# Portals of Prayer

> Magazines & Newspapers

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1139206276](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1139206276)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1139206276`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Concordia Publishing House
- **Category:** Magazines & Newspapers
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-07
- **First published:** 2017-05-29
- **Size:** 6.45 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/portals-of-prayer/id1139206276)
- **Website:** [https://www.cph.org/portals/default.aspx](https://www.cph.org/portals/default.aspx)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.cph.org/t-about-privacy.aspx](http://www.cph.org/t-about-privacy.aspx)

## Description

Portals of Prayer brings daily audio and text devotions to your device with a clean, modern interface. You can navigate devotions by topic, month, year, or quarter, and use new 'Resources' for prayers and author bios. The app includes a dark mode and enables cross-device syncing of favorites via your Concordia Publishing House account.

The app is free to download, with a yearly subscription of $9.99 unlocking all content—over a decade of devotions, daily prayers, and the ability to mark favorites. Subscriptions are separate from the print Portals of Prayer and auto-renew unless turned off in Settings.

## Rankings

- #167,650 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for audio availability, portability, archived devotions, and reasonable pricing. However, recurring issues include unreliable playback due to narration quality, blank screens and crashes, subscription/login problems, and post-update compatibility glitches. Stability and a better reader experience are repeatedly requested to align the app with its content value.

### Pros

- Audio/read-aloud feature is available for devotions.
- Convenient mobile access to Portals of Prayer with daily devotions.
- Archives of past devotions are available and searchable.
- Reasonable price/value for the subscription.
- Easy-to-navigate interface.

### Cons

- Narration quality is poor (monotone, sing-songy) and there is a desire for playback customization like adjustable speed.
- Frequent blank screens, crashes, and general reliability issues interrupt access to content.
- Subscription/billing/renewal problems and login access issues after renewal.
- Post-update compatibility problems and upgrade friction that breaks features or access.

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