Comparison

Divine Mercy vs Holy Rosary

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

Head to head
About

Divine Mercy

Explore the message and devotion of Divine Mercy with this comprehensive app. Access daily meditations, interactive prayers like the Chaplet and Way of the Cross, and hundreds of quotes from St. Faustina's Diary. Receive configurable prayer reminders and engage with novenas to deepen your faith.

Highlights
  • Interactive Chaplet of Divine Mercy
  • Daily meditations from St. Faustina's Diary
  • Configurable prayer reminders
  • Quotes from St. Faustina's Diary
  • Interactive novenas
  • Interactive Way of the Cross
Features
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The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. From the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, promoters of the authentic Divine Mercy message since 1941, this free app offers the complete message and devotion in an easy to navigate format. • Interactive Chaplet of Divine Mercy with multiple audio voices. • Daily meditations from the Diary of St. Faustina. • Configurable prayer reminders. • Hundreds of quotes from the Diary of St. Faustina organized by themes. • Interactive novenas to The Divine Mercy, St. Faustina, and St. John Paul II. • Interactive Way of the Cross. Discover why the message of Divine Mercy is the largest grassroots movement in the history of the Catholic Church. "There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercy." – St. John Paul II "Devotion to Divine Mercy is not a secondary devotion, but an integral dimension of a Christian's faith and prayer." – Pope Benedict XVI

About

Holy Rosary

This app guides users through praying the Holy Rosary with scriptural passages read before each Hail Mary. It automatically loads the correct mysteries for the day, including seasonal variations for Sundays, and allows manual selection. Audio recordings from Catholic University students enhance the prayer experience.

Highlights
  • Scriptural passages before each Hail Mary
  • Automatic daily mystery loading
  • Seasonal mystery selection for Sundays
  • Manual mystery selection
  • Audio recordings by Catholic University students
  • Pray on-the-go functionality
Features
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Holy Rosary - Scriptural Edition, featuring audio recordings of students from the Catholic Franciscan University of Steubenville. The appropriate mystery is loaded for that particular day when the application launches. For Sundays, the mysteries are chosen based on the current liturgical season. You can also manually choose which mysteries you would like to pray along with by tapping the image on the screen and choosing from the menu. A passage of scripture is read prior to each Hail Mary which helps us to dive deeper into the mysteries of the rosary as we ponder our Lord's birth, life, death and resurrection. Many people use this at night before they go to bed, or listen/pray along while they are in their cars or on-the-go. Just launch, press play and pray!

Screenshots

Divine Mercy4 screens
Holy Rosary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Holy Rosary at 4.9 against Divine Mercy's 4.2. Holy Rosary also leads on review sentiment (99% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.0). Divine Mercy's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Holy Rosary holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 399 and 599 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Divine Mercy's written reviews are positive against 99% of Holy Rosary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Divine Mercy ships an update every 6 weeks, Holy Rosary every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Divine Mercy versus Holy Rosary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDivine MercyHoly Rosary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (399 ratings)4.9 (599 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.9% of reviews98.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings399599 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB67 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMarian Fathers of the Immaculate ConceptionJoe Meineke

Customer experience

Divine Mercy

All ratings399 ratings
Positive77.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive66.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative24.2%

Holy Rosary

All ratings569 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.1%

User reviews

Divine Mercy

From 399 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Better now
  • 👍 My go to audio
  • 👍 Perfect
  • 👍 I Love the Divine Mercy App!
  • 👍 Great App!!!!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Audio on new version
  • 🔊 Voice
  • 🔊 Older Voice was perfect!
  • 🔊 Prefer the old voice
  • 🔊 If it ain't broke why fix it

Holy Rosary

From 599 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Meaningful meditation on the mysteries
  • 🙏 Helpful for daily prayer routine
  • 🎨 Beautiful imagery
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate
  • 🎙️ Pleasant and soothing narration

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional technical issues like freezing or jumping back in the prayer
  • 🎨 Some users desire more racially inclusive imagery
  • 🔍 Difficulty skipping ahead or going to a specific mystery

Bugs and requests

Divine Mercy

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Notifications broken with most recent update
  • Stops in the middle of the Chaplet
  • Crashes
  • App doesn't work right now after 5 years
  • Chaplet recitation too slow

Requested features

7 requests
  • Move purgatory board and intention for the day on main landing page
  • Adding a widget to IPhone where I don't need To open the app to see what today's intention is for quick and easy reference when in prayer
  • Option for Fr Gaitely's voice back
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
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  • Alarm capability within the app
  • Speed control on the auto chaplet

Holy Rosary

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent wording in some prayers
  • Background noise distracting in certain mysteries

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add the traditional concluding prayer
  • Offer the rosary in additional languages
  • Provide an option to display the current bead/decade

In-app purchases

None

Divine Mercy

No in-app purchases

None

Holy Rosary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Divine Mercy free?
Divine Mercy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holy Rosary free?
Holy Rosary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Divine Mercy or Holy Rosary?
Holy Rosary is rated higher. Divine Mercy averages 4.2 out of 5 from 399 ratings, while Holy Rosary averages 4.9 from 599 ratings.
Do Divine Mercy or Holy Rosary have ads?
Neither Divine Mercy nor Holy Rosary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Divine Mercy or Holy Rosary?
Divine Mercy ships an update every 6 weeks, and Holy Rosary every 5 months. Most recently, Divine Mercy was updated on November 7, 2026 and Holy Rosary on November 6, 2026.

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