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iBreviary
“The pocket breviary countless Catholics rely on daily: complete liturgy, no subscription, rough around the edges.”
For a great many Catholics, iBreviary is simply how the Liturgy of the Hours gets prayed today. It carries the complete Divine Office across the Roman, Ambrosian, and 1960 forms, plus a full daily Missal, the rosary, the Way of the Cross, and other prayers and rites, all assembled by Don Paolo Padrini, an Italian priest who built it as a work of digital ministry.
The breadth is the draw. Where many prayer apps offer a curated slice, iBreviary aims to hand you the actual liturgical texts, in seven languages including Latin, with offline downloads so you can pray without a connection. For clergy, religious, and committed laity who want the real, complete office rather than a devotional adaptation, that completeness is exactly the point.
It is not, however, a polished app. Its 4.1-star rating reflects genuine complaints about a dated interface, clunky navigation, and occasional bugs, and offline access is capped at roughly fifteen days of downloaded texts. If you want a refined, guided experience, Hallow or Lectio 365 feel more modern, but neither replaces iBreviary as the free, comprehensive breviary it has become.
Is it right for you?
Catholics, from clergy and religious to laity, who pray the Liturgy of the Hours or follow the daily Mass and want the complete texts free in their pocket.
You want a polished, modern prayer experience with guided audio and meditations, where Hallow, Lectio 365, or Pray As You Go are more refined.
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Common questions
The full Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman, Ambrosian, and 1960 forms, a complete daily Missal, the rosary, and other Catholic prayers.
Yes. It is free with no subscription or in-app purchases.
Yes. You can download up to about 15 days of texts for offline prayer.
English, Italian, French, Latin, Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese, with more in development.
It was created by Don Paolo Padrini, an Italian Catholic priest, as a digital-ministry project.
