Angelus prayer

Now in six languages, and in Latin. Set the hours that suit you, choose the size that reads easily, and let the bells do the rest.

Church bells have rung at six, at noon and at six again for a thousand years, to interrupt the day for a short prayer. Angelus does the same with your phone, and then gets out of the way.

THREE TIMES A DAY Morning, noon and evening — switch on the ones you want, at the times you choose. The reminder carries the sound of bells. The home screen always shows when the next Angelus falls, and whether a reminder is set for it, because the hour is fixed by tradition and the reminder is your own choice.

THE PRAYER, IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE The full text in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian — and in Latin, for those who pray it that way. The prayer's language and the app's language are set separately, so you can read an English interface and pray in Latin.

MADE TO BE READ Four text sizes, applied to the prayer and to the readings alike. The app deliberately ignores the system font size, so its own setting is the only thing that moves and nothing ever reflows into an unreadable layout.

THE BELLS One button on the prayer screen sounds the bells, as a church tower would, to accompany your reading. Nothing plays on its own.

WHERE IT COMES FROM A short reading explains the devotion: the passage from Luke it is drawn from, the council that began it, and why the bells ring three short strokes before the peal.

NOTHING ELSE No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no tracking, no advertising. Everything stays on your iPhone, and the prayer works without a connection. Free.