Universalis vs Daily Prayer PC(USA)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universalis
This app provides the Liturgy of the Hours and Mass readings for every day, along with additional spiritual content. It offers offline access, customizable display options, and optional spoken audio. It's designed for daily prayer and spiritual enrichment.
- Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office)
- Daily Mass readings and prayers
- Offline access
- Customizable display (fonts, themes)
- Spiritual reading and commentaries
- Optional spoken audio add-on
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Universalis is a missal and a breviary, and more besides. It gives you the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) and the Mass for every day; plus valuable additional material. Tens of thousands of people use Universalis daily. Come and join them! • Single purchase: the app lasts for ever. It does not need a subscription to make it work. • No Internet needed: everything you need is already built in. • No cleverness needed: each day, Universalis works out exactly what you need to see. • View any date: past, present and future. • Use your own local calendar: USA, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, and every diocese in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. • Easy to read and use: a choice of fonts; big or small type; dark or light theme; page-turning or scrolling. • Optional add-on: spoken audio read by real human beings (this needs a subscription: see below). • Latin if you want it: by itself or alongside the English. • Help and support: tips and instructions are included; or press “Contact Us” to send us a message, and we will reply. EXTRA MATERIAL • The “About Today” page tells you what saints are being celebrated today, worldwide. It includes reflections, biographies and illustrations. • “Mass Today” gives you the Order of Mass and today’s readings and prayers, all in one page. Bishops have been known to use it to say Mass from their iPads! • “Spiritual Reading” gathers the patristic and hagiographic readings for all the saints and feasts of the day. • “The Rosary” has a verse of Scripture for every Hail Mary of every Mystery. Spoken audio is included. • Daily Books takes selected spiritual classics and presents them in daily instalments to focus and enrich your prayer life. • Commentaries on the day’s Mass readings from a leading biblical scholar. And more – Home Screen widgets; liturgical events for your iOS calendar; daily email service; copy and paste into other apps; reminders and alarms; Mass readings on your Apple Watch. LITURGY OF THE HOURS (Divine Office) The complete official Liturgy of the Hours of the Catholic Church, as used worldwide. Morning (Lauds), daytime (Terce, Sext and None), evening (Vespers), night (Compline) and the deeply reflective Office of Readings. Do as many or as few of them as you like. • The psalms and canticles match the official English and American books. Scripture readings – United States: RSV. Elsewhere: Jerusalem Bible (with RSV as an optional add-on). READINGS AT MASS The exact prayers and readings at Mass for each day. • England, Wales, Scotland: the official ESV version. • United States: the official NAB version. • Elsewhere: Jerusalem Bible readings and Grail psalms, as used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world. OPTIONAL ADD-ON AUDIO (in-app purchase required) Just press the button and listen! If you want to see what you are hearing, the text is highlighted to follow the sound. After an initial download, no Internet is required. Works with CarPlay too. • Spoken English Liturgy of the Hours: every Hour of every day of every year. Monthly or annual subscription. • Spoken English Mass Readings: First and Second Reading and the Gospel. Jerusalem Bible translation only. Monthly or annual subscription. (You can listen to a sample before subscribing. Following App Store rules, subscriptions renew automatically but you can cancel auto-renewal at any time.) • Sung Latin Compline (Night Prayer): by the boys of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School. Single purchase. -- Privacy policy and terms of service: universalis.com/n-ios-privacy.htm
Daily Prayer PC(USA)
This app offers structured daily prayer services based on the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship. It includes psalms, readings, and prayers, with options for different prayer times and lectionary cycles. A calendar tool and advanced features allow for customization and exploration of prayer content.
