Comparison

Hymnals 2 vs Rodgers Play

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

Head to head
About

Hymnals 2

Access a vast library of Roman Catholic hymnals on your iPad. Purchase popular editions like Gather and Worship through in-app purchases. Organize service lists, annotate pages, and search hymns with ease.

Highlights
  • Purchase popular hymnal editions
  • Create and manage service lists
  • Annotate hymn pages
  • Search hymns by title or number
  • Import PDFs
  • Cloud backup
  • Listen to audio samples
Features
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Hymnals is a remarkable app that brings all the elements of your favorite hymnal—and more—right to your iPad. The app is free – through it you can purchase the following best-selling Roman Catholic hymnals from GIA Publications, Inc. using an in-app purchase. ● Gather Fourth Edition – Pew, Choir, Keyboard, Guitar, Lead Sheet, C Instrument, B-flat Instrument, E-flat Instrument, Lectionary Psalms, and Melody & Keyboard ● Gather - Third Edition for Pew, Choir, Guitar, Keyboard, C Instrument, and B flat Instrument ● Worship - Fourth Edition for Pew, Choir, Guitar, Keyboard, C Instrument, and B flat Instrument ● Ritual Song - Second Edition for Pew, Choir, Guitar, Keyboard, C Instrument, and B flat Instrument ● Gelineau Lectionary Psalms ● Guimont Lectionary Psalms ● The Lyric Psalter ● One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ● Cry Out with Joy ● Gather Comprehensive - Second Edition both Pew and Choir ● Lead Me, Guide Me - Second Edition Pew and Keyboard ● Oramos Cantando - We Pray In Song Pew ● More to come Hymnals offer the complete contents of your hymnal in a compact, lightweight form—no more dragging around multiple hymnals and service binders! The app is perfect for choir members or churchgoers. Swipe or tap to easily page through hymns, or create and manage your own Service Lists! The music and words are crystal clear. With Hymnals, you can: ● NEW - View pages side-by-side and take better annotations ● NEW - Swipe or tap left and right to turn pages within a hymn ● NEW - Use arrows to navigate from hymn forward and backward ● NEW - Duplicate hymn pages and reorder into any order ● NEW - Import PDFs from Google Drive and iCloud Files ● NEW - Create bookmarks for quick navigation from one hymn page to another ● NEW - Crop a PDF page ● Back up your hymnals, imported music, service list, and annotations to the cloud with your giamusic.com account. ● Works on iPhone ● Download your hymnal via in-app purchase ● Quickly search for hymns by title or hymn number ● Create your own service lists ● Share service lists with other Hymnals app users ● Arrange your service list and display it in song order ● Listen to audio samples if available (requires an Internet connection) ● Zoom in or out without blurring ● View hymns in both portrait or the wider landscape mode ● Easily toggle to full-screen mode to see the entire hymn page ● Turn pages with AirTurn and PageFlip Bluetooth pedals ● Annotate hymns easy editing tools The free app includes three sample hymns.

About

Rodgers Play

Control your Rodgers organ's Hymn Player and MIDI sequences wirelessly. Select songs, adjust tempo, volume, and key remotely. Create custom playlists for seamless performances.

Highlights
  • Wireless remote control
  • Hymn Player playback
  • MIDI sequence control
  • Song file selection
  • Tempo adjustment
  • Volume control
  • Key adjustment
  • Custom playlist creation
Features
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This application, in combination with a Rodgers organ enabled with Rodgers Play technology, provides wireless remote control over playback of the organ's Hymn Player function and organ-recorded MIDI sequence files stored on a USB drive inserted into the organ. Dazzle your audience with the ability to remotely control song file selection, tempo, volume, key, and more. Create a custom playlist for maximum ease of use.

Screenshots

Hymnals 24 screens
Rodgers Play4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rodgers Play at 5.0 against Hymnals 2's 1.6. Rodgers Play also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hymnals 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rodgers Play asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rodgers Play holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hymnals 2 ships an update every 4 months, Rodgers Play daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hymnals 2 versus Rodgers Play: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHymnals 2Rodgers Play
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.6 (10 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGIA Publications, Inc.Rodgers Instruments US LLC

Customer experience

Hymnals 2

All ratings10 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative90.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative90.0%

Rodgers Play

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Hymnals 2

One-time10
  • Voices Together SAMPLEFree
  • Gather Comprehensive Second$14.99
  • Gather Third Edition$15.99
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  • Devine Office Hymnal$24.99
  • Worship Fourth Edition Choir$27.99
  • Gather Third Edition Choir$27.99
  • Gather Fourth Choir$31.99
  • Guimont Lectionary Psalms$34.99
  • Gather Third Edition Keyboard$119.99
  • Gather Fourth Edition Keyboard$139.99
None

Rodgers Play

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hymnals 2 free?
Hymnals 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rodgers Play free?
Rodgers Play is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hymnals 2 or Rodgers Play?
Rodgers Play is rated higher. Hymnals 2 averages 1.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Rodgers Play averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hymnals 2 or Rodgers Play have ads?
Neither Hymnals 2 nor Rodgers Play shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hymnals 2 or Rodgers Play?
Hymnals 2 ships an update every 4 months, and Rodgers Play daily. Most recently, Hymnals 2 was updated on November 7, 2026 and Rodgers Play on November 4, 2026.

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