Hard Road is a comprehensive Catholic daily discipline app that integrates spiritual practice, physical fitness, nutrition tracking, and self-examination into a single experience anchored to the liturgical calendar. Nine core virtues. One daily rule of life. No shortcuts.
NINE VIRTUES, ONE RULE OF LIFE
Each day is measured by nine habits spanning body, mind, soul, and relationships: Arise, Pray, Consume, Examen, Build, Nourish, Work, Love, and Leisure. Complete them all for a Perfect Day — or use Gentle Start to build up gradually over two weeks.
COMPLETE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
A full digital Breviary built in — no external books required. Seven canonical hours from the Office of Readings to Compline, with a 4-week psalter rotation of 315+ psalms and canticles in the Douay-Rheims translation, 237 patristic readings, and seasonal Marian antiphons.
DAILY MASS READINGS & ROSARY
710 lectionary entries covering the full 3-year Sunday and 2-year weekday cycles. A guided Holy Rosary with daily mystery rotation and full prayer texts.
STRUCTURED BIBLE READING
Read through all of the Narrative of Salvation at your own pace — 90, 180, or 365 days — with progress tracking.
WORKOUT & FITNESS TRACKING
Pre-built and custom workout templates. 78 exercises with real-time set, rep, and weight logging. RPE tracking, rest timers, personal records, 1RM estimation, and detailed cardio pacing with ACSM metabolic equations. Post-workout share cards.
NUTRITION WITH LITURGICAL FASTING
TDEE calculator, macro presets, food search via USDA and Open Food Facts with barcode scanning. The interface adapts between "Fuel" and "Fast" based on the Church calendar.
NIGHTLY EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
Guided Ignatian Examen with seven deadly sins assessment, mood tracking, journaling, and historical pattern analysis.
BROTHERHOOD
Anonymous global community stats plus small-group accountability with up to 8 men. Weekly VP leaderboards, group challenges, emoji encouragement, patron saint selection, and leader tools.
GAMIFICATION WITH SUBSTANCE
Virtue Points, 50 levels across 6 achievement tiers from Pilgrim to Crusader, 30+ achievements, 77 Ascetic Challenges, and shareable milestone cards. Every metric maps to real spiritual and physical growth.
ANALYTICS & REVIEWS
Weekly, monthly, and seasonal reviews with coaching. Multi-period analytics across prayer, fitness, nutrition, and examen data. Compliance calendar and per-habit analysis.
PREMIUM
14-day free trial. $49.99/year or $99.99 lifetime. Prayers, Scripture, and Habit tracking will always be free. Premium unlocks Workout/Nutrition Tracking, Monthly/Seasonal Reviews and advanced analytics.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HardRoad.us
Ratings & Reviews
5.0
out of 5
2 Ratings
Hard Road 2.0 — the biggest update yet.
CHALLENGES
Take on personal and group challenges, including outcome-based goals — lose weight, run more, get stronger, pray more, read more — with a daily habit as the enabler that gets you there.
BROTHERHOOD
Form small accountability groups, share progress, and pursue group challenges together.
PRAYER & SCRIPTURE — always free
• Liturgy of the Hours: year-round Office of Readings, Lauds, Vespers, Daytime, and Night Prayer
• Daily Mass readings
• A date picker on every Hour to browse any liturgical day
BODY
• Workout logging and an exercise library
• Food tracking with nutrition goals and one-tap re-logging
• Season-aware fasting
GROWTH
• Progress dashboard with daily score trends
• Week, month, and season reviews
Plus a refined app icon, a corrected liturgical calendar, and many fixes and refinements throughout. Walk the Hard Road.
Version 2.0.13
The developer, Brendan Cordial, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More