Comparison

Prayminder vs OnlinePrayerJournal

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

Head to head
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.

About

OnlinePrayerJournal

This digital journal helps you build a consistent prayer habit for spiritual growth. It offers tools to capture sermon notes, journal prayer time, and track answered prayers. Daily scripture and devotionals are included to inspire your practice.

Highlights
  • Digital prayer journal with text editor
  • Daily scripture verses
  • Daily devotionals
  • Organized and searchable notes
  • Automated prayer reminders
  • Track answered prayers
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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OnlinePrayerJournal helps you build the habit of prayer journaling so you can feel spiritual growth and closeness with God. OnlinePrayerJournal is the free, feature-rich digital prayer journal that is always with you. Whether you have been saved recently or walking with Christ for decades, OnlinePrayerJournal helps you grow in your spiritual walk. Capture your notes from Sunday sermons, podcasts, and bible studies. Journal your prayer time with God. It’s all organized by date and title and instantly searchable for reflection and seeing your progress. You also get an editing toolbar that lets you add formatting, headers, and bullets to keep your notes neat. Your OnlinePrayerJournal also comes with a daily memory verse and a daily devotional to stimulate your journaling. All you have to do is open the app for daily memory verses, daily devotionals, and your feature-rich journaling app: • Digital prayer journal with text edit toolbar • Daily scripture • Daily devotional --- Use your OnlinePrayerJournal mobile app account to access your OnlinePrayerJournal web account for even more features. Never forget to pray for others again. Get automated reminders to pray. Track answered prayers. It’s all available to you through Prayer Cards, Prayer Delivery, and Answered Prayers features of the OnlinePrayerJournal web app that pairs with the OnlinePrayerJournal App. And everything syncs up perfectly across web- and mobile-platforms. You get a seamless experience whether you are working on your mobile device or your home computer. OnlinePrayerJournal syncs across all your devices so your prayer journal is always with you, everywhere you go.

Screenshots

Prayminder4 screens
OnlinePrayerJournal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prayminder at 97% against OnlinePrayerJournal's 50%. Prayminder also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 23 months). OnlinePrayerJournal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Prayminder holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Prayminder's written reviews are positive against 50% of OnlinePrayerJournal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, OnlinePrayerJournal every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prayminder versus OnlinePrayerJournal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayminderOnlinePrayerJournal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (4.9K ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.9K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 23 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrayminder ABKruep Outcomes Research Technology, LLC

Customer experience

Prayminder

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

OnlinePrayerJournal

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

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

OnlinePrayerJournal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prayminder

No in-app purchases

None

OnlinePrayerJournal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayminder free?
Prayminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnlinePrayerJournal free?
OnlinePrayerJournal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayminder or OnlinePrayerJournal?
Prayminder is rated higher. Prayminder averages 4.9 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while OnlinePrayerJournal averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Prayminder or OnlinePrayerJournal have ads?
Neither Prayminder nor OnlinePrayerJournal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prayminder or OnlinePrayerJournal?
Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, and OnlinePrayerJournal every 23 months. Most recently, Prayminder was updated on November 2, 2026 and OnlinePrayerJournal on November 3, 2026.

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