Divine Mercy Chaplet: Prayer

The Divine Mercy Chaplet takes only a few minutes, so it fits into almost any day, and many Catholics pray it at three in the afternoon, the Hour of Mercy. This free Android app keeps it simple.

There are three ways to pray. Listen mode reads the Chaplet aloud in a male or female voice and highlights each word as it's spoken. Step by step mode shows a bead counter and moves through the decades at your own pace. Read mode puts the whole text on one screen. Tap any word and the audio starts from there.

The audio is built into the app, so it works offline and keeps going in the background. If you stop partway through, it saves your place, and it keeps a record of the chaplets you've finished.

The prayer text comes in 15 languages, including Spanish, Polish, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese, which helps families who pray in more than one language. The audio is English only. The app doesn't say who translated the prayers, and the listing doesn't mention the Divine Mercy Novena or the three o'clock prayer, so you'll need another source for those.

Ads show when the app opens and after you save a finished chaplet, and you can report one that's too loud or won't close. It comes from the developer of The Catholic Rosary, and it's new, with no ratings yet.