Prayminder vs Journal the Word
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.
Journal the Word
This app provides a digital space for users to engage with scripture through journaling. It offers built-in reading plans and a scripture lookup tool to facilitate reflection and prayer.
- Digital scripture journaling
- Built-in reading plans
- Scripture lookup tool
- Track reading progress
- Reflect and pray digitally
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Journal the Word exists because journaling helps us engage Scripture more deeply. Writing clarifies thought, slows the heart, and creates space to hear from God as we meditate on His Word. For those who may never reach for a paper journal or who want to keep their reflections digitally, this app offers a simple, focused place to do just that. Open your Bible. Open the app. Read. Reflect. Pray. Close it. Live it. Built-In Reading Plans Stay consistent in your time in Scripture with several built-in plans: • F260 (Foundations 260) • 5x5 New Testament • Whole Bible Reading Plan and More! Track your progress and easily journal directly from your daily reading. Scripture Lookup Quickly pull Scripture passages into your journal entries using the built-in Bible lookup tool. Multiple verses can be added to your reflection as you study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Prayminder at 4.9K against Journal the Word's 1. Journal the Word's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Prayminder against 5.0 for Journal the Word. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, Journal the Word monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayminder | Journal the Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.9K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.9K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prayminder AB | Jonah Elijah Chitty |
Customer experience
Prayminder
Journal the Word
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
Journal the Word
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prayminder
No in-app purchases
Journal the Word
No in-app purchases
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