Ascension Downloads & RevenueAscension: Catholic Bible · App Store & Google Play
Ascension: Catholic Bible gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible by Ascension Publishing Group, LLC is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Ascension: Catholic Bible update history & changes
Last change · 32 events since 20 Jun 2023Full timeline ↓📈iOSEntered the top 10📈iOSEntered the top 10📦iOSUpdated to version 1.16.3📈AndroidEntered the top 100📈AndroidCharting in a new country📦iOSUpdated to version 1.16.1📦AndroidUpdated to version 1.16.1🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider📦AndroidVersion 1.15.21🆕iOSReleased on the App Store🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 32 events
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Reference · KR
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Reference · US
- 📦Ascension: Catholic Bible updated to version 1.16.3iOSBug fixes and improvements:
• Audio played faster or slower than 1x now sounds natural, without the change in pitch.
• The player controls now stay visible while you read a transcript. - 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · TR
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryAndroidTurkey
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · ID · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · IN · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · TH
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new country in 3 chartsAndroidIndonesia · India · Thailand
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Reference · IN
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100 in 2 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Books & Reference · NL · Top Grossing · Books & Reference · VN
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new country in 2 chartsAndroidNetherlands · Vietnam
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Reference · AE
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryiOSUnited Arab Emirates
- ✏️Ascension: Catholic Bible: app got biggeriOS204 MB → 242 MB (+19%)
- ✏️Ascension: Catholic Bible: needs a newer iOSiOSiOS 15.1 → iOS 16.4
- 📦Ascension: Catholic Bible updated to version 1.16.1iOSJoin your parish or school right from signup.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.
Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.
• Explore, Search, and everything else got a fresh coat of paint -- just a little bit smoother than it was before.… more - 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Reference · BR · Top Grossing · Reference · IT
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new country in 2 chartsiOSBrazil · Italy
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Reference · KR
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Reference · FR
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryiOSFrance
- 📦Ascension: Catholic Bible updated to version 1.16.1AndroidJoin your parish or school right from signup.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.
Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.… more - 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Reference · DE
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryiOSGermany
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible entered the top 100iOSTop Grossing · Reference · JP
- 📈Ascension: Catholic Bible charting in a new countryiOSJapan
- 🆕Ascension: Catholic Bible first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 🆕Ascension: Catholic Bible first spotted by AppInsideriOS#13 in Top Grossing · Reference · United States
- 📦Ascension: Catholic Bible version 1.15.21iOSNo release notes
- 📦Ascension: Catholic Bible version 1.15.21AndroidImproved subscription updates: Subscription offerings now update immediately when you join an organization.
- 🆕Ascension: Catholic Bible released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Ascension: Catholic Bible released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.9 ★
115k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#17
App Store · 
Reference Grossing
Reference GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
321
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
Ascension: Catholic Bible at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-02. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free reference app providing the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, daily liturgical readings, and multimedia prayer resources for Catholics seeking to deepen their scriptural understanding and spiritual practice. The app currently ranks #2 in Reference Grossing, indicating strong monetization performance relative to its peers despite being a free-to-download product.
Similar apps: YouVersion, Catholic Daily Readings, Hallow
App Store
App details
App ID
1660909501
Publisher
Ascension Publishing Group, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2023
3 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
242 MB
Also listed in
Books
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.ascension.app
Publisher
Ascension Publishing Group, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Ascension: Catholic Bible downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 500+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Ascension: Catholic Bible's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ascension: Catholic Bible makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 2 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 5 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 6 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 7 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 8 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 9 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 10 | Full Access Annual subscription |
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #17 Reference Grossing | 4 of 30 countries | #89 | #17 |
| Google Play | #29 Books & Reference Grossing | 9 of 23 countries | #185 | #29 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
245
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
2.5
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 98% of Reference apps
New ratings by country (5)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 228 | 94% | ▲ +7% |
 Canada | 8.8 | 4% | ▲ +6% |
 Australia | 3 | 1% | ▼ -44% |
 United Kingdom | 2.8 | 1% | ▼ -14% |
 India | 1.2 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
76
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
3
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
62/100
faster than 69% of Books and reference apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 92k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 23k 1.9k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 115k |
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 71 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's comprehensive Catholic content, particularly the Bible in a Year and Father Mike's audio readings. However, recent updates have caused significant frustration due to aggressive paywalling of previously free features like daily meditations and saints, alongside technical bugs affecting playback and navigation.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “This app by far has been my best tool”
- Useful: “Beautiful and Helpful, But…”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and has many options to do different things”
- Fun: “I am really enjoying the ascension app”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Sinful and Greedy Paywall”
- Features & content: “They’re slowly placing every feature behind a paywall”
- Speed & performance: “Latest Version Has Broken Fast Playback”
About Ascension: Catholic Bible
** The #1 Catholic Bible App**
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
Ascension: Catholic Bible App Store
Ascension: Catholic Bible gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible is #17 in Reference Grossing in United States and charting in 4 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperAscension Publishing Group, LLC
CategoryReference
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (92k)
Version1.16.3
Age rating4+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
Rating
4.9 ★
92k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#17
Reference GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
245
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Ascension: Catholic Bible at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-02. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A free reference app providing the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, daily liturgical readings, and multimedia prayer resources for Catholics seeking to deepen their scriptural understanding and spiritual practice. The app currently ranks #2 in Reference Grossing, indicating strong monetization performance relative to its peers despite being a free-to-download product.
