More to Explore vs Pocket Rosary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
More to Explore
Discover and explore over 600 attractions in Victoria's State Forests. Find detailed information on tracks, trails, and sites, with offline map downloads and advanced filtering for activities and amenities. Stay updated on track news and access helpful tips for your adventures.
- Browse 600+ attractions
- Map and list views
- Detailed site information
- Offline map downloads
- Advanced filtering
- Track news and updates
- Preparation and safety tips
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Discover Attractions • Browse through 600+ attractions in Victoria’s State Forests using a map view or a list view. • Search for a specific track, trail or site you’d like to visit. • View track, trail or site details such as: when the track is open or closed, activities available at the location including difficulty levels and duration, track quality details, directions to the location, a local map, GPS guidance, download for offline use, and the ability to leave feedback. • Share and favourite track, trails or sites. You can access your Favourites from the Favourites mode on the Explore tab. Offline viewing for use at all times • Up to 15,000km² of offline maps of your choice can be made available for offline use when you’re out in the wild and away from an internet connection. • When viewing a specific track, trail or site, you can tap the Download for Offline button to quickly download an area covering that location. • All downloaded maps will be saved to your device, accessible from the More tab or the My Maps mode on the Explore tab. Use filters to find exactly what you’re looking for • Use the filters feature to find a specific activity or track. You can filter by track & trail type, difficulty level and duration. • Track & trail types include: bushwalking, mountain biking, 4WDing, horse riding, and scenic driving. • You can also filter by other map features such as Amenities, Activities and Access. • Amenities include: toilets, BBQs, picnic tables, picnic shelters, information shelters, historic huts, viewing platforms. • Activities include: camping, scenic driving, historic site, significant trees, fishing, horse riding, canoeing and wildlife viewing. • Access includes: full disabled access, small caravan access, camper trailer access. Receive updates on track news • Opt-in to receive notifications about new tracks opening, upcoming events and more. • Read articles about closures, safety information, news and events happening throughout the state forests. Read up on handy tips and advice • Get access to preparation tips, safety guidelines, vehicle access, State Forest information (responsibilities, use), dogs and battery life advice.
Pocket Rosary
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A quiet, offline Catholic prayer companion for iPhone with an Apple Watch companion. Pray the Holy Rosary on interactive beads, follow Mass in Latin with phonetic help, close the day with Compline, read today's Australian Mass readings with no account, no ads, and no tracking. Pocket Rosary is built for people who want fewer notifications and more stillness. Open it, pray, and put it away. Your bead, your intention, and your novena stay on the device. WHY POCKET ROSARY • 100% of the prayer content in this version is free • Works offline — prayers, mysteries, Mass guide, Compline, and readings live on your iPhone • No account, no ads, no analytics; optional one-time tips do not unlock features • iPhone app made for one-handed prayer, with Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets • Remembers where you left the beads • Optional haptics and keep-screen-on while you pray THE HOLY ROSARY An interactive rosary you can see and feel. Beads sit in the classic heart-shaped loop. The current bead is easy to find. Advance through the Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and Glory Be at your own pace. Choose the mystery set for today or override it: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous, or the full twenty-decade Rosary. Tap a mystery to read a longer meditation with Scripture and Catechism references. Turn on the fruit of each mystery and short scriptural clauses if they help you stay with the scene. Turn them off if you prefer a quieter bead. Prayer options you can include or leave out: • Custom opening intention • Fatima Prayer (“O my Jesus”) • Decade intentions • Marian invocation — Mary, Queen of Peace • Memorare • Pope’s monthly intention • St Michael the Archangel • Litany of Loreto • A drawer of traditional prayers when you need the words ORDER OF MASS (LATIN GUIDE) Pray the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin. Each response includes pronunciation. English notes explain the moment and the posture. Highlighting separates what the priest says from what the people say. Pocket Rosary is not the official Missal. Bring this guide to church to participate; your parish Missal remains the liturgical text. TODAY'S MASS READINGS (AUSTRALIA) Offline First Reading, Psalm, and Gospel following the Australian liturgical calendar. Scripture text is Douay-Rheims, aligned to Roman Lectionary references. If you live outside Australia, use this as a companion, not as a guarantee that your local parish is reading the same passages today. NIGHT PRAYER Compline for the end of the day: opening verse, psalms (including Psalm 91), a short reading, the Canticle of Simeon, and the night blessing. NOVENA TRACKER Write the petition. Tap each of the nine days. The count is saved locally so a busy week does not erase the intention. A NOTE ON WHAT THIS APP IS NOT It is not a social network. It is not a news feed. It is not a paywalled library. Optional one-time tips support development and never gate prayer. If you are returning to the Rosary after years away, start with today’s mystery and one decade. If you already pray a daily Rosary, use the beads, the saved place, and the closing prayers as a pocket aide-memoire. May Our Lady keep you close to her Son. Need help? https://macca.studio/pocket-rosary/support.html Privacy policy: https://macca.studio/pocket-rosary/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pocket Rosary at every 2 weeks against More to Explore's every 2 months. More to Explore's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
More to Explore ships an update every 2 months, Pocket Rosary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | More to Explore | Pocket Rosary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning | David Mckenzie |
Bugs and requests
More to Explore
Reported bugs
39 issues- App crashes when using hunting tab
- App crashes when clicking on location
- App crashes and freezes phone
- App fails to open
- App crashes on launch
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- App glitches and shuts down
- Hunting tab removed in latest update
- App crashes after opening
- App crashes on launch every single time
- App crashes on launch
- App glitches and shuts down
- App opens and immediately crashes
- App keeps crashing
- App won't open or load anything
- App crashes taking iPad with it
- App crashes almost every time
- App keeps crashing upon opening
- App crashes
- App won't open
- App shuts down and won't reload
- App crashes every time I open it
- App crashes upon opening
- App crashes upon opening despite reinstalling
- App always crashes upon opening
- Hunting overlay disappears for deer/duck types
- Tap for more information not working on iOS
- NEWS tab shows 'No Internet Connection'
- Map doesn't load
- Maps missing
- Blank white screen instead of maps
- Map is still blank on iPad
- Map does not load on iPad 10th gen
- Blank white screen
- Doesn't load any maps
- Map area is blank
- App doesn't work, doesn't show maps
- Large areas of nothing on maps
- App closes itself when trying to open
- App keeps tripping out when on holidays
Requested features
10 requests- Bring back hunting tab
- Fix hunting features
- Add more parks and reserves
- Include public toilets and amenities
- Search by dog friendly, distances, waterfalls
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- Pre-defined region downloads
- Drop pins with selectable map icons, title & description
- Ability to persist and sync user data between devices
- Add fishing information
- Add horse trails and bike paths
Pocket Rosary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
More to Explore
No in-app purchases
Pocket Rosary
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is More to Explore free?
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Do More to Explore or Pocket Rosary have ads?
Which is updated more often, More to Explore or Pocket Rosary?
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