- Starting price
- $11.99/mo after 7-day trial
- Free tier
- No
- Platforms
- Web · iPhone · iPad · Apple TV · Android · Android TV
- Developer
- Canon Press
- Launched
- 2020
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2026
The verdict
Canon+ is compelling value for a household that already wants Canon Press’s conservative Reformed catalogue: the annual plan costs less than buying a handful of audiobooks and includes offline use, kids material, courses, and video. It is not a broad Christian library. The editorial world is deliberately narrow, and Apple’s privacy label plus reports of player friction make the seven-day trial essential.
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Canon+ is the subscription library of Canon Press, combining audiobooks, talk shows, sermons, conferences, debates, documentaries, courses, films, children’s programming, and long-running series such as Man Rampant. The current sales page describes more than 7,000 hours across over 1,500 audiobooks and shows, with new releases added regularly. Content can be streamed or downloaded, and the service runs on phones, tablets, television apps, and the web.
The service has a clearly defined editorial identity. Canon Press is associated with Douglas Wilson and Moscow, Idaho, and the catalogue reflects a conservative Reformed, postmillennial, complementarian approach to theology, family, education, church, and culture. That is not a side note: it is why many subscribers choose Canon+ and why others should choose a broader platform. This review describes fit rather than treating one Christian tradition as the neutral default.
Current direct pricing is $11.99 monthly or $119.99 yearly for one individual profile, after a seven-day trial. The annual Family plan is $179.99 for two to five personalized profiles under one shared login. The live App Store purchase list agrees with $11.99 and $119.99, while an older paragraph in Apple’s description still says $7.99 and $79.99. The checkout price, not the stale prose, is the reliable figure.
The iOS rating is exceptional at 4.92 from 3,057 ratings, and Google Play reports more than 50,000 downloads. Store feedback praises access to the catalogue while some reviews report slow playback, progress or chapter problems, and significant downloaded storage. The app was rebuilt in 2022 and has continued receiving updates, so older complaints should be treated as history rather than assumed current—but the trial should include the exact devices and listening patterns you plan to use.
✓ The good
- Deep, coherent catalogue - 7,000-plus hours and 1,500-plus titles across books, shows, courses, sermons, debates, and video
- Strong audiobook economics - one annual subscription can cost less than purchasing several full audiobooks separately
- Offline downloads - useful for travel, commutes, and households with unreliable connectivity
- Family option - two to five personalized profiles reduce recommendation and progress collisions
- Ad-free experience - the subscription funds the library without commercial interruptions inside programs
- Excellent store aggregate - 4.92 from 3,057 U.S. App Store ratings with a current May 2026 build
✗ Watch out
- Narrow editorial viewpoint - the library centers Canon Press and Douglas Wilson’s conservative Reformed cultural project
- No ongoing free tier - access after the seven-day trial requires at least $11.99 per month
- Pricing copy is inconsistent - the App Store description still mentions older $7.99 and $79.99 rates
- Player complaints exist - reviews have described slow loading, lost progress, missing chapter navigation, and large local storage use
- Broad identity-linked collection - Apple says purchases, email, user content, identifiers, and usage data may be linked to users
- Family billing is annual only on the current page - households cannot test multiple profiles for one low monthly family payment
Best for
- Readers who already buy Canon Press books
- Conservative Reformed and postmillennial households
- Families replacing several audiobook purchases
- Listeners wanting theology, culture, and classics offline
Avoid if
- You want several Christian traditions represented
- You mainly need mainstream Christian films
- You want a permanent free library
- You need a best-in-class audiobook player above catalogue fit
What Canon+ is
Canon+ is Canon Press’s ad-free subscription media library. Audiobooks are the anchor, supplemented by original talk shows, films, documentaries, children’s series, lectures, courses, sermons, seminars, debates, marriage and parenting material, history, culture, and classic Christian and literary works. Subscribers can stream or save programs for offline use.
The app first appeared in November 2020 and now supports iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, Android TV, and browser viewing. Canon Press uses a third-party streaming platform for portions of the app infrastructure. Apple lists the legal seller as Amazing Doctor Ransoms Paper Diet and Media Jubilee, LLC, while the consumer-facing developer and brand are Canon Press.
A subscription to a publisher’s worldview, not just its media files
The best streaming libraries create a reason to choose them beyond quantity. Canon+ does that through editorial coherence. A subscriber interested in Reformed theology, classical Christian education, family formation, cultural engagement, and Canon Press authors can move among audiobooks, discussions, and courses without reconstructing the curriculum from separate stores.
Coherence becomes a limitation when it is mistaken for comprehensiveness. Canon+ is not designed to compare Catholic, Orthodox, Wesleyan, Pentecostal, Anabaptist, mainline, and diverse evangelical traditions. Even within Reformed Christianity, Canon Press has a distinct cultural and postmillennial emphasis. Subscribe because that specific catalogue is useful, not because the service represents Christianity as a whole.
Audiobooks make the subscription math work
The library includes Canon Press publications, classics, theology, history, family and education titles, and fiction in spoken form. A reader who would otherwise buy one audiobook each month can recover the annual price quickly, while occasional listeners will not. Unlimited access encourages sampling beyond a familiar author.
The cost of subscription access is impermanence. Downloads are for offline playback inside an active account, not DRM-free files you own forever. If a title leaves the catalogue or a subscription ends, access can disappear. Buy a permanent edition when a book is central enough to annotate, cite, share within license terms, or revisit for years.
Shows, courses, and family programming broaden the use case
Canon+ includes Man Rampant, talk and interview series, debates, documentaries, conferences, video courses, seminars, sermons, and material for children. The service can therefore function as an audiobook app during the week and a television or homeschool supplement at home.
