Comparison

Five Psalms vs Prayminder

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Five Psalms

This app helps users engage in more meaningful prayer by guiding them through daily psalms. It simplifies the process of finding and reading scripture passages for prayer, inspired by a systematic approach to praying through the Bible.

Highlights
  • Daily psalm selection based on date
  • Systematic scripture reading plan
  • Proverbs chapter display
  • Customizable scripture text
  • Multiple Bible version support
  • 31st-day psalm customization
Features
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Do you find your prayers to God to be repetitive and boring? Do you tend to say the same old things about the same old things? The best solution is to pray through a passage of Scripture, in particular a psalm or proverb. In Donald S. Whitney's excellent Praying the Bible book (Crossway, 2015), Whitney introduces a superb, systematic approach for praying through Scripture called "Psalms of the Day." Since there are 150 psalms in the book of Psalms and most months have at least 30 days, you can read through all 150 psalms in a month by reading five per day. You start by taking today's day of the month and reading the corresponding psalm, then keep adding 30 until you get your five psalms. On the 31st day of the month, you read Psalm 119 only. You quickly scan those five psalms then pick the one that best leads you to prayer at that moment. This app was inspired by Whitney's "Psalms of the Day" prayer approach. Instead of having to do the math each day and manually flipping to each psalm in a physical Bible, this app automatically looks up today's date, does the math, and displays for you the exact five psalms for the day. You can read through a psalm by swiping up and down, and switch to a different psalm by swiping left and right. You can also display the Proverbs chapter of the day, customize the look and feel of the Scripture text, choose from different Bible versions, and customize what happens on the 31st day of the month (show Psalm 119 or five random Psalms).

About

Prayminder

This app helps users integrate prayer into their daily lives with gentle reminders and a personal prayer list. It fosters a consistent connection with God throughout the day, allowing users to track answered prayers and maintain a record of gratitude.

Highlights
  • Personal prayer list
  • Daily randomized prayer reminders
  • Scheduled reminders
  • Add notes to prayers
  • Mark prayers as answered
  • Track prayer frequency
Features
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Prayminder is a calm, beautifully crafted prayer app that makes it simple to pray through the day and turn prayer into a habit. More than 30 million prayer reminders have gone out to people around the world. Add prayers, Scripture, or any words you want to return to, and Prayminder brings them back to you with gentle reminders across your day. It is free, private by design, and works without an account. HOW IT WORKS Write down your prayer topics. Choose how often you want to be reminded. When a reminder arrives, take a moment to pray, then carry on with your day. Over time, those small moments become a rhythm, and you get to make prayer a habit in the middle of a busy everyday life. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Keep your prayers in one place and organize them into groups, such as family, church, or work - Set your own reminder schedule, from a few times a day to whatever suits your life - Read the Bible in the app, with translations provided through YouVersion - Attach Bible verses to your prayers - See a simple record of how your prayer rhythm is growing - Receive reminders reliably, even when your phone has been asleep for hours PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your prayers are personal. They are stored on your phone and never leave your device. You can use the whole app without the need to create an account. The app is free, shows no ads, and your data is yours only. MADE AS A MINISTRY Prayminder is made by Panos and Emma, a husband and wife who have been building it as a ministry since 2017, so that anyone can keep turning back to God in the middle of ordinary days. It is free for everyone and open to Christians of every tradition.

Screenshots

Five Psalms3 screens
Prayminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Prayminder at 4.9K against Five Psalms's 81. Five Psalms's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Five Psalms against 4.9 for Prayminder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Five Psalms's written reviews are positive against 97% of Prayminder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Psalms ships an update fortnightly, Prayminder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Five Psalms versus Prayminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive PsalmsPrayminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (81 ratings)4.9 (4.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews96.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings814.9K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryant HuangPrayminder AB

Customer experience

Five Psalms

All ratings76 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Prayminder

All ratings4,851 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews426 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative0.7%

Bugs and requests

Five Psalms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Prayminder

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Keyboard blocks editing prayers
  • Notifications not always working

Requested features

6 requests
  • Categorize prayers (people, topics, etc.)
  • Customize notification frequency per prayer
  • Track answered prayers separately
  • Search/sort prayers
  • Share prayers with others
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  • Bible verse integration

In-app purchases

None

Five Psalms

No in-app purchases

None

Prayminder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Psalms free?
Five Psalms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prayminder free?
Prayminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Five Psalms or Prayminder?
Prayminder is rated higher. Five Psalms averages 4.9 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Prayminder averages 4.9 from 4.9K ratings.
Do Five Psalms or Prayminder have ads?
Neither Five Psalms nor Prayminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Psalms or Prayminder?
Five Psalms ships an update fortnightly, and Prayminder every 3 weeks. Most recently, Five Psalms was updated on October 24, 2026 and Prayminder on October 22, 2026.

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