Comparison

TAN Direction vs Latin Prayer

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

Head to head
About

TAN Direction

Explore spiritual wisdom from saints and Catholic authors to deepen your faith. This app offers resources for those seeking Christian perfection and a transformed spiritual journey.

Highlights
  • Spiritual wisdom of saints
  • Resources from Catholic authors
  • Deepen faith
  • Transform spiritual journey
  • Pursue Christian perfection
Features
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Discover the spiritual wisdom of the saints and faithful Catholic authors with the TAN Direction app. Designed for Catholics striving to reach the heights of Christian perfection and sanctity, this app provides resources to deepen your faith and transform your spiritual journey.

About

Latin Prayer

Features
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Latin Prayer brings the traditional prayers of the Church into your hand — to pray, every day. THE MASS The Traditional Latin Mass, in full: the complete Ordinary of the 1962 Missale Romanum with the proper texts of the day — the Introit, Collect, Epistle, Gradual, Gospel, Offertory, Secret, Communion and Postcommunion for every day of the year. The Latin leads, and a tap on any line gives you your own language — so you stay in the Latin, with help exactly where you need it. Today's feast, its class and its vestment colour are named. Parts the rubrics leave out today stay closed, and open at a tap. The sign of the cross, the bows, striking the breast, the genuflections, the bell, and when to kneel, sit and stand are marked where they happen — so you can follow the Mass without losing your place. THE ROSARY Pray the Rosary with the Latin and your own language side by side, with Latin audio. The app knows the day's mysteries — in the traditional fifteen or the twenty including the Luminous, whichever you pray. A quiet daily grid marks the days you prayed, so the habit becomes something you can see. THE LATIN BIBLE Read Sacred Scripture in the Vulgate with your language alongside it, verse by verse. Bookmark the words that stay with you. THE PRAYERS Nearly forty traditional prayers with interlinear translation and Latin audio — morning and evening, before and after meals, the great prayers of the Church. THE SAINTS Over a hundred saints on the traditional calendar: the saint the Church remembers today, and the feasts still to come. Each with a biography, a feast date, and beautiful artwork. EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE A guided examination to prepare for Confession, in the old form. LEARN THE LATIN Vocabulary through spaced repetition, building your understanding of the prayers one word at a time. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Sign in and your bookmarks, notes and prayer history follow you across your devices — free. And it all works offline, wherever you are. Six languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Latin. Light, dark, and a warm parchment theme for long reading. Adjustable type. A clean, distraction-free interface, made for people who mean it. Everything needed in order to pray is free. No ads, no pay-to-pray. Support is welcome and entirely optional. Pray the old prayers — daily. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.latinprayer.org/privacy-app --- Questions? Contact support@latinprayer.org

Screenshots

TAN Direction4 screens
Latin Prayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Latin Prayer at weekly against TAN Direction's every 6 weeks. Latin Prayer also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. TAN Direction sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Latin Prayer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TAN Direction ships an update every 6 weeks, Latin Prayer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TAN Direction versus Latin Prayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTAN DirectionLatin Prayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB200 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSAINT BENDICT PRESS LLCDushan Wegner

In-app purchases

14 purchases

TAN Direction

One-time14
  • Tan Books$9.00
  • The Sacraments$10.00
  • Doors of Mercy$10.00
Show 11 more
  • Kingdom of happiness$10.00
  • Tan Books$13.00
  • Tan Books2 variants$14.00
  • Tan Books4 variants$20.00
  • Tan Books6 variants$24.00
  • Tan Books30 variants$39.00
  • The Ancient World$39.00
  • The Medieval World$39.00
  • The Making of the Modern World$39.00
  • History of the United States$39.00
  • Tan Books$149.00
5 purchases

Latin Prayer

Subscriptions1
  • Latin Prayer Support$9.991 Month
One-time4
  • I see the need.$4.99
  • I offer my hand.$24.99
  • May this take root.$49.99
Show 1 more
  • May they understand.$99.99

Questions

Is TAN Direction free?
TAN Direction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Latin Prayer free?
Latin Prayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TAN Direction or Latin Prayer have ads?
Neither TAN Direction nor Latin Prayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TAN Direction or Latin Prayer?
TAN Direction ships an update every 6 weeks, and Latin Prayer weekly. Most recently, TAN Direction was updated on October 21, 2026 and Latin Prayer on October 30, 2026.

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