- Daily prayer services
- Psalms for the day
- Daily lectionary readings
- Prayers of thanksgiving and intercession
- Sunday and festival lectionary readings
- Book of Confessions selections
- Psalm praying schedule
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Daily Prayer PC(USA) provides brief services for Daily Prayer based on the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship (WJKP, 2018), including: psalms for the day, readings from the daily lectionary, and prayers of thanksgiving and intercession. Also included are the Revised Common Lectionary readings for Sundays and festivals, a two-year cycle of selections from the PC(USA) Book of Confessions, and an eight-week schedule for praying all 150 psalms. The app provides liturgies for Morning, Midday, Evening, and Night Prayer, selecting the appropriate service and lectionary readings based on the time and date settings of your iPhone or iPad. The calendar tool allows users to find psalms, readings, and prayers for other dates. Use the clock icon to select Morning, Midday, Evening, or Night Prayer, overriding current time of day. The “advanced features” menu allows users to toggle on/off various options in the liturgy for Daily Prayer and select between two versions of the Lord’s Prayer. A brief tutorial provides information about the practice of Daily Prayer and instruction on using the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Universalis at 4.9 against Daily Prayer PC(USA)'s 4.1. Universalis also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 54%) and ratings volume (9.6K vs 17). Daily Prayer PC(USA)'s advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Universalis costs $9.99 and Daily Prayer PC(USA) $2.99 up front. Universalis sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Daily Prayer PC(USA) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Universalis holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Universalis has 9.6K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Universalis's written reviews are positive against 54% of Daily Prayer PC(USA)'s.
Universalis ships an update every 3 weeks, Daily Prayer PC(USA) every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Universalis | Daily Prayer PC(USA) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.6K ratings) — better | 4.1 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews — better | 53.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #5 — better | #80 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), A Corporation |
Customer experience
Universalis
Daily Prayer PC(USA)
User reviews
Universalis
From 9.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🙏 Wonderful Catholic app
- 🙌 Great app for Catholic devotions
- 📚 This is a wonderful app for the laity
- 🙏 Excellent resource for Mass and Liturgy of the Hours
- 🌟 Comprehensive and easy to use
Room to improve
- 🤔 Hymns selection could be improved
- 🤔 Navigation can be confusing
- 🤔 Kenyan version text does not match book
- 🤔 Difficult to navigate, missing menu buttons
Daily Prayer PC(USA)
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Usable and clean interface
- 📖 Good scripture readings
- 🙏 Helpful for daily prayer
- ✨ High contrast display option
- 💯 Great content for devotion
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔄 Outdated interface and features
- 💸 Not worth the price (for some)
- 🔠 Typos and grammatical errors
- 📱 Incompatible with newer devices
Bugs and requests
Universalis
Reported bugs
2 issues- Gospel readings sometimes incorrect
- App crashes when trying to change hymns or readings
Requested features
5 requests- Add Salesian saints and young saints
- Include NAB translation for US users
- Add option for 1962 liturgical calendar
- Improve hymn selection, especially for seasons
- Implement more inclusive language in prayers
Daily Prayer PC(USA)
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes on opening
- Crashes constantly
- Opens and immediately closes
- 8 week psalter is off by days
- Date picker invisible in night mode
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- Purchasing feature crashes app
- Readings not accessible (all deselected)
- Readings disappear while reading
- Returns to opening scripture or shuts down
- Gospel not showing up
- App won't open after update
- In-app purchases not working
- Readings from paid content do not show
- Install hangs on iPhone
- Blank screen after iOS update
- Prayers and scripture don't show up
- Same scripture repeated daily
- Time and day settings don't work
- Defaults to last used time setting
- Text too small on iPad
Requested features
15 requests- Update RCL coding for movable feast days
- Bring back black background option
- Update to new Book of Common Worship
- Include commentary on scripture readings
- Ability to highlight and save passages
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- Area to take notes
- More Bible translation choices (e.g., ESV)
- Ability to highlight, copy, share to social apps
- Integrate Mission Yearbook of Prayer readings
- Add Sunday/Festival readings
- Add Night Prayer
- Include Sunday lections for worship planning
- Add confessional reading
- Add music for psalms
- Support for multiple languages
In-app purchases
Universalis
- Daily Mass Readings1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Daytime Hours1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- All Hours1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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- Daily Mass Readings1 Month trial$19.991 Year
- Daytime Hours1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- All Hours1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Add-on translation: RSV Hours$1.99
- Sung Latin Compline$3.99
- Revelations of Divine Love$5.99
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- Journey into Light$5.99
Daily Prayer PC(USA)
- Company of Pastors$1.99
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