Ascension: Catholic Bible

This is where I go each day to study the Holy Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The teachers are wonderful. All of the study plans are uplifting. I cannot express enough my appreciation for this wonderful app. I recommend a yearly subscription.

It's perfect for me. I love this app

better than Halo

the readings are done well and Father Mike's commentary after the readings are very insightful. He is not boring!!

This is a great resource for Bible study. The Bible in a year is the best reading plan to go through the Bible I have found.

This app contains the entire Bible and Catechism plus hundreds of opportunities for real growth. The monthly subscription is affordable (skip that grande latte or the equivalent ONCE...prioritize your faith!). The drawback is that every plan in here comes physical media that you have to purchase, I guess, for the full experience. Physical media is not inexpensive, and Ascension really inflates the shipping costs. (added $4.95 to my shipping fee when I added one vinyl sticker to my cart.)

The app has become glitchy. I can't close the section I'm in without out closing the app, including the background hold, and reopening the app. I've deleted and reinstalled the app, but that hasn't fixed the issue. Videos selected do not play once and stop, they replay on a continuous loop.

Knowledge, Inspiration and guidance

Great help with spiritual life

Your programs are awesome and has helped my faith deepen

it's a nice app for catholics

The recap makes all come together.

Sure, they give you a Bible for free and a quick 2 min talk on the daily reading, which you can get that anywhere freely. I can also get the rosary info from the USCCB website for free. HOWEVER, the Ascension team uses the vast majority of the app for profit hiding nearly EVERYTHING behind a pay wall. The Saint of the Day and the Daily Meditation BOTH are now hidden and demanding you pay for "access". Selling Christ and Christianity for profit is on full display within this app.

I've been using this app for nearly 2yrs now but recently been having trouble it won't open I've tried every option but won't open, it opens on my ipad but not my android. any more suggestions? other than this problem i absoulty loved and enjoyed this app.

Bite sized content on demand. It's such a great app and platform to learn more about the Catholic faith. 🙏😊

easy to use. love that father mike reads the Bible for you and you follow along. it helps me understand

Just started using unable to give decent review yet.

last few updates have progressively made the app harder to use and far less convenient. going through my 2 year journey of completing the bible in a year i have many distractions. marking complete when I didn't finish isn't helpful. removing an easy access way of going forward or more specifically backwards wasnt an improvement please give that ability back from the screen where the video is actually playing from. philomena content is the only thing holding up the rating

couldn't live without it!

it's awesome. hope it keeps updating and also hope we get to read even more traditional writings of Catholic Saints etc.

Catholicism

I use the app for the Holy Bible, and it's awesome, they have narration and all!

This will literally change your life.

Wonderful program with many attributes. The Bible in a year is bringing me closer to Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit. It gives me insight to God's word. Father Schmitz is a great narrator and teacher of the Bible and the intricate meanings within. God bless him.

The app keeps shutting off at least once during each Bible in a year or catechism in a year episode. Father Mike is excellent and very engaging though.

Very handy

My favorite for strengthening my faith.

Stimulating and motivating.

This has been a great way to listen to Bible in Year and the other "In a Year" podcasts. the latest update, though (Oct. 9, 2026) made some awful updates. The podcast audio doesn't pause when I get a phone call, you can't get to the main page of the podcasts from clicking on the "Continue with" button on the homepage. I hope these things are addressed soon.

So far the app has been great. no issues at all.

Fr. Mike is the best! He speaks with so much knowledge!

loving this app.

Simply love it!

Would be better if the Bible Answers could be hidden without having to pay, and if it was less buggy. And please bring Saint of Day back as a free feature

The producers of Bible in a Year made the best app to go along with it! Use the free version, or get a yearly subscription to gain access to even more studies and meditations throughout the year. The Advent and Lenten series have been so good, in addition to studies with Fr. Columba! Worth every penny!

Great tool for prayer! Helped me get into daily Rosaries 📿

My wife and I have largely enjoyed this app, but it has continuously reduced functionality to those without a premium membership. I know they need to make money to persist, but the cuts to functionality feel blunt and make me want to leave the app instead of buying it. We may look elsewhere for this content now as the content behind the paywall is largely free across the internet.

