Universalis vs Divine Office Tracker
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
Divine Office Tracker
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The Traditional Roman Breviary is one of the Church's greatest treasures — but keeping your place across six ribbons, multiple volumes, and a changing liturgical calendar can be a real challenge. Divine Office Tracker was built to solve exactly that. Whether you pray all eight hours or simply Lauds and Vespers, this app helps you stay consistent, find your pages, and cultivate a daily rhythm of prayer. TRACK YOUR HOURS Mark each canonical hour complete as you pray it — Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline. A progress bar shows how far you've come today, and the app resets cleanly each morning. REMEMBER YOUR PAGES Save the exact page numbers for each hour by liturgical day. Assign one of six ribbon colors — Red, Yellow, Purple, Black, White, or Green — to each page slot, matching the ribbons in your breviary. The app remembers where each ribbon goes, so tomorrow's Office is already set up before you close the book. LITURGICAL CALENDAR AWARENESS Divine Office Tracker knows where you are in the liturgical year — Advent, Christmastide, Lent, Paschaltide, and all the seasons between. Pages saved for a given liturgical day are automatically recalled the following year. BUILD THE HABIT A daily streak tracks your faithfulness to the Office. Earn a freeze every seven consecutive days of prayer — up to three — to protect your streak when life intervenes. Missing one day shouldn't undo weeks of faithful effort. COMMON PRAYERS A built-in library includes the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Apostles' Creed, Deus in Adjutorium, Prayer to St. Michael, Prayer Before the Divine Office, Prayer After the Divine Office, and more — all formatted for reading aloud, phrase by phrase. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Your progress, pages, and ribbon assignments sync across all your devices via iCloud, so your Breviary is always ready whether you're at home, traveling, or in the pew. FEATURES • Eight canonical hours with daily progress tracking • Page numbers saved per liturgical day with ribbon color assignments • Streak tracking with freeze protection • iCloud sync via CloudKit • Latin/English display toggle • Daily reminder notification • Support for 3-volume, 1-volume, and custom breviary editions • Export your saved page data Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Divine Office Tracker at Free against Universalis's $9.99. Divine Office Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11). Universalis's advantage is chart position (#5 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 1). On update cadence and ads 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
Divine Office Tracker is free to download; Universalis costs $9.99 up front. Universalis sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Divine Office Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Universalis ships an update every 3 weeks, Divine Office Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Universalis | Divine Office Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 94.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #5 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Universalis Publishing | Timothy Myers |
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
Divine Office Tracker
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
Divine Office Tracker
No in-app purchases
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