Calitre vs Pew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Calitre
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Whether you are traveling abroad, living as an expat, or simply maintaining your daily spiritual routine, Calitre is your pocket companion for the Catholic Liturgy of the Word. Calitre is designed specifically to help you follow along with the Mass, even when it is being celebrated in a foreign language. With support for 19 different languages, you can read the daily First Reading, Psalm, Second Reading, and Gospel in your native tongue, allowing you to fully participate in the global Catholic community wherever you are. Core Features: - Daily Mass Readings: Instantly access the readings for today, following the A, B, and C liturgical cycles. - 19 Languages Supported: Switch seamlessly between English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Croatian, Romanian, Lithuanian, -Danish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. - Essential Prayers: Includes the Our Father and the Profession of Faith (Creed) so you can join in the most fundamental parts of the Mass. - Adjustable Typography: Quickly increase or decrease the font size for comfortable reading without grabbing your glasses. Note on Translations: To ensure Calitre remains accessible and can be shared freely across so many languages, the texts are sourced from public domain and historical translations. Because of this, they capture the true essence of the scripture but may occasionally differ word-for-word from the modern official lectionary read at the altar in your specific region.
Pew
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Record the sermon. Read it later. Put the phone face down on the pew and lock the screen. It keeps recording. When you get home there's the audio, a transcript you can search, and somewhere to write down what you actually thought about it. A WHOLE SERVICE An hour. Two hours. Screen off, in a pocket, at the bottom of a bag. The recording doesn't care. TRANSCRIPTS, WITHOUT THE UPLOAD Speech becomes text on the phone itself, in 11 languages. The audio never gets uploaded anywhere, including to us. SCRIPTURE When someone quotes a verse, Pew catches the reference and shows you the passage. Public domain translations for 21 languages are already on the device, so this works with no signal at all. A few translations are still under copyright and we can't include them; those open in bible.com instead. NOTES Yours go right next to the transcript, not in some other app you have to remember to open. SEARCH Everything you've ever recorded. By word, by who was preaching, by church. AI NOTES, IF YOU WANT THEM A summary, an outline, and the lines worth keeping. This is the only part that sends anything off your phone, and what it sends is the transcript text. Not the audio. It stays off until you turn it on, and you get told exactly what happens before you agree to it. Three of these are free. After that it's part of the subscription. FOR PASTORS A second mode for planning ahead: series, passages, and the notes that go with them. WHAT ISN'T IN HERE No account, nothing to sign up for, no ads, nobody else's trackers. We do count which screens get used, with no name on it. That switch is in Settings. The interface is in 35 languages and follows whatever your phone is set to. You can also just pick one in Settings. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Calitre at none against Pew's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Pew sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Calitre asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Calitre | Pew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filip Smalec | ๅฒ็ ๅด |
In-app purchases
Calitre
No in-app purchases
Pew
- Pew Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pew Pro Yearly$39.991 Year