Parents should still review programs individually. A Christian label and a family profile do not replace age judgment or agreement with the presenter. The catalogue’s value is not a generic safe-screen promise; it is the ability to select from a known publisher’s body of work with fewer ads and fewer unrelated recommendations.
Offline playback and profiles are useful, but the player is part of the purchase
Downloads, remembered progress, chaptered audiobooks, personal libraries, television apps, and family profiles are core conveniences. Version history shows that the app was rebuilt with chapters and progress restoration, and current releases continue maintenance. Large downloaded books can consume substantial device storage.
Some store reviews—especially older ones—describe slow starts, awkward pause controls, missing bookmarks or chapters, and progress loss. Later versions addressed several of these areas, so a blanket claim that the player is broken would be unfair. Use the trial to download a long book, switch devices, resume playback, cast or use the TV app, and confirm the current build works for you.
Pricing
Seven-day trial
Free for 7 days
Full trial access for evaluating the catalogue, player, downloads, television app, and billing fit. Cancel before renewal if it is not a match.
Individual monthly
$11.99/mo
One profile with unlimited access. Flexible, but twelve payments total $143.88.
Individual yearly
$119.99/yr
One profile at an effective $10 per month, saving $23.89 over twelve monthly payments.
Family yearly
$179.99/yr
Two to five personalized profiles with separate watch and listening history under one shared login. Best value when three or more people use it.
The current official price is $11.99 monthly or $119.99 yearly for an individual. The annual plan saves $23.89 against twelve monthly renewals.
The Family plan costs $179.99 per year for two to five profiles. At five active users, that is $36 per person per year; at two, the individual annual accounts would cost about $60 more but would not share a login.
A seven-day trial is enough to inspect the catalogue but short for testing long-term listening. Set a cancellation reminder immediately and test playback, offline downloads, progress, and television access during that week.
Ignore the old $7.99/$79.99 language still embedded in Apple’s description. The visible in-app purchase list and Canon Press checkout page both show the higher current rates.
Where Canon+ falls behind
Editorial diversity is intentionally limited. RightNow Media and broader study platforms expose many ministries; Formed serves a defined Catholic audience with a larger sacramental and parish framework; Canon+ serves its own Reformed publishing ecosystem.
The app’s privacy label is broad. Apple says purchases, contact information, user content, identifiers, and usage data may be linked to identity for advertising, marketing, analytics, personalization, and functionality.
The public price presentation is not synchronized. Leaving old subscription figures in the store description creates avoidable distrust even when checkout is accurate.
Playback software is not the main institutional strength. Canon Press’s advantage is content, while Audible, Spotify, and dedicated audiobook platforms have more mature player expectations.
There is no lasting free shelf. Podcasts, public sermons, and library services may satisfy lighter users without another annual subscription.
Canon+ vs. RightNow Media vs. Formed vs. Pure Flix
Canon+ is strongest for books and a specific Reformed editorial identity. RightNow Media is strongest for church-provided small-group and teaching video across many evangelical publishers, but individuals often need access through an organization. Formed is the closest denominationally focused comparison, serving Catholic parishes and households with films, sacramental formation, studies, and audio.
Pure Flix focuses more clearly on entertainment films and series for a broad Christian family market. Canon+ has movies and shows, but its center of gravity is ideas: audiobooks, conversations, theology, education, family, and culture. That makes it more like a publisher’s university and audio library than a Christian Netflix replacement.
Choose Canon+ when you can name the authors or series you want. Choose RightNow Media for group curriculum, Formed for Catholic formation, and Pure Flix for movie-night volume. Catalogue fit matters far more than comparing raw title counts across different media types.
The bottom line
Canon+ is a high-value niche subscription and a poor generic recommendation. For a household aligned with Canon Press’s conservative Reformed, postmillennial, and culture-focused catalogue, $119.99 a year buys far more than the same money would purchase one title at a time. For someone seeking representative Christian breadth or primarily films, it does not. Take the seven-day trial, confirm the player on every important device, inspect the actual authors and series, and subscribe for the catalogue you will use—not for an abstract count of 7,000 hours.
Alternatives to Canon+
RightNow MediaThe church-oriented video library with broad evangelical teaching, group curriculum, and organization-sponsored access.
FormedThe Catholic counterpart: parish and household formation, films, audio, studies, and children’s programming.
Pure FlixA better match for households primarily seeking Christian and family entertainment films and series.
TBN+A free, ad-supported route to Christian television, sermons, events, and original programming.
Grace MediaA free teaching and sermon library for listeners who prefer ministry archives to a paid publisher catalogue.Frequently asked questions
How much does Canon+ cost?
Canon+ currently costs $11.99 monthly or $119.99 yearly for an individual. The Family plan is $179.99 yearly for two to five personalized profiles. New subscriptions advertise a seven-day trial.
Why does the App Store description show a lower price?
A paragraph in the description still mentions older $7.99 monthly and $79.99 annual pricing. The current App Store purchase list and official Canon Press checkout page both show $11.99 and $119.99.
What theology does Canon+ represent?
The catalogue is intentionally conservative Reformed and strongly associated with Canon Press, Douglas Wilson, postmillennialism, complementarian family teaching, classical Christian education, and cultural commentary. It is not a survey of Christian traditions.
Can I download Canon+ audiobooks?
Yes, the official service advertises offline downloads. These remain app-based subscription access rather than permanent audiobook files you own independently.
Does Canon+ have a family plan?
Yes. The current $179.99 annual Family plan provides two to five personalized profiles under a shared login.
Is Canon+ the same as Canon Press?
Canon Press is the publisher and operator; Canon+ is its subscription media service. The library includes Canon Press books and original programs alongside licensed classics and other content.
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