Comparison

Prayminder vs Planning Center

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

Planning Center

Manage ministry activities from check-ins to follow-ups with a unified dashboard. Receive notifications, create tasks, and collaborate with your team seamlessly. Access all ministry products from one central hub.

Highlights
  • Ministry-wide notifications
  • Access all ministry products
  • Home dashboard with action items
  • Task creation and assignment
  • Team collaboration
  • Mobile gestures for quick actions
Features
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Ministry work doesn’t just happen at your desk. With the Planning Center app, church admins get mobile access to every product they use, their task lists, and notifications all in one place. The Planning Center you know and love, now easily accessible from the church lobby, the youth building, or wherever your ministry work takes you. Key Features Access any product — Use People, Giving, Services, Check-Ins, or any other product, all from within the app All admin notifications — Facilities requests, workflow updates, form submissions, and more Your Home dashboard — A clear overview of stats, information, and items that need your attention Tasks — Keep collaborating with your team whether you're in a coffee shop or hustling on a Sunday morning Requirements Login requires an existing Planning Center account. Any action you take on web or mobile will be synced. Support Questions, issues, or want to request new features? Go to your profile page by tapping your avatar and use the "Contact Support" link to let us know. Typical reply time is ~1 business hour.

Screenshots

Prayminder4 screens
Planning Center4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prayminder at 97% against Planning Center's 45%. Prayminder also leads on ratings volume (4.9K vs 37) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, 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

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 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayminder has 4.9K ratings behind it against 37, 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 45% of Planning Center's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, Planning Center every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Prayminder versus Planning Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayminderPlanning Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (4.9K ratings) — better4.6 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews — better45.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.9K — better37
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPrayminder ABMinistry Centered Technologies

Customer experience

Prayminder

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

Planning Center

All ratings37 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative40.0%

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
Show 1 more
  • Bible verse integration

Planning Center

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prayminder

No in-app purchases

None

Planning Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayminder free?
Prayminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planning Center free?
Planning Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayminder or Planning Center?
Prayminder is rated higher. Prayminder averages 4.9 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while Planning Center averages 4.6 from 37 ratings.
Do Prayminder or Planning Center have ads?
Neither Prayminder nor Planning Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prayminder or Planning Center?
Prayminder ships an update every 3 weeks, and Planning Center every 11 days. Most recently, Prayminder was updated on November 2, 2026 and Planning Center on November 3, 2026.

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