Pray Catholic Prayers

A novena is a small promise: nine days of prayer for one intention, through the intercession of a saint. Catholics have prayed them for centuries, for jobs and healing, for family members far from God, for guidance at a crossroads. The hardest day of any novena is usually day four, when the first burst of resolve fades and life gets busy.

What Pray does

Pray is built to carry you through those nine days. You choose from a large and growing list of novenas, more than a hundred, including St. Jude, St. Joseph, the Divine Mercy, the Sacred Heart, St. Anthony, St. Thérèse, St. Francis, Pope St. John Paul II and eighteen different novenas to Our Lady. Each comes with a description of the saint and their life, so you come to know the person you're asking to pray for you.

The app sends a gentle daily reminder with that day's prayer. You can pray several novenas at the same time, look back at your history, and share a novena with friends so they can pray it alongside you. That last feature turns a private devotion into something you can do as a family, a parish group or a circle of friends praying for the same intention.

Cost and scope

Pray is free to download. Patron subscriptions, ranging from $4.99 a month to a $44.99 family plan, are offered as a way to support the app. It is actively maintained, with an update in September 2026, and an extraordinary 5.0 rating from more than thirty-five thousand ratings.

Its focus is novenas. You won't find daily readings or the Liturgy of the Hours here, so most people will use it alongside another app.

Pray suits anyone who has ever started a novena and lost track, people who want to pray together with friends for a shared intention, and those discovering novenas for the first time. It is a faithful, well-made companion, and one of the best ways to see a novena through to the ninth day.