# Catholic Answers

> To Explain & Defend the Faith

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.calive.playstore](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.calive.playstore)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.calive.playstore`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Catholic Answers
- **Category:** LIFESTYLE
- **Downloads:** 69,320
- **Rating:** 4.56 / 5 (819 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3.5-rc0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-28
- **First published:** 2018-05-31
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 77 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.calive.playstore)
- **Website:** [http://www.catholic.com](http://www.catholic.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.catholic.com/privacy-notice](https://www.catholic.com/privacy-notice)

## Description

Explore the fullness of the Catholic faith with the Catholic Answers Chrome extension. This app serves as a trusted resource offering sound Catholic teaching through an enhanced audio and video experience. Enjoy popular podcasts like Catholic Answers Live, The Counsel of Trent, and The Jimmy Akin Podcast, all integrated for seamless access.

With features like offline audio download, searchable content by guest or topic, live call-in during broadcasts, and customizable playback speed, the app is designed to help both lifelong Catholics and curious learners grow in knowledge and confidence to explain and defend the faith with love.

## Rankings

- #261,141 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH`
- `android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RUN_USER_INITIATED_JOBS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.calive.playstore.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`

## Review summary

### Pros

- Great content and resources for learning about the Catholic faith.
- Easy access to previous episodes and ability to download podcasts.
- Users appreciate the clean design and functionality of the app.

### Cons

- Many users experience playback issues and glitches.
- Difficulty in marking episodes as played and navigating the app.
- Lack of options for saving episodes or seeing a history of listened episodes.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.calive.playstore)