electronic Common Prayer vs Forward Day by Day
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
electronic Common Prayer
This app offers a digital version of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer for the Episcopal Church, providing access to liturgies, daily offices, and lectionaries. It includes searchable indices for prayers and psalms, with features like bookmarking, sharing, and offline usability. It also offers pastoral care resources for those on the go.
- Interactive 1979 Book of Common Prayer
- Daily Office and Lectionaries
- Searchable Indices (Psalms, Collects, etc.)
- Offline Usability
- Bookmarking and Sharing
- Adjustable Font Size & Dark Mode
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eCP provides everything you need for personal devotion and worship planning in the Episcopal Church. This interactive version of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer includes access to the liturgies, Daily Office, and associated lectionaries used in the Episcopal Church, along with calendars of Propers and Holy Days for all three lectionary cycles and Lesser Feasts and Fasts. Fully searchable indices of the Psalms, Canticles, Collects, Prefaces, and Prayers allow you to find content you are looking for quickly, and new in-app purchases will be added throughout the year. Features: •Quick and easy navigation for all texts •Bookmarking and printing functionality for meaningful passages •Social media and email sharing •Font size adjustability for easy reading •Dark Mode •Offline usability—no internet access required The app can also be an aid in pastoral care when on the road, with resources for Ministration to the Sick or Reconciliation of a Penitent. Download the app today and carry the Book of Common Prayer everywhere you go. A subscription is required to access the app. Additional in-app purchasable content is available in the Library menu. Terms of Use: https://www.cpg.org/global/privacy-policies/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://www.cpg.org/global/about-us/privacy-policies/website-privacy-statement/
Forward Day by Day
This app provides daily spiritual practices for busy individuals, including meditations, prayers, and scripture readings. It offers integrated podcasts for listening and customizable display preferences for a personalized experience.
- Daily meditation
- Daily prayers
- Daily scripture readings
- Integrated podcasts
- Customizable display preferences
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
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Forward Day by Day offers prayer on the go—daily spiritual practices for busy people. In English and Spanish. The app includes the daily meditation from Forward Day by Day, as well as all daily prayers from The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church, and the daily scripture readings from the lectionary. Integrated podcasts allow users to listen within the app as they read. Display preferences provide various fonts and text sizing options. Forward Day by Day is an offering of Forward Movement, a ministry of the Episcopal Church.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Forward Day by Day at 4.3 against electronic Common Prayer's 2.3. Forward Day by Day also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (46% vs 24%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. electronic Common Prayer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Forward Day by Day asks for nothing beyond the download.
Forward Day by Day holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 84 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of electronic Common Prayer's written reviews are positive against 46% of Forward Day by Day's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | electronic Common Prayer | Forward Day by Day |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (91 ratings) | 4.3 (84 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.7% of reviews | 46.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 84 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Church Publishing Incorporated (NY) | Forward Movement |
Customer experience
electronic Common Prayer
Forward Day by Day
Bugs and requests
electronic Common Prayer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Forward Day by Day
Reported bugs
44 issues- Blank screen when opening app
- App not opening
- Stopped working on iPhone XR
- Not connected to Internet or won’t open
- Revolving circle and not opening
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- Message: Not connected to the internet
- No internet connection error
- Cannot Launch App
- App quit working
- App is Broken
- Crashville
- App Falls Short
- Very buggy
- Not working!
- Where's the text?
- Technical issues
- App not working
- Spacing errors
- Text does not have proper spacing between words
- Lord's Prayer reads "sinsas" instead of "sins as"
- The Saint isn't always the saint according to the calendar
- Daily Saint does not show up at all
- Meditations missing?
- Daily meditation does not fit the iPhone screen
- Text won't shift to landscape mode
- App not working on iPad
- Content doesn't fit the screen
- Daily prayer now sticks on the time of day
- Link to Daily prayers anytime is broken
- Won't swivel as iPad is turned
- Typo fixes needed
- Lord's Prayer spacing is off
- Meditation "bleeds" off the viewing area
- Cannot swipe back to today's meditation
- Slow to load
- Daily Meditation page is blank
- Bug: it will only load the current day once I change the settings from Rite I to Rite II and vice versa
- Meditation bleeds off the screen
- Problem with the devotionals section bleeding off the screen
- The fonts are really small with no way to enlarge them
- Cannot pinch to enlarge
- No landscape mode for larger font
- Daily meditation does not fit the iPhone screen
- Text won't shift to landscape
Requested features
16 requests- Ability to swipe from left edge to go back
- 3-reading setting for Daily Office
- Information about saints linked to Daily Office
- Ability to stretch text on iPod
- Option to enlarge font size
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- Reminders at certain times of the day
- Update the app
- Cache a few days or a month of data for offline use
- Include author biographies
- Add a search function
- Consider making this a universal app for iPad functionality
- More interactive features
- Make it accessible to people not familiar with the Episcopal Church
- Customize the office more (e.g., General Thanksgiving at Morning Prayer)
- More of the daily offices included
- Option to customize the office more
In-app purchases
electronic Common Prayer
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- All My Words Have Holes...$9.99
- Daily Prayer for All Seasons$12.99
- Ordination Rites. . .$12.99
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- Enriching Our Worship 3$18.99
- Enriching Our Worship 1$19.99
- Enriching Our Worship 2$21.99
- 2022 Book of Occasional Ser...$38.99
- Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018$38.99
- Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2024$48.99
Forward Day by Day
No in-app purchases
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