Hallow App Review: What It Costs and Whether It Is Worth It

Our Verdict on Hallow

Hallow is a well-made, faithful Catholic app with a very large library and a generous free tier. Hallow describes itself on the App Store as offering over 10,000 sessions, more than 50 guides, and most prayers in three lengths, typically 5, 10 or 15 minutes. Its content is developed by Catholic theology and spirituality guides and reviewed by senior Church figures, according to the same listing.

Who should pay: people who pray with audio daily, families who will share the $119.99 plan, and anyone who wants the seasonal challenges with a community. Who should not: people who will forget the app after the trial, and anyone who would rather pay once than renew every year.

How Much Does Hallow Cost in 2026?

Hallow costs $69.99 a year or $9.99 a month for an individual in the United States, as of November 2026. Those are the prices on Hallow's App Store listing and in its own help center article on subscription cost. Prices do not include sales tax and vary by country and by where you buy (Hallow's website, the Apple App Store or Google Play).

The annual plan works out to about $5.83 a month. The monthly plan costs $119.88 over twelve months, so anyone who keeps Hallow for a year saves about $50 by choosing annual. The three-year column is simple arithmetic at today's prices; Hallow can change its prices, and renewals are charged at whatever the price is then.

Hallow also gives complimentary access to priests, religious, many organisations in need, retreats and Christian nonprofits, according to its help center. Many parishes and schools also run Hallow partnerships, so ask your parish office before you pay.

Prices as listed on Hallow's App Store page and help.hallow.com for US customers, as of November 2026.

What Is Free on Hallow?

A lot is free on Hallow, and the free version needs no subscription at all. Hallow's help center lists these as permanently free, among others:

• Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz
• The Daily Rosary and the Divine Mercy Chaplet
• The Daily Gospel in 5, 10 and 15 minute versions, plus Daily Mass Readings and Daily Meditation
• The Examen and a 7-Day Litany of Trust Challenge
• Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz, and the Rosary, Stations of the Cross and Sunday Sermons with Bishop Barron

That free list is enough for a serious daily prayer routine. A Catholic who prays the Rosary on the commute, listens to the Gospel each morning and follows Bible in a Year can do all of it on Hallow for nothing. If that is you, you do not need the paid plan, and you may not need any paid app.

If your main goal is listening to the Rosary, our guide to the audio Rosary and where to pray along today compares the free recordings side by side.

What Does the Paid Hallow Subscription Add?

The paid Hallow subscription adds the parts of the app most people associate with Hallow's marketing. According to Hallow's comparison of the free and paid versions, a subscription unlocks:

• All Dailies, such as Daily Reflections with Jeff Cavins, Morning Psalms with Bishop Barron and Saint of the Day
• The full Sleep section: Night Prayer, a Nightly Examen, sleep meditations, bedtime prayers for kids, and sleep sessions from Fr. Mike Schmitz and Jonathan Roumie
• All music and Music Radio, with artists such as The Vigil Project and Matt Fradd's Catholic lofi
• Pray25 in Advent and Pray40 in Lent, plus longer challenges such as a 33-Day Marian Consecration and the St. Michael Chaplet
• Audiobooks, including Story of a Soul and Introduction to the Devout Life
• All the Rosaries and Chaplets, where the free tier has some

The App Store listing also lists features that help a habit stick: a journal after every prayer, reminders, offline downloads, optional background music such as Gregorian chant, and Hallow Family groups for sharing intentions.

What Hallow Does Well

Hallow does three things very well, and they explain why it leads the category.

Production quality

The narration, music and app design are polished. Well-known voices such as Fr. Mike Schmitz, Bishop Barron and Jonathan Roumie make it easy to press play. For someone who has never prayed the Examen or Lectio Divina, a calm guide talking you through it in ten minutes lowers the barrier a long way.

Choice of length

Offering most sessions at 5, 10 or 15 minutes is a smart design. On a bad day you take the five-minute version and keep the habit alive. Prayer habits usually die on the busy days, and Hallow plans for them.

Seasonal community

Pray40 and Pray25 give Lent and Advent a shared rhythm. Praying the same session as thousands of other Catholics on the same day helps many people stay with it. Keep in mind that both challenges sit behind the paid subscription.

Where Hallow Falls Short

Hallow's weak points are about cost and fit more than content.

• The bill renews every year. At $69.99 a year, five years of Hallow costs $349.95 at today's price. That is fine if you use it daily. It adds up if you open it twice a month.
• The trial auto-renews. Individual plans start with a free trial that turns into a paid subscription unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Hallow says it emails a reminder two days before the trial ends, and suggests checking your spam folder.
• Sign-in and data. Hallow asks you to sign in with Google, Apple or a student login. Its App Store privacy label says purchases and identifiers may be used to track you across other companies' apps and websites. Read the label and decide for yourself.
• Size can work against focus. Ten thousand sessions is a lot of choice. Some people spend their prayer time browsing. Pick one routine and set it as your daily default.

Is Hallow Worth It?

Hallow is worth it for people who pray with audio most days and use the paid sections, and it is poor value for people who mostly use what is already free. Ask yourself three questions before your trial ends.

1. Did I use a paid-only section at least three times a week? Sleep prayers, music radio, Pray25 or audiobooks. If not, the free version gives you what you actually used.
2. Would I rather pay once? If renewing every year bothers you, a one-time purchase removes the decision each year.
3. Who else would use it? At $119.99 for up to six people, the Friends & Family plan is about $20 a person a year when all six seats are used. A family of four that would all pray with it gets far better value than four individual plans at $279.96.

Price is a smaller issue than habit. Any app is worth its price if you pray with it daily and worthless if you do not. A faith left unpractised fades quietly, and no subscription stops that. The deciding question is which tool you will open tomorrow morning.

How to Try Hallow Without Being Charged

To try Hallow's paid features without paying, start the free trial and cancel it before it renews. Here is the simple way to do it.

1. Install Hallow and sign in. Use the free version for a few days first so you know what you actually pray with.
2. Start the individual trial from inside the app. The App Store or Google Play shows the trial length and the date it ends before you confirm.
3. Put a reminder in your calendar two days before that date.
4. If you decide against it, cancel in your Apple or Google account subscription settings at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Deleting the app does not cancel the subscription.
5. Keep using the free version afterwards. Your free content stays.

The Friends & Family plan has no free trial, so try an individual trial first if you are unsure.

Hallow vs Catholic/Christian Pro

Hallow and Catholic/Christian Pro solve the same problem, a daily prayer life that needs a guide, with different pricing. Hallow is a large subscription library. Pro is a smaller, one-time purchase.

If you want the biggest catalogue and famous narrators, pay for Hallow. If you want a guided daily routine, Bible studies and people to pray with for one payment, Pro costs less than one year of Hallow. Plenty of people use both: Hallow's free tier for the Rosary and Bible in a Year, and Pro for daily devotionals and study. For the wider field, see our comparison of the best Catholic prayer apps and our list of cheaper Hallow alternatives.

Start a Daily Prayer Habit Today

Whichever app you choose, the habit matters more than the tool. Start with this tonight.

1. Pick one time. The commute, the first coffee or the last ten minutes before sleep. Same time every day.
2. Pick one prayer. The Daily Gospel, one decade of the Rosary or a short morning prayer.
3. Keep it short. Five minutes kept daily beats an hour once a month.
4. Close with one line. Ask, "Lord, what do you want from me today?" and listen for a moment.

The Catechism calls prayer "a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God" (CCC 2558). A relationship needs daily time. Begin today.