The Novena App vs Memorare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Novena App
This app provides a comprehensive collection of traditional Catholic novenas to deepen faith and strengthen connection with God. Users can access a vast array of prayers, create personalized novenas, and track their spiritual journey with a user-friendly interface and helpful features like dark mode and quick search.
- Vast array of traditional Catholic novenas
- Create and track personalized prayers
- Favorite and easily access beloved novenas
- Dark Mode for comfortable reading
- Clean, intuitive user interface
- Quick search for instant access
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The Catholic Novena App is a comprehensive, lightweight, and trusted source for novenas in English, designed to help users deepen their faith and strengthen their connection with God through daily prayer. Access a vast array of traditional Catholic novenas or create and track your own personalized prayers. With a user-friendly interface and a range of customization options, the Novena App is the ideal spiritual companion for anyone looking to enrich their prayer life and grow closer to God. With its rich selection of prayers, carefully curated from the deep traditions of the Catholic Church, the app brings a meaningful prayer experience right to your fingertips. † Features † • Easily favorite and access your most beloved novenas • Dark Mode for comfortable reading at any time • Clean, intuitive user interface • Quick search for instant access to specific novenas Copyrights: All copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents, and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on Catholic Prayers are inspired by various sources and books dedicated to the Catholic faith. Courtesy: Our sincere thanks to various online prayer sources and Christian prayer books for their inspiration. Privacy Policy: The app respects user privacy and does not collect or share any personal information without the user’s knowledge. Our purpose is solely to share prayers and support spiritual growth. For more details, read our privacy policy at: https://reeba256.github.io/privacypolicy Contact Us: For questions or suggestions, reach out to us at reebasebastian@icloud.com—we’d love to hear from you!
Memorare
This app guides users through praying the Rosary, offering prayers in English and Latin, interactive guidance, and historical context. It includes features like daily streaks, reminders, and customizable backgrounds to enhance the prayer experience.
- Interactive Rosary guidance
- Prayers in English and Latin
- Daily Rosary streak tracking
- Daily prayer reminders
- Liturgical calendar
- Customizable backgrounds and accent colors
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Pray the rosary like never before! Whether this is your first time praying the Rosary or you frequently teach the Rosary to others, this app is a great way for you to deepen your prayer life and explore the beauty of this meditative prayer. This app serves as a digital guide to not only help people pray the rosary, but also understand more about it. NEW IN VERSION 1.2.0: - Keep up a daily Rosary streak and see how many consecutive days you can pray the Rosary! - Receive a reminder to pray the Rosary each day at the time of your choosing. - The app's storage has been reduced by over 80%! - Customize the app's accent color to correspond to the liturgical season or your preference! - Over 40 beautiful backgrounds with location information are now available from all over the world! - View more information about each liturgical event and the different event types - The app is now much easier to navigate thanks to some underlying optimizations CORE FEATURES: - Find the prayers for the Rosary in English and Latin - Pray the additional Marian prayers included, including the Memorare and Angelus - View mysteries and the fruits of the mysteries are included - Follow along with the on-screen Interactive Rosary with suggested mysteries based on the day of the week - Learn more about the history of the Rosary - Don't want an interactive Rosary? There is also a step-by-step how-to guide. - Access a liturgical calendar with important liturgical events to understand more about various events and feast days. EXTRA FEATURES: - Both light and dark mode are supported - Support for all screen sizes is available - 13 App icons available to customize the look of the app - Over 40 app background photos are available to choose from - Choose from one of six accent colors, all corresponding to liturgical colors
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Verdict
The Novena App and Memorare both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Memorare's written reviews are positive against 42% of The Novena App's. Memorare also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). The Novena App's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (913 vs 5). On rating, update cadence 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
The Novena App is free to download; Memorare costs $0.99 up front. The Novena App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Memorare asks for nothing beyond the download.
Memorare holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Novena App has 913 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of The Novena App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Memorare's.
The Novena App ships an update every 6 months, Memorare every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Novena App | Memorare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (913 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 913 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 486 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reeba Sebastian | Matthew Ayers |
Customer experience
The Novena App
Memorare
In-app purchases
The Novena App
- Novena Plus$0.991 Month
- Novena Pro$4.996 Months
- Novena Go$8.991 Year
Memorare
No in-app purchases
