The best Android app for most Orthodox Christians is Orthodox Daily Companion, which gathers the saints of the day, the appointed Epistle and Gospel, morning and evening prayers, and the day’s fasting guidance into one quiet screen. Google Play also has several excellent free apps that iPhone users pay for or do without: the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Daily Readings is free here, the Orthodox Study Bible is a single purchase, and Old Calendar parishes are well served by Orthodox Calendar and OrthoPrax. A disclosure first: Orthodox Daily Companion is our own app. We describe it as plainly as the rest, including what it costs and where it stops.

Every app below was checked on Google Play on October 31, 2026. Where Google Play’s Data safety section says something worth knowing, we pass it on, because Android users have reason to care: an app that asks for more than it needs is the first thing to avoid.

What We Looked For

  • Built for Orthodox Christians, around the Church calendar, the Church’s prayers, and Scripture as the Church reads it.
  • Clear about the calendar. Orthodox parishes keep the New (Revised Julian) or the Old (Julian) calendar for fixed feasts. If you do not know which yours keeps, see the different Orthodox churches explained, or simply ask.
  • Published on Google Play by an identifiable developer. Some apps that are well known on iPhone have no Android edition, and we have not included any app you would have to sideload.
  • Reasonable about your data, as Google Play’s Data safety section reports it.

The Best Android Apps for Orthodox Christians at a Glance

  1. Orthodox Daily Companion: saints, readings, prayers, and the fast, every day. 7-day free trial, then a subscription. New Calendar.
  2. Daily Readings: the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s lectionary. Free.
  3. Orthodox Study Bible: Scripture with Orthodox commentary. Free Today screen; full text is one purchase.
  4. OrthoPrax: calendar, prayer book, and readings for any jurisdiction. Free, with paid tiers. Old or New Calendar.
  5. Orthodox Calendar: a simple Old Calendar app in English and Russian. Free.
  6. Ancient Faith: Orthodox radio and podcasts. Free.
  7. GOA Digital Chant Stand: the texts of the services in English and Greek. Free.
  8. Athon: Bible, saints, and audio studies. Free, with a premium subscription.

1. Orthodox Daily Companion: Saints, Readings, Prayers, and the Fast

Orthodox Daily Companion is a daily aid for Orthodox Christians on the New Calendar. Open it in the morning and the day is there: who the Church remembers, what to read, how to pray, and what the fast allows. Then close it and get on with the day.

  • Daily synaxarion: the saints, martyrs, and feasts of the day, with the life of each saint a tap away.
  • Scripture readings: the appointed Epistle and Gospel for every day of the year, in full.
  • Morning and evening prayers: the Trisagion, the Creed, the Jesus Prayer, prayers of the saints, and intercessions, in collapsible sections.
  • Fasting guidance: fast day, fish day, or fast-free day at a glance, with Wednesdays, Fridays, and the four great fasts built in. (Why the Church fasts at all: the theology behind abstinence.)
  • Wisdom of the Fathers: a daily saying, plus a library of the Fathers you can search by topic.
  • A journal, private to your account and tagged by date, and daily reminders to pray at the times you choose.

What it costs. On Android the Companion is a subscription, monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, billed through your Google Play account and cancellable at any time. Google Play’s Data safety section reports that no data is shared with third parties and that data is encrypted in transit.

Where it stops. It follows the New (Revised Julian) Calendar only, so Old Calendar parishes should look at Orthodox Calendar or OrthoPrax below. It is in English. It belongs to no jurisdiction, so your own parish calendar and your priest come first. On a laptop or Chromebook, the web version works in any browser.

Who made it. The Companion is published by the Orthodox Calendar Company, the makers of the Lives of the Saints Calendar and the same people behind this site. We built it to put the whole day in one place, and we rank it first because we think it does that best; you are right to weigh what a company says about its own app. More on the Companion’s page. It is also on the App Store.

2. Daily Readings: The Archdiocese’s Lectionary, Free

Daily Readings is the official app of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. It gives the day’s Scripture readings, saints, and fasting guidelines as prescribed by the lectionary of the Greek Orthodox Church, following the typikon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. You can also search for any saint or feast, look up movable feasts from the date of Pascha, find definitions of Orthodox words, read a selection of prayers, and view the content and interface in English, Greek, or Arabic.

On Android it is free (the iPhone edition costs $0.99), and its Data safety section reports that it collects no data. One reviewer wishes it worked offline and offered a dark mode, which is fair. Who it is for: anyone in a parish that follows the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s lectionary, which includes the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.

3. Orthodox Study Bible: Scripture With the Church’s Commentary

The Orthodox Study Bible app, from VDUB Software, licenses the text and notes of the printed Orthodox Study Bible published by Thomas Nelson: an Old Testament translated from the Greek Septuagint, including the Deuterocanon, and the New King James New Testament, with commentary from the early Church, book introductions, articles, and a glossary.

The free Today screen gives the daily readings with footnotes and morning and evening prayers with the day’s psalm. You choose whose lectionary to follow: Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore (Old Calendar), the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, or the Orthodox Church in America. The full text is unlocked with a single in-app purchase, with no subscription, and its Data safety section reports that it collects no data. For background on the translation, see what Bible Orthodox Christians use.

4. OrthoPrax: One App for Any Jurisdiction’s Calendar

OrthoPrax, from St. Sebastian Orthodox Press, combines a church calendar, a prayer book, and the daily readings. Its calendar follows either the Old (Julian) or New (Revised Julian) reckoning and adjusts to the traditions and typikons of the Greek, Antiochian, Serbian, Russian, and American Orthodox churches, so it can keep the same feasts on the same days as your parish.

