Lily vs Hallow: Two Very Different Apps for Faith

Honest disclosure: this guide is written by the small team behind Lily. We compare our own app with apps we compete against, we name what they do better than us, and we would rather you find the right app for you than pretend the others do not exist. Facts below were checked against live App Store listings in August 2026.

Women ask us this a lot, and the honest answer is that Lily and Hallow barely compete. They do different jobs. Here is how to know which job you are hiring for.

Side by side

When Hallow is the right answer

If you are Catholic, or you love guided audio prayer, Hallow is the best product ever built for that. The rosaries, the sleep prayers, the Lent challenges with millions participating: it is polished, sincere, and deservedly huge. Nothing we make replaces that, and we will not pretend otherwise.

When Lily is the right answer

Hallow leads you through prayers written for the whole Church. Lily sits with you in the season you are actually in. If what you need is a devotional that knows you are an anxious mom of littles, or newly grieving, or three years into waiting on the same prayer, and a place to ask hard questions and get scripture back, word for word, that is Lily's entire job. It is also $20 a year less, and it works in written moments you can steal anywhere, not just audio moments.

Can you use both?

Honestly, yes. Some women will pray a Hallow rosary at night and read Lily with coffee. If you have to pick one and you are not Catholic, pick Lily. If you are Catholic and want liturgy, pick Hallow, and grab our free printable prayer journal on your way out. It works on paper with any app.