Padre Pio vs App Dei
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Padre Pio
This app provides a guided experience for praying the Novena, Chaplet, and Rosary to Padre Pio. It features auto-playing audio with highlighted text, progress tracking, and customizable reminders to help users establish a daily prayer habit. Users can also save personal prayers with photos.
- Daily Novena prayer with progress tracking
- Auto-play audio with highlighted text
- Programmable daily prayer reminders
- Save personal prayers with photos
- Audio player for prayers
- Novena completion alerts
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PRAYERS TO PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA: Novena, Chaplet and Rosary to Padre Pio. This app allows you to pray the Novena daily and record your progress to help you easily continue the next day. Save your own prayers by adding a photo to make it easier for you to make your requests every day. Functions: - Simple interface - Automatically plays the Novena, Highlighting the Text that the Audio is reading. - New AutoPlay Function: With the touch of the Play Button, the Audio and the Text of the Prayers are Automatically Played. - New Counter of Novenas that help to create the Habit of Daily Prayer. - New Alerts indicating the completion of a Novena. - Programmable reminders to encourage the habit of praying daily. - The app saves your progress. - List of your Requests. - Audio Player. - Prayers with Audio. - Indications in Settings Tab to change the Narrator's Voice. - Change Language or Settings Padre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Italian: Pio da Pietrelcina), (25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), was an Italian friar, priest, stigmatist and mystic, now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Born Francesco Forgione, he was given the name of Pius (Italian: Pio) when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Padre Pio became famous for exhibiting stigmata for most of his life, thereby generating much interest. He was both beatified (1999) and canonized (2002) by Pope John Paul II.
App Dei
This Catholic app offers daily spiritual tools to strengthen faith. It includes guided prayers, daily readings, audio meditations, and community features like parish locators. Designed for personal devotion anytime, anywhere.
- Guided prayers and devotions
- Daily scripture readings and reflections
- Audio prayers and custom routines
- Offline mode for prayers
- Parish and mass time locator
- Community faith sharing
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App Dei es una aplicación católica pensada para acompañarte en tu vida espiritual estés donde estés. Con una interfaz sencilla y moderna, encontrarás herramientas que te ayudarán a fortalecer tu fe día a día: - Oraciones y devociones: Rosario completo y guiado, coronillas, letanías y oraciones tradicionales. - Lectura y meditación: Palabra de Dios diaria, reflexiones y series temáticas. - Audio y rutinas: Escucha oraciones y cantos, crea rutinas de oración personalizadas y utiliza modo offline. - Comunidad y cercanía: Encuentra parroquias y horarios de misas, comparte tu fe y fortalece la vida comunitaria. Ya sea en la iglesia, en casa o en el trabajo, App Dei te acompaña para que nunca falte un momento de oración y encuentro con Dios.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: App Dei at none against Padre Pio's 1. App Dei also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Padre Pio's advantage is ratings volume (291 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Padre Pio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. App Dei asks for nothing beyond the download.
App Dei holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Padre Pio has 291 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Padre Pio ships an update every 3 months, App Dei every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Padre Pio | App Dei |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (291 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rivera | H&R ASESORES INTEGRALES S.A DE C.V |
Customer experience
Padre Pio
App Dei
In-app purchases
Padre Pio
- Premium Version - Lifetime Access$3.99
App Dei
No in-app purchases
