Krinon vs Ember

Krinon is a Catholic Bible and prayer companion that reads Scripture with the Church Fathers. Everything lives on your iPhone: no account, no ads, no subscription. THE WHOLE CATHOLIC BIBLE • All 73 books in the Douay-Rheims (Challoner) and the Catholic Public Domain Version • Quick Summary and Deep Dive reflections on any verse, drawing on a library of patristic writings • Reading plans, saved verses, and a Verse widget for your Home Screen PRAY WITH THE CHURCH • Today's Mass readings from the USA Lectionary, shown in your chosen Bible • The liturgical calendar, with each day's season and feast • The Ordinary of the Mass in Latin and English, for both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo • Hours of prayer that follow the shape of the Liturgy of the Hours, with psalms from your Bible • A guided Rosary through the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous mysteries • 54 traditional prayers in English, Latin, and Aramaic DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE • A Daily Examen to review the day with God • An examination of conscience to prepare for Confession. Nothing you mark is saved or sent • Be Still: a quiet, breathing meditation on a short phrase of Scripture • Build your own prayer routine and follow it step by step MADE FOR DAILY PRAYER • Listen to Scripture and prayers read aloud by on-device voices, with lock-screen controls • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your verse, a Scripture quote, and your routine • Ask Siri for today's verse or to start the Rosary • Optional Face ID or passcode lock PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your saved verses, prayers, and notes stay on your device with full file protection. Krinon doesn't track you or sell your data. FREE FOR EVERYONE Every feature and every color palette is free. If Krinon helps your prayer, you can leave an optional tip in Settings. Tips unlock nothing; they simply help keep Krinon going. Terms of Use: https://krinon.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://krinon.app/privacy

Prayer that fits inside a real day. Ember is a Catholic prayer app built around a practice, not an endless scroll. Arrive with one slow breath. Pray one Scripture-rooted line — with its citation right there. Hold it until it settles. Sixty seconds later, your ember is glowing, and the Word goes with you into the day. THE DAILY PRAYER Begin with the Sign of the Cross and a guided breath. Pray each line slowly — hold to pray, release, amen. Close with the Glory Be. It takes about a minute. It is the minute that changes the other 1,439. ROOTED IN THE WORD 1,260 prayer lines across 14 collections — Trust, Peace, Gratitude, Morning, Beloved, Evening, Hope, Courage, Providence, Mercy, Presence, Charity, Wonder, and Joy. Every line is rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, the saints, or the Church's traditional prayers, and every line carries its citation. Nothing vague, nothing invented, nothing repeated until you have prayed the whole library. THE ROSARY, BEAD BY BEAD Ember knows today's mysteries — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, or Luminous, following the Church's rhythm through the week and the seasons. Pray the full Rosary or a single decade: every prayer written out, every bead counted, the fruit of each mystery held in view. About 20 minutes for the whole crown, 3 for a decade. THE CHURCH'S CLOCK Ember keeps the liturgical calendar: seasons, feasts, and a theme that quietly wears the day's vestment color — violet in Advent and Lent, white in Christmastide and Easter, green through Ordinary Time. One-tap prayer times set reminders at the hours the Church has always prayed: the Morning Offering, the noon Angelus, the three o'clock Hour of Mercy, the Evening Examen. A STREAK THAT STAYS KIND Pray daily and your ember glows brighter. Miss a day and it simply dims, ready to be rekindled — no guilt, no broken chains. Faithfulness, not perfection. ALWAYS WITH YOU • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with a real line and its citation • Reminders that carry a whole prayer — worth the glance on its own • Add your own intentions and prayers; they join your feed and daily practice • Favorites, beautiful share cards, and themes that feel like candlelight PRIVATE BY DESIGN Prayer is between you and God. Everything stays on your iPhone: no account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Our App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected," and we intend to keep it that way. FREE. ALL OF IT. FOREVER. The daily prayer, the full Rosary, all fourteen collections, the longer 5- or 7-line prayer, every theme and icon, unlimited prayers in your own words, up to six daily reminders, widgets, and favorites. No subscription, no unlock, no ads — nothing to buy, ever. Prayer should not have a paywall. Begin again. The Lord was already waiting.