Ascension: Catholic Bible: iPhone vs Android
Ascension: Catholic Bible gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible by Ascension Publishing Group, LLC is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
4.9 ★
114k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#13
iPhone · 
Reference Grossing
Reference GrossingMeasured
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 |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 50+ | 1M+ |
| Google Play | 100+ | 500k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 1M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: 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.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.9 ★ | 91k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 23k 1.8k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 114k |
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 64 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% 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…”
- Fun: “I am really enjoying the ascension app”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and has many options to do different things”
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 iPhone
Ascension: Catholic Bible gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible is #14 in Reference Grossing in United States and charting in 7 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperAscension Publishing Group, LLC
CategoryReference
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.9 (91k)
Version1.16.3
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1M+ worldwide
Rating
4.9 ★
91k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#14
Reference GrossingMeasured
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. iPhone 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 | #14 |
 South Korea | ReferenceGrossing | #17 |
| India | ReferenceGrossing | #13 |
 United Kingdom | ReferenceGrossing | #56 |
 Canada | ReferenceGrossing | #28 |
 Australia | ReferenceGrossing | #33 |
 Indonesia | ReferenceGrossing | #70 |
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
91k ratings
Measured
Ratings
91k
Measured
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 64 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (72% 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…”
- Fun: “I am really enjoying the ascension app”
- Ease of use: “Easy to use and has many options to do different things”
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 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ascension: Catholic Bible is #26 in Books & Reference Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 9 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 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
#26
Books & Reference GrossingMeasured
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 | #26 |
| United States | Books & ReferenceFree | #200 |
| India | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #64 |
 Saudi Arabia | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
| Indonesia | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
 Turkey | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #66 |
 Netherlands | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
 United Arab Emirates | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #67 |
 Thailand | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #63 |
 Vietnam | Books & ReferenceGrossing | #63 |
Apps near Ascension: Catholic Bible on the chart
Books & Reference Grossing, around #26.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
23k ratings
Measured
Ratings
23k
Measured
Written reviews
1.8k
Measured
What users say about Ascension: Catholic Bible
From the 122 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mostly positive (80% 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 crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Features & content: “works well, great content”
- Useful: “works well, great content”
- Price & subscription: “Luckily the premium does not lock anything important”
- Crashes & bugs: “Keeps crashing - maybe I need to go to confession?”
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
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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.