Since I got the app in 2023 I have absolutely loved it. Listening to the Bible in a Year even encouraged me to go back to church after a long gap. Recently though, I went to read the saint of the day, and it was behind a paywall. Unfortunately at this time I'm not in a position to pay for the subscription, but I read the saint of the day to my 8 year old son every day and we both really enjoy it. Is it possible to make it free again?

The app is recommended if you want to understand church history, read the bible or just revise knowledge on the faith. However I don't like that there is a premium mode (paid for). Luckily the premium does not lock anything important.

booooo bring back free saint of the day! stop being focused on the money and keep spreading the gospel!

Best way to read and understand the Bible. Great job Father Mike! 🤩🙏

Keeps crashing - maybe I need to go to confession?

This app will prepare you for eternal life.

This is a phenomenal app for anyone interested in learning more about their faith or in praying daily. It is rich in knowledge through various formats from readings to podcasts to videos and from courses to simple reflections. I love it! I started the Bible in a Year. It is a great way to reflect on those stories we hear each Sunday at Mass in a fuller and richer way. The app is very easy to use.

I am grateful for the access to so many options to learn and experience God's love.

great place to learn about the bible, hear homilies, and many other features

I love this app. and how i am learning so much and getting closer in my walk with the Lord.

easy to navigate, everything you need in one place . thank you, I love your app.❣️

I haven't even open it up yet but I already know it's gonna be a game changer

a great way to help you get closer to God. let the teachings sink in.

Excellent!

the best app bible app I was looking for which God showed ty very much

this app preys on people of faith allowing ad-malware to install malware. It should be destroyed not before Google Play fines these charlatans for infecting mobile phones and making them unusable!

Very good

Prayers and Supplication. Always.

Fenomenal!! Estoy fascinada.

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.

it's amazing to be able to find the answers to the questions keeping me up at night.

This is the best Catholic app, in my opinion, for Bible and Catechism studies.

I love this app, there is so much available helping me on my faith journey

Great app. Would appreciate having landscape and dark modes. Any chance of getting the liturgy of the hours on this app?

Life changing 🙌 😌 ✨️

I love this app for bundles of free and subscribed content. Catholics and Christians can learn so much about Biblical scripture, faith, history, and the Church. Ascension is the official publisher, producer and sponsor of products like "The Bible in Year," which are made available to other platforms, like Hallow. This app serves as a leisure or an educational platform, as it delivers a variety of audio and video content for prayers, meditation, or deep-learning for independent or group study.

For Catholics ready to take their spiritual lives like it ought to be, this is a great find. I'd recommend it to all Christians.

The content is very good, and inspiring, esp the Bible In a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz. The app itself however is horrible- very buggy. I need to power cycle my phone daily in order to authenticate and get my readings in order. I am using a Pixel 9 Pro XL on current SW.

Love this app so much (and I'm not even Catholic - I'm Anglican (with an Anglo Catholic heart) 🙏

this is just what I have been looking for forever. so much information. I could never understand the old testament and this gives such detailed information to help you understand the scriptures. and ties the old and new covenents together. I saw a free 7 day trial pop up and decided why not ? didn't even take a day to realize that I had came across a wealth of information. I will take the one year subscription without a doubt.

I love this app it has everything I need ngl.

First time actually learning about and understanding the Bible. I'm 75, and the Bible wasn't actually taught in my Catholic history. Finally, it's explained to me identifying the twelve narrative books that tell the story of scripture from beginning to end in, then the supplemental books are contextualized within storyline of the fourteen narrative books. Well done!!!

So far I love this app, the only thing is that if I have to stop a rosary and try to click continue where I left off it will kick me back to the beginning.

Mandatory registration...

beautiful word of good

Update 8/15/26: Everything is working great now. I do wish more of the content was available via audio (like Saint of the Day, meditations, etc.), but overall,a great app with excellent content and functionality. 1/6/26: I love this app and have been a paid subscriber. But as of this week (around 1/6/26), it's not loading on my phone. please fix the bug.

