Comparison

Pew Pal vs Miradei

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

Head to head
About

Pew Pal

This app serves as a Catholic missal and prayer companion, offering full Mass texts, the Rosary, Liturgy of the Hours, and Marian devotions. It supports English and Latin side-by-side and is designed for offline use with a clean, customizable interface.

Highlights
  • Full Novus Ordo and Traditional Latin Mass texts
  • Complete Holy Rosary with daily mysteries
  • Liturgy of the Hours (Breviary) and Marian devotions
  • Bilingual side-by-side English and Latin display
  • Offline functionality with no ads or tracking
  • Customizable appearance and font sizes
  • Full VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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Pew Pal is your pocket missal and prayer companion for the Catholic faith. Follow along with every Mass, pray the Rosary, chant the Liturgy of the Hours, and keep the great Marian devotions close — in English, Latin, or beautifully displayed side by side. FREE FOREVER • The Marian tab — the seasonal antiphons, the Litany of Loreto, the six Fatima prayers, the de Montfort Consecrations and the complete Holy Rosary — is free, with no subscription and no account • Settings too: language, text size and appearance THE HOLY MASS • Full Novus Ordo (Ordinary Form) Mass with all responses • Choose from 10 Eucharistic Prayers: Roman Canon, EP II, III, IV, Reconciliation I & II, and Various Needs I–IV • Traditional Latin Mass (1962 Missal) with posture indicators (Stand, Sit, Kneel, Genuflect) • Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament — prayers and hymns THE HOLY ROSARY • All four sets of mysteries — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous • Five meditations for each mystery • Today's mysteries highlighted automatically by day of the week • Opening prayers, the Fatima decade prayer, and closing prayers included LITURGY OF THE HOURS (BREVIARY) • Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary — all eight canonical hours, every day of the year, read aloud • 1962 Roman Breviary's Sunday Lauds, Sunday Vespers, and Compline in their full traditional form • Current canonical hour highlighted by clock time MARIAN DEVOTIONS • Seasonal Marian antiphons that change automatically with the liturgical year • Litany of Loreto (Litaniae Lauretanae) in full Latin and English • Six Fatima prayers (Pardon, Angel, Eucharistic, Decade, Sacrifice, Reparation) • St. Louis de Montfort's Act of Consecration to Jesus through Mary (long and short forms) BILINGUAL SIDE BY SIDE • Read English and Latin together in a beautiful parallel layout • Switch instantly between English only, Latin only, or Side by Side • Your scroll position is preserved when you switch languages BEAUTIFUL & CUSTOMIZABLE • Light, Dark, or match-your-system appearance • Four font sizes with full Dynamic Type accessibility support • Clean, distraction-free design for prayerful focus DESIGNED FOR THE PEW • Works completely offline — no ads, no tracking, no data collection • Launches fast and stays out of your way • Full VoiceOver accessibility • Every prayer traced to its public-domain source in Settings SUBSCRIPTION • Pew Pal Yearly — 1 year (2-week free trial for new subscribers) • Pew Pal Monthly — 1 month (2-week free trial for new subscribers) • The exact price is shown on the App Store for your country • Unlocks the Holy Mass, the Traditional Latin Mass and the Devotions hub — the Marian prayers and the Rosary stay free • No other purchases in the app Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage and cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://branicio.github.io/pewpal-support/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://branicio.github.io/pewpal-support/terms.html Whether you're at Sunday Mass, a Traditional Latin Mass, Benediction, the daily Rosary, or the canonical hours, Pew Pal puts every response, prayer, and hymn at your fingertips. Download it and leave the missal in the pew.

About

Miradei

This app offers a comprehensive Catholic experience, providing access to the Bible, daily prayers, and spiritual guidance. Explore saints, miracles, and find nearby religious services. It's designed to deepen your faith with a peaceful and user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible access with annotation
  • Interactive Rosary and daily prayers
  • AI-powered pastoral guidance
  • Information on saints and miracles
  • Find nearby Mass and confession
  • Prayer intentions and community support
Features
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Miradei now speaks three languages: English, French and Portuguese. The whole app, from the Rosary to the Magisterium. The Bible opens up to multiple translations: switch versions with one tap, including the full Douay-Rheims, and take it with you offline. Sacred music arrives: Gregorian chant and hymns, streaming instantly, downloadable to pray without a connection. My verses gets a fresh start: swipe between your bookmarks, highlights and notes, everything flows smoothly. The theme switches with one tap: day, night, or automatic by the hour. And care everywhere: the daily Gospel finds its way again, the home screen adapts better to every device, a thousand details polished for prayer.

Screenshots

Pew Pal4 screens
Miradei4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Miradei at none against Pew Pal's 2. Miradei also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Pew Pal's advantage is ratings volume (6 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pew Pal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Miradei asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pew Pal against 5.0 for Miradei. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pew Pal has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pew Pal versus Miradei: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPew PalMiradei
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaulo BranicioAlexandre Fernandes

Customer experience

Pew Pal

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Miradei

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pew Pal

Subscriptions2
  • Pew Pal Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pew Pal Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Miradei

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pew Pal free?
Pew Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Miradei free?
Miradei is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pew Pal or Miradei?
Pew Pal and Miradei are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pew Pal or Miradei have ads?
Neither Pew Pal nor Miradei shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pew Pal or Miradei?
Pew Pal ships an update weekly, and Miradei weekly. Most recently, Pew Pal was updated on October 29, 2026 and Miradei on October 24, 2026.

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