Pray As You Go Reviews

The major June 2022 update has wiped the collection of prayers I’ve downloaded over the years. I wish that I could get them back. I only remember the date of one, and I cannot figure out how to download that one with new interface. It is October now. The updated app is as unstable as it was on release. The prayers stop and PrayAsYouGo crashes, sometimes many times during a prayer. It auto starts on the day after the current date and the only way to get today’s prayer is to start the previous day, then start today’s. What a disappointment. My wife and I have listened to Pray A You Go since it was web based. This is one of the most important apps in the world. Please fix it. If you need money to repair PrayAsYouGo send out a special request at the beginning of the prayers. There are many, myself included, who, would happily support the repair of PrayAsYouGo.

It’s a great app overall. I’m grateful for the daily devotional. But since the redesign, it can be frustrating. Whenever I open PrayAsYouGo , it’s very slow to load. I think I need to click on the button on the first screen to proceed. We shouldn’t be taking any action in order to get to the home screen. But maybe I’m misunderstanding the process and it just takes a long time to get to the home screen. Sometimes when I open PrayAsYouGo , it loads yesterday’s date and I cannot get to today’s devotion, even when I open the calendar and select the current date. If I select today’s date, it will result in showing today’s date, but I can’t get the today’s devotion to play. The workaround is to shut down PrayAsYouGo and reopen it. Then it works. Finally, the design isn’t user friendly. There are a lot of features, which is great, but the user experience can use some improvement. I’m a product manager and work with UX designers to build digital products. I don’t mean to sound picky. I’m just used working with a team to build out products that make sense to end users. It looks like y’all didn’t do enough user testing to work out all of the major bugs before releasing the latest design. I’m looking at your most recent reviews, I’m not alone in the frustration. Thanks for listening!

I have used Pray-as- you -go for many years. I have always loved it and during COVID, it was even more helpful to ease anxiety and stress. I love the music, the format, the reflections. BUT this recent version is a terrible disappointment! Even with updates, it often cuts out 1/2 way through and I must restart. Because of the the time zone differences, it advances to the following day before EST day is over and unlike the previous version, it doesn’t seem to easily toggle back to the previous day. I have to go back several days and then to the previous day. When traveling, I could download an entire week and listen, but this version requires really strong WiFi to load and listen. I’m so disappointed as I have come to really rely on PrayAsYouGo to start my day from a Christ centered and thoughtful place. I really wish they could return to the previous version.

I have been using Pray as you go for quite some time and love the daily study. However, I am no longer able to read the text. I used to be able to click on the i button to see the text that was being read. Because the British accents are sometimes difficult to understand it was very helpful to have the text to follow along. Also, the reader does not state the chapter and verse, but only the book from which the reading Comes. I am no longer able to use PrayAsYouGo and have to look for a new one.

I love PAYG and have been using it for a number of years. I love the music and scripture and the gentle guidance for thinking and prayer. I especially appreciate the addition of the English lyrics for the songs. But the new version just isn’t working. I’m needing to go to the website for the reflection often because I can’t get in to the content or reflection once it opens. Or I get in and have trouble navigating through the new format. Yesterday I was finally able to find the calendar. Today it won’t let me in to listen to the reflection. I see that there was an update 3 days ago, but still not working properly.

This is such a great resource. Thank you so much for it. I understand there must be difficulties in rolling out a radically different version. Please keep working to get it going.

As an evangelical Christian I enjoy PrayAsYouGo. It was recently redesigned and the update is amazing. I particularly like the inclusion of music at the beginning followed by scripture reading (often read twice which is excellent). I do wish it included more prayers to recite along with the reader, after all PrayAsYouGo is called “Pray as you go”. I also find the reflection questions given after the scripture reading often odd or eco-centric. Why not include more questions calling to mind the bigger picture of what God is doing in the world? I’d prefer questions that have less to do with my subjective take or feelings on the Scripture.

