Catholify vs The Catholic Faith Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catholify
This app offers a unified social prayer network for Catholics. It provides daily curated content, facilitates group prayer and conversations, and includes tools for spiritual growth like Bible and Catechism search, Rosary prayer, and confession companions.
- Social Prayer Network
- Daily Curated Catholic Content
- Group Prayer & Intentions
- Bible & Catechism Search
- Rosary Prayer Tool
- Confession Companion
- Mass & Confession Finder
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Catholify — Catholicism. Unified. Join the Social Prayer Network built for the Catholic Church! • Reap "The Harvest" where we provide daily curated Catholic content directly to you on our home page! • Start small group conversations and pray over each other's intentions • Join and interact with others in praying a multitude of different prayers together, like novenas and consecrations • Schedule goals to remember to pray a rosary, fast, or call grandma • Find Mass and Confession times near you • Keyword search the Bible and Catechism with cross-references – a perfect apologetics companion • Feel the beads move through your hand as your pray the Rosary • Use our companion tool for Stations of the Cross or our Confession companion! • Grow with endless resources such as Mass readings, Catholic prayers, saints, and more PLUS save whichever of those resources or prayers you like to your favorites for easy access! • Sync your data across all your devices!
The Catholic Faith Network
This app serves the Catholic community by proclaiming the teachings of the Lord through various media forms. It aims to foster the encounter of faith and culture, acting as a resource for the Church and its Bishops.
- Proclaims Lord's teachings
- Serves Catholic community
- Media in all forms
- Faith and culture encounter
- Resource for Bishops
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The Catholic Faith Network (CFN) - is at the service of the Word, the Church, the Bishops and the Encounter of Faith and Culture. Our mission is to proclaim the teachings of our Lord to the Catholic Community and beyond using media in all forms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Catholify at none against The Catholic Faith Network's shown. Catholify also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 8 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). The Catholic Faith Network's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 188). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Catholic Faith Network holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Catholic Faith Network has 1.1K ratings behind it against 188, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Catholify's written reviews are positive against 95% of The Catholic Faith Network's.
Catholify ships an update every 4 weeks, The Catholic Faith Network every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catholify | The Catholic Faith Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (188 ratings) | 4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ignition Digital LLC | The Catholic Faith Network |
Customer experience
Catholify
The Catholic Faith Network
User reviews
Catholify
From 188 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🙏 Comprehensive Catholic resources
- 📿 Interactive rosary feature
- 📖 Daily readings and prayers
- ⛪️ Mass and confession times
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- Navigation can be difficult
- Some features not accessible
- Notes in confession module erased
- App not working after updates
The Catholic Faith Network
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Enjoyable app experience
- 👍 Helpful Catholic programming
- 👍 Ability to connect with the church
- 👍 Excellent Catholic news
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 App crashes on landscape mode
Bugs and requests
Catholify
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when clicking 'pray' button
- App crashes when using Catechism, Bible, Adoration, Mass Readings
- Mass Readings crashing
- Adoration feature not working after update
- LentFit update causing crashes
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- Login confirmation email not received
- Notes on confession module erased after updates
- App immediately closes upon opening
Requested features
19 requests- Announce actual mysteries for visually impaired
- Link Pope Tweets to X account
- Add night, evening, and morning prayers
- Bring back Saint of the Day feature
- Include Entrance Antiphon, Collect, etc.
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- Backup notes on confession module
- Allow deletion of announcements
- Include novenas
- Add way to highlight/favorite Bible verses
- Allow jumping out of Bible to home menu and returning to last position
- Add Divine Mercy prayer to Rosary section
- Add section headers for Mass Times (Mass vs. Confessions)
- List of Mysteries for manual Rosary
- Make set names clickable to interactive Rosary
- Skip between decades in Rosary
- Allow highlighting/favoriting Bible verses
- Transfer ownership of groups
- Delete groups
- Update church listings
The Catholic Faith Network
Reported bugs
2 issues- Internet connection issues
- App crashes when turning phone sideways
Requested features
3 requests- Closed captioning/subtitles for hearing-impaired users
- 7-day schedule of televised events and continued programming
- Ability to tune to past programs and search for future programs
In-app purchases
Catholify
No in-app purchases
The Catholic Faith Network
No in-app purchases
Questions
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