Strength · Discipline · Faith
A rule of life you can actually keep.
Most men are not lazy. They are alone, and nothing has asked anything of them in years. Padre holds your training, your habits and your prayer in one place — and remembers what you told it last month.
The daily verse and the Examen are free, always. No card to start.
What makes it different
Every other app tells you things. Padre changes them.
Tell it your shoulder is bad and the overhead press is gone by the time you finish the sentence. Tell it you are training for something in November and it builds the block backwards from the date. It is a coach with your whole history in front of it, not a chat window bolted onto a workout tracker.
shoulder's been off since Tuesday, swap the overhead press
Done — landmine press instead, 3×8–10. Same pattern, far kinder to the joint. Keep the weight conservative this week.
✓ swap exerciseOne man, not three projects.
What you do with the barbell and what you do on your knees are the same discipline, pointed the same way.
The body
Real programming, not a workout list
Padre builds you a periodized programme around your schedule, your equipment and your injuries — then adjusts it as you log. Volume landmarks, RPE, deloads that are actual deloads. The methodology is published, not hidden.
The day
Habits that survive a bad week
A handful of habits, each tied to Scripture, with streaks that do not punish you for opening the app before you have started. Step and exercise habits tick themselves from Apple Health.
The soul
The practices men actually keep
A verse chosen for you each morning. The Examen at night. Preparation before confession, a prayer list that remembers what is still unanswered, and somewhere to be honest about what you are fighting.
We believe a man is one thing.
Not a body to be optimised and a soul to be squeezed in on Sunday. We believe discipline is not the point — it is the cost. And we believe you should be strong enough to carry what you will be asked to carry.
Padre is written from within the Catholic tradition. It will encourage you within your own, and point you to your own pastor. Everyone is welcome.
Start free. Pay when it is worth paying for.
Free
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- Your verse each morning, and a place to reflect on it
- The Examen
- Three habits with streaks
- A few questions to Padre each day
Padre
£9.99 / month
or £69.99 a year · 7 days free
- Everything free, without limits
- Your training programme, written and adjusted for you
- Apple Health and Health Connect
- Confession preparation and discernment
- A coach that remembers you