Latria brings the Catholic Bible, the Church Fathers, and traditional prayer together in one quiet, offline space for reading, study, and prayer.^1
Read the full Catholic Bible with verse-by-verse commentary drawn from the Church Fathers and the Catena Aurea, explore the writings of the early Church and the Ecumenical Councils, scroll through daily Scripture reflections inspired by Lectio Divina, and pray traditional Catholic prayers and the Scriptural Rosary. Notes, highlights, bookmarks, and saved verses all work without an internet connection.^1
Though Latria is Catholic first, it is built for anyone drawn to Scripture read in conversation with the early Church. Its subtitle is "Scripture & Church Fathers," and the developer describes it as "for Catholics, Christians from other historic apostolic traditions, and anyone who wants to encounter Scripture in conversation with the early Church."^1 It has found warm reception among Eastern Orthodox readers as well.^3 Its Scripture text is an edited adaptation of the public-domain World English Bible (Catholic Edition), identified in-app as the Latria Bible, with all source texts documented under Settings.^1
The story behind itLatria is a focused, single-app project built and actively maintained by its solo developer, Arif Hassan, on a steady release cadence since launch.^1 The app's name comes from the Catholic theological term for the worship due to God alone — a deliberate framing that signals its historic-tradition roots.
Why Christians love it"brilliantly designed to replace doom scrolling with something virtuous and fruitful"^1
"One of the best ways to get constant wisdom from the Bible. The U.I is very clean and slick."^1
Notable- Fully offline — collects no user data, no accounts, no third-party analytics, no AI chat, no social feeds.^1
- Commentary curated from public-domain patristic sources (the Church Fathers, the Catena Aurea, the Didache, and St. Thomas Aquinas) rather than AI-generated text; each excerpt now carries its exact source work and reference.^1
- iOS-only; available on iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple Vision.^1
