Comparison

St. Josemaria for iPad vs Divine Office

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

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About

St. Josemaria for iPad

This app offers a personalized spiritual program to help users live their Christian faith through the teachings of St. Josemaría. It includes his books, novenas, a missal, the New Testament, and various prayers and piety practices.

Highlights
  • Books by St. Josemaria
  • Novenas and Prayers
  • Missal with Latin translation
  • New Testament with Latin translation
  • Personalized Plan of Life
  • Videos about St. Josemaria
  • Adjustable font size and style
Features
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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

Divine Office

Engage in the Liturgy of the Hours, a traditional Christian prayer practice. This app offers psalms, hymns, and scripture for daily prayer, allowing you to connect with a global community of users praying simultaneously.

Highlights
  • Liturgy of the Hours recitation
  • Collection of psalms, hymns, and scripture
  • View global prayer locations
  • Official Catholic Church prayer book
  • Automatic daily prayer downloads
  • Suitable for all Christian traditions
Features
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The Divine Office App is an opportunity for you to participate in the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours, an ancient and meditative collection of psalms, hymns and scripture that represent the public prayer of the Christian community. If you are unable to pray in community, but love the contentment of praying with others, a praised feature of the Divine Office App lets you view locations where other Christians around the world are simultaneously praying with you. This version is the official prayer book of the Catholic Church, however, it is suitable for all Christian faith traditions. It contains the official text and audio of daily prayers from the Liturgy of the Hours of the Roman Catholic Church (Breviary) and has been approved for use in the United States by USCCB. The Divine Office App is designed to make praying more convenient, enjoyable, and simple enough for anyone to use. It automatically downloads the appropriate prayers for each office, every day of the year, including Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials. When St. Paul advises us in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to “pray without ceasing,” he intends more than simply bowing our heads and speaking to God on a regular basis. He means for us to adopt an ongoing attitude of prayer that is a way of life and a constant intercession for the salvation of all mankind. As the mystical body of Christ prays in unison, it fulfills what Paul advises as Christian conduct, that believers at once pray for the good of themselves, their neighbors, and the world. In this way, prayers become liturgy, a way to fulfill our divine calling and a practical approach for addressing the suffering of the world.

Screenshots

St. Josemaria for iPad4 screens
Divine Office3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Divine Office at Free against St. Josemaria for iPad's $9.99. Divine Office also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (8.4K vs 9). St. Josemaria for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Divine Office is free to download; St. Josemaria for iPad costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Divine Office holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Divine Office has 8.4K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of St. Josemaria for iPad's written reviews are positive against 98% of Divine Office's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

St. Josemaria for iPad ships an update every 3 weeks, Divine Office every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
St. Josemaria for iPad versus Divine Office: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSt. Josemaria for iPadDivine Office
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)4.9 (8.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.1% of reviews98.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJorge PanayottiSurgeworks, Inc.

Customer experience

St. Josemaria for iPad

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive77.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative14.6%

Divine Office

All ratings8,413 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews841 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.8%

Bugs and requests

St. Josemaria for iPad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Divine Office

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Previous hour audio restarting when app opens

Requested features

3 requests
  • Page-turn mode instead of swiping
  • Improved audio quality and consistency
  • Option to choose American or British readers

In-app purchases

None

St. Josemaria for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Divine Office

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is St. Josemaria for iPad free?
St. Josemaria for iPad costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Divine Office free?
Divine Office is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, St. Josemaria for iPad or Divine Office?
Divine Office is rated higher. St. Josemaria for iPad averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Divine Office averages 4.9 from 8.4K ratings.
Do St. Josemaria for iPad or Divine Office have ads?
Neither St. Josemaria for iPad nor Divine Office shows ads.
Which is updated more often, St. Josemaria for iPad or Divine Office?
St. Josemaria for iPad ships an update every 3 weeks, and Divine Office every 2 weeks. Most recently, St. Josemaria for iPad was updated on November 6, 2026 and Divine Office on November 6, 2026.

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