How does pricing work?
LiveSaintly membership is free: full access, every feature, and no card required.
No data sold. LiveSaintly stays independent, so the focus stays on prayer instead of investors.
Is it really Catholic?
Yes. LiveSaintly was built by a practicing Catholic for the daily Catholic faithful. Content is grounded in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope St. Pius X, and the Roman Catechism. Saint biographies are sourced from authoritative Catholic references and reviewed before publication.
If you find any content that doesn't accord with Catholic teaching, email us and we'll correct it.
What's the difference between LiveSaintly and Hallow / Laudate / Magnificat?
The short version:
• Hallow is a paid subscription app ($10+/month). Beautiful, but paywalls the Rosary.
• Laudate is free but feels aged, doesn't treat the Tridentine Mass as first-class, and has limited community features.
• Magnificat is a paid monthly devotional (~$3-5/month). Beautiful editorial product, but not a daily-prayer app.
LiveSaintly is free to use today — every feature, no card required, nothing to cancel. It prioritizes the Tridentine Latin Mass alongside the Roman Rite, has 200+ rich saint biographies, includes examinations of conscience by Ignatius/de Sales/Liguori, and includes community features (groups, prayer chains, shared novenas).
What languages is it available in?
Today the app is English. Interface and prayer translations for Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, German, Filipino, Croatian, and Korean are already written and bundled into the app, but they are not switched on yet — the language picker stays hidden until each one is complete, so nobody lands in a half-translated screen.
The daily Mass readings are English (public-domain Douay-Rheims), and the Tridentine Mass propers are Latin + English. Turning the other nine languages on is active work, not a maybe.
How do I switch between the Roman Rite and the Tridentine Mass?
Open the Today's Readings widget on Home, or open the Mass tab. There's a rite toggle near the top; tap to switch between ROMAN and TRIDENTINE. Your choice is remembered.
Settings → Rite preference also lets you set a default.
How does the prayer streak work?
Your streak counts consecutive days you've checked off at least one prayer habit. The default daily habits are Morning Offering, Daily Readings, the Rosary, and the Evening Examen, though any habit counts.
If you miss a day, the streak resets to zero. Don't break the chain. (You can also add custom habits in Settings.)
How do I create a prayer group?
Open Community tab → tap the gold "+" button bottom-right → Create Group. Pick a name, intention, and add members by username. As admin, you can post messages, start a 24-hour prayer chain, or begin a shared novena that the whole group can check off together.
What's the Catholic Bucket List?
A curated list of 100 things every Catholic should do once: walk the Camino, attend a Tridentine Latin Mass, pray a 15-decade Rosary in one day, make a 33-day Marian consecration, visit the Vatican, read the Catechism cover to cover, and many more. Open the hamburger menu → Catholic Bucket List. Check items off as you complete them.
Can I use LiveSaintly offline?
Most spiritual content (Rosary, Examen, Bucket List, saint biographies for the current day) is cached and works offline once loaded. Daily Mass readings and community features need an internet connection. Future versions will expand offline support.
Do you sell my data?
No. We never sell user data, ever. We do not share prayer requests, messages, or any account information with third parties for advertising or analytics purposes.
Read the full Privacy Policy.
Are my direct messages encrypted?
In transit, yes: every message travels between your phone and our servers over HTTPS, so it is TLS-encrypted on the wire.
At rest, we want to be precise rather than flattering. Your messages are stored as ordinary text in our managed database. Whatever disk-level encryption exists is the one our hosting provider applies to the volume; the app itself does not encrypt the contents of your messages, and they are not end-to-end encrypted. End-to-end encryption is on the roadmap, and we will say so here plainly when it actually ships — not before.
The practical consequence: we can technically read messages, and would have to produce them if compelled by law enforcement with a valid warrant. We never look at user messages otherwise. Please don't send anything through chat that you would not want sitting on a server.
How do I delete my account?
Settings → Account → Delete Account. This permanently removes your profile, prayer history, group memberships, and direct messages within 30 days. You can also email us at livesaintlyapp@gmail.com to request deletion.
I forgot my password.
On the sign-in screen, tap "Forgot password." Enter your email; we send a reset link from noreply@mail.besaintlyapp.com. Check your spam folder if it doesn't arrive within 2 minutes.
What devices does LiveSaintly support?
iOS 15+ on iPhone and iPad — iPad is supported, not a someday. Android 7+ (Nougat or newer). The app is built with React Native + Expo for cross-platform consistency.
I found a bug. How do I report it?
Email livesaintlyapp@gmail.com with: what you did, what you expected, what happened instead, and your device model + OS version. The founder reads every bug report and usually replies within 24 hours.
Can I suggest a feature?
Please do. Email the same address as bug reports. Features get added to a public roadmap; we cluster similar requests and ship them in priority order.
How often are updates released?
Small polish updates (Over-The-Air): roughly every 1-2 weeks.
Major versions with new features: roughly every 6-8 weeks.
OTA updates apply automatically next time you open the app, with no App Store update needed for JS-only changes.