Inside are the saints of each day with their lives, prayers for morning, evening, and before Communion, more than 3,500 icon images, prominent fast-day markings, a system dark mode, and narrated audio from the Prologue of Ohrid in its paid content. What it costs: free to install, with in-app purchases for the full multimedia content. Who it is for: Old Calendar Orthodox, and anyone whose parish keeps a jurisdiction’s particular practice.

5. Orthodox Calendar: Simple, Old Calendar, English and Russian

Orthodox Calendar is the plainest app here, and some reviewers like it for exactly that. Each day shows the lives of the saints, icons, the troparia and kontakia (the short hymns of the day), the Scripture readings, and feasts, fast days, and days of remembrance, on the Julian (Old) Calendar, in English and Russian.

It is free, its Data safety section reports that it collects no data, and it has been installed more than 100,000 times. Its last update on Google Play was in August 2024, so check movable feasts against your parish calendar. Who it is for: Old Calendar parishioners who want the day at a glance and nothing more.

6. Ancient Faith: Orthodox Radio and Podcasts

Ancient Faith is the official app of Ancient Faith Ministries, offering three 24-hour internet radio stations, live call-in programs, a large collection of downloadable podcasts, and access to the Ancient Faith store. It is free. Its Data safety section notes that it may share some data types with third parties, so look at the details if that matters to you.

The catalog includes the archive of Fr. Thomas Hopko’s Speaking the Truth in Love, still one of the best introductions to Orthodox belief and practice by ear. Who it is for: anyone who learns while driving, walking, or working with their hands.

7. GOA Digital Chant Stand: The Services, Word by Word

GOA Digital Chant Stand, from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, contains the complete texts, fixed and movable, of the daily services in English and Greek, so you can follow Vespers, Orthros, or the Divine Liturgy in your parish. It is free and collects no data, according to Google Play.

Two notes. The Android app was last updated in July 2025, and one reviewer points out that the web version can search the text while the app cannot. And the translations are the Archdiocese’s, so they may not match the books in a parish of another jurisdiction. If the Liturgy is new to you, read understanding the Divine Liturgy first; following the words is easier once you know the shape.

8. Athon: Bible, Saints, and Audio Studies

Athon - Orthodox Bible offers daily Bible readings, a feast and fasting calendar, audio Bible studies and teachings, the lives of more than 900 saints, a full offline Bible, and a complete prayer book with audio. It is rated highly on Google Play. It is free to install, with in-app purchases for premium access.

Two cautions. It includes AI-powered Orthodox Q&A, and an AI answer is not a priest’s answer, however confident it sounds. And its Data safety section lists location and personal information among the data types it may collect, more than the other apps here. Who it is for: readers who want a large, modern Bible and prayer app and are comfortable with those trade-offs.

Choosing Between Them

  • One app for the whole day: Orthodox Daily Companion.
  • Free and official: Daily Readings and GOA Digital Chant Stand from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
  • Old Calendar: Orthodox Calendar for simplicity, OrthoPrax for depth.
  • Scripture study: the Orthodox Study Bible.
  • Listening: Ancient Faith.

Staying Safe on Google Play

Google Play holds dozens of apps with “Orthodox” in the name, and quality varies widely. A few habits protect you:

  • Install from Google Play only. Never sideload a prayer book from a link in a forum or a message.
  • Check the developer name against the publisher you expect: an archdiocese, a monastery, an established Orthodox press.
  • Read the Data safety section before installing, and refuse permissions that make no sense for a calendar or a prayer book, such as contacts, call logs, or precise location.
  • Look at the last update. Movable feasts change every year with the date of Pascha; an app nobody maintains may get them wrong.
  • Mind the name. “Orthodox Daily” is also the name of our free browser extension for Chrome and Edge, and several unrelated apps use similar words. Our Android app is listed as Orthodox Daily Companion by Orthodox Calendar Company LLC.

Finally, keep the phone in its place. An app can carry the Church’s day with you, but the Church’s life is lived in the parish. If you have not yet been, here is what to expect at your first service.

Common Questions

Is Orthodox Daily Companion free on Android?

New subscribers get a 7-day free trial, after which it is a monthly or yearly subscription billed through Google Play. You can cancel in your Google Play subscriptions at any time. The iPhone edition, by contrast, has a free version with the daily synaxarion, prayers, and a daily saying.

What are the best free Orthodox apps for Android?

Daily Readings from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, GOA Digital Chant Stand, Ancient Faith, and Orthodox Calendar are all free to install. The Orthodox Study Bible gives away its Today screen, and OrthoPrax and Athon have free tiers.

Which Android app is best for the Old Calendar?

Orthodox Calendar follows the Julian (Old) Calendar and includes lives of the saints, troparia and kontakia, and the daily readings. OrthoPrax switches between Old and New. The Orthodox Study Bible can show the readings of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore, an Old Calendar parish.

How can I tell whether an Orthodox app on Google Play is safe?

Install only from Google Play, check that the developer is who you expect, read the Data safety section, and decline permissions that make no sense for a prayer book, such as contacts or call logs. An app that has not been updated in years may also get this year’s movable feasts wrong.

Can I use one Orthodox Daily Companion subscription on Android and the web?

The Companion works through an account, and its Google Play listing tells existing subscribers to sign in with their existing account. The web version at app.livesofthesaintscalendar.com runs in any browser, including on a laptop or a Chromebook.