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This isn’t a perfect app. There are editing glitches in the audio (“Ou- ——er, who art in heaven”) that distract. The musical elements won’t suit every taste. As some 1 star reviews will tell you, some of the speakers are quite intense in their delivery, and if you have been raised with the expectation that the voice of scripture is emotionless, then that might challenge you at first. But will you benefit from opening the app in the very early morning and seeing that 53 people from all over the world are praying with you? I think so. Without the challenge of place finding in multiple books, might you sometimes enter more deeply into prayer, especially when you are traveling, at work, or sitting down between chores? There’s a good possibility. Put this one in your spiritual tool belt. Maybe you will never need it. But if you do, this approach to prayer is far better than no prayer at all.

Overall, this app is very useful. First, it’s more intuitive than iBreviary and it doesn’t have the mistakes that the other one has. There isn’t as much scrolling through options here, for example. The audio is a useful tool since I travel a lot and would miss Hours without it. However, as useful as it is, I find the reading to be a little distracting in all honesty. It seems a little…exaggerated to me, almost like it’s trying to be emotional. For someone like me who normally prays the breviary in common this is very distracting. The hymn choice I feel could also be improved to match the actual breviary. This would make it easier for a mixed group of people praying with the book or this app. Besides, I’ve never heard any of these hymns so I don’t know them anyway. But, there’s no accounting for taste. Some folks like the reading and others like the hymns. Just my thoughts. The main improvement I see is for the Daytime Hours. Terce, Sext, and None all use the Complementary Psalmody instead of the Current one for the day. It would be very helpful to those of us who need to pray the Hours (clergy, religious, seminarians) if the Current Psalmody was included for at least one of the daytime hours. This is one thing that iBreviary does better. As it stands now, Daytime Prayer ends up being the exact same set of psalms every day.

I'm very grateful for this app. It is my first intro into the liturgy of the hours which can be daunting for someone on their own. I'm glad something so simple is available to a beginner. The physical book is quite the investment so I looked to something online. I like that this is an app rather than a website. I found it easier to use than ibreviary and appreciate its features. The audio recordings are especially helpful so I know what exactly to pray. I also feel more involved in a community when I can pray along with multiple people. A similar touch I like is the location map. I appreciate the download option, adjustable reminders, as well. The only suggestions I have are to make the audio player more user friendly- it's quite small and cannot be adjusted by moving a finger along it. Additionally, I like that the subs can be sped up but I wish it were adjusted by a wheel or menu that included options to speed it up by small intervals so that anything between 1-2 (such as lower than 1.3) could be chosen. I highly recommend this app for praying the liturgy of the hours!