Ember
A 60-second Catholic prayer

Pray one true line,
then carry it into the day.

One slow breath. One Scripture-rooted line. One small amen. Ember keeps the Rosary, the liturgical year, and the Church's hours — all on your iPhone, all free forever.

1,260Scripture-rooted lines
20mysteries of the Rosary
$0free forever, no ads
Ember's daily prayer opening with a slow breath — a warm ember glowing at the center of the screen.
The daily prayer

The minute that changes
the other 1,439.

Not a feed to scroll — a short, guided prayer you actually do. The same shape the Church has always prayed in, quiet enough to keep every day.

  1. Arrive

    Begin with the Sign of the Cross and one slow, guided breath.

  2. Pray the Word

    A Scripture-rooted line, prayed slowly — its citation right there.

  3. Hold it

    Hold to pray, release, amen — until the Word settles in you.

  4. Close

    End with the Glory Be. Sixty seconds, and your ember is lit.

Begin with a breath

Stillness first, then the Word.

Ember opens the way the Church opens prayer — a breath, the Sign of the Cross, and a settling of the heart before a single word is said. No streak pressure, no notifications shouting. Just the invitation to begin again.

A line held in prayer as a warm ember ring gently fills — 'hold to let it land.'
Rooted in the Word

Every line carries
its citation.

1,260 lines across fourteen collections — each rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, the saints, or the Church's own prayers. Nothing vague, nothing invented, and nothing repeated until you've prayed the whole library.

1,260prayer lines
14collections
0repeats until exhausted

Trust

“I trust the Lord with all my heart, and I do not lean on my own understanding.”

Proverbs 3:5

Fourteen collections

Trust

Into His hands, again

Peace

Be still before the Lord

Gratitude

Count His gifts

Morning

Offer Him the day

Beloved

Who God says you are

Evening

End the day in His care

Hope

An anchor for the soul

Courage

Be not afraid

Providence

Consider the lilies

Mercy

Grace upon grace

Presence

God with us, here

Charity

Love, poured out

Wonder

Fearfully, wonderfully made

Joy

Rejoice in the Lord

The Rosary, bead by bead

It already knows
today's mysteries.

Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous — Ember follows the Church's rhythm through the week and the seasons. Pray the whole crown or a single decade: every bead counted, every prayer written out.

Today

Glorious

Choose a day

~20 minutes for the whole crown · ~3 minutes for a single decade. Sundays follow the liturgical season.

Ember shown across three themes, its colors shifting like candlelight to match the day.
The Church's clock

It keeps the calendar
with you.

Seasons and feasts, and a theme that quietly wears the day's vestment color — violet in Advent and Lent, white through Christmas and Easter, green in Ordinary Time.

Today in the Church · Ordinary Time

Wear the season — tap a vestment color

The hours the Church has always kept

7:00 AM

Morning Offering

Give God the day before the day begins.

12:00 PM

The Angelus

The midday pause the Church has kept for centuries.

3:00 PM

Hour of Mercy

Three o'clock — the hour of His mercy.

9:00 PM

Evening Examen

Look back over the day with gratitude.

A streak that stays kind

Faithfulness,
not perfection.

Pray and your ember glows brighter. Miss a day and it simply dims — ready to be rekindled, with no guilt and no broken chains. The point was never a perfect record. The point is that you come back.

  • Glowing, waiting, or dim

    Three gentle states — never a scolding red zero.

  • In your own words

    Add your own intentions and prayers; they join your feed.

  • Kept favorites

    Tap the heart on any line to hold it close.

Ember's progress view — a warm streak calendar with the ember glowing on day twelve.
Home Screen widgets showing a prayer line and its citation, warm against the wallpaper.
Always with you

The Angelus,
on your Lock Screen.

Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets carry a real line and its citation — worth the glance on its own. Reminders arrive with a whole prayer, not just a nudge.

  • Home & Lock Screen widgets

    A Scripture line where you'll actually see it.

  • Prayer-time reminders

    Up to six a day — the Angelus, the Examen, and more.

  • Beautiful share cards

    Send a line to someone who needs it today.

Private by design

Prayer is between
you and God.

Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking — the app opens no network connection of its own.

No account, ever
No analytics, no trackers
Privacy label: Data Not Collected
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Free. All of it. Forever.

Prayer should not
have a paywall.

The daily prayer, the full Rosary, all fourteen collections, every theme, unlimited prayers in your own words, widgets and reminders. No subscription. No unlock. No ads. Nothing to buy, ever.

The full RosaryAll 14 collectionsEvery theme & icon Widgets & remindersYour own prayersNo ads · no tracking
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Begin again. The Lord was already waiting.