iPray BCP

This app is a great concept: make the 1662 Book of Common Prayer portable and seamless to use; no more flipping back and forth from prayer to psalms and worrying that you have forgotten a special rule for the day. The implementation, however, leaves much to be desired. First, the readings follow the 1922 revised table of lessons. This is fine, but it would be good to announce this on the app download page and better to offer both the 1662 and the 1922 calendars. Second, the litany is not included. Third, the psalms are not adjusted for feast days: for example, on Christmas Day you just read part of Psalm 119, rather than the psalms proper for Christmas. I have not checked to see if there are additional deficiencies (for instance, whether the Athanasian Creed replaces the Nicene on the right days). The things I have noted already, however, make the app less useful than one would prefer and incline me to refer to a copy of the complete book constantly to avoid mistakes. It is particularly unfortunate that the app is incomplete in these regards since the complete 1662 BCP is available free in numerous places online and more recent editions have free apps. I am grateful that someone has gone to the trouble of programming the app to this point, but I hope that they will continue to improve it so that it is more robust and accurate. For now, I will stick with printouts from a pdf and the Bible text from another app.

I’m not a raving traditionalist who thinks God prefers thees and thous and hates all hymns composed after 1899. I do however occasionally need a year or two of refocussing, of being grounded in the soil of the simplicity and inestimable richness of basic Christian doctrine proclaimed through prayer. I’ve prayed the 1662 offices for years with multiple worn out books. I know how tedious it is daily to put slips of paper into a proper—with the apocrypha—Authorised King James Bible. I also use the 1922 lectionary and this app, through the blessed labours of the creator, saves me the hassle of finding the appointed lessons. I believe there is no other app or even a website with the complete untweaked, verbatim Mattins and Evensong of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. May God bless the makers of this app and may younger generations of seekers find grace in the beauty and simplicity afforded by the 1662 through this app. Pax.Update—It is not as I thought the BCP 1662 verbatim. The Venite is neither Coverdale nor King James. Hope they will fix this defect. Also, the Litany is required after Morning Prayer on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays and should be made accessible at least on those days, and the six collects after the Communion Service, and the rest of the Prayers and Thanksgivings also should be made available—and the prayers for the late Duke of Edinburgh need to be excised—all these meaning kept up to date. Sorry to nitpick, but even with a few typos and omissions, it’s still by far the best app with the Offices of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

The app is amazing. I been looking for an app that holds to the official liturgy of the Anglican Church, the 1662 book of common prayer and I found it here. Not only does this app take me through morning and evening prayer but also it takes me through the church calendar and automatically updates the collects of the day in MP and EP. The app also explains what the holy days are. I notice that there is even a compline and mid day prayer that is not found in the 1662 but that's okay. The app is amazing and a great help. Thank you. The only issue I would take would be the images of Christ, since they go against our confession of faith in the 39 articles. Other then that I have no complaints. If I could suggest anything, it would be great to have the litany of the 1662 in there as well as the 39 articles and catechism. The app is already amazing but it would be even way more amazing with those extra things.