I love PAYG and have recommended it to so many people but I really wish there was a way we could use the old app, which in my opinion was SO much better. This new one is clunky and has glitches and takes much longer to load. Sometimes the prayers drop all together. The content is the best I have ever found anywhere, but this new ( a couple of years old) app needs some work . Even with the issues I love this content so much I wouldn’t leave xxx

As an ordained Mennonite minister, I rely on pray as you go for consistent morning scripture and prayer. I love it and recommend it often. But there is one glitch that happens pretty consistently. Often, the recording of the person reading the scripture has tiny silent breaks in the recording which makes it hard to understand. I have to kind of “fill in the blanks” as I listen. This doesn’t happen with the rest of the podcast, just the scripture readings. I don’t say this to complain, but to let the producers know that something needs attention.

Before adopting my daughter I would spend a good chunk of time every morning reading the Word, but afterwards it became too hard. My spiritual director recommended PrayAsYouGo and it’s helped me stay in the Word every morning - when I’m too tired to open the Word and read and study myself, PrayAsYouGo comes alongside and leads me.
I don’t love that it usually opens with bells chiming-a little harsh when you’re bleary eyed in the morning 😵‍💫and not trying to wake a baby.
But the music, the scripture and the prayer prompts are all so good and helpful.

I like to listen to this while driving. Before the upgrade ... when it was through...I could hit play again and it would start over from the beginning. But now I have to scroll the bar back to the start to get it to replay. This is not too safe to do while driving! Also...when I’m driving out of signal area it will not remember the data and will not play again. It did before the upgrade...
I hope it will work better like before soon.

I have used Pray as You Go as part of my morning prayers for a couple of years, and I love it. The musical introduction and the contemplative reading and meditation on scripture encourage focus and listening as part of prayer, and that has been very helpful, especially as I was raised in a religious tradition that saw prayer mainly as a way of talking to God and telling him what you think should be done. From reading scripture, I knew that wasn’t all there was to prayer, so I turned to apps such as this one, Divine Office, and the Centering Prayer app in order to learn and grow.

As the range of comments indicate, PrayAsYouGo is scripture-focused and can be used by people from many faith backgrounds. PrayAsYouGo is also beautiful. I enjoy the various scenic backgrounds that have shown up in this year’s update, especially those that depict light, a long view, or nature. It would be nice to be able to mark favorites so that they would show up more often. I don’t usually follow along with the text, but like to refer to it occasionally, though it has recently gotten a bit too light for me to easily see. I am grateful to the Jesuits for their work.

I have been a listener of PAYG since before PrayAsYouGo existed and have witnessed the evolution of the service (which is totally free, but please consider donating!) over many years. This latest version is a beautiful new design second only to the wonderfully curated content which is always fresh and deeply meaningful. Strongest recommendations for daily use. Whether you use it alone or with other prayer or meditation tools, PrayAsYouGo is a true companion which will facilitate your daily journey. It is welcoming and inclusive to all. Thank you Jesuits in Britain for this authentic and Spirit-filled expression of your ministry!

Thank you for this inspired, contemplative app. Pray as you go has become an instrumental part of my daily devotion time as it lifts me to a heavenly perspective on my life and helps me to connect with God in deep heartfelt and honest prayers. I especially love listening to it as I walk in nature, as I’m immersed in the music, scripture and prayer. The music is varied from ancient sacred music to contemporary musicians, and I appreciate that you cite the source in text, helping us to discover new songwriters/musicians. I would prefer the main canon of scripture though, without the apocrypha (but these verses are seldom used in PrayAsYouGo ). Still I give PrayAsYouGo 5 stars because of its impact on my life.

This contemplative devotional is a beautiful guide for all people of faith, not just Catholics.
I am not a Catholic, but I find this devotional very helpful as a guide through the Christian calendar and my daily life. It helps me to practice a more intentional contemplative Christian walk with God and in return a better imitator of Christ.
I like the question I am invited to ponder and how they help me to look at my self in new and deeper ways.
Thank you for making this available to all.
May God’s abundant blessings continue to be with this ministry.

