Comparison

Visible Rosary vs Salve

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

Head to head
About

Visible Rosary

Features
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Visible Rosary is a beautiful, distraction-free app for praying the Holy Rosary โ€” with a voice guide, sacred artwork, and soft background music to help you pray with focus and devotion. Each mystery is accompanied by stunning sacred imagery that brings the prayers to life. Follow along at your own pace, or let Auto-Advance carry you through each prayer hands-free. FEATURES - All 20 mysteries โ€” Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious - Mystery of the Day โ€” always know which mysteries to pray - Voice-guided prayers so you can pray with eyes closed - Beautiful sacred artwork for every mystery - Soft prayerful background music (optional) - Auto-Advance mode for a fully guided experience - Simple, elegant design with no distractions Whether you're new to the Rosary or have prayed it for years, Visible Rosary gives you a peaceful, reverent space to deepen your prayer life โ€” every day.

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Salve

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Salve keeps your place in the Rosary so you can keep the prayer โ€” even with your eyes closed. Tap once per prayer and a digital strand of beads moves with you: every Hail Mary, every Our Father, every decade counted for you. A gentle haptic language tells your thumb where you are โ€” one light tick for a Hail Mary, a firm double knock for an Our Father, a rising triple when the decade is done โ€” so you never have to look at the screen to know. PRAY WITHOUT LOOKING โ€ข Dim Mode โ€” the screen falls to true black; tap anywhere to count a bead, swipe back if you lose your place โ€ข Pocket Mode (Pro) โ€” a tap on the phone body counts a bead, detected through fabric; pray on a walk with the phone in your pocket โ€ข The screen stays awake while you pray, and the haptics stay gentle ALL THE MYSTERIES โ€ข Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous โ€” with the traditional day-of-week schedule chosen for you โ€ข A short reflection, scripture reference and the fruit of each mystery, if you want them โ€ข Just the prayers, if you don't EVERY PRAYER, IN FULL The Sign of the Cross, Apostles' Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Fatima Prayer, Hail Holy Queen and the closing prayer โ€” every word on screen until the day you notice you're not reading anymore. A gentle step-by-step guide teaches the whole Rosary if you're new or returning. A PLAN THAT FITS YOUR DAY A short quiz shapes your daily rhythm โ€” one decade (about 4 minutes) or the full Rosary โ€” with a single quiet reminder at the moment you actually have. A streak and a home-screen widget keep the habit visible. ALSO INSIDE โ€ข The Divine Mercy Chaplet, bead by bead โ€ข An intentions journal โ€” who and what you carry, and prayers answered โ€ข Your full prayer history, and a home-screen widget FREE, IN FULL Salve is free. Every mystery, every prayer, both eyes-free modes, the chaplet, the journal and the widget โ€” no subscription, no purchases, no ads, no locked features. The Rosary was given away; so is this. Salve is private by design: no account, no analytics, nothing leaves your phone.

Screenshots

Visible Rosary4 screens
Salve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Salve at none against Visible Rosary's 3. Visible Rosary's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Visible Rosary sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Salve asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Visible Rosary versus Salve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisible RosarySalve
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size68 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLumenWorx LLCKarol Krakowski

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Visible Rosary

One-time3
  • Small Gift$1.99
  • Medium Gift$4.99
  • Large Gift$9.99
None

Salve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visible Rosary free?
Visible Rosary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Salve free?
Salve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visible Rosary or Salve have ads?
Neither Visible Rosary nor Salve shows ads.

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