Half the time the app won't open and now for some reason it's repeating days I marked completed in the Bible in a year. Not to mention that most of the time when I listen to an episode until the end that is says it has 15 or so seconds left and doesn't mark as completed.

Excellent choice for an ordinary believer

wonderful app.

great app if you want to learn.

Very Helpful. Great info.

I would love to get this app. I can't pay any money! Sorry! I have Parkinson's and that takes the money plus, I have Fibromyalgia~I love this app! So everyone~~please, try to get this app! Thank you! 🙏🙏✝️🛐

excellent content but terribly glitchy

I'm enjoying the Bible in a Year podcast on Ascension, and am looking forward to exploring more of what the app offers.

Great app! Love to see a well made professional Bible app about.

I use this app to listen to the Bible in a Year podcast, and I recently found out that it also has captions for the podcast, which is so HELPFUL😁 God bless you all 🙏🤗

Close r to God , everyday

this app found me at the right time and it really helped me grow and stand firm in my faith.

I have screenshots of inaccuracies in the information that it gives. That's odd and confusing. Also it lags when toggling from one option to the other, it looks great put it's lacking in its functions.

I love the content, but the media player is not good. There needs to be a button that shows the player because if I switch out of the app, then back in, I cannot get it to pull up. Thus you can't pause, back up, or anything. So I'm forced to go back to Spotify and miss out on the exclusive extra BIY content.

Changed my phone, now the app is not allowing me to log in

works well, great content.

It has been such a great help to me to be able to hear God's word and to have Father Mike speaking about the chapters we read, helping them to be so much more easily understood

Great

App that is life-changing!!!

The past months, the videos always get stuck...

For more than a year now, there has been a problem when typing rosary intentions. You cannot see what you are typing. Therefore, making any edit is quite challenging.

fantastic overview of Catholic Bible.

i think a feature that would really elevate this app is if it automatically saved where im at in my Bible reading.

Love the app! Please consider adding standard Chromecast support. Being able to tap a "casting button" to stream the Rosary and podcasts directly to Google Home speakers without Bluetooth workarounds would greatly enhance daily family prayer.

Amazing app!

Where to start... prayers, bible studies, devotionals, and more. Something for everyone. I love to hear the speakers share their stories of salvation, hope, faith, and love for Christ. Give it a try, if you are ready to draw near to Christ. Gain understanding in what and why the church teaches and why.

Reading plan at the moment "Your Journey Through the Bible"

Ascension app. Is wonderful im learning a lot more about and understanding Bible and what it's teaching me. I recommend it to anyone who what's to get a better understanding of the Bible

This app isn't really what I was hoping for. I found it when searching for a Catholic Bible app. I noticed that this app offers access to the Bible itself for free, but charges for extra content. I'm not interested in the extra content, but I was still hoping to take advantage of the free access to the Bible. That free content is definitely available, but the app is a lot more aggressive in pushing you towards a paid membership than I thought it would be.

The Bible in a year series is like watching a great movie in my mind. Listening to the mini segments have helped me to understand the Bible as it was intended. Finally, I have opened my own Bible to read along. Thank you .

I have learned so much, especially from the 'Guide' in Daily Readings as from well as 'Bible in a Year'

I particularly love the Bible and Catechism In A Year podcasts. I also love the spiritual content for every season in the church's calendar. This app is a must have for every Catholic. ❤️🙏

The content within the app is amazing, 5 out of 5 Stars. However the app itself can be frustrating at times. Trying to listen to Bible in a Year, Unsuccessful. The app crashes frequently and I can't get it to resume playing without at least 5-10 min of fiddling with it. I am cleaning and having to stop to fix the issue often isn't realistic. This happened last year and I defaulted to another podcast app.

very disappointed why ? its not the app its great, it's the fact I signed up for full access for a Year for lent. and by June they're trying charge me for another year. not even six months has past let alone a year. not very Christian. expected much better.

