Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible vs Catholic Catechism, Compendium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible
This app provides a comprehensive Catholic Bible, daily Mass readings, and traditional devotions. It offers tools for Bible study, prayer, and connecting with the liturgical calendar. Features include offline Bible access, guided rosaries, and a saint of the day.
- Complete Catholic Bible
- Daily Mass readings
- Guided Rosary and Novenas
- Saint of the Day
- Offline Bible access
- Spiritual Habit Tracker
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A few minutes with God every day, and a community praying alongside you. Rated 4.8 worldwide, with more than 45,000 prayers offered here every month. Catho+ gives you the day's readings, the saint of the day, the full Catholic Bible and more than 100 prayers. Free, offline, no ads. YOUR DAY, IN ONE PLACE Gospel and daily readings, in text and audio. Saint of the Day, with a life story you can read in under a minute. A daily Catholic quote to carry with you. Church of the Day, a different church somewhere in the world, with photos and its story. A daily quiz on the Gospel, the saints and the life of the Church. The liturgical calendar, with every feast, solemnity and season. THE COMPLETE CATHOLIC BIBLE, FREE The full Catholic Bible, Old and New Testament, deuterocanonical books included, free for everyone and never behind a subscription. More than one translation in most languages, so you can read the one you grew up with. Works offline and opens instantly. PRAYERS FOR EVERY MOMENT More than 100 prayers: morning and evening, before and after meals, for the sick, for the departed, to Mary, to the Holy Spirit, and for each season of the year. The Holy Rosary, guided decade by decade, with all four sets of mysteries, in text and audio. Chaplets and novenas, including the Divine Mercy. The Stations of the Cross. The Order of Mass, ready in your pocket. Find your patron saint and keep them with you. PRAY WITH THE COMMUNITY Share an intention and watch the candles light as Catholics around the world pray for you. Pray for others in your own language. Intentions are translated automatically. Set your parish and see how many prayers your parish has lifted together this month. YOUR CHURCH, AND THE ONES NEARBY Find churches and parishes near you, wherever you are. Keep the ones that matter to you close at hand. News from the Vatican, so you know what the Holy Father has said this week. BUILD THE HABIT, GENTLY Choose your daily practices and track them without streaks, points or guilt. An evening examen in five steps, tap only, no typing. A month of your evenings shown as candles, so you can see the rhythm you are building. WHY CATHO+ Free at its heart. The Bible, the daily readings and the community are open to everyone. Your prayers, notes and progress sync across all your devices, at no cost. No ads, ever. Your prayer life is not an advertising audience. Available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Polish, Filipino, Dutch, Korean, Indonesian and Vietnamese. Built by one person, and I answer the emails myself. CATHO+ PRO PRO opens the whole app: Audio playback for the Bible, the readings, the prayers and the Rosary. Bible study tools: search, bookmarks, highlights and notes. The full prayer library, more than 100 prayers. Churches and parishes near you, anywhere in the world. Patron saint search. Your own habit trackers, rosary beads and prayer reminders. PRO is also what keeps an app with no ads and no trackers running. Monthly USD 7.99 Yearly USD 49.99 Lifetime USD 99.99 Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Catholic Catechism, Compendium
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Every paragraph of the official text of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in English, to read, search, learn and keep. Reading works without an internet connection. A QUESTION A DAY Each day brings a question many people ask, with the answer in the Catechism itself. You can receive it as a notification, at a time you choose, and keep the day's question on your Home Screen, in a widget. SEARCH A word, a topic, a question or a paragraph number. It searches the full text, the papal catecheses and the Bible. Paragraphs also appear in iPhone search. READING PLANS For a moment in life, such as: I am going to be a godparent, we are getting married in the Church, I have lost someone; or to go through the Catechism at your own pace: an article a day, or over a year. Plus the catecheses from the Wednesday audiences of Leo XIV, Francis, Benedict XVI and John Paul II. THE COMPENDIUM ALONGSIDE In every reading, the questions and answers of the Compendium of the Catechism that touch on what you are reading. INDEXES General, liturgical and biblical. Scripture citations open the passage without leaving the app, and so do the footnotes. FOR UNHURRIED READING Adjustable text size, dark theme, read aloud, bookmarks by category and notes (written by you). PRIVACY No accounts, no sign-up, no advertising. Privacy! What you save stays on your phone. Three things need the internet: the reading of the day's Mass, the Compendium questions and the videos. None of them identifies you. The text is the official English edition, from vatican.va. The app is made by the catecismo.pt team, for educational use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catholic Catechism, Compendium at none against Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible's 4. Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Catholic Catechism, Compendium asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catholic Catechism, Compendium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible has 100 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible | Catholic Catechism, Compendium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (100 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Connected Tech Pte Ltd | paulo fontes |
In-app purchases
Catho+ Catholic Prayers, Bible
- Catho+ Pro - Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
- Catho+ Pro - Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Catho+ Pro - Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Catho+ Pro - Lifetime$99.99
Catholic Catechism, Compendium
No in-app purchases
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