Rosarium vs eScrivaLite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rosarium
This app aids in contemplating the mysteries of the Rosary through art. It offers simple commentaries from scripture and liturgical texts, along with prayers and litanies for reciting the Rosary. It supports multiple languages for the Rosary prayers.
- Artistic depictions of Rosary mysteries
- Scriptural and liturgical commentaries
- Guided Rosary prayers
- Litany recitations
- Multilingual prayer support (Latin, Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, French, Arabic)
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Aplicación que sirve de ayuda para la contemplación de los misterios del Rosario, mediante obras de arte. Es muy sencilla de usar y se añaden unos sencillos comentarios, tomados de la Sagrada Escritura y de los textos litúrgicos relativos al misterio correspondiente. Se incluye además una ayuda para el rezo del Rosario, con las oraciones y las letanías que contiene. Contiene el formulario en latín, español, inglés, alemán, portugués, ruso, italiano, francés y árabe.
eScrivaLite
This app provides daily Catholic Mass gospel readings and meditations based on the writings of St. Josemaria Escriva. It aims to make understanding the Gospel easier and can be integrated into daily prayer routines. An optional premium version offers access to eight of his books.
- Daily gospel readings
- St. Josemaria Escriva meditations
- Commentaries on the Gospel
- Language selection tool
- Offline book downloads (Premium)
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'Incredible. Meditation made easy.' - Franca Attoh 'Great App, I read it before mass, first thing at morning, when I feel down.it's the best!' - Chigozie Ofor Over 100,000 people are diving deeper into the daily gospel readings from the Catholic Mass with eScrivalite. Let St Josemaria Escriva guide you to a fuller understanding of the Gospel as you meditate on his words. Users have said using the App has made Meditation easier. Why not make it a part of your daily prayer routine? St Josemaria's writings emphasize the laity's calling to sanctification. Pope St John Paul II made the following observation in his homily at the beatification of Escrivá: 'With supernatural intuition, Blessed Josemaría untiringly preached the universal call to holiness and apostolate. Christ calls everyone to become holy in the realities of everyday life. Hence work too is a means of personal holiness and apostolate, when it is done in union with Jesus Christ.' This free App makes the reading of the Gospel easy, attractive and straightforward. Just click on TODAY to access the Gospel of the day and the writings from St. Josemaria's published works about that Gospel. Click on the relevant points to read St. Josemaria's commentaries on the Gospel. Just click on the text you want to read, and the point opens up. If you upgrade to the Premium version you can download and own eight of St Josemaria's books; The Way, Furrow, The Forge, Christ is Passing By, Friends of God, Conversations, Holy Rosary, and The Way of the Cross. Available in 11 different languages, eScrivaLite identifies your preferred language, and it also comes with an inbuilt language selection tool for greater flexibility.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rosarium at none against eScrivaLite's 1. Rosarium also leads on ads (none vs shown). eScrivaLite's advantage is ratings volume (768 vs 5) and review sentiment (91% vs 78%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. eScrivaLite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rosarium asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rosarium against 4.9 for eScrivaLite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eScrivaLite has 768 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Rosarium's written reviews are positive against 91% of eScrivaLite's.
Rosarium ships an update every 6 weeks, eScrivaLite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rosarium | eScrivaLite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.9 (768 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 91.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 768 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rafael Cereceda | IGRO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
Customer experience
Rosarium
eScrivaLite
Bugs and requests
Rosarium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
eScrivaLite
Reported bugs
2 issues- App not opening after recent update
- Buttons or navigation not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved search by keywords or topics
- Support for additional liturgical calendars
In-app purchases
Rosarium
No in-app purchases
eScrivaLite
- All the books and more$7.99