this app continues to get better, but I've noticed that sometimes words get cut off. Romans chapter 4 verse one ends with "according to the" it's missing flesh. it makes me concerned that other verses are missing words where the context isn't so obvious

Lowering to 3 stars. The app is frustrating these days. Rosary intentions are nearly impossible to edit and then do not stay marked when they've been chosen. I'd like to feel a bit more at peace with my paid subscription.

great app. very easy to navigate and I appreciate the guides to the daily Gospel readings

Edit: Dropping to 3 three star. Crashing and slowdown is only getting worse months later. The content is glorious. However, the app is so poorly optimized that it's hard to explore without getting frustrated. Like an old Excel file that you keep jamming information into until it slows to a crawl.

Through this app, I have access to so many resources to help me learn more about my faith and to inspire me as I strive to grow in and live out my faith in this earthly journey. I am so grateful for all involved in giving us these resources.

I have a problem with the app, saying "something is wrong, please try again later" when I try to sign in. This continues even after I update, uninstall and install the app.

First of all I love Father Mike Schmitz! He's an amazing, wonderful Holy Priest! He loves all of us the followers of Christ, & I'm sure brings many to know & love the Lord Jesus! I first heard him on the Hallow app another favorite of mine, & when I started listening to a "Bible in a year teaser on the Hallow app" I decided to get the Asention app, & then I purchased the New Catholic Advenure Bible w/tabs & I'm on my 3rd.week, & it's absolutely so beautiful to learn God's precious Word this way.

I want to love this app, but it is impossible to do so with SO MANY PROBLEMS. Between user interface issues that were never resolved after an update to one of the least useful & least responsive media players I've ever had the displeasure to use, Ascension makes it very hard to enjoy their app. Their content is excellent —⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️— however, I refuse to buy the premium access to additional content because of how awful I find their app to be. Honestly, I'd scrap it & start from scratch. My 2¢.

I have listened to and loved Fr. Mike and this is what drew me to the app. Many features are not accessible on the free version. The premium version has lots of additional information that helps contextualise the readings and deepen my understanding of the Catholic faith.

I have nothing bad to say on the content. I only have gratitude for Jeff, father Mike and all the team who worked on making this possible. The reason I put 3 stars is because of the app perfomance. I used to read the text while listening at the same time to the podcast of the Bible in a year. I would scroll manually through the text to take notes. But now I can't scroll through anymore, and I can't take notes. The performance got a lot worse too. Please bring back the version from early 2025.

This is the best Lenten program I have come across in years! It's not only for those just getting their feet wet in the faith, but a challenge for those who want to grow stronger. Father Columba is awesome! He gives us so many ways of looking into things just a little different. My mantra that I keep in mind from his talks is the word "ouch". Lent should have just a bit of ouch in it! Good reminder when it doesnt!

I love the enthusiasm of the Ascension App. I'm only a week in and trying to get acquainted with all of the features. I retain better when I can listen and read at the same time, so my 4 star rating is because I would like to hear the daily readings as well, so I can follow along or listen to them while I drive on my commute. I'm praying for each and everyone of you! 🤗💝

In itself: Fantastic app, and I've gotten it to work on my Phone without issue. But I must give a negative review, cause the login process failed entirely on my Samsung tablet, since the app exclusively relies on the link you get sent via email. Whenever I open the link, it doesn't log me into the app, but rather just opens up some random web page that tells me to download the app via the play store. The option to log in via password gives an error, and AFAIK you can't create a password at all.

