Latria

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 an expanding library of early Christian writings — from the Didache and the Shepherd of Hermas to Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen, Eusebius, 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 & Commentaries," 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 and Protestant users describe it as a "game changer" for getting into church history and the Fathers.^1 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

Latria 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. In 2026 it received its first substantial independent review, from Learn of Christ, which called it an "unusually generous and coherent offline companion" with a strong local-only privacy posture.^7

"brilliantly designed to replace doom scrolling with something virtuous and fruitful"^1

"I stumbled upon it looking to see if there was an app that had the writings of the Church Fathers and hit the jackpot with Latria. It is a treasure trove more should be aware of."^1

• 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 carries its exact source work and reference, with links back into the source texts.^1
• iOS-only; available on iPhone, iPod touch, and Apple Vision.^1