Prayminder vs The LCMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personal prayer list
- Daily randomized prayer reminders
- Scheduled reminders
- Add notes to prayers
- Mark prayers as answered
- Track prayer frequency
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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.
The LCMS
Access global Lutheran news, resources, and media. Daily devotions are available, along with a directory to find churches and schools. Listen to various radio stations.
- Worldwide Lutheran news
- Daily devotions
- Church and school finder
- Radio station streaming
- Resource access
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The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod app connects you with worldwide Lutheran news, resources, and media. View God’s Word in a daily devotion! Find Churches and Schools in your area or take it along as you travel. Listen to KFUO, Classic 99 and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Prayminder at 4.9K against The LCMS's 16. Prayminder also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). The LCMS's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Prayminder holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Prayminder's written reviews are positive against 100% of The LCMS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, The LCMS every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayminder | The LCMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.9K ratings) — better | 4.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prayminder AB | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod |
Customer experience
Prayminder
The LCMS
Bugs and 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
The LCMS
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prayminder
No in-app purchases
The LCMS
No in-app purchases
