Latin Prayers vs Catholic prayer book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Latin Prayers
Access essential Catholic prayers in Latin. This app aims to preserve and promote the use of Latin as a unifying language for Catholics worldwide, as encouraged by St. Pope John Paul II.
- Collection of essential Latin prayers
- Promotes Latin as a unifying language
- Encourages Catholic devotion
- Accessible on iOS devices
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Latin Prayers is a beautiful, offline reference library of the traditional prayers of the Catholic Church. Presented in Latin with side-by-side English translation. Whether you're praying the Rosary, following the traditional Latin Mass, or learning the words of the Ave Maria and Pater Noster, every prayer is a tap away — clear, reverent, and always available without a signal. A complete prayer companion with 28 prayers • Daily prayers — Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Gloria Patri, and the Apostles' Creed • The Holy Rosary — all four sets of Mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous), each with the five mysteries in Latin and English and a short meditation • Before Mass — the sprinkling rite: Asperges Me and Vidi Aquam • The traditional Latin Mass — Confiteor, Kyrie, Gloria, Nicene Creed, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, and Pater Noster • Server responses — Introibo, Suscipiat, Dominus vobiscum, Domine non sum dignus • Leonine prayers after Low Mass — the three Aves, Salve Regina, Deus refugium, Sancte Michael, and Cor Iesu • Devotions — Salve Regina and the Angelus Read it your way • Side-by-side Latin and English, or tap to view either language on its own • Latin text follows traditional usage, with accents marking the tonic syllables to help with pronunciation Made to be lived with • Day and Night appearance modes — choose a bright page or an easy-on-the-eyes dark view for early mornings and late evenings, independent of your phone's setting • Original hand-drawn iconographic illustrations — a chalice, a rose, the Chi-Rho, the Sacred Heart, and more — one for every prayer • A calm, distraction-free design built for prayer, not for scrolling Private and offline by design • No account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking • Works completely offline — everything is on your device Keep the prayers of the Church in your pocket, in the language of the Church. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam.
Catholic prayer book
This app provides essential Catholic prayers and guides users through praying the rosary with meditations. It also helps discover litanies and allows users to store and pray with personal texts and Bible passages.
- Essential Catholic prayers
- Rosary prayer guide
- Rosary meditations
- Litanies recitation discovery
- Store Bible passages
- Store personal prayers
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The prayer book includes the essential catholic prayers. It explains how to pray on rosary, giving you the examples of rosary meditations. It helps you to discover the beauty of litanies recitations. Store and return to the pieces of Bible. Store and pray on your own texts.
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Verdict
Latin Prayers and Catholic prayer book both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Catholic prayer book's written reviews are positive against 17% of Latin Prayers's. Catholic prayer book also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Latin Prayers's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 25 months) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Catholic prayer book is free to download; Latin Prayers costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Latin Prayers against 5.0 for Catholic prayer book. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catholic prayer book has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 17% of Latin Prayers's written reviews are positive against 83% of Catholic prayer book's.
Latin Prayers ships an update every 6 weeks, Catholic prayer book every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Latin Prayers | Catholic prayer book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Maughold, LLC | Jacek Reddig |
Customer experience
Latin Prayers
Catholic prayer book
In-app purchases
Latin Prayers
No in-app purchases
Catholic prayer book
No in-app purchases
