plans free?
Latin Bible Reading Plans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square Note or Latin Bible Reading Plans?
Latin Bible Reading Plans is rated higher. Square Note averages 4.7 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Latin Bible Reading Plans averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Square Note or Latin Bible Reading Plans have ads?
Latin Bible Reading Plans shows ads; Square Note does not.

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