Ascension: Catholic Bible

4.7
17.3K reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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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 thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.

TOP FEATURES

PRAY THE ROSARY
Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose lead recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries of the Rosary. 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 all 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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Updated on
Sep 21, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.7
16.3K reviews
Corey Frank
October 26, 2025
occasionally, the media stops playing every 3 to 5 minutes. play/pause button doesn't work. phone in pocket, doing chores and the media just stops playing. very frustrating, have to stop what I'm doing, take off gloves, kill the app, then restart. I noticed that when I go to the app to start playing the media again, it reads 0:00 to -0:00 for the time. not sure if it is due to a network issue and the app doesn't cache the media...
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Chris McKay
October 14, 2025
Material is very good, but overall, it is a disorganized confusing mess that has few options to organize. I love that there is a lot of content, but the more content you have, the better organized it needs to be. Also pushes paid premium content too much, especially when it's so cumbersome to find anything on it, track your progress and get started.
5 people found this review helpful
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Kathleen Barth
May 26, 2025
I really like this app a lot. It's easy to use. I even subscribe so that I can get the various Bible studies. Why just 4 stars? It does not accurately track my progress. When I listen to BiaY, it ALWAYS leaves me with a few seconds left, usually around 15, even though I listened to the entire episode. If I re-listen to the episode, it starts at the beginning. I have to manually set my completion on each episode. This is a real annoyance since none of my other apps have this problem. Please fix!
18 people found this review helpful
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What’s new

Minor bug fixes and improvements; support for older versions of Android.