Universalis

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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4.9 9190 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5The Best App for the Liturgy of the Hours

   As someone who prays the Liturgy of the Hours daily, I can honestly say that Universalis is one of the most spiritually enriching and reliable apps I’ve ever used. It’s become a central part of my daily prayer life and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to deepen their relationship with God through the rhythm of the Church’s prayer. The “About Today” section is one of my favorite features. Each morning, I start by reading about the saint of the day or the feast being celebrated. These reflections immediately draw my mind toward God and set a reverent tone for the day. The app includes all the canonical hours—Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Mid-Morning, Midday, Afternoon, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer—and they are all expertly compiled. The layout is clear, the translations are faithful and beautiful, and everything flows in a way that encourages not just reading, but real prayer. There are also additional features I’ve only begun to explore. The app includes access to spiritual books, broken up into short daily readings, which I’m looking forward to diving into more. Another highlight for me is the Rosary, which I pray daily using Universalis. I love how the app incorporates Scripture between each Hail Mary, bringing the mysteries to life and helping me stay focused and contemplative throughout the decades. Universalis is more than just a liturgical calendar or prayer book—it’s a well-crafted tool for daily devotion that helps bring the liturgy, Scripture, and the saints into every part of your day. Whether you’re praying alone, in a group, or on the go, this app makes it easy to stay connected to the heartbeat of the Church.

   ImpactingSpirit · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Ease

   Because my routine changes frequently, I like that there are audio options for most categories. I can maintain devotions no matter where I am which is wonderful not only spiritually but practically as I am often in locations beyond WiFi and cell phone signal. The audio has human readers. Mostly, though, I just read. There are long versions and short options for many categories. It has been simple to adjust the print size so that I can read and pray without my glasses. My young daughter loves singing Salve Regina at the end of playing the rosary. She loves praying the Angelus, too, partly because of this app. I think it’s because she can hear the voices of children praying with the adults in the audio versions. The app updates regularly and I have not experienced glitches within the app.

   beleevn · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Good value, easy to use

   I’ve used the Universalis app for about four years. For travel, it’s easier than carrying the breviary, but the best thing is that all the Liturgy of the Hours and readings for Mass are easy to access. I also appreciate “About Today,” with its sketches of the saints of the day. Heavy on British ones, but after all, I believe this app originated in the UK. I can also check the calendar to verify which week of the psalter we’re in when it’s my turn to plan our convent liturgies. Well worth the cost, roughly a dollar US per month. Update, two years later. Still like to his app for all the reasons cited above. Still a good value. Update Advent 2025: cost has increased over the years, but still a good value for all the reasons I’ve already mentioned.

   Seahorse Queen · 31 Jul 2026

4. 5/5Best app of its kind

   Universalis is an app I’ve been using since it was first released. I have used other apps to follow the Mass and to pray the Divine Office prior to the release of Universalis, but Universalis is far better than any of those. The Mass and the Office are laid out in a manner which makes both extremely easy to follow, plus the Office provides many options to customize the day’s prayers to fit my style (two-year cycle of Scripture readings, psalm-prayers, choices of optional memorials, and so on). The rosary feature is also wonderful and is chock full of options as well, allowing me to pray it with or without scriptural passages and with or without certain prayers. The “About Today” page is a marvelous celebration of saints’ days throughout the world, not just those on the local calendar. To complement this cornucopia of heroic persons, the “Spiritual Reading” page often includes what would have been the second reading from the Office of Readings for those saints not on the local calendar, providing further insight into these noble men and women. The only complaint I have with this app is that in terms of prayers outside of the proper liturgical prayers, it only has the rosary, the Angelus, and lectio divina. I would love it if the app also contained the chaplet of Divine Mercy, the examen, and the Stations of the Cross, but I guess the app can only hold so much data, and those prayers can be found on other apps. Overall, Universalis is a truly great app. I only hope that when the new translation of the Divine Office is released next year on Ash Wednesday, Universalis can be updated and thereby continue to play its role in my daily prayer life.

   Phil Wagner · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Including the option to use the New American Bible for the Liturgy Of The Hours is mandatory

   The app has been awesomely created and in presentation it looks qualitatlively superior to all the other free apps I‘ve run into so far for the Liturgy Of The Hours. I live in the US and have recently started to lead a prayer group in my workplace, and here comes the big problem: fellows familiar with the Office and owners of physical breviaries or users of free apps follow the New American Bible translation. And of course I cannot force people to spend money in an app just because I as the leader just feel comfortable using the Universalis app and hence following a Bible translation that nobody else follows in my group... So I guess in the meantime I‘m gonna start using another app like iBreviary, which is great and uses the NAB translation but is not that flexible and rich as Universalis. That until hopefully the Universdalis developers incorporate the NAB option as it‘s the case for the Readings at Mass. I don‘t regret having spent 11 bucks for the app though; like I said, it‘s been a great tool but for the moment just for personal prayer here in the US, maybe not for group prayers with American fellows.

   W. Dan Cronin · 31 Jul 2026

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