New: reminders for feasts, saints and the seasons of the church year. Four short prayer hours a day – your chosen apps rest until you pray. Protection stays free.
A Catholic prayer app for your iPhone. Build a daily rhythm of prayer with the Church. Pray Shield pairs short prayer hours with an app pause: at those times, your selected apps rest until you have prayed. Read the complete Bible offline, pray the Rosary and reflect in a private evening journal.
PRAYER BEFORE THE NEXT SCROLL
• Choose apps with Apple Screen Time; at your prayer hours, they rest until you have prayed
• Four short prayer hours – Morning, Midday, Evening and optional Night – give your day a simple rhythm
• Each hour takes two to three minutes; tap “Pray now” to begin
• Pause protection for an hour, until morning or over the weekend
• Protection and prayer hours are free
PRAY WITH THE CHURCH
• Pray the Rosary with the mysteries of the day, decade by decade
• Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet at three o’clock, the Angelus at 6 am, noon and 6 pm, the Memorare, an evening examination of conscience and traditional Church prayers
• Use guided prayers for worry, grief and gratitude
THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH YEAR
• Read the complete Bible offline with page turns, verse search and classic woodcut illustrations
• See today’s liturgical season and feast at a glance, with optional feast-day reminders
QUIET, PRIVATE AND READY WHEN YOU ARE
• Keep private prayer intentions and an evening journal
• Add widgets for the verse of the day, next prayer hour, church year and Rosary, plus a Live Activity for the current hour
• Use evening dark mode
• No account. Your prayers, intentions and journal stay on your iPhone.
PRAY SHIELD PLUS
• All 10 guided prayers
• The 3D Rosary with your own pace and the guided full Rosary
• The whole church year: year wheel, month view, every feast with its feast page
• Bible highlights, notes and more bookmarks
• The “Word for today” widget and four extra backgrounds for the verse widget
TRIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION
Pray Shield Plus is an auto-renewable subscription. Eligible customers may see a 3-day free trial for the yearly plan in the App Store; eligibility is confirmed on the purchase screen. After the trial, the selected plan renews at the billing period and price shown by Apple unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. For purchases without a trial, payment is charged to your App Store account when you confirm. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. Existing purchases can be restored in the app.
Pray Shield supports prayer, reflection, and more intentional screen habits. It does not replace counseling, pastoral care, medical care, or emergency help.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pray Shield Terms: https://damiandance.github.io/pray-shield-legal/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://damiandance.github.io/pray-shield-legal/privacy/
Support: d.witko@icloud.com
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• Pray Shield now follows the Catholic tradition throughout: prayers, Rosary and church year in one consistent style.
• Finding Bible books by name now works reliably.
• Cleaner Bible text and small fixes.
Version 3.9
The developer, DAMIAN WITKOWSKI, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Purchases
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
Information
Seller
DAMIAN WITKOWSKI
Size
158.1 MB
Category
Reference
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
