Novene vs NovenaNetwork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Novene
This app offers a guided prayer experience for nine consecutive days, rooted in the tradition of novenas. It serves as a spiritual devotion for seeking special graces or making petitions.
- Nine-day prayer guide
- Spiritual devotion tool
- Petition and grace seeking
- Private and public prayer options
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"Novene" App it's free. The word Novena come from the word "novem" which means "nine." It is a prayer that is said for nine consecutive days. A Novena may be a private or public spiritual devotion for the purpose of obtaining a special favour from heaven, be it a special grace, imploring a favour or to make a special petition.
NovenaNetwork
This app facilitates praying novenas with a global community. Users can select a novena, set an intention and start date, and invite others to join. Daily reminders ensure consistent prayer for shared intentions.
- Pray novenas with others globally
- Select from a library of novenas
- Enter prayer intentions
- Choose novena start dates
- Receive daily prayer reminders
- Join existing novenas
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NovenaNetwork makes it easy to pray novenas with others around the world! Simply select a novena from our ever-growing library, enter a prayer intention, and choose the start date. Others may then join you in this novena, praying on the same nine days for the same intention! All who start or join a novena receive daily push notifications reminding them to pray! What are novenas? Novenas are an ancient form of Christian prayer, particularly popular among Catholics, that entail praying for nine consecutive days for some special intention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NovenaNetwork at none against Novene's 1. NovenaNetwork also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (302 vs 1). Novene's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating 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. Novene sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NovenaNetwork asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Novene against 4.9 for NovenaNetwork. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NovenaNetwork has 302 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Novene ships an update monthly, NovenaNetwork every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Novene | NovenaNetwork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (302 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 302 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ecosoft di Alessandro Savoiardo | Marissa Le Coz |
Customer experience
Novene
NovenaNetwork
In-app purchases
Novene
- Novene senza banner$3.99
NovenaNetwork
No in-app purchases
