Psaltopedia vs Orthodox Way
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Psaltopedia
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Psaltopedia is a comprehensive digital library featuring an extensive collection of Byzantine Arabic & Greek liturgical books and a vast selection of renowned Greek publications, making it an essential resource for scholars, chanters, and faithful members of the church.
Orthodox Way
This app provides daily Orthodox Christian life resources, including prayer guides, fasting rules, scripture readings, and information on saints. It offers a reverent and simple interface to support spiritual practice.
- Daily liturgical calendar
- Prayer library with rules
- Fasting guidelines (Beginner to Strict)
- Daily Gospel and Epistle readings
- Full Synaxarion of Saints
- Support for Old and New Calendar styles
- Essays on Orthodox catechism and history
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For two thousand years, the Orthodox Church has carried a way of life: prayer at sunrise and sunset, fasts that turn the seasons, feasts that remember the saints, Scripture spoken in every cell and every cathedral. Orthodox Way is that life, gently, on the device already in your hand. It is a quiet companion. It knows what day it is on the calendar of saints. It knows which fasting rule applies, which Gospel will be read at Liturgy, and what tone the choir is in this week. **WHAT'S INSIDE** **Today** Each day opens with the season, the tone, the fast, and the saints commemorated. The lectionary readings sit at the top of the page. A suggested rule of prayer is waiting. **Prayers** A library of morning prayers, evening prayers, prayers upon rising, prayers before sleep, the Trisagion, the Symbol of Faith, and prayers to the Mother of God and one's guardian angel. Rules group them into Beginner, Standard, and Full. Walk through them in order, or read any prayer on its own. The Jesus Prayer has its own rope. **Fasting** Three levels: Beginner, Standard, and Strict, across the whole liturgical year. The permitted and excluded foods for any day are one tap away, with a short pastoral note on each level. Your own practice is set with your priest. **Daily Readings** Gospel, Epistle, and Old Testament readings from the Church's lectionary, every day of the year. Pick a date to read ahead or to catch up. **Services** The Divine Liturgy, Vespers, Matins, Small and Great Compline, the Akathist, Panikhida, and Molieben. Each service includes its parts and, when the date is chosen, the variable hymns filled in by the liturgical engine. **Saints** The full Synaxarion of the Church. Search by name, region, or feast day. Browse by category: martyrs, hierarchs, monastics, apostles, wonderworkers, the righteous, the equal-to-the-apostles, and the fools-for-Christ. **Calendar** The whole year, with feasts, fasts, and tones laid out in order. Both old and new calendar styles are supported. **Learn** Short essays on the catechism, the divine services, the holy mysteries, fasting, the saints, the Church, and Church history. The library grows as content is authored. **A WORD ON THE VOICE** We built Orthodox Way the way an icon is written: slowly, carefully, with reverence. No streaks. No badges. No reminders that nag. No bright colours competing for attention. The text speaks plainly. The design steps out of the way. If you are an inquirer, the catechism is yours. If you are a catechumen, the rule of prayer is yours. If you are a layman keeping the fast in your kitchen and the prayers in your room, the app is shaped to your day. Glory to God for all things.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Orthodox Way at every 4 days against Psaltopedia's monthly. Psaltopedia's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Psaltopedia ships an update monthly, Orthodox Way every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Psaltopedia | Orthodox Way |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jules Fadel | Tenubah Technologies Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Psaltopedia
No in-app purchases
Orthodox Way
No in-app purchases
Questions
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