Hymnals

Name: Hymnals
Rating: 2 (54 reviews)
Author: GIA Publications, Inc.

By: GIA Publications, Inc. App

Music

Overview

Version:

2.9

Last updated: 2021-11-03

Ranking

#268,486 ▲ 795

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Hymnals is a versatile hymn viewer and store that brings complete hymnals to your device with a compact, lightweight presentation. It unlocks the contents of popular Roman Catholic hymnals from GIA Publications, available through in-app purchases, ideal for choir members and churchgoers.

Key features include cloud backup to your giamusic.com account, iPad and iPhone support, quick hymn search by title or number, creation and sharing of service lists, layout options (portrait/landscape, full-screen), Bluetooth pedal page turning, and hymn annotations. The app includes three free sample hymns and lets you download additional hymnals as needed.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Music & Audio Education

By:

GIA Publications, Inc.

Rating:

2.00

(54)

Version:

2.9 Last updated: 2021-11-03

Version code:

845093437

Creation date:

2012-05-25

Compatible devices:

Size:

95.89MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-16

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# 268,486 ▲ 795

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Developed by:

GIA Publications, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hymnals/id523183662

Website:

http://www.giamusic.com/hymnalapp

User Reviews

The Hymnals app offers strong features for church music, including offline hymnals, PDF import/annotation via Dropbox, and title-based search, which can be useful for practice and Sunday services once you learn its quirks. However, it is plagued by stability and performance issues (crashes, update-related problems), unreliable page-turning, inconsistent audio playback, limited search capabilities, and no straightforward printing/export options. These recurring problems significantly hinder reliability during rehearsals and services.

Pros

Offline download of entire hymnals for on-device use
Dropbox integration with ability to import and annotate PDFs
In-app search for hymns (title-based)
Annotation/markup tools for music
Overall usefulness for practice and Sunday worship once familiar with the app’s workflow

Cons

Frequent crashes and stability issues, especially when opening purchased hymnals or after updates
Clunky and unreliable page-turning/navigation that often jumps to the wrong section
Audio playback sometimes silent even when the song appears to be playing
Search is limited to hymn titles (no composer/lyricist or full content search)
Lack of printing/export options (no easy way to print or export, workarounds required)

Recent reviews

I am using this app to listen to the hymn for practice. It looks like it’s playing but there is no sound. I’m connected to the internet, my sound is all the way up. But there is no sound. I paid a lot to download the hymnal, when I already own a hard copy. I would think with GIA being such a large company that they would have a better app! It looks like a lot of the reviews are similarly bad.

by Ju*****, 2024-08-25

The app will not play the music clips. It looks like it is playing, but no sound. This has only occurred about a month ago. Don’t know what you did, but it sure is messed up now.