Square Note vs Offerit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Offerit
This app helps you carry your prayer intentions throughout the day with personalized prompts and optional hourly reminders. You can create lists of people and intentions, add custom prayers, and utilize text-to-speech playback. It's designed for a quiet daily rhythm, offering support in both English and Spanish.
- Daily prayer prompts
- Hourly reminders
- Custom intention lists
- Vocal prayer support
- Text-to-speech playback
- English and Spanish interface
- Data import/export
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OfferIt helps you carry your prayer intentions through the day. Add the people and other intentions you want to pray or offer part of your day for. Each morning, OfferIt draws a fresh set of intentions and shapes them into simple prayer prompts for the current part of the day. Optional hourly reminders help you pause and pray for one intention at a time. Built for a quiet daily rhythm: - Morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and night prayer prompts - Optional hourly reminders from 8 AM to 8 PM - Create your lists for people and intentions you care about - Add intentions quickly when a friend asks you for prayers - List your mortifications, resolutions, and examination questions - Use common Catholic vocal prayers or add your own - English and Spanish interface and prayer content - Text-to-speech playback using iOS system voices - Import/export for your own backup Use the app for mortifications and resolutions reminders, and to go through examination questions — you can pick the time of the day. OfferIt has no account, no ads, no analytics, and no backend. Your prayer lists stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Square Note at Free against Offerit's $1.99. Square Note also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). Offerit's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Square Note is free to download; Offerit costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Offerit 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Square Note ships an update every 4 weeks, Offerit monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Square Note | Offerit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oblates of St. Joseph | Santiago Silveyra |
Customer experience
Square Note
Offerit
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
Offerit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square Note
No in-app purchases
Offerit
No in-app purchases
Questions
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