Rosary Pro vs Saint Joseph
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rosary Pro
This application guides users through praying the rosary with audio accompaniment. It offers pre-recorded Spanish audio and the ability to record custom audio for a personalized prayer experience.
- Audio-guided rosary prayer
- Custom audio recording
- Focus on prayer
- Spanish audio included
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With this app you will be able to pray the rosary. The App will pray audio in an alternate way so you can focus on the prayer and not get lost. Warning: This app has Spanish audio recorded, but it allows you to record custom audio
Saint Joseph
This app provides a guided experience for praying the Novena to Saint Joseph, allowing users to track their progress and save personal prayers with photos. It features automated audio playback, text highlighting, and customizable reminders to foster a daily prayer habit.
- Daily Novena prayer tracking
- Save personal prayers with photos
- Automated audio and text playback
- Progress counter for habit building
- Customizable prayer reminders
- Audio player with voice options
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NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH: Practical Novena to Saint Joseph. This app allows you to pray the Novena daily and record your progress to help you easily continue the next day. Save your own prayers by adding a photo to make it easier for you to make your requests every day. Functions: - Simple interface - The App saves your progress. - Automatically plays the Novena, Highlighting the Text that the Audio is reading. - AutoPlay: With the touch of the Play Button, the Audio and the Text of the Prayers are Automatically Played. - Counter of Novenas that help to create the Habit of Daily Prayer. - Alerts indicating the completion of a Novena. - Programmable reminders to encourage the habit of praying daily. - List of your Requests. - Audio Player. - Indications in Settings Tab to change the Narrator's Voice. - Change Language or Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Saint Joseph at 4.9 against Rosary Pro's 4.0. Saint Joseph also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 58%) and ratings volume (345 vs 108). Rosary Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Rosary Pro sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Saint Joseph sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Saint Joseph holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 108 and 345 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Rosary Pro's written reviews are positive against 85% of Saint Joseph's.
Rosary Pro ships an update every 9 days, Saint Joseph every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rosary Pro | Saint Joseph |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (108 ratings) | 4.9 (345 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.2% of reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 108 | 345 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mariana Olmos Ventura | Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rivera |
Customer experience
Rosary Pro
Saint Joseph
User reviews
Rosary Pro
From 108 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Ability to record own voice
- 👍 User-friendly for some
- 🙏 Helps with daily prayer
- ✨ Customization options
- 🕊️ Aids prayerful experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Spanish audio only
- 🐛 App is unusable now
- 🐛 Messy and confusing
- 🐛 Lost old features
- 🐛 Cannot choose prayers
Saint Joseph
From 345 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🙏 Easy to use novena
- 🙏 Helpful for daily prayers
- 🚗 Audio good for driving
- ✨ Beautiful prayers
- 👍 Premium version worth it
Room to improve
- 🤖 Machine-like audio voice
- ⏩ Audio too fast
- 😞 Audio disappointing
- ❌ App not in settings
- 🚫 Cannot access chaplet
Bugs and requests
Rosary Pro
Reported bugs
24 issues- Only Spanish audio available
- Cannot change language settings
- New version is unusable
- Cannot choose prayers in new version
- Mysteries not appearing on correct days
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- App does not work after upgrade
- Cannot get app to work
- Rolled up page effect obscures screen
- No audio available
- "No Audio" message for English
- No Fatima prayer between mysteries
- App only plays audio, does not advance
- App makes noise when praying with beads
- Intenciones for 2016 not appearing
- Recording feature is buggy
- Prayers split in weird places
- Second half of recording doesn't play
- App does not change pages/prayers
- Audio not installed
- Features are incomplete or incompatible
- Phone overheats when app is left on
- Recorded prayers not playing on iPad
- App crashes or freezes
- App is too large (50MB)
Requested features
10 requests- Add option to continue previous prayer
- Add option to start new rosary
- Add Fatima prayer between mysteries
- Add Nicene Creed option
- Add 'thou' instead of 'you' for Ave Maria
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- Add prayer for intentions at beginning
- Share audio among users
- Add Novena app
- Improve Apple Watch compatibility
- Make app compatible with Apple Watch
Saint Joseph
Reported bugs
2 issues- Premium version doesn't grant access to chaplet
- App does not show up in settings
Requested features
5 requests- Add prayer to Sainte Rita
- Include Sacro Manto prayer
- Add initial/final prayer 'A te o beato Giuseppe'
- Vivify colors for better readability
- Add rosary corresponding to San Jose
In-app purchases
Rosary Pro
- Donation type 1$0.99
- Donation type 2$5.99
- Donation type 3$11.99
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- Donation Type 4$24.99
Saint Joseph
- Premium Version - Lifetime Access$3.99
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