Universalis vs Wrist Rosary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Universalis
This app provides daily Catholic Mass readings and the Liturgy of the Hours. It offers offline access to prayers, saints' biographies, and commentaries, with customizable display options and optional spoken audio add-ons.
- Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office)
- Daily Mass readings and prayers
- Offline access
- Customizable display (fonts, themes)
- Saints' biographies and reflections
- Optional spoken audio add-on
- Latin and English options
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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
Wrist Rosary
This app provides a digital rosary experience for your wrist, allowing you to pray anytime, anywhere. It offers intuitive navigation, progress saving, and guided mysteries, making it a convenient spiritual tool.
- Full 59-bead rosary
- Digital Crown and touch navigation
- Progress saving and reset
- Haptic feedback
- Guided mysteries
- Prayer statistics tracking
- Night Mode
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A rosary for your wrist. Always with you. ■ Whether you're traveling, at work, or simply forgot your beads at home, you can still pray. Your rosary is now part of what you wear every day. ■ This is as close as a digital rosary gets to holding actual beads in your hands. Scroll with your finger, use the Digital Crown, or tap to advance. Every detail was crafted to make the beads feel smooth, natural, and satisfying to use. ■ The app remembers where you left off, whether you paused between decades or got interrupted mid-mystery. Come back anytime and continue right where you were. Main Features: - Full 59-bead rosary with Digital Crown and touch navigation - Multiple bead styles, including Night Mode with red interface for low-light situations - Progress saving and rosary reset - Haptic feedback on each bead - Guided mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous) - Prayer statistics tracking ## Terms and Conditions https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Privacy Policy https://alexdre119.github.io/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wrist Rosary at Free against Universalis's $9.99. Wrist Rosary also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Universalis's advantage is ratings volume (9.8K vs 4) and chart position (#5 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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
Wrist Rosary is free to download; Universalis costs $9.99 up front. Universalis sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Wrist Rosary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Universalis against 5.0 for Wrist Rosary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Universalis has 9.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Universalis ships an update every 3 weeks, Wrist Rosary monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Universalis | Wrist Rosary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.8K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #5 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Alexandre Darger |
Customer experience
Universalis
Wrist Rosary
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
Wrist Rosary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Wrist Rosary
- Wrist Rosary Premium$0.991 Month
- Yearly Donation$0.991 Year
- Small One-Time Donation$0.99
- Large One-Time Donation$4.99
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