Decrease vs Synaxis

DECREASE — A Catholic & Orthodox Fasting App. "He must increase, but I must decrease." — John 3:30. Decrease is a spiritual fasting app companion for Catholics and Orthodox Christians who want to grow closer to God through the ancient discipline of fasting. Whether you're preparing for Lent, a feast day, or simply seeking to detach from the things that distract you, Decrease guides you every step of the way. FAST FROM WHAT DISTRACTS YOU Choose from 24 fasting plans rooted in Catholic and Orthodox tradition: • Food & Water • Negative Thoughts • Coffee • Alcohol • Sugar • Salty Snacks • Streaming • Video Games • Sports • Gambling • Politics • News • Social Media • Smartphone • Shopping • Money • Lateness • Laziness • Beauty & Vanity • Gossip • Foul Language • Sharp Words • Anger • Sexual Sins Plus custom Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Greek Orthodox fasting options. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS A live countdown timer shows your elapsed time and percentage complete so you stay motivated every hour of your fast. SCRIPTURE & PRAYER Each fasting plan includes curated Bible verses, prayers, and spiritual reflections to keep your mind and heart anchored to God throughout the fast. FASTING JOURNAL Write your thoughts, temptations, and spiritual insights during each fast. Look back on your entries to see how God has worked through your sacrifice. HONESTY ACCOUNTABILITY When your fast ends, Decrease gently asks: "Have you really been fasting?" Honesty is the foundation of every spiritual journey — no judgment, only growth. RUN MULTIPLE FASTS Fast from coffee and social media at the same time. Track multiple simultaneous fasts from one unified dashboard. FLEXIBLE DURATIONS Choose from preset durations — 4 hours to 30 days — or set a fully custom length. You can even fast indefinitely until you feel called to stop. THE FIRST 10 DAYS ARE FREE Download Decrease and enjoy unlimited fasting for 10 days. After that, a simple subscription removes ads and unlocks all features. • Monthly: $11.99/mo • Yearly: $69.99/yr (saves 50%+) • Lifetime: $149.99 (pay once, fast forever) • Family & Friends: 5 Lifetime memberships for $199.99 "But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." — Matthew 6:17-18 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Synaxis is a calm, reverent companion for the Orthodox Christian day — built by Orthodox, for Orthodox. No ads. No subscription. Pay once, if ever. Every morning, know exactly where you stand: today's fast, the saint and feast commemorated, the appointed readings, and the prayers to keep. Synaxis computes the fasting calendar carefully, following OCA practice with Slavic-tradition rubrics, for both the New (Revised Julian) and Old (Julian) calendars. THE DAILY FAST, CLEARLY • Today's fasting rule at a glance — strict, wine & oil, fish, dairy, or fast-free — and the reason why • A clear guide to every fasting level and calendar marker • The full fasting and feast calendar: Great Lent, Holy Week, Pascha, and the Apostles', Dormition, and Nativity fasts; Wednesdays & Fridays; fast-free weeks • Rubrics follow OCA / Slavic tradition; Greek and Antiochian use differs on some days • Pascha computed by the traditional Paschalion, with the whole movable cycle years ahead SAINTS & THEIR LIVES • The saints and commemorations of every day of the year — now a fuller menologion, with more saints named on each day • Read any saint's life in full — the complete Prologue from Ochrid, a life and a word for every day, offline • Name-days: find any name's patron saint and when the Church celebrates it THE DAILY READINGS • The appointed Epistle and Gospel of the day, in full — public-domain text, offline PRAYERS & THE JESUS PRAYER • The daily prayer rule in reverent, traditional English (public-domain texts) • A digital prayer rope (chotki) for the Jesus Prayer CHOOSE YOUR TRADITION • New Calendar (Greek, Antiochian) or Old Calendar (Russian, OCA) — your own calendar, always free ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A widget with today's fast and feast, in the liturgical color of the day • Gentle, optional fast-day reminders ALWAYS FREE The fast, the calendar, the saint of the day and today's life, the daily readings, today's Gospel and saint read aloud, the prayers, and the prayer rope are free, forever, for everyone. No ads. SYNAXIS PRO — one-time, no subscription Listen to every reading, every life and the whole daily Prologue, read aloud even with the screen locked. Read the whole year of saints' lives — any saint, any day. Unlock The Fasting Year: plan ahead with countdowns to every fast and feast, season-by-season progress, and what's coming. Add family name-day reminders — many years! Plus Jesus-Prayer history & streaks and reverent app themes. Pay once — it's yours. Glory to God for all things.