Comparison

St. Josemaria vs Verbum Catholic Bible Study

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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.

About

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

Access a comprehensive theological library and powerful Bible study tools for Catholic insights. Organize reading plans, take notes, and search resources offline. Features include daily readings, the Catechism, and panel linking for synchronized study.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible and commentary access
  • Organized reading plans
  • Enhanced text selection with notes and highlights
  • Powerful search across all resources
  • Daily Lectionary readings
  • Integrated Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Panel linking for synchronized resources
Features
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The Bible is the book of the Church. Read like you believe it. Most Bible apps give you the verse. Verbum helps you understand it with over forty free Bibles (including the USCCB’s approved translations) and books, including powerful commentaries, homily prep tools, and writings from renowned theologians and Church Fathers. Create a free account and start exploring: * Reading Plans: Build a habit with plans you can customize and share. * Study Assistant: Ask a question, get answers drawn only from your Logos books (limited free uses). * Smart Search: Search your Bible by verse, topic, or the question you actually have (limited free uses). * Factbook: Uncover instant background on the people, places, and ideas you run into. * Notes: Take notes that travel with you everywhere. Every tool is free to try. If you want to keep going, a subscription gets you more use of AI features like Study Assistant and Smart Search, access to more books, and even subscriber-exclusive free books and discounts. This app offers optional subscription plans called Verbum Plus and Premium. If you choose to subscribe, * Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. * The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least twenty-four hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within twenty-four hours prior to the end of the current period and will identify the cost of renewal. * You can manage your subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.logos.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.logos.com/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

St. Josemaria4 screens
Verbum Catholic Bible Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Verbum Catholic Bible Study at Free against St. Josemaria's $9.99. Verbum Catholic Bible Study also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 72) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). St. Josemaria's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 31) and chart position (#27 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Verbum Catholic Bible Study is free to download; St. Josemaria costs $9.99 up front. Verbum Catholic Bible Study sells 31 one-off in-app purchases. St. Josemaria asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for St. Josemaria against 4.8 for Verbum Catholic Bible Study. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Verbum Catholic Bible Study has 4K ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of St. Josemaria's written reviews are positive against 86% of Verbum Catholic Bible Study's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

St. Josemaria ships an update monthly, Verbum Catholic Bible Study fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
St. Josemaria versus Verbum Catholic Bible Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSt. JosemariaVerbum Catholic Bible Study
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (72 ratings)4.8 (4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.7% of reviews — better86.3% of reviews
Number of ratings724K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#27 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB330 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge PanayottiFaithlife Corporation

Customer experience

St. Josemaria

All ratings71 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive87.7%
Neutral4.4%
Negative7.9%

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

All ratings3,946 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.3%

Bugs and requests

St. Josemaria

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Highlighting and note-taking features not working properly
  • Syncing issues between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline access to all resources
  • Better sorting and organization of notes and highlights
  • More Catholic-specific resources and translations
  • Improved search functionality and relevance
  • Audio Bible and audio resources

In-app purchases

None

St. Josemaria

No in-app purchases

31 purchases

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

One-time31
  • La Sacra BibbiaFree
  • The Old Testament in Greek Acc$2.49
  • Verbum Domini$2.99
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  • 101 Questions and Answers$7.99
  • New American Bible, rev. ed.$9.99
  • The Ignatius Bible$9.99
  • The New Jerusalem Bible$9.99
  • The Cambridge Paragraph Bible$9.99
  • Catechism$10.99
  • Scripture Matters$11.99
  • The Divine Office$12.49
  • Vatican II Documents$12.99
  • You Can Understand the Bible$12.99
  • Interpretation of Scripture$12.99
  • The Didache$19.99
  • A Catholic Commentary$19.99
  • Catholic Study Bible, 2nd ed.$19.99
  • Fulfilled in Christ$19.99
  • The Faith of Catholics$19.99
  • A Summa of the Summa$20.99
  • The Lexham English Septuagint,$20.99
  • Catholic Bible Dictionary$27.99
  • Catholic Reference Collection$38.99
  • Catena Aurea$39.99
  • Thomistic Starter Collection ($39.99
  • Commentaries Starter Collectio$39.99
  • The Navarre Bible$59.99
  • Ignatius Catholic Study Bible$63.99
  • Early Church Fathers$99.99
  • Theology of the Body$109.99
  • Pope John Paul II$129.99

Questions

Is St. Josemaria free?
St. Josemaria costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Verbum Catholic Bible Study free?
Verbum Catholic Bible Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, St. Josemaria or Verbum Catholic Bible Study?
Verbum Catholic Bible Study is rated higher. St. Josemaria averages 4.8 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Verbum Catholic Bible Study averages 4.8 from 4K ratings.
Do St. Josemaria or Verbum Catholic Bible Study have ads?
Neither St. Josemaria nor Verbum Catholic Bible Study shows ads.
Which is updated more often, St. Josemaria or Verbum Catholic Bible Study?
St. Josemaria ships an update monthly, and Verbum Catholic Bible Study fortnightly. Most recently, St. Josemaria was updated on October 31, 2026 and Verbum Catholic Bible Study on November 1, 2026.

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