Refugia
Adrian Lawson Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Refugia is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Adrian Lawson. Rated 4.9/5 from 37 ratings. Requires iOS 17.6. Updated November 1, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 37 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 144 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Nov 1
- 2026 · v3.5.9
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About Refugia
Pray, read, listen, and research the Catholic faith in one beautifully designed app. REFUGIA SCHOLAR Go beyond a list of search results. Research Catholic doctrine across Scripture, the Church Fathers, councils, papal documents, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Thomas Aquinas. • Search the Bible, the Fathers, both together, or St. Thomas • Read sources in context through linked citations • Compare Scripture passages across Bible translations • Explore historically ordered primary sources • Generate source-linked research articles and save them for later • Build guided reading plans, track progress, and resume where you stopped • Copy, share, or export your research with citations • Report irrelevant results so research quality keeps improving PRAYER AND DAILY DEVOTION • Pray all four sets of Rosary mysteries with guided meditations • Build a personal Rule of Life for prayer, Scripture, and spiritual reading • Follow novenas and traditional Catholic prayers with optional reminders • Keep a prayer streak and see your progress across home and Lock Screen widgets • Practice prayers with interactive memorization activities SCRIPTURE, CLASSICS, AND AUDIO • Read the Bible and compare multiple translations • Read the Church Fathers, councils, papal writings, and spiritual classics • With Scholar or higher, listen with Read Aloud or available recorded audiobooks • With Scholar or higher, create audio playlists and continue across chapters • Follow focused reading challenges and daily plans Refugia is free to begin. Refugia Premium unlocks library reading and additional prayer and media features. Read Aloud (cloud and device voices), recorded audiobooks, challenge audio, and audio playlists require Scholar, Scholar Plus, or Scholar Max. Premium and lifetime Premium retain their text and browser reading access. Prayer recordings and course audio keep their existing access. Scholar subscriptions also unlock the full research workspace and their included monthly research credits. Available features and pricing are shown clearly before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed through your Apple account. Privacy Policy: https://refugia.download/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & reviews
4.9
37 ratings
What’s new
Version 3.5.9 · Updated November 1, 2026
• Discover a daily saint quotation on Today, explore its source, and share it with friends. • Invite a friend to pray a novena with a link that opens the exact novena. • See important Refugia announcements on Today and dismiss each message when you are done. • Refined button feedback and navigation, with improvements to tab switching and page-position retention. • Startup compatibility and stability fixes.
App privacy
The developer, Adrian Lawson, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Other Usage Data
- Diagnostics: Other Diagnostic Data
- Other Data: Other Data Types
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name, Phone Number
- User Content: Emails or Text Messages, Other User Content
- Search History: Search History
- Sensitive Info: Sensitive Info
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
Used for: Analytics
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