# Coptic Reader

> Reference

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id649434138](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id649434138)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id649434138`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (10,438 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.9
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2013-06-13
- **Size:** 218 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coptic-reader/id649434138)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://suscopts.org/privacy](http://suscopts.org/privacy)

## Description

Coptic Reader is a dynamic liturgical app for the Coptic Orthodox Church. It assembles each service on the fly according to the current day or a chosen feast, generating hymns, rubrics, and instructions automatically. It supports English, Arabic, and Coptic with flexible language layers, and its interface is available in English and Arabic. Built with modern technology for performance, it runs on mobile devices and on Windows, Mac OS, and the web at copticreader.org. A presentation mode allows projecting content in church settings.

Key features include dynamic service generation, bookmarks, advanced search across Bible texts and liturgical documents, Synaxarion calendar, presets for different churches, Bible navigation, and the ability to copy passages. The app's content spans the Bible (Coptic NT and Deuterocanon), Book of Hours, Holy Psalmody, Antiphonary, Divine Liturgies, Katameros, Synaxarion, and numerous prayers and rites.

## Rankings

- #16,932 — Overall
- #93 — reader

## Review summary

Users praise Coptic Reader for its large, multilingual library and its usefulness in following liturgy, with solid UI and ongoing updates. It’s valued as an essential church tool and is accessible across platforms. Some users, however, report usability challenges and request more customization (highlighting, commentaries, Arabic transliteration) and even the option to revert to an older version.

### Pros

- Huge, organized library of church books and prayers in multiple languages (Coptic, English, Arabic) all in one app.
- Helps users follow liturgy and participate in services; described as an essential tool for daily worship.
- Strong UI/UX and continuous updates that improve accuracy and features.
- Multilingual prayer experience supports learning and engagement across languages during worship.
- Cross-platform accessibility, including a web version, broadens where it can be used.

### Cons

- Usability issues: some users find the UI confusing or not very friendly and express a wish to revert to the previous version.
- Feature gaps and customization requests: users want highlighting, more guidance like commentaries, and Arabic transliteration for Coptic.

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