Pray by Day vs CaptionCall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pray by Day
This app helps Christians build a daily prayer habit with guided 15-minute sessions. It includes scripture reflection, worship songs, and structured time for thanks, repentance, and intercession. Designed for commuters, it's audio-based, offline, and ad-free.
- Guided 15-minute prayer sessions
- Scripture reflection
- Worship songs and Psalms
- Structured prayer time (thanks, repent, intercede)
- Audio-based for commuters
- Offline functionality
- Daily prayer reminders
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Prayer is powerful, yet it is often difficult. Pray by Day gives you an easy way to pray! Pray by Day helps Christians Start, Strengthen, and Sustain a daily prayer habit. • The app will take you through a 15 minute prayer time, including: ◦ a reflection on scripture ◦ worship songs and songs based on Psalms • There’s also time to: ◦ give thanks ◦ repent ◦ intercede ◦ You can even add your own intercessions and things to give thanks for! • Features: ◦ Designed with commuters in mind: ▪ Pray by Day is audio-based so you can listen to it on your way to work or school ◦ 154 days to pray through: ▪ These are organized into 22 themed weeks. ▪ Check these out – they’re written by amazing authors! ◦ Completely Offline ◦ Free and Ad-Free ◦ Daily Prayer Reminders ◦ Bookmark text that strikes you and come back to it later ◦ 3D Touch Quick Actions: Search for a song directly or add your items for Thanksgiving or Intercession by long pressing on the app's icon
CaptionCall
This app provides real-time, live captions for phone calls, enabling deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to communicate effectively. It offers a free, secure, and private way to make and receive calls with automatic transcription, accessible anywhere with internet service.
- Live call captioning
- Real-time transcription
- Customizable display
- Secure and private
- Use WiFi or mobile data
- Voicemail alerts
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CaptionCall Mobile empowers deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to make and receive phone calls with instant live captions. CaptionCall Mobile offers captioned phone calls in real-time at no cost to qualified deaf and hard-of-hearing users in an easy-to-use mobile app that integrates seamlessly into daily life and work. Why CaptionCall? No more landlines. CaptionCall Mobile goes where you go, allowing you to make and receive captioned calls from your mobile device anywhere with WiFi or mobile data service. Fast, accurate, and easy, CaptionCall automatically transcribes both sides of your conversation in a customizable easy-to-read format, using advanced voice to text for deaf and hard-of-hearing that is 100% private and secure. Accurate call captions appear in real-time for free-flowing, natural conversation. No cost, ever. As an FCC-approved captioned call service, CaptionCall provides 100% no-cost call captioning to those with qualified hearing loss, thanks to a federally-administered fund. GETTING STARTED WITH CAPTIONCALL MOBILE IS EASY: 1. Install the CaptionCall Mobile app 2. Create an account. You must provide accurate account information to meet federal requirements and enable your service. 3. Receive your new CaptionCall Mobile phone number for making and receiving captioned calls. Or you can continue using your existing phone number and automatically forward them to CaptionCall Mobile on your mobile device or tablet for captioning. 4. Tap “Allow” when asked to grant permissions to CaptionCall Mobile. You'll have quick access to your saved contacts, captioned voicemail and voicemail alerts, and can dial and receive calls from any phone number, just like your regular phone. 5. Use CaptionCall Mobile to start making calls with instant live captions. CaptionCall Mobile is exclusively for people with hearing loss who need captions to use the phone effectively in the United States only. CaptionCall and CaptionCall Mobile are available in the United States only. FEDERAL LAW PROHIBITS ANYONE BUT REGISTERED USERS WITH HEARING LOSS FROM USING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CAPTIONED TELEPHONES WITH THE CAPTIONS TURNED ON. IP captioned telephone service may use a live operator. The operator generates captions of what the other party to the call says. These captions are then sent to your phone. There is a cost for each minute of captions generated, paid from a federally administered fund. No costs are passed along to individuals who qualify for the service. The CaptionCall phone and app remain the property of Sorenson in order to provide ongoing support, service, and upgrades. Patent information: www.Sorenson.com/Legal. Please report any bugs and feedback to Happy calling! Thanks, The CaptionCall Mobile Team
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Verdict
Pray by Day and CaptionCall both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Pray by Day's written reviews are positive against 75% of CaptionCall's. Pray by Day also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). CaptionCall's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 295). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pray by Day against 4.8 for CaptionCall. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CaptionCall has 3.7K ratings behind it against 295, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Pray by Day's written reviews are positive against 75% of CaptionCall's.
Pray by Day ships an update every 2 months, CaptionCall fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pray by Day | CaptionCall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (295 ratings) — better | 4.8 (3.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 74.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 295 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Sword of the Spirit | MachineGenius |
Customer experience
Pray by Day
CaptionCall
Bugs and requests
Pray by Day
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CaptionCall
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/connection issues
- Captions not showing up during calls
- Keypad blocking captions
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic language detection and switching
- Text-to-speech functionality for mute users
- Customizable tone/volume settings
- Improved integration with phone dialer
In-app purchases
Pray by Day
No in-app purchases
CaptionCall
No in-app purchases









