Need help with Marian? Most common questions are answered below.
The complete prayer experience is available for free.
Free users can pray the Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and Holy Wounds Chaplet with full prayer texts, visual bead guidance, Mystery suggestions, Spiritual Fruits, prayer progress, haptic feedback, multiple languages, basic streak tracking, and quick access to today's Mass readings.
Marian is also fully offline, works on iPhone and iPad, and contains no advertising.
Marian Patron unlocks optional features designed to help you personalize Marian and build a consistent prayer habit.
Marian Patron is available through either a recurring 3-month subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.
Open Settings in Marian, go to Marian Patron, and tap Restore Purchases.
Make sure your device is signed in to the same Apple Account that was used for the original purchase.
Try these steps:
If Patron is still unavailable, contact support and describe what happens when you attempt to restore your purchase.
Marian Patron subscriptions are managed by Apple.
On your iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions. Select Marian to view or manage your subscription.
A lifetime Marian Patron purchase does not renew and does not need to be cancelled.
Marian purchases are processed by Apple.
Open the iOS Settings app, tap your name, then open your Apple Account purchase history to review transactions associated with Marian.
Touch and hold an empty area of your Home Screen until the apps begin to move. Tap the option to add a widget, search for Marian, select a Marian widget, and add it to your Home Screen.
Marian widgets are a Marian Patron feature.
Marian records a prayer completion when you finish a devotion through its final prayer step.
Free users can see their basic streak after completing a prayer. Marian Patron includes additional prayer history, statistics, and streak information.
Prayer intentions are available with Marian Patron.
You can set an intention before beginning a prayer, or, for the Rosary, set a distinct intention for each decade. Marian can then display your intention during prayer to help you keep it in mind.
Your prayer intentions are stored locally on your device and are not sent to Marian servers.
Prayer statistics are available with Marian Patron.
On the home screen, tap the statistics (chart) button above the settings button to open Marian's statistics view. There you can see a prayer-activity calendar, current and longest streaks, milestones, and insights about your prayer intentions for the Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and Holy Wounds Chaplet.
Today's Readings is available to everyone, free of charge.
On the home screen, tap Today's Readings. Marian opens the day's Catholic Mass readings from Universalis, a third-party website, in an in-app browser, and automatically chooses the readings for your region.
Because the readings are provided by an external website, they require an internet connection and are subject to that website's own privacy policy and terms. See Marian's Privacy Policy for details.
Open Settings and go to the theme or appearance section.
The Classic light theme is available to everyone. Marian Patron unlocks 10 additional saint-inspired light and dark themes.
Adjustable prayer text size is a Marian Patron feature.
While praying, use the supported pinch gesture to increase or decrease the prayer text to a comfortable size. Marian remembers your selected size while Patron access is active.
Yes. Marian supports prayer texts and interface translations in multiple languages.
Open Settings → Language and select the language you would like to use.
Marian suggests the traditional Mystery set based on the day of the week and can adjust its suggestion based on the liturgical season and certain important feast days.
You can always choose a different Mystery set manually before beginning the Rosary.
Prayer reminders are available with Marian Patron for supported devotions.
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No. Marian does not require an account and does not use advertising, tracking, or third-party analytics services.
Your prayer history, streaks, statistics, intentions, and preferences remain stored locally on your device.
See the Privacy Policy for more information.
Yes. Marian's prayer content and core prayer experience are designed to work fully offline.
An internet connection may still be required for Apple services such as purchasing or restoring Marian Patron through the App Store, and for optional features that open external content, such as Today's Readings.
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