Hallow vs Orabimus (2026): Price, Free Rosary, Group Prayer

Choose Hallow if you want a large library of guided Catholic audio and will pay $69.99 a year in the US for all of it.
Choose Orabimus if the Rosary is what you pray: all of it free, nothing to download, and prayed live with others in a Group Rosary room.

Written by the makers of Orabimus; not affiliated with Hallow, Inc. Facts about Hallow come from its US App Store listing and its help center, verified October 31, 2026, and are linked in each row.

Hallow and Orabimus, side by side

Compared	Hallow	Orabimus
Price in the US	Free to download. Subscription $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year; Friends and Family $119.99 a year for up to six people. Prices vary by store and region. Source: Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026.	Free. Optional supporter plans: $29.99 a year, or $119 once as a Founding Supporter (limited to 100).
The Rosary, free	The Daily Rosary and some other Rosaries; the subscription includes all of them. Source: pricing, free and paid, verified October 31, 2026.	The full guided Rosary, all four sets of mysteries.
More that is free	Hundreds of prayers, including Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, the Daily Gospel, the Examen and Divine Mercy. Source: Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026.	The intentions feed and offering a Rosary for an intention, Group Rosary rooms, Fellows (the people you follow), the weekly garland, Rosary reminders, and the liturgical day with its color and the Pope's monthly intention.
What paying adds	All Rosaries, all Dailies, Pray25 (Advent) and Pray40 (Lent), the full Sleep section, audiobooks and music radio. Source: Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026.	Nothing you need for praying. Supporters can host spoken rooms, which run on a second server, and carry a quiet mark beside their name.
Languages	The app is in English and six more: French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. Source: US App Store, verified October 31, 2026.	Prayer text in nine languages (English, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Ukrainian); studio audio in seven, read along word by word.
Where it runs	Apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Amazon devices, and a web app. Source: where to download, the web app, verified October 31, 2026.	Any modern browser on iPhone, Android or a computer. Installs to the home screen, works offline after the first load. Also a Discord Activity. Not in the App Store or Google Play.
Praying with others	Groups, prayer intentions that stay up for seven days, private and group chat, prayer campaigns and challenges. Source: the Community tab, prayer campaigns, verified October 31, 2026.	A community intentions feed, Fellows, and live Group Rosary rooms.
A live Rosary, in sync	Its help center describes no live, synchronized group prayer. Source: the Community tab, prayer campaigns, verified October 31, 2026.	Group Rosary rooms: everyone on the same prayer at the same moment, step by step under one host. Public, unlisted or private; can be scheduled, with reminders; joined by link, six-character code or QR code; no participant cap. Spoken rooms: six speakers, up to 400 listeners.
Account	You create an account and sign in to use the free prayers. Source: the free version, verified October 31, 2026.	None to pray the Rosary. A free account to post an intention, follow Fellows, or host or join a live Group Rosary.

Where Hallow is better

Hallow does a great deal that Orabimus does not try to do, and it does it well.

A far bigger library. Hundreds of free prayers and, with the subscription, every Rosary, all the Dailies, Sleep prayers and meditations, music and audiobooks. Orabimus is the Rosary and what surrounds it.
Programs that teach. Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year are in Hallow's free version. Orabimus has nothing like them.
Seasons prayed together. The Pray25 Advent challenge and the Pray40 Lent challenge, which start with the season, come with the subscription.
Voices for the night. Its US App Store listing describes Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours and Bible stories for sleep, read by voices such as Jonathan Roumie and Fr. Mike Schmitz.
Apps everywhere. iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Amazon devices and the web, and it syncs mindfulness minutes with Apple Health.
A very large community. A 4.9 rating from about 382,000 ratings on the US App Store, and groups for parishes and friends with chat and shared intentions.
One plan for a family. Friends and Family covers up to six people for $119.99 a year.

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

Where Orabimus is different

Orabimus is a free Rosary web app, built by one person, Teo, and independent: no ads, no investors, no tracking. It does less than Hallow, on purpose, and puts its care into a few things.

Live, synchronized Group Rosary rooms. The host leads and the whole group moves together, prayer by prayer, each person on their own device. Rooms can be scheduled for your parish's hour, with reminders, and joined by link, code or QR code. In a spoken room six people can speak while up to 400 listen.
Nothing to download. It opens in any modern browser, installs to the home screen and works offline after the first load.
The whole Rosary free. All four sets of mysteries, guided, with no Rosary held back for a subscription.
Nine languages, seven of them spoken. Prayer text in nine languages and studio audio in seven, including English, Spanish and Latin, with every word highlighted as it is spoken.
A gentle weekly rhythm. Three Rosaries in a week make the week's garland.
No account to pray. An account is only needed for what involves other people.

More: how Group Rosary rooms work · the free Rosary app

What each costs

Hallow is free to download, with a free version. In the US its Individual Monthly plan is $9.99 a month, its Individual Annual plan is $69.99 a year (about $6 a month), and its Friends and Family plan is $119.99 a year for up to six people. Hallow says prices depend on the plan, the country or region and where you buy, and that sales tax is not included (Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026).

Orabimus is free, and everything needed to pray stays free. Some people choose to support it: Yearly Supporter $29.99 a year, or Founding Supporter $119 once, limited to 100 people. Supporters can host spoken rooms, which run on a second server, and carry a quiet mark beside their name.

Pray the Rosary together, live.

Open a Group Rosary room, send the link, and pray with your family or your parish group, everyone on the same prayer at the same moment.

Open Orabimus

Free · Nothing to download · Free account to host or join

Questions people ask

Is Hallow free?

Partly. Hallow is free to download, and it says you do not need a paid subscription to use it. The free version includes hundreds of prayers, among them the Daily Rosary, Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year. The subscription adds the rest: all of its Rosaries, the Pray25 and Pray40 challenges, the full Sleep section and audiobooks (Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026).

How much is Hallow?

In the US, $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, and $119.99 a year for the Friends and Family plan, which covers up to six people. Prices depend on the plan, the country or region, and where you buy, and sales tax is extra (Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026).

Can I pray the Rosary live with other people?

Yes, in Orabimus. Open or join a Group Rosary room and everyone in it is on the same prayer at the same moment, step by step under one host, whether you are in the same house or in different states. Rooms can be public, unlisted or private, scheduled with reminders, and joined by link, six-character code or QR code. A free account is needed to host or join. Hallow offers groups, intentions and chat; its help center describes no live, synchronized group prayer (Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026).

Is Orabimus really free?

Yes. Everything you need to pray is free: the full guided Rosary with audio, the intentions feed, Group Rosary rooms, Fellows, the weekly garland and reminders. Supporter plans ($29.99 a year, or $119 once) are optional; supporters can host spoken rooms. Orabimus has no ads, no investors and no tracking.

Does Hallow work on a computer?

Yes. Hallow has a web app as well as apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and Amazon devices (Hallow help center, verified October 31, 2026). Orabimus runs in any modern browser, on a computer or a phone.

Can I use Hallow and Orabimus together?

Yes. They do different things. You can keep Hallow for its library and open Orabimus in a browser whenever you want to pray the Rosary with other people. There is nothing to install.

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Written by the makers of Orabimus. Not affiliated with Hallow, Inc. Orabimus is built by Teo, on his own. Last updated October 31, 2026.

Sources (US listings and help pages, verified October 31, 2026): Hallow, US App Store · Hallow, Google Play · Hallow help center, how much does it cost · Hallow help center, benefits of the paid subscription · Hallow help center, the free version · Hallow help center, where to download · Hallow help center, the web app · Hallow help center, the Community tab · Hallow help center, prayer campaigns