SimpleBackgrounds vs Heavenly Prayers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleBackgrounds
Discover a collection of 48 beautiful, flat-colored backgrounds designed to give your phone a clean and simplistic look. Save wallpapers perfectly sized for your device, with more colors and features planned for future updates.
- 48 flat (matte) colors
- Normal and darker color versions
- Device-dimensioned saves
- Feedback option
- Future custom color option
- Future Apple Watch app
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Introducing...SimpleBackgrounds! If you're like me and are into more simplistic things in life and you want your phone to reflect that, SimpleBackgrounds is the app for you! It features 48 flat (matte) colors to choose from and more to come! Features: • 24 normal flat colors • 24 darker versions of the normal colors • Feedback option in the settings page • Save backgrounds as the height and width of the device you're on so no matter if you're on an iPad or an iPhone it'll always be dimensioned correctly Features to Come: • Custom color option • Apple Watch app or a place in iOS app for a watch background • Preview mode - shows what the background will look like behind apps or on the lock screen • Many more colors • Different color combination designs There may be a version to come out just for Macs also so stay tuned for that! Enjoy! - Eric Walker, Head Developer
Heavenly Prayers
Find solace and express your thoughts in a digital sanctuary. This app offers a unique way to focus your feelings and receive personalized prayers crafted by an algorithm. It provides continuous support for evolving emotions and challenges.
- Digital Sanctuary
- Express feelings (100 characters)
- Crystalize thoughts
- Personalized prayer algorithm
- Ephemeral experience (not stored)
- Continuous support
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With Heavenly Prayers you would be able to: - Digital Sanctuary: A tranquil corner to convey thoughts and seek solace. - Start Your Journey: Express feelings within a 100-character space. - Crystalize Thoughts: A unique approach to focus on what truly matters. - Personalized Prayer: Unique algorithm crafts comforting prayers based on your input. - Ephemeral Experience: Prayers aren’t stored, capturing them is encouraged. - Continuous Support: Use the app repeatedly for evolving emotions and challenges. - Your Digital Companion: We aim to accompany, inspire, and console during trying times.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Heavenly Prayers at none against SimpleBackgrounds's 1. Heavenly Prayers also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). SimpleBackgrounds's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 15 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SimpleBackgrounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Heavenly Prayers asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SimpleBackgrounds against 5.0 for Heavenly Prayers. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
SimpleBackgrounds ships an update every 4 weeks, Heavenly Prayers every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleBackgrounds | Heavenly Prayers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Walker | Amir Camper |
Customer experience
SimpleBackgrounds
Heavenly Prayers
In-app purchases
SimpleBackgrounds
- SimpleBackgrounds Pro Features$0.99
Heavenly Prayers
No in-app purchases
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