Comparison

Give Us This Day vs Granta

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

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About

Give Us This Day

This app offers daily prayer and scripture reflections to deepen your connection with God. It provides simplified morning and evening prayers, insightful scriptural insights, and complete Mass texts. Designed for intuitive use, it supports prayerful moments whether you have a few minutes or more.

Highlights
  • Simplified morning and evening prayer
  • Scripture reflections
  • Complete Mass texts
  • Daily inspiration from saints
  • Feature essays
  • Guide to Lectio Divina
Features
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Beautiful. Simple. Life-giving. Give Us This Day is a monthly invitation to daily moments of prayer intended to bring you closer to God. Centered on the Word and drawing inspiration from the wisdom and breadth of voices in the Church, Give Us This Day seeks to forge a deeper and more loving communion with God … a more relevant, more open and more resonant understanding of Scripture situated in the contemporary world. Whether you have just five minutes or a half hour, Give Us This Day supports your desire to pray. • Simplified prayer for morning and evening • Insightful, relevant reflections on the Scriptures for Mass • Complete Mass texts • Daily inspiration from the lives of saintly witnesses Intuitive navigation and thoughtful design compliment a prayerful experience. Daily content includes: • Morning and evening prayer • Blessed Among Us by Robert Ellsberg • Mass texts • Reflections on Scripture Monthly content includes: • Feature Essay … • Teach Us to Pray by James Martin, S.J. • Featured Prayer and reflection • Prayers and Blessings • Prayer at Night • Order of Mass • Liturgy of the Word (with Holy Communion) • Guide to Lectio Divina (listening to God’s word) • Hymns Subscription options: • Try it FREE for one month. • Monthly subscription, $2.99 • Yearly subscription, $24.99 • App access is FREE with a full price individual print subscription Your subscription will automatically renew for the current subscription price and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings. However, you are not able to cancel a current subscription prior to its expiration date. Terms of use can be found at http://www.giveusthisday.org/privacy.htm Please contact us at litpressit@litpress.org with feedback or questions. We invite you to read, ponder, and pray with us This Day and always.

About

Granta

Access a curated collection of acclaimed literary journalism, fiction, poetry, memoir, and photography. Enjoy exclusive weekly content and a vast archive of past issues spanning thirty years. Stay updated with quarterly releases from established and emerging authors.

Highlights
  • Quarterly literary magazine
  • Mix of fiction, poetry, memoir, journalism
  • Exclusive weekly content
  • Archive of 30+ years
  • Work by established and emerging authors
  • Photography included
Features
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Granta is one of the world's most respected literary magazines, acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its mix of established and emerging authors. Published quarterly in book form Granta is respected around the world for its eclectic combination of journalism, fiction, poetry, memoir and photography. Alongside exclusive free weekly content, readers can access each new issue of Granta on the day of publication, as well as over one thousand pieces of writing and photography from previous Granta magazines over the last thirty years by purchasing an annual subscription. Annual subscriptions can be purchased and these subscriptions will auto-renew until you choose to cancel. N.B. - The price of the annual subscription is £23.99 - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period Please see here for our privacy policy and terms: http://granta.com/privacy-statement/ http://granta.com/terms/ Our archive contains work by writers like Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Roberto Bolaño, Anne Carson, Raymond Carver, Lydia Davis, Don DeLillo, Bret Easton Ellis, Nadine Gordimer, Kazuo Ishiguro, Alice Munro, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Paul Theroux, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jeanette Winterson and many more. ‘In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world.’ – The Observer

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Give Us This Day4 screens
Granta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Give Us This Day at 3.5 against Granta's 1.4. Give Us This Day also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (33% vs 9%). Granta's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Give Us This Day sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Granta sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $31.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Give Us This Day holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Give Us This Day's written reviews are positive against 9% of Granta's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Give Us This Day ships an update every 3 weeks, Granta every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Give Us This Day versus Granta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGive Us This DayGranta
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (86 ratings) — better1.4 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews — better8.5% of reviews
Number of ratings86 — better34
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
Best chart rank#175 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLiturgical PressGranta

Customer experience

Give Us This Day

All ratings85 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral9.4%
Negative32.9%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive32.6%
Neutral21.7%
Negative45.7%

Granta

All ratings34 ratings
Positive5.9%
Neutral5.9%
Negative88.2%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive8.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative82.9%

User reviews

Give Us This Day

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Calming and enlightening content
  • 📖 Useful daily readings and reflections
  • ✨ Beautiful app layout and design
  • 🌟 Good inclusion of saints outside the church
  • 📚 Comprehensive liturgical content (Intro Antiphon, Collect, etc.)

Room to improve

  • ❌ Frequent login/password issues
  • 📉 App crashes frequently
  • 🚫 App fails to open or load content
  • ⚠️ Subscription and access problems
  • 🤔 Non-intuitive user interface

Granta

From 34 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Excellent content quality
  • 📚 Access to back catalogue

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently crashes
  • 😩 Constant login prompts
  • 😵 Unintuitive navigation
  • ⚫ Lacks dark mode
  • 📏 No text size adjustment

Bugs and requests

Give Us This Day

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes on opening
  • App crashes on iPads
  • App requires frequent re-login
  • Subscription not recognized after purchase
  • App shows 'No days left in subscription' incorrectly
Show 10 more
  • Daily readings are blank or inaccessible
  • Daily calendar drop-down menu has issues
  • App quits for no reason
  • App does not work offline
  • Error handling is poor (blank screens)
  • App not updated for newer iPhone screens
  • App not compatible with iOS 10
  • App signs out randomly
  • App does not work for IOS 10
  • App shows 'free trial expired' after purchase

