Comparison

electronic Common Prayer vs Living Compass

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Living Compass

This app offers guided meditations, courses, and contemplative practices to foster joy, clarity, and calm. It integrates spirituality, psychology, and wellness for holistic well-being. Explore resources for emotional, relational, vocational, physical, and spiritual growth.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Courses and retreats
  • Contemplative practices
  • Private journal
  • Walking meditations
Features
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Living Compass: Contemplative Wisdom for Wholeness & Well-being Navigate your life with greater joy, clarity, and calm through guided meditations, contemplative practices, courses, and retreats that integrate spirituality, psychology, and wellness. Rooted in the transformative power of contemplative practice, Living Compass offers guidance and support for your journey toward greater emotional, relational, vocational, physical, and spiritual well-being. Features of the Living Compass App: *Guided Meditations: A curated (and growing) library of brief meditations, refreshed and updated regularly to enhance your experience and practice. *Courses & Guided Retreats: Rich, multi-session teachings and meditations on important topics such as forgiveness, grief, parent wellness, love, letting go, and peace, with new series added regularly. *Contemplative Practices: Contemplative Practices: Explore a variety of approaches to help you stay grounded and centered, including our unique "Retreat on 2 Feet" walking meditations. *Private Journal: A dedicated space to track your insights, reflections, and growth along the way. Enjoy a full year to explore these resources at no cost. If you decide to change course within your first year, there’s no charge. After your trial, continue your journey for just $10 per year. This app emerges from the Living Compass Spirituality & Wellness Initiative, a nonprofit that has guided and empowered over half a million people on their wellness journeys since 2009. We bring together contemplative spirituality, depth psychology, and holistic wellness to help you navigate your way toward wholeness in every dimension of your life. In today’s fast-paced world, conventional “compasses” often pull us off course and create a sense of imbalance and disconnection. These cultural forces can overwhelm our emotions, divide our lives, and create a deep sense of “dis-ease” within our minds, relationships, hearts, souls, and bodies. Living Compass provides a spacious and inclusive contemplative Christian foundation while honoring Divine Wisdom across many spiritual traditions. Our approach integrates insights from depth psychology to create guideposts that resonate with those seeking greater balance and well-being. Learn more at LivingCompass.org. Privacy: https://www.livingcompass.org/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.livingcompass.org/terms-and-conditions

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Living Compass at 100% against electronic Common Prayer's 24%. Living Compass also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). electronic Common Prayer's advantage is ratings volume (94 vs 3). On price, 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

Both are free to download. electronic Common Prayer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Living Compass sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $10.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Living Compass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: electronic Common Prayer has 94 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of electronic Common Prayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Living Compass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

electronic Common Prayer ships an update every 2 weeks, Living Compass weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
electronic Common Prayer versus Living Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterelectronic Common PrayerLiving Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (94 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings94 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChurch Publishing Incorporated (NY)The Samaritan Foundation for Church and Family Wellness, Inc.

Customer experience

electronic Common Prayer

All ratings88 ratings
Positive23.9%
Neutral10.2%
Negative65.9%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive23.7%
Neutral14.5%
Negative61.8%

Living Compass

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

electronic Common Prayer

Reported bugs

45 issues
  • Psalm 68 missing
  • App throws back to beginning of service
  • App does not work
  • Functionality does not work after in-app purchase
  • App does not always load content
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  • App crashes often
  • Need to reboot phone to use
  • App hangs on Daily Office function
  • New version does not open
  • Full screen of blue "Loading Day"
  • Blank pages displayed
  • App freezes when trying to print
  • Subscription not recognized
  • New dark mode is difficult to read
  • Rubrics too bright in dark mode
  • Dark mode compatibility issues
  • Titles disappear in dark mode
  • No dark mode support
  • Lack of linkage between parts
  • EOW 1 clunky, no page through
  • Pages not titled
  • Hyperlink only in instructional print
  • Readings not syncing with congregations
  • Cannot copy and paste
  • Share function does not work
  • Email snippet of text only
  • Text formatting broken
  • Inconsistent line spacing
  • No quick return to Canticles
  • Thin vertical font difficult to scan
  • Aesthetics over practical function
  • Inconsistent use of rubrics, colors, italics
  • Complicated navigation
  • Font makes app unusable
  • Red letters, spacing, layout are a step backwards
  • Navigation is clunky
  • Cannot follow links and return to place
  • Intelligent navigation only in landscape
  • Significant shortcomings not addressed
  • Does not work in dark mode
  • New formatting and functionality is poor
  • Text is hard to read and bunched up
  • Functionality is confusing
  • Font on table of contents does not change in dark mode
  • App adopts Apple's dark mode setting but font doesn't change

Requested features

29 requests
  • Page numbers for BCP reference
  • Enlarge print/adjust font size
  • Background blurbs for saints
  • Return to previous location after navigation
  • Include Ordination content
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  • In-app purchase functionality
  • Update for next year's calendar
  • Fix dark mode color theme
  • Include LFF, Hymnal 1982, EOW, Weekday Eucharistic Lectionary
  • Match BCP calendar hierarchy
  • Include catechism and other documents
  • Support for dark mode
  • Table of Contents
  • Back section of BCP
  • Email lessons to readers
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Share function
  • Fix text formatting/line breaks
  • Quick return to Canticles
  • Improved readability for older eyes
  • Consistent use of rubrics/colors/italics
  • Simpler navigation
  • Bring back original version functionality
  • Refund for one-time purchasers
  • Implement Enriching Our Worship dynamically
  • Link to readings at each "A Reading" heading
  • Include other years' readings in calendar
  • Add page numbers for Altar Book use
  • Search, bookmark, email, print functionality

Living Compass

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

electronic Common Prayer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time9
  • 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
1 purchases

Living Compass

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$10.001 Year

Questions

Is electronic Common Prayer free?
electronic Common Prayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Living Compass free?
Living Compass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, electronic Common Prayer or Living Compass?
Living Compass is rated higher. electronic Common Prayer averages 2.4 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while Living Compass averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do electronic Common Prayer or Living Compass have ads?
Neither electronic Common Prayer nor Living Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, electronic Common Prayer or Living Compass?
electronic Common Prayer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Living Compass weekly. Most recently, electronic Common Prayer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Living Compass on October 24, 2026.

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