Free Alternatives to the Hallow App for Praying the Rosary (2026)

Published by the makers of Orabimus; not an independent review. Facts about each app come from its own US store listing, help center or website, verified October 31, 2026.

What Hallow's free version already includes

Hallow's help center sets out what is free and what needs the subscription. The free version also includes Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, the Examen, the Daily Gospel, Divine Mercy, the daily Mass readings and homilies.

So if the Daily Rosary is what you pray, Hallow's free version may be all you need. The rest of this page is for the other cases: free apps like Hallow, and one way to pray with no app at all.

Ten free options at a glance

The options, one by one

Hallow's own free version

• Price: free; the subscription is optional.
• The Rosary: the Daily Rosary and some other Rosaries.
• Live or group: groups, prayer intentions that stay up for seven days, chat, and prayer campaigns. Its help center describes no live, synchronized group prayer (verified October 31, 2026).
• Where it runs: apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Amazon devices, and a web app.
• Best for: anyone who likes Hallow and mostly prays the Daily Rosary.

Sources: Hallow help center, pricing · free and paid · the Community tab · prayer campaigns · where to download, verified October 31, 2026.

Ascension

• Price: free; Full Access is $8.99 a month or $59.99 a year on the US App Store and Google Play.
• The Rosary: the full Rosary with all of its recorded voices, free, in English or Latin, with options to chant, and the Rosary in a Year podcast.
• Live or group: none described in its US App Store listing.
• Where it runs: iPhone, iPad and Android, and in a web browser, according to Ascension's FAQ.
• Best for: learning the faith with well-known teachers, with the whole Rosary free.

Sources: US App Store · Google Play · Ascension app FAQ, verified October 31, 2026. More: Ascension vs Orabimus

Laudate

• Price: free; the US App Store lists no in-app purchases.
• The Rosary: an interactive Rosary, the Latin Rosary, and the Seven Sorrows, Franciscan Crown and Servite Rosaries, with many chaplets and Rosary podcasts.
• Live or group: none described in its store listings.
• Where it runs: apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
• Best for: many kinds of Rosary and chaplet, and much more, in one free app.

Sources: US App Store · Google Play, verified October 31, 2026. More: Laudate vs Orabimus

Amen

• Price: free; no in-app purchases listed.
• The Rosary: standard, meditative and scriptural formats.
• Live or group: none described in its store listings.
• Where it runs: apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
• Best for: a calm, meditative Rosary, with meditations and sleep recordings beside it.

Sources: US App Store · Google Play, verified October 31, 2026.

Relevant Radio

• Price: free; its listing says "No subscriptions. No fees."
• The Rosary: the Rosary among its daily devotions, and the Family Rosary Across America on the air.
• Live or group: you pray along with a live broadcast; the network's video app lists the Family Rosary Across America live at 7:00 PM CT.
• Where it runs: apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
• Best for: praying the Rosary at the same hour as thousands of listeners; its listing invites you to "pray with thousands daily."

Sources: US App Store · Relevant Radio+ on the US App Store · Google Play, verified October 31, 2026.

Rosario

• Price: free.
• The Rosary: a Living Rosary, in which each member prays one decade a day, on a different mystery of the day.
• Live or group: a group of five, a shared intention, and a notification when a member has prayed. Each person prays in their own time.
• Where it runs: apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android.
• Best for: a daily decade with four people you know.

Sources: US App Store · Google Play, verified October 31, 2026.

iRosary

• Price: free; Ultra is $2.99 for three months or $5.49 a year.
• The Rosary: beads that move like a physical rosary, male and female voices, a speed control, and paintings for the mysteries.
• Live or group: none described in its US App Store listing.
• Where it runs: iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision.
• Best for: a Rosary you can almost hold, on Apple devices.

Sources: US App Store, verified October 31, 2026. More: iRosary vs Orabimus

Holy Rosary

• Price: free, in a Standard and a Scriptural Edition.
• The Rosary: recorded by students of Franciscan University of Steubenville; the Scriptural Edition reads a passage of Scripture before each Hail Mary.
• Live or group: none described in its listings.
• Where it runs: iPhone and iPad.
• Best for: a simple recorded Rosary, with or without Scripture.

Sources: Scriptural Edition, US App Store · Standard Edition, US App Store, verified October 31, 2026.

Orabimus

• Price: free. Supporter plans are optional: $29.99 a year, or $119 once as a Founding Supporter (limited to 100).
• The Rosary: the full guided Rosary, all four sets of mysteries, with prayer text in nine languages and studio audio in seven, read along word by word.
• Live or group: Group Rosary rooms that are live and synchronized, with everyone on the same prayer at the same moment, step by step under one host. Public, unlisted or private, scheduled with reminders, joined by link, six-character code or QR code. A free account is needed to host or join.
• Where it runs: it is a web app, so it runs in any modern browser. It installs to the home screen and works offline after the first load.
• Best for: praying the Rosary live with others, with nothing to download.

Orabimus is ours. More: how Group Rosary rooms work · Hallow vs Orabimus

No app at all

A rosary in your pocket, or your ten fingers, is still the simplest alternative there is. It costs nothing, needs no battery, and you can pray it with whoever is beside you. If you want the words in front of you, our guide to how to pray the Rosary has every prayer, and which Rosary today tells you the day's mysteries.

Which one should you choose?

• You like Hallow and mostly pray the Daily Rosary: stay with Hallow's free version.
• You want every Rosary free, with well-known voices: try Ascension.
• You want many devotions beyond the Rosary: try Laudate.
• You want to pray with people: Rosario for a daily decade with friends, Relevant Radio for a live broadcast, Orabimus for a live room where the whole group prays together.
• You want nothing to install: open Orabimus in your browser, or use Hallow's web app.

Questions people ask

How we checked

• Where the facts come from. Hallow's own help center and its US App Store listing, and the other apps' own US store listings, help pages or websites, read on October 31, 2026.
• What a listing leaves out. Where a listing did not describe something, such as a group feature, we say that it is not described rather than guess.
• US prices. They can differ by store and region.

More comparisons: Best free Catholic apps · Best Rosary apps · Hallow vs Orabimus · Ascension vs Orabimus · Laudate vs Orabimus · iRosary vs Orabimus

Written by Teo, who builds Orabimus on his own. Published by the makers of Orabimus; not an independent review. Last updated October 31, 2026.

Sources (US listings and help pages, verified October 31, 2026): Hallow help center, pricing · Hallow help center, free and paid · Hallow help center, the Community tab · Hallow help center, prayer campaigns · Hallow help center, where to download · Ascension, US App Store · Ascension, Google Play · Ascension app FAQ · Laudate, US App Store · Laudate, Google Play · Amen, US App Store · Amen, Google Play · Relevant Radio, US App Store · Relevant Radio+, US App Store · Relevant Radio, Google Play · Rosario, US App Store · Rosario, Google Play · iRosary, US App Store · Holy Rosary Scriptural Edition, US App Store · Holy Rosary Standard Edition, US App Store