The free apps below are either available for Android OS and/or iOS phones. Links are provided for each OS that the app is available. Some apps have advertising to offset their cost of free and offer in-app purchases.
Mass Times – Catholic Directory
Download: Android | iPhone / iOS
The Catholic Directory – Helping people find Mass, Churches, Local Supporting Businesses!
The Catholic Directory App will help you quickly find the nearest churches, Mass Times, websites, maps, directions, bulletins, and nearby businesses who support the church. The church finder App is FREE of charge and a complete redesign based on user feedback. The user can search for churches using their mobile device GPS, or browse by city, or using the smart search. Church detail pages allow you to view Mass schedules, get maps, directions, view weekly bulletins, link to the church website, or quickly find phone and contact information. Powered by TheCatholicDirectory.com database.
WHAT’S NEW
– Complete Redesign
– Improved Bookmark Churches Tool
– Catholic Business Finder based on GPS or Church Location
– Map View and Radius Search Tool
– Refine List Filters for Church Type, Mass Type, and Language
– Improved Daily Readings and Saint of the Day
– Weekly Mass Videos by Heart of the Nation
– In-App Upgrade to Remove Banners
FEATURES:
– GPS Radius Search for Churches from your Current Location
– Find Mass, Confession, Adoration Times
– View Maps and get Directions
– Search by Church, City, State, Zip
– Quick Call Phone Number
– Links to Church Websites
– View Weekly Bulletins
– Find and Bookmark Local Supporting Businesses
– Update Mass Times
BONUS FEATURES:
– Saint of the Day
– Daily Readings & Gospel
– Weekly Mass Videos
This app is designed for the phone, but will work on a tablet.
ConfessIt
Download: Android
ConfessIt is a Roman Catholic examination of conscience app for your Android device. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, and it will help you remember your sins for confession. There is also a confession walk through which tells you exactly what your confessor will say and how you should respond. The examination of conscience is based on fundamental Catholic church teachings, is easy to understand, and is relevant for modern Catholics.
Confession: Roman Catholic App ($1.99)
Download: Android | iPhone
Designed to be used in the confessional, this app is the perfect aid for every penitent. With a personalized examination of conscience for each user, password protected profiles, and a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, this app invites Catholics to prayerfully prepare for and participate in the Rite of Penance. Individuals who have been away from the sacrament for some time will find Confession: A Roman Catholic App to be a useful and inviting tool.
The text of this app was developed in collaboration with Rev. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Executive Director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Rev. Dan Scheidt, pastor of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mishawaka, IN. The app received an imprimatur from Bishop Kevin C. Rhodes of the Diocese of Fort Wayne – South Bend. It is the first known imprimatur to be given for an Android app.
– Custom examination of Conscience based upon age, sex, and vocation (single, married, priest, or religious)
– Multiple user support with password protected accounts
– Ability to add sins not listed in standard examination of conscience to specific categories
– Ability to edit and delete items in the standard examination of conscience with the ability to restore back to the defaults.
– Confession walk-through including time of last confession in days, weeks, months, and years
– Choose from 6 different acts of contrition
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Nihil Obstat: Reverend Monsignor Michael Heintz, PhD
Censor Liborum
Imprimatur: + Kevin C. Rhoades
Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Verbum Catholic Bible Study
Download: Android | iPhone | iPad | Kindle Fire
FREE RESOURCES INCLUDE:
The Catholic Lectionary, The Roman Catechism, Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Sources of Catholic Dogma (Denzinger), Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, Newman’s An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, and many more.
Free Bibles: The Douay-Rheims, King James Version, Clementine Vulgate, Novum Testamentum Graece (Tischendorf), The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition, Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, Lexham English Bible.
TOP FEATURES:
Lectionary—go right to the readings of the day with a tap.
Catechism of the Catholic Church—the app integrates fully with the Logos edition of the Catechism.
Notes—Attach your thoughts, comments, and questions to any verse or book.
Highlighting—Mark the words that matter with fully customizable color and text options.
Community Notes—Share verse-by-verse thoughts and comments with your Faithlife groups.
Bible Word Study—Learn more about any word by examining dictionaries, lexicons, and cross-references.
Passage Guide—Get a detailed, verse-specific report including commentaries, lexicons, and cross-references.
Split Screen—follow threads of meaning through multiple books at the same time.
Search—Find every mention of a word or phrase in every resource in your library
Social—share with your Faithlife Groups and keep up with what’s going on.
