Ascension: Catholic Bible

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About this app

** The #1 Catholic Bible App**

Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.

Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.

TOP FEATURES

THE HOLY ROSARY
Pray the Rosary with Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose with recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries in the Ascension app. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.

DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.

PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.

“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!

STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.

SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.

CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!

SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and most Ascension podcasts in the app for free.

To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:

$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year

(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)

Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Please contact us at support@ascensionpress.com if you have any issues or questions.

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Bible in a Year Podcast, Mass Readings, Rosary, Catechism, and Catholic Prayers
Updated on
Sep 29, 2026

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  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

21.6K reviews
S Howard
September 27, 2025
I loved this app until this latest update 20 Sept 25, now it's "no longer compatible with my device". And just like that I've lost it. 😭😭😭 EDIT: After reading other reviews, I've managed to reinstall the app. Now to see if it works properly. Being without it was just awful. I used it every day and every night.
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Paul McHugh
July 12, 2023
This an amazing app from Ascension. It has worked perfectly and no glitches. I follow, in particular, BIAY with Fr.Mike and having all the episodes on demand is fantastic. Being in Ireland, my usual Podcast app did not upload the daily episode until later in the day for me. I effectively was working a day in arrears! I am looking forward to seeing further developments of the app.
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Warren Leigh
September 1, 2026
As a new Catholic convert from Protestantism, I've come to love Ascension. The content and layout of this app are beautiful; I love the daily readings and they've now added a number of new courses that are free for everyone and which are also really good. I only give this 4/5 because it tends to be slow and glitchy sometimes. Videos get stuck and it can take a while for stuff to load on the homepage. Some of this could just be a bad Internet connection, but I think there's also a few minor bugs.
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What’s new

Join your parish or school right from signup.
Setting up your Ascension account now asks if you belong to a parish or school — search, pick your role, done. Not ready? Skip it, it'll wait for you.

Also new:
• A Verse of the Day widget now greets you when you open the app, straight from today's reflection.
• Your daily checkboxes are back on Home. You asked. We listened. Sorry about that.
• Starting a study plan takes one tap. The "are you sure?" screen has retired.