App keeps crashing when I click to re-listen to a section of day 3 Bible in a Year. Cache has been cleared. That didn't make a difference. So I see that there was a very recent update of bug fixes. This occurs today, after the update. I also WANT to know...4.99 for a month and then in April 59.99 more?

excellent resource. rich. I have very high speed internet and a new phone, speed is 2 gbps download and upload. sadly the app pauses/freezes constantly when streaming, is slow to upload. my guess is that Ascension needs to invest in more servers or bandwidth to support content. Don't get me wrong, the content is incredible, the formay, lay out incredible. my only frustration is the constant pauses, freezing etc. I bought a year subscription and will renew because the content is so wonderful

I am really glad that I found a Bible app that is designed for Catholics. It has very clean interface, full New American Bible with both text and audio (fantastic, vivid Fr. Mike's voice!). The only problem is that the audio player itself is very buggy: when I click the button to start, nothing happens. Then, when I wait about 10 seconds it starts and I can't stop it. When transitioning between chapters it also doesn't work correctly. Besides that major bug, great app!

It started out great and over the last month has really declined. I started using this app on a regular basis at the beginning of the year and have been following the catechism in a year podcast as well as the rosary in a year podcast. In the past month or so the format has changed, its hard to find the podcasts, finding where you left off and getting to the podcast episode menu is glitchy. There is no longer a % status for progress. I wanted to do the Bible in the year in January but probably

I really like the app however there are two aspects that are preventing me from giving it 5 stars and subscribing at this time: 1. The performance on Android is not the best when compared to iOS. Using a Pixel 9 the app still struggles at times and sometimes it's very hard to use. 2. When I change the playback speed the voices also change with it, which makes it really hard to focus as the voices become chipmunk like for a lack of better wording.

Great app, but would have been greater if I could have been able to access some of the other functions without having to have full access at a cost especially for foreign students. One of my biggest problems that I am experiencing is that the reading and wording doesn't sync and access becomes difficult to control. Buffering, although great internet connection. in the beginning not a single problem.

Part way into the current Daily Calendar Readings, it FROZE. Nothing could unfreeze the screen except to Close the App. Short while later tried again and it FROZE on the same screen. Select "instrumental music" is NOT actual but a computer generated 'electronic'.. wouldn't let me choose an other. (Hmmm? Gregorian Chant would have been nice? 😁) 70+, NOT tech savvy, was sent a LONG "to do" list to "fix" the app. 😔 Didn't recognize some terms? Giving up! pls CANCEL app. REFUND of 59.99

Best Bible app for catholics. I'm glad they included other catholic versions of the bible so we have options if we want a more modern english translation approved by the catholic church. i just hope that loading of the daily readings will become more stable and fast. there are times when i have to quit the app, close it in the background and open it again just to make sure the readings will load properly. im just using the free version but I'm more than satisfied with it already. thank you.

Almost there. Great content and layout. Tech issues: When I scroll further down to see a following Bible chapter, it'll always skip an entire chapter. The app is quite janky and slow using Android 14, 8 GB Ram, 2.2 GHz CPU, esp. handeling podcasts and connected animations while trying to read along in the Bible section while listening. I do maintenance and restart my phone regularly. Thanks and God bless!

The best Bible app! it has it all at the reach of your fingertips! I love that you can add notes, highlight and so much more. the free version is great but honestly paying for the full subscription is definitely worth it because your able to read other popular questions and further your understanding of God's word. love the app! also it helps to read when your on the Go or if you forgot your Bible for young adult group at least you have it on your phone!

This App is wonderful when it works. I have had to uninstall and reinstall it too many times! It also takes a long time to load compared to my Hallow App. I feel guilty even writing this review, but I am a day behind in The Rosary in a Year Podcast and the app is frozen. I just finished The 7 Deadly Sins podcast and wanted to start RIY and it's frozen. Maybe I need to let it go - pun intended from the cartoon movie. .

Great app! I really enjoy the content, keep up the amazing work. One bit of feedback for Ascension, the jump from free to premium feels quite steep. You might see more people subscribing if there was a more accessible mid-tier option. Just a thought that could work in your favour, still, big fan of what you’re doing, God Bless.

Started Bible in a Year in 2024 but fell off and picked up where I left off last night. I noticed the readings load very slowly now and there is a lag as you scroll down the page. The scrolling then thinks you're trying to underline a passage and the highlighting menu pops up. I have to swipe the highlighting menu down to get rid of it, then I lose my place because the audio is way ahead of me. I have to pause the audio and read to catch up. Text used to load very fast. On a Lenovo tab P11 Plus.