I have used PAYG for years; it is the best way to start my day. I love the variety of music, the variety of voices that read the daily Scripture passages, and the questions/comments posed that help me dig deeper. I’ve had the opportunity to be a tester for this new update, and have found it to be a nice improvement. Lots of feedback was given by the testers, and the PAYG team was very responsive in making those “tweaks” that make it more polished and user friendly. I highly recommend!

I was recently reminded that I had PrayAsYouGo on my phone. My sister (nondenominational Christian) and I (Catholic) listened daily during her recent recovery from serious illness. It united us in spirit and focused our prayers together on Jesus.

Now I am finding PrayAsYouGo to also be a major help in my daily struggle to focus my attention on what is truly important and fundamental, amid a world full of distractions and a phone full of bright shiny objects.

It is one of the few times in my day when I am able to practice simply being in our Lord’s presence, looking toward his face, listening for his voice, resting immersed in the mysterious truth about God, myself, and the world.

I can understand the challenge of choosing meditation music that will invite and bless people who have all kinds of preferences. Personally I am most drawn to the chant and choral treasures of the faith that have been lived enough to survive the centuries, but I can also appreciate and enter into other types of high-quality music for meditation (“Christian art must be both Christian and art,” as Monsignor used to say :-)

Thank you to all those who created and continue to develop this wonderful guide to daily contemplative prayer. I am sure I speak for many.

PAYG is such an incredible app. I got into it by accident-Sacred Space had a link on their website, and being curious I gave it a shot. PAYG is run by the Jesuits in Britain, and PrayAsYouGo is designed to give you audio prayer in accordance with the Ignatian structure. Every opening has Catholic/Gregorian chant, a different reader, and deep Ignatian reflection on the readings or subject matter. Scripture readings are even recited twice throughout a daily readings segment, fulfilling the Jesuit practice of going deeper into the faith. Inside PrayAsYouGo are a variety of audio segments: daily readings, the Stations of the Cross, the Rosary, the Examen, and even several 20 minute Ignatian Contemplation segments that use the Spiritual Exercises as a guide. I listen whenever I can, whether I'm on my way to work in the car, out and about if I have some time to spare, and of course, before bed with the Examen. If you're Catholic, partial to Ignatian spirituality, and always on the move, then this is PrayAsYouGo for you. Sending out a huge thanks across the pond to the Jesuits in Britain for putting together such an incredible app. Download it now! #AMDG

Years ago, I found the Pray As You Go app and I dove right in to discover the thoughtfully-produced music, reading, and meditations format. It’s all wonderful and has inspired me to explore my faith and spiritual life more deeply. I love hearing the variety of beautiful British voices and especially love the more traditional music and ancient chants.
Also, years later, it must have been when I got a new phone—I simply went to the website to access the content because perhaps PrayAsYouGo didn’t transfer over or something.
The website is very easy to use so I never downloaded PrayAsYouGo again—not because I detected any problems, but because the website is so easy to use on a mobile phone. I thought to myself, why do PrayAsYouGo , when it’s all here on the website?
Now, I’m reading the reviews and see that some of them address PrayAsYouGo technology issues. I would suggest that if PrayAsYouGo is troublesome, simply go to the website and (keep calm) and carry on using that platform instead. Man does not have to live on apps alone. 🙏

PrayAsYouGo keeps getting better and better. I have been using it almost daily for a number of years. I appreciate the fact that he does not preach to me but instead strives to inspire and explain the Scriptures. I especially love the wonderful music, and the great variety of music presents each day. I have recommended PrayAsYouGo to many of my friends. I believe this is one of the ways that God chooses to reveal himself. Thank you

I give the content and design and beauty of PrayAsYouGo 5 stars. Currently, there are still more bugs to fix (at least on iPhone SE) so the experience of the recent redesign still needs work. I would give that part a rating of 3 at the moment. (Sluggish and stuck navigation spots. Crashing when certain actions are taken.) It’s still worth using for the reading and reflection while waiting for the bugs to be fixed. Im just hoping the developer keeps making improvements, and thankfully the version history indicates this is likely.