Comparison

Catholic Devotions Lite vs Mary's Rosary

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

Head to head
About

Catholic Devotions Lite

Access a collection of Catholic prayers and litanies for various occasions, including morning, mass, confession, and communion. Features daily and location-based reminders to encourage prayer. The full version offers additional prayers for evening and post-sacrament reflection.

Highlights
  • Morning Prayers
  • Prayers at Holy Mass
  • Prayers before Confession
  • Prayers before Communion
  • Visit to Blessed Sacrament
  • Daily prayer reminders
  • Location-based prayer reminders
Features
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Providing you with general Catholic devotions and litanies compiled by Rev. Bonaventure Hammer, O.F.M.: When you just wake up and about to begin the day, there are "Morning Prayers". When you attend the mass (but it is not advisable to use iPhone during the mass), there are "Prayers at Holy Mass". When you want to go for Confession and you want to prepare yourself better by praying, there are "Prayers before Confession". When you are about to receive the Body and Blood of Christ (it is not advisable to use iPhone during the mass), there are "Prayers before Communion". When you want to go for Adoration, there is prayer "Visit to Blessed Sacrament". There are also other prayers included in this app: Prayer to Our Suffering Redeemer Prayer for All Things Necessary to Salvation Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Litany of Loreto With reminder feature, you can set daily reminder or location-based reminder to encourage yourself to pray more. For the location-based reminder, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. In the full version, you can find more prayers available: When you are about to end the day, there are "Evening Prayers". When you have finished attending a mass, there are "Prayers after Mass". When you have received Sacrament of Reconciliation, there are "Prayers after Confession". When you have received the Communion, there are also "Prayers after Communion". Prayer to Sacred Heart of Jesus Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Litany of All Saints Please pray for holy souls in Purgatory and also for me as I continue to develop Catholic apps.

About

Mary's Rosary

This beautiful rosary app offers a guided prayer experience with real human audio and calming background music. It allows for adjustable prayer response times and automatically saves your progress. Optimized for mobile, it's ideal for meditation with headphones.

Highlights
  • Adjustable prayer response time
  • Automatic progress saving
  • Real human voice narration
  • Schubert's Ave Maria background music
  • Background audio playback
Features
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A beautiful, audio-guided rosary app for iOS - pray the full Holy Rosary with voice, music, and text in perfect sync. Each mystery comes alive with its own immersive color theme, artwork, and atmosphere.

Screenshots

Catholic Devotions Lite4 screens
Mary's Rosary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Catholic Devotions Lite at 76 against Mary's Rosary's 4. Catholic Devotions Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Catholic Devotions Lite against 4.8 for Mary's Rosary. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catholic Devotions Lite has 76 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Catholic Devotions Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mary's Rosary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catholic Devotions Lite ships an update every 2 months, Mary's Rosary every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Catholic Devotions Lite versus Mary's Rosary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatholic Devotions LiteMary's Rosary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (76 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews97.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings76 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeonard MamangkeyWeb Ninja

Customer experience

Catholic Devotions Lite

All ratings76 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive97.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.9%

Mary's Rosary

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Catholic Devotions Lite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App does not stop
  • Does not work properly on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Podcast option for prayers
  • Access to all prayers

Mary's Rosary

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Catholic Devotions Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Mary's Rosary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catholic Devotions Lite free?
Catholic Devotions Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mary's Rosary free?
Mary's Rosary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catholic Devotions Lite or Mary's Rosary?
Catholic Devotions Lite is rated higher. Catholic Devotions Lite averages 4.9 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Mary's Rosary averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Catholic Devotions Lite or Mary's Rosary have ads?
Neither Catholic Devotions Lite nor Mary's Rosary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catholic Devotions Lite or Mary's Rosary?
Catholic Devotions Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Mary's Rosary every 5 months. Most recently, Catholic Devotions Lite was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mary's Rosary on November 1, 2026.

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