Comparison

Together We Pray vs Velad

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

Head to head
About

Together We Pray

Connect with a global community for prayer and spiritual growth. Access resources for family prayer, share intentions, and participate in live services. This app fosters a supportive environment for families to deepen their faith together.

Highlights
  • Global prayer community
  • Family prayer resources
  • Live Rosary and Mass
  • Post prayer intentions
  • Blogs, podcasts, and films
Features
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PRAY TOGETHER app – Global Prayer Community – Resources for family prayer: blogs, podcasts, web series, films, eBooks. You can post your prayer intention and we will bring it to our chapel for our LIVE Rosary and Mass. Let your family be, “The family that prays together stays together.” Venerable Patrick Peyton, our founder. ​

About

Velad

Features
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Velad is a digital Catholic prayer book: a quiet companion for your prayer life — no accounts, no ads, no distractions. PRAY THE ROSARY • All four sets of mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous), with today's mystery highlighted. • A minimalist contemplative mode, or full text for every prayer. • Litany of Loreto and sacred art to accompany your meditation. DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS • Traditional devotions: Sacred Heart, Stations of the Cross (biblical and traditional), Trisagion, Franciscan Crown and more. • Chaplets, Marian prayers and classic prayers, organized and easy to find. • Create your own prayers and share them with other users. NOVENAS • Novenas to Our Lady and the saints, with your personal intention woven into the prayer. • Day-by-day tracking: the app remembers which day you're on and reminds you so you never break a novena. • Build your own custom novenas. SAINTS • Lives of saints and blesseds with their feast days, patronages and prayers. • Save your favorite saints. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION • St. Alphonsus Liguori's Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, with today's visit ready. • Acts of faith, love, contrition and spiritual communion. YOUR PRAYER LIFE, ORGANIZED • Daily routine: choose your usual prayers and see what's still pending today. • Prayer calendar: log what you pray and review your history month by month. • Daily intention and a record of your sacramental life (Mass, confession, adoration, fasting...). • Optional reminders for your routine, your novenas and the Hour of Mercy. MADE FOR PRAYER • Works fully offline. • No sign-up, no accounts, no ads. Your data stays on your phone. • Dark mode for praying at night. • Available in Spanish, English, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian. "Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation" (Mt 26:41)

Screenshots

Together We Pray4 screens
Velad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Velad at none against Together We Pray's shown. Velad also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Together We Pray ships an update every 14 months, Velad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Together We Pray versus Velad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTogether We PrayVelad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB166 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFamily Rosary, Inc.Nicolas Bases

In-app purchases

None

Together We Pray

No in-app purchases

None

Velad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Together We Pray free?
Together We Pray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Velad free?
Velad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Together We Pray or Velad have ads?
Together We Pray shows ads; Velad does not.
Which is updated more often, Together We Pray or Velad?
Together We Pray ships an update every 14 months, and Velad every 2 weeks. Most recently, Together We Pray was updated on November 4, 2026 and Velad on November 5, 2026.

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