Gracelight vs Daily Office 2019
Start with your prayer book. Gracelight uses the Episcopal Church’s 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Daily Office 2019 presents prayer from the ACNA’s 2019 Book of Common Prayer. If your parish follows the 2019 book, Daily Office 2019 is the closer match today.
By Tilden Software LLC, maker of Gracelight. Publisher information checked . This is a comparison of documented features, not a hands-on review of the other app.
At a glance
| What matters to you | Gracelight | Daily Office 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Prayer book | The Episcopal Church’s 1979 Book of Common Prayer | The ACNA’s 2019 Book of Common Prayer |
| Daily offices | Morning, Noonday, Evening, and Compline | Morning, Midday, Evening, and Compline |
| Starting point | An iPhone and iPad reader with adjustable typography | A website that assembles the 2019 offices and readings |
| 2019 BCP in Gracelight | Planned; not currently available | The prayer book the project is built on |
Sources: Daily Office 2019 project description; Daily Office 2019 website. Features and availability can change.
Match the prayer book your parish uses
An app can make a service easier to follow, but two prayer books stay two prayer books. Before choosing a reader, ask which edition your parish or prayer group uses, so you can pray from the same book they do.
These are separate projects. Gracelight, called Daily Office during its beta, is the app described here. Daily Office 2019 at dailyoffice2019.com is Benjamin Locher’s project for the ACNA prayer book.
Choose Gracelight for the 1979 book
Gracelight includes Rite I and Rite II for Morning and Evening Prayer, plus Noonday Prayer, Compline, and the four Daily Devotions for Individuals and Families. It is free, with no ads, subscription, or account.
Adjust the font, text size, and line spacing as you read. Lessons appear within the office in the Berean Standard Bible or another translation you choose, with YouVersion links for each reading. The prayers and the BCP Psalter work offline; Bible lessons need a connection the first time they load.
Choose Daily Office 2019 for the ACNA book
The project says it assembles the 2019 offices, scripture readings, and calendar so you can follow the service without looking each one up. If that is your book, begin there. We recommend it because it matches the prayer book, not because we have tested every feature of both apps.
Will Gracelight add the 2019 prayer book?
Support is planned, but Gracelight does not include the 2019 text yet. If you pray from the 2019 book, Daily Office 2019 is the better choice for now. We will update this page when that changes.
Read an office, then choose your app
Explore Morning Prayer or Compline on this website. New to the practice? Start with how to pray the Daily Office.
Gracelight is free for iPhone and iPad running iOS 17 or later.
Get the app
Scan with your iPhone or iPad to join the beta.