Catholic Essentials
Catholic Essentials is #51 in Lifestyle Paid in Philippines and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 24 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJovito Jr. Auza
CategoryLifestyle
Price129.00 PHP
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (1)
Version5.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
13 Oct 2026
13 Oct 2026Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#51
Lifestyle PaidMeasured
Catholic Essentials on the App Store
App details
App ID
1026742345
Publisher
Jovito Jr. Auza
On the store since
Aug 2015
11 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
2 MB
Also listed in
Reference
Where Catholic Essentials's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | LifestylePaid | #51 |
Apps near Catholic Essentials on the chart
Lifestyle Paid, around #51.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
What users say about Catholic Essentials
From recent reviews.
About Catholic Essentials
Catholic Essentials is a Filipino prayer companion. Over 180 prayers in Tagalog and English, side by side, in text you can actually read.
Completely rebuilt from the ground up.
READABLE, FINALLY
Every prayer supports the iPhone's own text size settings, plus a slider right beside the text. Make it as large as you need without losing your place. Dark mode for praying at night or before dawn.
TAGALOG AND ENGLISH, TOGETHER
Read one language, the other, or both at once. The whole app can be set to Tagalog — not just the prayers, but the buttons and menus too.
THE ROSARY, GUIDED
Follow the beads one at a time. The app knows the day's mysteries, tracks where you are, and remembers your place if you're interrupted. All four sets — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous — each with a scripture reading and a short reflection for every decade.
TEN NOVENAS
Nine days, tracked. Pasiyam for the departed. For the sick. For overseas workers and the families waiting at home. For students before an exam. For work and livelihood. For the family, for expectant mothers, in thanksgiving, in hardship, and for peace of mind.
HOLY WEEK
Visita Iglesia and Bisita Iglesya, the Stations of the Cross, and the Scriptural Way of the Cross in Tagalog — each station its own screen, no more pinching at a scanned page.
DAILY RHYTHM
The Angelus at 6:00 AM, noon and 6:00 PM, with optional reminders. The Hour of Mercy at 3:00 PM. Both open straight to the prayer. During Eastertide the Angelus becomes the Regina Caeli, as it should.
THE CHURCH'S YEAR
The app quietly follows the liturgical calendar — the season shows on the home screen, along with Philippine feasts like Santo Niño, Peñafrancia, Undas and Simbang Gabi. A calendar of saints, with the Filipino ones marked.
ALSO INSIDE
The Order of the Mass. Morning and evening prayers. Prayers for the sick, for travel, for storms, for the departed, for a home at peace. An examination of conscience and a plain guide to going to confession. The Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, the works of mercy, the seven sacraments.
FIND ANYTHING
Search across both languages at once. Bookmark what you return to.
WORKS ANYWHERE
Everything is stored on your phone. No internet needed — in a jeepney, in the province, on a ship, anywhere. No ads. No account. Nothing about you is collected or sent anywhere.
Built in the Philippines.
Completely rebuilt from the ground up.
READABLE, FINALLY
Every prayer supports the iPhone's own text size settings, plus a slider right beside the text. Make it as large as you need without losing your place. Dark mode for praying at night or before dawn.
TAGALOG AND ENGLISH, TOGETHER
Read one language, the other, or both at once. The whole app can be set to Tagalog — not just the prayers, but the buttons and menus too.
THE ROSARY, GUIDED
Follow the beads one at a time. The app knows the day's mysteries, tracks where you are, and remembers your place if you're interrupted. All four sets — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous — each with a scripture reading and a short reflection for every decade.
TEN NOVENAS
Nine days, tracked. Pasiyam for the departed. For the sick. For overseas workers and the families waiting at home. For students before an exam. For work and livelihood. For the family, for expectant mothers, in thanksgiving, in hardship, and for peace of mind.
HOLY WEEK
Visita Iglesia and Bisita Iglesya, the Stations of the Cross, and the Scriptural Way of the Cross in Tagalog — each station its own screen, no more pinching at a scanned page.
DAILY RHYTHM
The Angelus at 6:00 AM, noon and 6:00 PM, with optional reminders. The Hour of Mercy at 3:00 PM. Both open straight to the prayer. During Eastertide the Angelus becomes the Regina Caeli, as it should.
THE CHURCH'S YEAR
The app quietly follows the liturgical calendar — the season shows on the home screen, along with Philippine feasts like Santo Niño, Peñafrancia, Undas and Simbang Gabi. A calendar of saints, with the Filipino ones marked.
ALSO INSIDE
The Order of the Mass. Morning and evening prayers. Prayers for the sick, for travel, for storms, for the departed, for a home at peace. An examination of conscience and a plain guide to going to confession. The Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, the works of mercy, the seven sacraments.
FIND ANYTHING
Search across both languages at once. Bookmark what you return to.
WORKS ANYWHERE
Everything is stored on your phone. No internet needed — in a jeepney, in the province, on a ship, anywhere. No ads. No account. Nothing about you is collected or sent anywhere.
Built in the Philippines.
Latest updates
5.0
Catholic Essentials has been rebuilt completely — new from the first line.
BIGGER TEXT, AT LAST
The most common request, finally answered properly. Every prayer now follows your iPhone's text size, with a slider beside the text for finer control. Words reflow as they grow, so nothing runs off the screen.
DARK MODE
For night prayer and early mornings. Follows your phone, or set it to always dark in Settings.
MORE THAN 180 PRAYERS
Up from around twenty.
A GUIDED ROSARY
Follow it bead by bead. The app knows the day's mysteries, keeps your place, and picks up where you stopped. Every decade has a scripture reading and a short reflection, in both languages.
TEN NOVENAS, WITH A NINE-DAY TRACKER
Including the Pasiyam, and novenas for the sick, for overseas workers, for students, and for families apart. Miss a day and the app simply helps you continue.
HOLY WEEK, PROPERLY
Visita Iglesia, Bisita Iglesya, the Stations of the Cross and the Tagalog Scriptural Way of the Cross. Each station is now its own page instead of a scanned image you had to zoom into.
REMINDERS
The Angelus at 6:00 AM, noon and 6:00 PM. The Hour of Mercy at 3:00 PM. Turn on only what you want.
THE CHURCH'S CALENDAR
The app follows the liturgical season and shows Philippine feasts — Santo Niño, Peñafrancia, Undas, Simbang Gabi. Plus a calendar of saints.
SEARCH AND BOOKMARKS
Look for anything in Tagalog or English. Save what you come back to.
A TAGALOG APP, IN TAGALOG
The menus and buttons can be set to Filipino too, not just the prayers.
Thank you to everyone who kept using the old version and told us what was wrong with it. The font complaint was fair, and this release exists because of it.