Similar apps: YouVersion, Catholic Daily Readings, Hallow
Ascension: Catholic Bible on the App Store
App details
App ID
1660909501
Publisher
Ascension Publishing Group, LLC
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Jun 2023
3 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.4+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
242 MB
Also listed in
Books
Ascension: Catholic Bible downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Ascension: Catholic Bible's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ascension: Catholic Bible before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ascension: Catholic Bible makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 2 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 5 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 6 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 7 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 8 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 9 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 10 | Full Access Annual subscription |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | ReferenceGrossing | #17 |
| United States | ReferenceFree | #89 |
| Canada | ReferenceGrossing | #23 |
| United Kingdom | ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
| Australia | ReferenceGrossing | #56 |
| Canada | ReferenceFree | #127 |
| Australia | ReferenceFree | #156 |
Apps near Ascension: Catholic Bible on the chart
Reference Grossing, around #17.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
92k ratings
Measured
Ratings
92k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
245
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
2.5
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 98% of Reference apps
New ratings by country (5)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 228 | 94% | ▲ +7% |
| Canada | 8.8 | 4% | ▲ +6% |
| Australia | 3 | 1% | ▼ -44% |
| United Kingdom | 2.8 | 1% | ▼ -14% |
| India | 1.2 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 71 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly value the app's comprehensive Catholic content, particularly the Bible in a Year and Father Mike's audio readings. However, recent updates have caused significant frustration due to aggressive paywalling of previously free features like daily meditations and saints, alongside technical bugs affecting playback and navigation.
Mostly positive (75% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “This app by far has been my best tool”
- Useful: “Beautiful and Helpful, But…”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and has many options to do different things”
- Fun: “I am really enjoying the ascension app”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Sinful and Greedy Paywall”
- Features & content: “They’re slowly placing every feature behind a paywall”
- Speed & performance: “Latest Version Has Broken Fast Playback”
About Ascension: Catholic Bible
** The #1 Catholic Bible App**
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
Latest updates
1.16.3
Bug fixes and improvements:
• Audio played faster or slower than 1x now sounds natural, without the change in pitch.
• The player controls now stay visible while you read a transcript.
1.16.1
Join your parish or school right from signup.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.
Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.
• Explore, Search, and everything else got a fresh coat of paint -- just a little bit smoother than it was before.
1.15.21
Store changes
What Ascension: Catholic Bible changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
App got bigger
204 MB → 242 MB (+19%)
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 15.1 → iOS 16.4
Ascension: Catholic Bible Android
Ascension: Catholic Bible gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible is #29 in Books & Reference Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperAscension Publishing Group
CategoryBooks & Reference
PriceFree
Released
Installs500k+
Rating★ 4.9 (23k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.9 ★
23k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#29
Books & Reference GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
76
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Ascension: Catholic Bible on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.ascension.app
Publisher
Ascension Publishing Group, LLC
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Ascension: Catholic Bible downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Ascension: Catholic Bible's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ascension: Catholic Bible before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Not in an overall Top Grossing chart, only in category charts: each category position is converted to the overall position it corresponds to, then priced on the same rank-to-revenue curve, inside the part of each market the charted apps leave over.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ascension: Catholic Bible makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchases
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 2 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 3 | Full Access Monthly subscription | |
| 4 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 5 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 6 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 7 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 8 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 9 | Full Access Annual subscription | |
| 10 | Full Access Annual subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #29 |
| United States | Books & ReferenceFree | #185 |
| India | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #66 |
 Indonesia | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
 Saudi Arabia | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #72 |
 Netherlands | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #68 |
 Turkey | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #69 |
 United Arab Emirates | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #70 |
 Thailand | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
 Vietnam | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #69 |
Apps near Ascension: Catholic Bible on the chart
Books & Reference Grossing, around #29.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
23k ratings
Measured
Ratings
23k
Measured
Written reviews
1.9k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
76
steady vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
3
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.9★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
4.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
62/100
faster than 69% of Books and reference apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 138 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (82% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and good value. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “works well, great content”
- Price & subscription: “Luckily the premium does not lock anything important”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app has become glitchy”
- Useful: “works well, great content”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “and by June they're trying charge me for another year”
- Crashes & bugs: “excellent content but terribly glitchy”
- Features & content: “excellent content but terribly glitchy”
About Ascension: Catholic Bible
** The #1 Catholic Bible App**
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple
What's new in 1.16.1
Join your parish or school right from signup.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.
Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.
Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.
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