I enjoy listening to the Bible in a Year, and the Rosary in a Year, but I have a lot of problems with the app. If I listen to an episode, it doesn't mark it as listened to, so then it's hard to remember where I'm at. If I try to listen to a second episode in the same day, it stops in the middle. Also, the go back and go forward buttons never work so I always have to listen to the whole spiel at the beginning with what you're reading from, etc, etc. I can not pause it either. Frustrating.

I paid the annual subscription. About 3 weeks into listening to the bible in one year, the app glitched and the bible in a year podcast kept getting 'stuck' a couple of minutes in and would let me listen to the rest of the podcast or any of the days thereafter. I tried restarting my phone. Still the same issue occurred. I then unistalled and reinstalled it, but now it's not picking up that I'm on a paid subscription. It keeps asking me to pay again to access all the extra feature.

I love the Bible in a Year and Rosary in a Year, and have previously listened on spotify. Even though Fr. Mark Mary claims that the Ascension app is the best place to listen, there is zero benefit in listening through this app. It does not keep track of your progress. You have to manually mark each episode as completed, and scroll down the list of episodes every day to find the next one. Not a big deal when you're on day 39, but this goes on for a year!

I really love this app! I love not having to open YouTube or some other app for the Ascension podcasts or the rosary. As a busy mom, it is really helpful to have guided rosaries because I am so unfocused, I have trouble praying the rosary on my own at this stage of life. I also LOVE being able to track my intentions! And so grateful that a lot of the content is free! Can't say enough good about it!

Ever since I found this app, my life has not been the same. This is the third time I'm going through the Bible in a year, and trying to go through catechism was really unsuccessful. 1st time), I was following it on Spotify. this app allows you to read along, easily find what you missed, and go back to it. And MANY other features and programs like The Rosary is just amazing. Highly recommend it

Sometimes app is glitchy, not being able to play the podcast. Also, book of Judith is labelled as part of the return time period even though it is in the exile time period. I wish that the reading plans are still in the app. It is so convenient to see the readings each day but I don't see it anymore...

I love all of the content included in this app. The only thing I'm still working on now is trying to find the option to read through the podcasts since the upgrade came out. It had an option to read the Bible in a Year episodes before, but I haven't found that option since the upgrade yet. I appreciate what you all are doing. Keep up the hard work!

Excellent app, very functional, very beautiful. Only, since English isn't my native language, I need to slow down the narration for comfortable understanding. In another app, I listen to Fr. Mike at 0.7x and that feels truly good. Unfortunately, I can't get that speed in this app, even though I can get 0.75x, which is great, almost as good, but I can feel the difference, and it just isn't as comfortable. Probably native speakers of English can't relate to this detail. Please, could you add 0.7x?

I find it easy to navigate. I'm listening to bible in a year. The only thing that bothers me is the scrolling of the text. It triggers my migraine because of the constant bouncing. I think it would have been nice to be able to scroll manually for a smoother experience. I'm afraid I'll have to go back to YouTube. I will still use the app for its other content 🙏🏻I wish I could purchase some of the books like the lenten one but the shipping will cost more than the book. Nice if it's an ebook. Ty

Wonderful resource to use for Ascension's Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year. I love that they added the daily readings and a short video to meditate on the Mass readings. I also love that the paid version of the app gives you access to several of Ascension's wonderful studies such as Adventure Bible program, Theology of the Body, deeper studies on different books of the Bible, etc. Please keep adding more studies!

This is the best Bible study I have done. Very easy yo understand & follow. The notebook is a great place for your notes. The companion books as well as the Old Testament guide have been very helpful. The Ascencion app. is also very helpful with lots of insight and reflections. The Bible in a Year has made understanding the Old Testament easy and does not feel like a chore. I actually look forward every day to my time studying the Bible.

