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Catholic Daily: Bible & Saints keeps the faith in view all day long, with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that rotate through more than 1,400 Bible verses and saint quotes, plus the daily Gospel and a liturgical calendar that flags feasts and fasting days. Its standout feature, Prayer Focus, lets you schedule Sacred moments and pause distracting apps until you've prayed, turning a glance at your phone into a small daily return to God. Free, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Catholic Daily: Bible & Saints puts Bible verses and saint quotes on your iPhone's Home Screen and Lock Screen. Open the app itself and you get the daily Gospel, the liturgical calendar, and a set of prayer reminders that have grown into the most interesting part of the app.
The widgets come in small, medium, and large sizes, plus Lock Screen versions. They rotate through more than 1,400 quotes from Scripture, the saints, and the Church Fathers, filterable by 26 topics like prayer, mercy, Mary, and the Eucharist. You can flip to the next quote, favorite it, or share it right from the widget without opening the app. Inside, the day's Gospel sits beside a calendar with feasts, solemnities, and fasting days marked, and the app can remind you about fasting and abstinence before the day arrives.
The feature I didn't expect is Prayer Focus. You schedule up to ten Sacred moments through the day. When one arrives, the app opens a short prayer, and if Prayer Focus is on, the apps you picked stay paused until you tap "I prayed." It's a screen-time tool pointed at the right target: not just less scrolling, but a moment of prayer in its place. If you've ever picked up your phone for the Gospel and ended up somewhere else entirely, this helps.
It's a good fit for anyone building a daily Scripture habit, for teens and young adults who live on their Lock Screens, and for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking families, since the whole app runs in all three languages. The streak widget adds a little accountability if that motivates you.
It still isn't a study app. There's no full Bible, no Liturgy of the Hours, no audio. Think of it as a companion that keeps your faith in view through the day, not the center of your prayer life.
Catholic Daily: Bible & Saints is free, by Khang Dinh, with an optional Patron upgrade that unlocks every topic and custom themes. Find it on the App Store. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5, and it's easy to see why: a simple idea, done well.
App Store Description
Catholic Daily brings Scripture, the daily Gospel, and the liturgical calendar to your Home Screen and Lock Screen with beautiful Catholic widgets. Follow feast days and fasting days, build a consistent prayer habit, and personalize your daily experience.
CATHOLIC WIDGETS FOR EVERY DAY • Add Home Screen widgets in small, medium, and large sizes, plus Lock Screen widgets • See inspiring Bible verses and Saint quotes at a glance • Track your daily habit with streaks in the app and a dedicated streak widget • Browse over 1,400 quotes from saints, Church Fathers, and Scripture • Filter quotes by 26 topics, including faith, prayer, love, hope, mercy, Mary, and the Eucharist • Save your favorite quotes and see them more often • Share verses and quotes as images • Personalize your Lock Screen with dedicated Jesus and Cross symbol widgets from curated collections
DAILY GOSPEL AND LITURGICAL CALENDAR • Read the daily Gospel based on the liturgical calendar • See today’s feast, upcoming solemnities, and fasting days • Use the Liturgical Calendar widget for quick liturgical updates • Open the in-app monthly calendar to explore dates in the current year • View Gospel readings and liturgical observances throughout the year
PERSONALIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE • Create custom themes using your own image, fonts, and text styles for widgets and the app • Choose from beautiful gradient, minimal, and nature-inspired themes • Personalize your Home Screen with 20 alternate app icons • Set widgets to refresh once or twice daily, every 6 hours, or every 2 hours • Unlock all topics, premium themes, and custom themes with Patron • Use the app in English, Spanish, or Portuguese
REMINDERS AND SACRED MOMENTS • Set a daily verse reminder for your preferred time • Add up to 10 daily verse reminder times • Use Flexible time to schedule up to 20 reminders per day • Receive Catholic reminders for fasting, abstinence, and solemnities • Schedule up to 10 Sacred moments for prayer throughout your day (iOS 26+; up to 5 on earlier iOS) • Open a short Today’s prayer when a Sacred moment arrives, then tap the “I prayed” button • Turn on Prayer Focus to pause chosen apps until you tap the “I prayed” button • Optional unlock linger (15 seconds to 3 minutes) keeps “I prayed” paused with a gentle countdown during Prayer Focus • Set an optional system alarm (iOS 26+) for your Sacred moment • Turn on a streak reminder to help you keep your daily habit • Choose reminder times that fit your schedule
INTERACTIVE WIDGETS • Go to the previous or next quote directly from your Home Screen widget • Share and favorite quotes from Medium and Large widgets without opening the app • Tap any widget to open the app and read more
Catholic Daily is made for Catholics who want Bible verses, Saint quotes, the daily Gospel, and the liturgical calendar always within reach. Add Home Screen or Lock Screen widgets and let faith accompany your prayer, reflection, and daily routine.
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