Comparison

Velad vs Oramus

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

Head to head
About

Velad

Features
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Velad is a digital Catholic prayer book: a quiet companion for your prayer life — no accounts, no ads, no distractions. PRAY THE ROSARY • All four sets of mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous), with today's mystery highlighted. • A minimalist contemplative mode, or full text for every prayer. • Litany of Loreto and sacred art to accompany your meditation. DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS • Traditional devotions: Sacred Heart, Stations of the Cross (biblical and traditional), Trisagion, Franciscan Crown and more. • Chaplets, Marian prayers and classic prayers, organized and easy to find. • Create your own prayers and share them with other users. NOVENAS • Novenas to Our Lady and the saints, with your personal intention woven into the prayer. • Day-by-day tracking: the app remembers which day you're on and reminds you so you never break a novena. • Build your own custom novenas. SAINTS • Lives of saints and blesseds with their feast days, patronages and prayers. • Save your favorite saints. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION • St. Alphonsus Liguori's Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, with today's visit ready. • Acts of faith, love, contrition and spiritual communion. YOUR PRAYER LIFE, ORGANIZED • Daily routine: choose your usual prayers and see what's still pending today. • Prayer calendar: log what you pray and review your history month by month. • Daily intention and a record of your sacramental life (Mass, confession, adoration, fasting...). • Optional reminders for your routine, your novenas and the Hour of Mercy. MADE FOR PRAYER • Works fully offline. • No sign-up, no accounts, no ads. Your data stays on your phone. • Dark mode for praying at night. • Available in Spanish, English, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian. "Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation" (Mt 26:41)

About

Oramus

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Oramus is a quiet, beautiful place to pray. Pray the Holy Rosary with the correct mysteries for each day, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Angelus, classic litanies, the Memorare, and the Salve Regina — each led by a gentle guide voice, at an unhurried pace, over painterly scenes made for stillness. Every prayer has two halves: a call and an answer. Record your own answers — a Hail Mary, an Our Father — and Oramus weaves your real voice into the prayer. It is your prayer, in your voice. DESIGNED FOR DAILY PRAYER • Today's mysteries, chosen automatically (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous — matched to the day of the week) • Choose by the time you have: one decade in about five minutes, or the full rosary • Pray by intention: for a loved one, for the departed, in anxiety, in gratitude, for mercy • A gentle daily reminder at the hour you choose • Your garland: every prayer you finish opens a rose; keep a quiet streak MADE WITH REVERENCE • Sacred, non-figurative art for every prayer — the lily, the crown of thorns, the crown of stars, the vigil candles • The full bead ring for the Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet — tap any bead to move through the prayer • Optional soft background music YOUR VOICE STAYS YOURS • Recordings are kept on your device and are never uploaded • No account, no tracking, no ads • The guide voice is a generic narrator — never a recreation of any real person's voice Oramus is made for everyone who prays — and with love for Filipino families everywhere: the Angelus at six, Pasiyam for the departed, and the rosary that binds generations.

Screenshots

Velad4 screens
Oramus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Oramus at every 3 days against Velad's every 2 weeks. Velad's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Velad ships an update every 2 weeks, Oramus every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Velad versus Oramus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeladOramus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas BasesFlyntlabs Pte. Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Velad

No in-app purchases

None

Oramus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Velad free?
Velad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oramus free?
Oramus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Velad or Oramus have ads?
Neither Velad nor Oramus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Velad or Oramus?
Velad ships an update every 2 weeks, and Oramus every 3 days. Most recently, Velad was updated on October 25, 2026 and Oramus on October 25, 2026.

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