St. Josemaria vs Pocket Rosary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Pocket Rosary
This app offers a digital substitute for Rosary beads, providing the essential prayers and mysteries to aid in meditation. It's designed for users who want to focus on their spiritual practice without physical tools. Available in multiple languages for a wider audience.
- Digital Rosary beads substitute
- Includes essential prayers
- Features Rosary mysteries
- Focus on spiritual meditation
- Multi-language support
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Forgot your Rosary beads? No worries! With Pocket Rosary you have a simple and sleek substitute. Nothing fancy, just the mysteries, the prayers, and the tools you need to focus on God. The Rosary -- from the 13th Century -- incorporates ancient prayers of the Christian tradition. It is meditative and orients us towards on the Mysteries: events from the life of Jesus Christ and his Blessed Mother. New: write your own prayers in a Custom Language, see the Fruits of each Mystery, and optionally log your prayer time to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes. Languages: ● English ● French - Français ● German - Deutsch ● Italian - Italiano ● Korean - 한국어 ● Latin ● Polish - Polerować ● Portuguese - Portuguesa ● Spanish - Español ● Custom (create your own)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pocket Rosary at Free against St. Josemaria's $9.99. Pocket Rosary also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 88%). St. Josemaria's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 20 months). On rating, ratings volume 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
Pocket Rosary is free to download; St. Josemaria costs $9.99 up front. Pocket Rosary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. St. Josemaria asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for St. Josemaria against 4.9 for Pocket Rosary. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 157 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of St. Josemaria's written reviews are positive against 98% of Pocket Rosary's.
St. Josemaria ships an update monthly, Pocket Rosary every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | St. Josemaria | Pocket Rosary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (73 ratings) | 4.9 (157 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews | 98.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 157 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jorge Panayotti | Tercaet LLC |
Customer experience
St. Josemaria
Pocket Rosary
Bugs and requests
St. Josemaria
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Rosary
Reported bugs
2 issues- App stuck on sorrowful mysteries (resolved by reinstallation/cellular data)
- Vibrations can be annoying (adjustable in settings)
Requested features
7 requests- Allow users to change accent color
- Include audio for younger children to follow along
- Update Apostle's Creed to reflect current Catholic Mass usage
- Add more language options (French, Esperanto)
- Spanish language option
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- Double vibration/different sound for major beads (mysteries/decades)
- Add 'find my prayer' on rosary beads
In-app purchases
St. Josemaria
No in-app purchases
Pocket Rosary
- Generous Tip$1.99
- Massive Tip$5.99
- Amazing Tip$9.99
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