iPieta vs St. Josemaria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPieta
Access a comprehensive collection of Catholic resources, including Bibles, catechisms, prayers, and spiritual works. Explore liturgical calendars, papal documents, and writings from Church Fathers. Features include search, history, bookmarks, and downloadable audio for select content.
- Catholic Bibles (Douay-Rheims, Clementine Vulgate)
- Multiple Catechisms (Baltimore, Roman, St. Thomas Aquinas)
- Ordinary & Extraordinary Liturgical Calendars
- Extensive Devotions and Prayers
- Spiritual Works from Church Fathers
- Papal Encyclicals and Conciliar Documents
- Search, History, Bookmarks, Highlights
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iPieta contains Catholic documents, teachings, writings, prayers, and liturgical calendars, including: • Bibles: Douay-Rheims, Clementine Vulgate (Catholic and public domain; note that Psalms are COMPLETE but numbered as in the Vulgate). • Baltimore Catechisms #1-3 (original); the Cat. of Christian Doctrine, the Roman Catechism, and the Cat. of St. Thomas Aquinas. • Both the Ordinary (Novus Ordo) and Extraordinary (Tridentine) Calendars with access to the day's Gospel and Reading(s) from the Douay-Rheims & Vulgate. • Numerous devotions and prayers, including 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation, Novena to the Holy Spirit, St. Alphonsus Stations of the Cross, and the St. Bridget 1-Year and 12-Year Prayers. • Spiritual works from authors including St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. Teresa of Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa and Catena), St. Francis deSales, and St. Jean-Marie Vianney. • Papal Encyclicals and Conciliar Documents • Fathers of the Church (Erdman's collection) • Search, History, Bookmarks, Highlights. • Multi-version display of some data like versions of the Bible and prayers in different languages. • Free downloadable audio for many prayers, New Testament, and some works.
St. Josemaria
This app offers a personalized spiritual program to help users live their Christian faith through daily practices and spiritual readings. It includes the writings of St. Josemaria, novenas, a missal, and prayers in multiple languages, with customizable features for a tailored experience.
- Writings of St. Josemaria
- Novenas and prayers
- Missal with Latin translation
- New Testament with Latin translation
- Customizable Plan of Life
- Monthly letters from the Prelate
- Videos about St. Josemaria
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This application will help you live your Christian faith in your ordinary occupations and follow a personalized spiritual program with the hand of St. Josemaría. Available in English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Italian, Polish and Dutch Includes the following: • Books by St. Josemaria (The Way, Furrow, The Forge, Friends of God, Christ is Passing By, Conversations, Way of the Cross, love the Church and Holy Rosary). With a Chapter list and search capability. • Novenas (Novena for Work, Novena for the Family, Novena For the sick, Novena for Forgiveness) • Missal with Latin translation (Initial rites, Creed, Eucharistic Prayers, Communion rites, Conclusion rites) • New Testament with Latin translation • Listing of Piety Practices you want to live each day (Mass, prayer, spiritual reading, gospel, Angelus ... and more). • You can modify your Plan of Life, erase or add. • Download the monthly letter of the Prelate of Opus Dei (7 languages). • Prayers to saints, blessed and people in the process of canonization with their biographies. • Includes many prayers in Latin. • Available a selection of videos about St. Josemaria and gatherings with him. • Prayer of the Holy Rosary with easy controls. • Way of the Cross with 14 stations and acceptance prayer of death, illustrated with images and colorful images. • Adjust font size and style throughout the application to accommodate your visual preferences. The Studium Foundation who has the copyright rights of all St. Josemaria’s writings granted EBS permission to include his writings in this application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iPieta at Free against St. Josemaria's $9.99. iPieta also leads on ratings volume (510 vs 71). St. Josemaria's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On rating, review sentiment, 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
iPieta is free to download; St. Josemaria costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for iPieta against 4.8 for St. Josemaria. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPieta has 510 ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 88% positive.
iPieta ships an update fortnightly, St. Josemaria monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPieta | St. Josemaria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (510 ratings) | 4.8 (71 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 87.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 510 — better | 71 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iVerbum | Jorge Panayotti |
Customer experience
iPieta
St. Josemaria
Bugs and requests
iPieta
Reported bugs
4 issues- Blank screen issues after recent updates
- Disappearing bookmarks and notes
- Stability problems and frequent crashes
- Incorrect calendar and liturgical information
Requested features
5 requests- More Bible translations and liturgical versions
- Improved search and browsing functionality
- Better organization and categorization of content
- Customizable audio playback controls
- Offline access and download options
St. Josemaria
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iPieta
No in-app purchases
St. Josemaria
No in-app purchases
Questions
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