Catholic Study Bible
Download: Android | iPhone | iPad/iPod | Kindle Fire
Catholic Study Bible App Ignatius-Lighthouse Edition
FREE Electronic RSV-2CE Bible • Ignatius Catholic Study Bible • Truth and Life Dramatized Audio New Testament • Over 100 Lighthouse Talks • FREE Audio Bible Commentary from Dr. Scott Hahn • And more!
The Catholic Study Bible App features a FREE electronic version of the entire Catholic Bible, RSV Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE), packed with incredible content from Ignatius Press and Lighthouse Catholic Media that brings Sacred Scripture to life.
In addition to the complete Catholic Bible, this app includes a FREE selection from the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Ignatius-Lighthouse Edition–the annotated Gospel of John. Plus, the app allows users to purchase, at a special discount price, the full app featuring the special Ignatius-Lighthouse App Edition of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible (New Testament and an ever-expanding list of Old Testament books), annotated by Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. The Catholic Study Bible: Ignatius-Lighthouse App Edition includes superb notes, essays, and commentary, as well as a doctrinal index.
This Catholic Study Bible app also features inspirational and insightful audio content that will take you deeper into Scripture than ever before. Listen to over 10 hours of FREE audio presentations from Dr. Scott Hahn and the “St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology” provided by Lighthouse Catholic Media. Or browse, preview, and download hundreds of the best and newest Lighthouse talks from the best Catholic speakers in the world – streaming straight from your mobile device!
Plus, order e-books and other resources from Ignatius Press.
Finally, be sure to download the “Truth and Life Dramatized Audio New Testament.” We are so proud to offer this award-winning radio drama that we are giving away the whole Gospel of John for FREE! This amazing audio New Testament is endorsed with an Imprimatur from the Vatican and includes a foreword by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. 70 actors – 20 audio engineers – 10 studios over 3 continents – more than 100 media development experts – and 10,000 production hours were needed to create this world-class audio New Testament.
In total, this features:
• Complete text of RSV-2CE synchronized with audio for the New Testament.
• Relevant Talks and Bible Commentary displayed throughout the text.
• Direct, instant access to any Bible verse, so you can hear and see the text instantly.
• A built-in playlist to listen to the whole New Testament in just 40 days or in chronological order.
• A feature that allows you to create your own playlist of verses.
• A memory so you can easily find where you left off.
• Sleep timer
• Support for headphone pause and play buttons
“The Truth & Life Dramatized audio Bible is entirely faithful to the text of the Holy Scriptures. The manner in which the text is performed, beautifully assists the listener in understanding the meaning of the divinely inspired words within their context. The background music and sound effects help the listener to imagine the setting of each particular text of the Holy Bible. I am happy to give my wholehearted endorsement to the audio New Testament.”
–The Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke,
Perfect of the Apostolic Signature of the Holy See“We learn by hearing as well as reading. Those who desire to become true disciples of Jesus will want to learn from His words in every way. For anyone interested in beginning or continuing their adventure of faith, I highly recommend this faithful and powerful presentation of the Word of God.”
–The Most Reverend Charles Chaput,
Archbishop of Philadelphia
Laudate
Download: Android | iPhone
The most comprehensive Catholic App . Available in English, Español, Português, Française, Deutsch, Nederlands, Slovenský, Italiano, Bahasa, Polski, Slovenski, Hrvatski, Việt, 简体, 繁體 and Românesc.
Daily Mass Readings, Order of Mass, Liturgy of Hours, New American Bible, Latin Mass, Latin Liturgy of Hours, Rosary and Latin Rosary, Chaplet of Divine Mercy (on Rosary screen), Seven Sorrows Rosary, Chaplet of St. Michael, Holy Wounds Chaplet, St Jude Chaplet, Franciscan Crown Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Saint of the Day, Catechism of Catholic Church, Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession), Daily Examination of Conscience, various prayers and prayers in Latin with English translation. Podcast for Rosary and Stations. Daily Meditations. Podcasts of Daily Readings with read-along text and meditations. Ability to bookmark prayers and create own categorized prayers. Export/Import for prayers. Edit prayers on your Mac or PC and Import into Laudate. Douay-Rheims Bible for offline use. Second Vatican documents, Code of Canon Law and papal encyclical letters.
Laudate grant of use from USCCB Copyright Office has changed. As the result, we removed integrated embedded texts of First Reading, Responsorial Psalm, Second Reading and Gospel from Daily Readings and Order of the Mass. All Readings Together is now a redirect to websites that can be configured as follows: USCCB, Evangelizo and Universalis. Daily Readings podcast from USCCB website is now a direct link to the podcast and we removed that podcast from All Podcasts Together.
TO PRAY ROSARY IN LATIN, PLEASE TAP [NEW ROSARY] BUTTON WHEN IN LATIN ROSARY SELECTION.
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