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow scrolling page by page
  • Add a 'Today' button for quick access
  • More inclusion of diverse figures
  • Higher resolution images for larger screens
  • Offline functionality (like Magnificat)
Show 3 more
  • Redesign for better intuitiveness
  • Make app compatible with older iOS versions
  • Allow access to paid content after subscription ends

Granta

Reported bugs

132 issues
  • Subscription restore issues
  • Weekly feature not refreshing
  • App requires login almost every time
  • Internet connection required message despite connection
  • Blank screen when tapping articles
Show 127 more
  • Weekly section not working
  • Issue cover disappears
  • Share link goes to homepage
  • Login details not remembered
  • No landscape support
  • Menu navigation unclear
  • Moving images for show
  • Annoying navigation
  • Weird division between 'the weekly' and 'the library'
  • Keeps signing out
  • Cannot adjust font size
  • Needs night mode
  • Scrolling off-center sends to another article
  • Doesn't remember reading position
  • Cannot bookmark within an article
  • App has been problematic for years
  • Login function hidden
  • Sign-in info not remembered for long
  • Last lines of articles cut off
  • App doesn't work on iPad
  • Screen rotation hit-or-miss
  • Overall experience stinks
  • App needs a refresh
  • Text size is too small
  • Roulette wheel of chance when reading
  • Sign in EVERY time
  • App crashes all the time
  • Looks hideous and uncomfortable to use
  • Cannot access account after forgetting password
  • Email for recovery not recognized
  • App only works in portrait mode
  • Images are pixelated
  • Photo features lump photographs together
  • Cannot bookmark one's location
  • App has not been updated in ages
  • App doesn't remember login details
  • Cannot swipe to next article
  • App just doesn’t work on an IPad
  • Screen rotation is hit-or-miss
  • Navigation is really unintuitive
  • App is in desperate need of a refresh
  • Type size too small
  • Scrolling up the page is wrong
  • Cannot bookmark a single page
  • No night time mode
  • App crashes constantly
  • Asks to login almost every time
  • App makes reading a hassle
  • Cannot alter text size
  • Sign in Each time I open the app
  • Won’t take me past title pages
  • Deleting and redownloading doesn't solve problem
  • App freezes when accessing the Weekly
  • Magazine pages do not display
  • Only table of contents displayed
  • App updates seem to fix issues
  • Cannot download anything beyond the title
  • No app support found
  • No bug fixes or developments in over a year
  • App doesn’t work
  • Magazine doesn’t reply to emails
  • White screen when trying to read downloaded issue
  • Obscure app
  • Online only subscription a mistake
  • Cannot access any editions (blank pages)
  • Struggling to read issues
  • Cannot read any of the articles
  • Blank screen where text should be
  • App is usually not functional
  • App does not work. Period.
  • Horrible app
  • App totally unusable
  • Refuses to provide support
  • Emails to support not answered
  • App does not work with recent iOS 11
  • Weekly pieces section not opening
  • App is basically becoming useless
  • Free section doesn't work
  • Just a 'G' in the middle of the screen
  • App doesn't support landscape mode
  • Logins on app and website don't recognize user
  • Publisher doesn't respond to requests
  • No functionality for reading offline
  • No search functionality
  • Navigation and menus not labelled or intuitive
  • App is too much like hard work to read
  • User experience is terrible
  • Developers didn't ask users for feedback
  • Developers didn't look at other apps
  • Forces portrait format
  • No method of storing read content
  • Bookmarking does nothing
  • Doesn't remember book or page place
  • Interface is barren and not user friendly
  • Content can't be accessed offline
  • No access to content after subscribing
  • App won't let me sign in
  • Authentication info incorrect
  • Customer service hasn't answered email
  • Password reset email not received
  • Logs out every time
  • Tedious to login every time
  • Download doesn't mean offline viewing
  • Need for internet connection is a waste
  • Interface is clunky and confusing
  • Takes me to the last issue I was reading
  • Have to delete and reinstall to look at another issue
  • Nothing shows up
  • Not optimized for newer iPhones
  • App goes nowhere near doing justice to content
  • Can't sign in because App Store didn't give subscription number
  • Surly customer service agent
  • Not in the system
  • Text is not adjustable
  • Impossible to read on iPad pro
  • Scrolling often switches to a different one
  • Lose place when scrolling
  • No way to delete downloaded editions
  • Menu bar flashing distractingly
  • Hard to navigate
  • Lacks good overview of contents
  • Frequently lose what I'm reading
  • No way to connect print subscription
  • Nothing helpful on the website
  • App signs me out automatically
  • Doesn't keep your spot in a piece
  • App needs to be re-designed

Requested features

13 requests
  • Ability to adjust text size
  • Dark mode
  • Pagination options
  • Share link to article
  • Landscape mode support
Show 8 more
  • Offline reading
  • Search functionality
  • Bookmark specific pages
  • Mark articles as read
  • Hide read articles
  • Delete downloaded editions
  • Sync print subscription
  • Kindle download access

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Give Us This Day

Subscriptions3
  • Give Us This Day subscription$2.991 Month
  • Give Us This Day subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Give Us This Day subscription1 Month trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Granta

Subscriptions1
  • Granta Digital Subscription$31.991 Year

Questions

Is Give Us This Day free?
Give Us This Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Granta free?
Granta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Give Us This Day or Granta?
Give Us This Day is rated higher. Give Us This Day averages 3.5 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Granta averages 1.4 from 34 ratings.
Do Give Us This Day or Granta have ads?
Neither Give Us This Day nor Granta shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Give Us This Day or Granta?
Give Us This Day ships an update every 3 weeks, and Granta every 6 months. Most recently, Give Us This Day was updated on November 1, 2026 and Granta on November 1, 2026.

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