The app will stop working in the middle of a podcast, & I can't get it started again. I have to switch to my podcast app & listen there. This is frustrating since I paid money for the app. I often listen when I'm driving on the freeway, so I can't make the switch at that moment. I'm tempted to request a refund & just use my podcast app. I know there are other features that I can use, & I do like those. I just wish I didn't have to use 2 apps to get all that I should be able to get from 1.

I love the ascension app. There is so much content to choose from. I listen to several things each morning as I get ready for work and sometimes more in my car. I've done Bible in a year and catechism in a year, and now I'm going back to do Bible in a year again hoping to take the time to actually sit with my Great Adventure Bible and read along, highlight, take notes etc. There is always more to learn and just listening It's easy to get distracted. So hope to get even more out of it.

An essential Catholic app. It has both the entire Bible and Catechism. They are both very clean to look at, and were digitaly transformed perfectly. I understand why they had to have a subscription service for the extra info from a business standpoint. Other than that, it is still overflowing with useful info. I am having an issue right now where I can't open the app, but other than that, it is basically perfect.

I always waited for an app like this, specially a trusted app that speak the word of God and made by a trusted catholic priest. The app is easy to use, the spacing between lines, audio speed with shortcut from the reading text itself, the notes inside the texts, Catechism with more expanding explanation in separate page, the free podcasts with a download options are free. Over all I'm so amazed with the app and will definitely put it into use for my spiritual happiness.Thanks Father Michael!

Edited: The app was wonderful, I was using it all the time and I learnt a lot from it and it really helped strengthened my understanding and faith. But I dropped a star because they now make you pay to access certain features when it used to be for free. It would be good to have an app completely free. Amazing app, I love how Catholics finally have a proper bible app that is interactive and clean for the users. I love how organised the bible and catechism is.

This is an excellent way to read the Bible. I'm only up to lesson 35 but this app is the best way to read the bible. Fr. Mike is excellent. He reads a segment of the bible then explains what you heard. I will never fully understand the bible but with this app I feel I have learned so much and I have 11 more months to go. I could never discipline my self to sit down and try to just read the bible but with this app I look forward every day for another segment. I highly recommend it to all Catholic

Could be a million times better. The text does not sync with the spoken word so if you are trying to follow along by reading you will always be 7-8 lines behind. Pretty worthless. Back when it was on YouTube you could follow along far more accurately with their transcript than on this "vaunted" app. Notified them 3 different times of this bug and not only haven't they fixed it they haven't even acknowledged it's existence. I think I am deleted the App and going back to YouTube.

Great adventure bible and CCC in one. And in your pocket. As someone who bought both paper tomes, this perfectly fits the modern day when we don't lug our books around anymore when we are out and about. The ability to jump to the linked sections of both bible and ccc is underrated. You can jump immediately instead of flipping the book feverishly. :) Wish we had daily mass readings and reflections. Then we truly have a universal app for Catholic Study on the go

Everything you need for the Bible or Catechism in a Year is right here and easy to use. I especially love that I don't have to deal with ads anymore to listen to these podcasts. The search feature is also very handy. I used it just the other day when someone in my Rosary group had questions about the Mass. It took all of 30 seconds to find the perfect Catechism paragraphs to help.

Great app! I will definitely recommend to all of my family and friends. Having the Bible and Catechism in one place is awesome. Hopefully they add popular prayers devotions, teachings of Church Fathers and Saints to the app, which would make this one of the most complete Catholic Apps out there. I look forward to seeing what Ascension is going to do with the app.

This is a great app that's intuitive and easy to use. I loved the Bible in a Year and am loving the Catechism in a Year podcasts, and having both of them easily available in one app is awesome! Would highly recommend this app. I haven't had any technical issues so far.

