Amen: Catholic Bible & Prayers

80 of 100 · reviews
4.9of 5 · store
45,312ratings on the App Store
498reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

People are thrilled that such a rich set of material is free: daily reflections, Bible in a Year, the rosary, calm narration, and it even helps those just moving toward Catholicism. It stumbles on the tech: after updates the app sometimes crashes on launch or plays nothing, and it floods you with dozens of mass-reading notifications with no proper controls. People ask for continuous playback and captions.

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What people use it for

Catholics and those moving toward the faith who want daily reflections, the rosary and Bible in a Year in one free app

What reviews praise

Rich free library of material, daily reflections and Bible in a Year, the rosary, calm pleasant narration, helpful for newcomers to Catholicism

What reviews complain about

Crashes on launch after updates, sometimes nothing plays, floods you with mass notifications with no fine control, no continuous playback or captions, glitchy home screen

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I’m using the Bible in a Year feature. The times when I’d like to listen to several episodes in a row, the app doesn’t mark the second onwards as done, so there’s no seamless continuity.