Saint Michael Prayers vs Padre Pio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saint Michael Prayers
A straightforward Catholic app for praying to St. Michael the Archangel. Includes the Litany and allows users to manage their personal prayers. Users can share the app with friends and request new prayers for future updates.
- Pray to St. Michael
- Includes the Litany
- Personal prayer management
- Share with friends
- Request new prayers
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Looking for a simple catholic application (App) to reach out to St. Michael, the archangel this is the one for you. You can pray with this any time in public or private. This application include the Litany as well. Features: 1. Share the app to your friends. 2. My prayers management. ### ADD YOUR PRAYER IN NEXT RELEASE ### If you like to add your St. Michael(missing here) please email to us. We will add this in our next release. ### REPORT A PROBLEM ### If you have any kind of problem please write to our SUPPORT and avoid negative reviews as we cannot respond directly to reviews. We guarantee we response time in a timely. Send us your questions, doubts or any complaints that you have. We promise to get back to you!
Padre Pio
This app provides a guided experience for praying the Novena, Chaplet, and Rosary to Padre Pio. It features auto-playing audio with highlighted text, progress tracking, and customizable reminders to help users establish a daily prayer habit. Users can also save personal prayers with photos.
- Daily Novena prayer with progress tracking
- Auto-play audio with highlighted text
- Programmable daily prayer reminders
- Save personal prayers with photos
- Audio player for prayers
- Novena completion alerts
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PRAYERS TO PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA: Novena, Chaplet and Rosary to Padre Pio. This app allows you to pray the Novena daily and record your progress to help you easily continue the next day. Save your own prayers by adding a photo to make it easier for you to make your requests every day. Functions: - Simple interface - Automatically plays the Novena, Highlighting the Text that the Audio is reading. - New AutoPlay Function: With the touch of the Play Button, the Audio and the Text of the Prayers are Automatically Played. - New Counter of Novenas that help to create the Habit of Daily Prayer. - New Alerts indicating the completion of a Novena. - Programmable reminders to encourage the habit of praying daily. - The app saves your progress. - List of your Requests. - Audio Player. - Prayers with Audio. - Indications in Settings Tab to change the Narrator's Voice. - Change Language or Settings Padre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Italian: Pio da Pietrelcina), (25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968), was an Italian friar, priest, stigmatist and mystic, now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Born Francesco Forgione, he was given the name of Pius (Italian: Pio) when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Padre Pio became famous for exhibiting stigmata for most of his life, thereby generating much interest. He was both beatified (1999) and canonized (2002) by Pope John Paul II.
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Verdict
Saint Michael Prayers and Padre Pio both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Saint Michael Prayers's written reviews are positive against 55% of Padre Pio's. Saint Michael Prayers also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Padre Pio's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (298 vs 1). On rating, ads and device support 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
Padre Pio is free to download; Saint Michael Prayers costs $0.99 up front. Padre Pio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Saint Michael Prayers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Saint Michael Prayers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Padre Pio has 298 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Saint Michael Prayers's written reviews are positive against 55% of Padre Pio's.
Saint Michael Prayers ships an update every 14 months, Padre Pio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saint Michael Prayers | Padre Pio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (298 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 298 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruby Software LLC | Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Rivera |
Customer experience
Saint Michael Prayers
Padre Pio
Bugs and requests
Saint Michael Prayers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Padre Pio
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- Lost progress after crashes
- Paid premium features not unlocked
Requested features
5 requests- Human voice for prayers
- Option to change voice
- Improve font size and readability
- Better functionality for upgraded version
- Vertical orientation optimization for tablets
In-app purchases
Saint Michael Prayers
No in-app purchases
Padre Pio
- Premium Version - Lifetime Access$3.99
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