Rosary Guide vs The Novena App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rosary Guide
This app provides a guided experience for praying the five-decade Rosary. It automatically selects the appropriate Mysteries for the day and offers options for seasonal adjustments and different prayer versions. The app also saves your progress, making it convenient for daily devotion.
- Auto-selects daily Mysteries
- Adjustable Mysteries for seasons
- Choice of Luminous or Traditional Mysteries
- Optional Latin prayers
- Saves prayer progress
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A simple guide for praying the five-decade Rosary. Features include: • Auto-selects the Mysteries for the day of the week. • Option to adjust the Mysteries for Advent and Lent. • Option for Luminous or Traditional Mysteries. • Optional Latin prayers. • Saves your place for the day. PLEASE NOTE: When the option to adjust the Mysteries for Advent and Lent is enabled, the order of the daily Mysteries is adjusted automatically for these seasons. Your locale might not follow this practice, either way is optional. We'd like to thank everyone for your comments and support. Knowing that others have found this app helpful makes it worthwhile. God Bless and keep praying the Rosary!
The Novena App
This app provides a comprehensive collection of traditional Catholic novenas to deepen faith and strengthen connection with God. Users can access a vast array of prayers, create personalized novenas, and track their spiritual journey with a user-friendly interface and helpful features like dark mode and quick search.
- Vast array of traditional Catholic novenas
- Create and track personalized prayers
- Favorite and easily access beloved novenas
- Dark Mode for comfortable reading
- Clean, intuitive user interface
- Quick search for instant access
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The Catholic Novena App is a comprehensive, lightweight, and trusted source for novenas in English, designed to help users deepen their faith and strengthen their connection with God through daily prayer. Access a vast array of traditional Catholic novenas or create and track your own personalized prayers. With a user-friendly interface and a range of customization options, the Novena App is the ideal spiritual companion for anyone looking to enrich their prayer life and grow closer to God. With its rich selection of prayers, carefully curated from the deep traditions of the Catholic Church, the app brings a meaningful prayer experience right to your fingertips. † Features † • Easily favorite and access your most beloved novenas • Dark Mode for comfortable reading at any time • Clean, intuitive user interface • Quick search for instant access to specific novenas Copyrights: All copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on Catholic Prayers are inspired by various sources and books dedicated to the Catholic faith. Courtesy: Our sincere thanks to various online prayer sources and Christian prayer books for their inspiration. Privacy Policy: The app respects user privacy and does not collect or share any personal information without the user’s knowledge. Our purpose is solely to share prayers and support spiritual growth. For more details, read our privacy policy at: https://reeba256.github.io/privacypolicy Contact Us: For questions or suggestions, reach out to us at reebasebastian@icloud.com—we’d love to hear from you!
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Verdict
Rosary Guide and The Novena App both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Rosary Guide's written reviews are positive against 42% of The Novena App's. Rosary Guide also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). The Novena App's advantage is ratings volume (908 vs 40). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. The Novena App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Rosary Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Rosary Guide against 4.8 for The Novena App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Novena App has 908 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Rosary Guide's written reviews are positive against 42% of The Novena App's.
Rosary Guide ships an update monthly, The Novena App every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rosary Guide | The Novena App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (40 ratings) | 4.8 (908 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 908 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big River Software, LLC | Reeba Sebastian |
Customer experience
Rosary Guide
The Novena App
Bugs and requests
Rosary Guide
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on iOS 8
- Saving changes/descriptions not working
- Incorrect mysteries for certain days
- Jumps back to crucifix
- Settings not saved
Requested features
19 requests- Add audio for listening
- Save progress feature
- Spanish version
- Add more prayers (Fatima, before/after)
- Update Apostles Creed
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- Add detailed mystery descriptions
- Add Bible passages for mysteries
- Add Litany
- Option for single decade
- Add Novena feature
- Add audio for Latin
- Add petitions section
- Add Memorare prayer
- Add Preparatory Prayer
- Multilingual support
- Audio in multiple languages
- Save settings
- Include images of mysteries
- Divine Mercy Chaplet
The Novena App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rosary Guide
No in-app purchases
The Novena App
- Novena Plus$0.991 Month
- Novena Pro$4.996 Months
- Novena Go$8.991 Year
