Universalis

Licensing FAQ

Android

Either Buy for £9.99 (about $12.60 or €11.50)

  • Get Universalis from Google Play or Amazon.
  • It lasts for ever and you never need to pay again.
How to get Universalis

or – Subscribe for £0.79-0.89/month ($0.99 or €0.99)

How to get Catholic Calendar

or – Free trial

  • Get Catholic Calendar.
  • Use it for a month.
  • At the end of the month, decide if you want to buy or subscribe.
  • If you don't do anything, you won't be charged. You'll still have a free Catholic calendar with articles about the saints and feasts of each day.
How to get your free trial

or – Free if you have already bought a Universalis registration code.

Content & features

Full liturgical calendar including many national and local calendars.

About Today pages for every saint and feast.

Liturgy of the Hours – Psalms, prayers and readings from every Hour: Morning Prayer, the three daytime Hours (Terce, Sext and None), Evening Prayer, Night Prayer and the Office of Readings, in English or Latin or both. Translations: The readings are from the Jerusalem Bible and the psalms are the Grail version, which is used across the English-speaking world.

The Order of Mass – The new English translation of the Order of Mass, which came into use in 2011. You can optionally view the text in Latin and some other languages side by side with the English.

Readings at Mass – First Reading, Responsorial Psalm, Second Reading, Gospel Acclamation and Gospel, plus the antiphons and prayers for the Mass of the day, in English or Latin or both. Translations: You have a choice between the Jerusalem Bible readings with the Grail psalms (used in most of the English-speaking world) and the New American Bible readings and psalms (used in the USA).

Mass Today A single page that gives you the whole of the Mass of the day: the Order of Mass with all the readings, antiphons and prayers filled in.

Lectio Divina – The Gospel of the day arranged for private or shared meditation.

The Angelus

Music & audio

You can get the following music and audio from within the app.

The Gospel at Mass spoken in English (Jerusalem Bible translation) – on subscription for £1.99 per month (roughly $2.50 or €2.30).

Compline (Night Prayer) – £3.99 (roughly $4.99 or €4.60). Sung Latin Compline (Night Prayer) for Sundays from the Schola Cantorum of The London Oratory School, which is one of the leading liturgical choirs in Britain. The boys have recorded this music especially for use in Universalis. Here is a short sample.

Spoken Hours in English on subscription for £2.99 per month (roughly $3.75 or €3.50). All the hours, for every day.

The spoken daytime Hours in Latin are also available.

The Angelus –  free. You can listen to it in either English or Latin.

Free samples are available in the app before you buy. This page has more information about music and audio.

Requirements

No access to Google or Amazon? You can still get Universalis. This page will tell you how.

Operating instructions

The instructions are here.