I love this app. I only have a couple of notes. One, dark mode would be awesome. Two, I wish there was a way to follow along with the readings without scrolling that would include verse numbers/catechism numbers. Three, what if there was a liturgy of the hours built into the app? Maybe a new project once CIY is done is a liturgy of the hours podcast with Fr. Mike. Just a thought. but yeah, the app is absolutely fantastic and I love using it. It's such a convenient way to plug into the word.

a few glitches and quality of life issues currently hold it back, but the app is brand new and I can only see it getting better. The commentaries and content packed into this are amazing. I love the app and look forward to using it whenever I have a free moment. This app offered more than I was expecting and i recommend it to anyone looking to learn more about and better understand the Bible and the Catholic faith 😁👍🏽👍🏽

Great app. Really love that I have the bible and catechism in one place on my phone. Feature request: can we have the option to download podcasts as I often listen to them when I'm out and have no mobile signal. At the moment I still have to use Google Podcasts.

I definitely like the read-along feature and the variable speed feature. I can even scroll to an earlier section of text if I want to review something. I have found only 2 things I would change. The read-along feature displays about 3 lines of text and then inserts a blank line. Sometimes this separates an important word from the rest of the sentence, making comprehension more difficult. Also there is one listened episode displayed out of order, at the bottom as if it is the next to hear.

This is my favorite Bible app, and it easily has the best online/digital Catechism. The Bible comes with all the same notes, cross references, commentary, and features of the physical Great Adventure Bible (which is also my favorite Catholic Bible). On top of this, you get Fr. Mike's Bible in a Year podcast and Catechism in a Year podcast. It is a well-designed, good-looking, functional app, and I highly recommend it.

I have needed something offering The Bible in a Year & The Catechism in a Year all in one easy to use place. Listening to those podcasts on other platforms was possible before now, but filtering through other podcasts sometimes caused a distraction I didn't need. I also like the availability of the entire Bible in either audio or written format, including several audio "footnotes," which come in handy. The entire Bible is read by Fr Mike. You can highlight and save favorite passages.

I was so excited for this app, and it did not disappoint! The Bible and the Catechism in one place?! Brilliant! I LOVE the clickable cross references. The one "issue" I have experienced, is at the end of Bible chapters the last line or two gets cut off before scrolling up to jump to the next chapter. I have noticed in the Catechism (currently in the 1300s about the Eucharist), some of the longer quotes are listed within the paragraph, and then also again underneath with a line separating it.

I really love this app. I very much appreciate having all the Bible and Catechism resources in one place. The layout is clean and easy to follow. Both podcasts pick right up where I left off so big plus there. For me, it's missing two things which hold it back at 4 stars. Please add Android Auto support for those of us who like to listen while driving. Also please include dark mode to make it a little easier on the eyes. Then will be 5 stars for sure! ✝️

This is a wonderful app. It's one of my preferred Bible translations (I like the original RSV-CE a little bit more), it has the Catechism built in, and the notes are insightful and from authoritative teachers (Popes, scholars, etc). The UI is intuitive and easy on the eyes. The only thing I can think of that might make it better is the ability to copy from the notes as is possible from the Scripture itself.

Perfect timing! I had been looking for an e-book Bible, and this one is free. I love that you can read or listen. No matter how many times Jeff Cavins says to make notes in your Bible, I can't write in a book. I will be highlighting and writing notes all over this Bible ap. I have the beautiful Adventure Bible and Ascension Catechism (so gorgeous, totally worth the price) and now I can take them with me. So many great qualities besides convenience.

Thank you for this wonderful application. Today I started using it, and stopped using Spotify. The only problem I have with this app, it doesn't play the next chapter of the bible automatically, even after I turned on autoplay next audio chapter and autoplay next episode; please fix this issue. Thanks once again Ascension team for being a leader in catholic formation.

Best app for studying the Word of God, has all the features one needs to really understand and dive deeper into your faith journey. I love how you can read along, highlight, take notes, and listen to helpful, insightful commentary. I'm so excited to continue using!! God bless.

I am so excited for this app! It is fantastic to have both The Great Adventure Bible and Ascension's version of the Catechism in a digital format. I am able to instantly pull them up when I'm having discussions of Fr. Mike "In a Year" podcasts. This afternoon, while waiting for my car (a few hours), I was able to listen to Fr. Mike's podcasts while reading along! I didn't have to wait until I was home with my Bible or Catechism - I was able to make constructive use of this down time!