Comparison
Hallow and Gianna: guided prayer and a Catholic assistant
Hallow offers guided audio prayer. Gianna is a Catholic AI assistant for novenas, reminders, prayer lists, and parish times. Many people use both.
Updated 2026-10-17 · View resource
People looking for a Hallow alternative usually want one of two things: a cheaper way to pray, or help with parts of Catholic life that Hallow does not cover. This page is about the second.
What each is for
Hallow is a prayer app built around guided audio: the Rosary, meditations, Scripture, and sleep content, read by narrators. You open it and listen.
Gianna is a Catholic AI assistant you talk to in text, or by voice on the Pro plan. It keeps track of what you mean to do and reminds you at the right time. It has no narrated audio sessions.
What Gianna does that a prayer app usually does not
- Remembers your commitments. "Remind me to go to Confession on Saturday." "Add my sister's exams to my prayer list."
- Keeps a novena running. Gianna brings each day's prayer for nine days and keeps count, including several novenas at once.
- Knows your parish. Gianna looks up Mass and Confession times from the parish's own website and says when it last checked.
- Follows the calendar you use. Ordinary Form, the 1962 calendar, or the Dominican calendar.
- Works for a household. One subscription covers your family, with a shared prayer list and task list and separate logins.
- Works inside other AI tools. Connect Gianna to Claude or ChatGPT and they can quote prayers exactly and set reminders. See Gianna for AI agents.
Using both
The two fit together. A routine in Gianna can remind you each evening to pray the Rosary, which you might then pray with Hallow. Gianna's free feast-day calendars work alongside any prayer app.
Price and the early-bird offer
The early-bird offer gives half price for your first year. Standard is $5 a month or $40 a year, normally $10 or $80. Pro, with voice notes and photo reading, is $10 a month or $80 a year, normally $20 or $160. One subscription covers the household, the first seven days are free, and nothing is charged during the trial. Prices checked on 17 October 2026; see gianna.chat for current terms, or start the free trial.