Prayminder vs Epistle
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.
Epistle
This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.
- Share ministry updates with photos and video
- Automatic update distribution to partners
- Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
- Manage ministry sites
- Connect with ministry partners
- Automated email platform
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prayminder at none against Epistle's 5. Prayminder also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 9). Epistle's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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
Both are free to download. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Prayminder asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Prayminder against 5.0 for Epistle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Prayminder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Epistle's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayminder | Epistle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.9K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prayminder AB | Epistle LLC |
Customer experience
Prayminder
Epistle
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
Epistle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prayminder
No in-app purchases
Epistle
- One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
- Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
- Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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- Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
- Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month
