Comparison

Shall We Pray? vs UCB Spark

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

Head to head
About

Shall We Pray?

This app provides a collection of over fifty prayers categorized by life situations like joy, transition, and crisis. It serves as a guide for communal prayer, offering templates and inspiration to help users express themselves or construct their own prayers.

Highlights
  • Over fifty prayers
  • Five prayer categories
  • Prayers for joy, transition, caring, emotion, crisis
  • Templates for prayer creativity
  • Guidance for communal prayer
  • Inspiration for personal prayer construction
Features
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Sometimes we find ourselves at a loss for the right way to pray with others, whether in happy, sad or even tragic situations. These prayers can offer a template for creativity or a ready-made outline of what to pray and in which situation. The more-than-fifty prayers contained in this app are split into five groups, covering different pastoral settings: joy, transition, caring, emotion, and crisis. Each group of prayers concludes with one which focuses on a particular aspect of God’s loving nature. By keeping this collection close at hand on phones or tablets, visitors will be equipped with the confidence needed both to provide a ready-made prayer for a wide range of challenging settings and – as importantly – to start constructing their own prayers based upon what they find here.

About

UCB Spark

This video-based devotional app helps kids explore the Bible with daily content and engaging activities. It covers topics like identity, bullying, and friendships, designed to foster a love for scripture.

Highlights
  • Daily Bible-based videos
  • Themed content (identity, friendship)
  • Interactive activities
  • Daily reminders
  • Surprise devotional option
  • Captioned videos
Features
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UCB Spark – The BRAND-NEW devotional app for kids – has landed! WHAT’S SPARK ABOUT? Life can be a rollercoaster. Whether things are going great or you're going through something tough, the Bible has great advice for navigating it all. At UCB, we’re all about sharing God’s Word, so we created UCB Spark – a video-based devotional app designed to help you dive into the Bible and connect with it every day. WHO’S IT FOR? Spark is designed for 10-12-year-olds, but if you’re a bit younger (or older), you’ll still find something just for you. WHAT’S IN IT? Every day, there’s a new short Bible-based video to watch. Whether it’s a UCB Radio presenter singing wildly off-key, virtual boxing matches, or lightning-speed special effects, each day we’re diving into big topics like identity, bullying, friendships, and much more. Each video is followed by simple activities related to what you’ve just watched. It might be questions to think about, a hidden Bible verse to uncover, a prayer, or another activity to help you connect with God in a real way. Even on days when you’re feeling distant from God, Spark has something to remind you that you’re loved and seen. Let UCB Spark help to ‘spark’ a love for the Bible in you. FEATURES - A new video every day from UK content creators. - Choose from topics like friendship, identity, and more. - ‘Surprise me’ – let the app pick a devotional for you. - Set daily reminders so you can remember to ‘Spark’. - ‘Scrub to reveal’ – reveal the Bible verse by scrubbing the screen. - Drag-and-drop Bible challenge. - Share your thoughts with emojis. - Captioned videos. - Share the app with a friend.

Screenshots

Shall We Pray?3 screens
UCB Spark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: UCB Spark at 100% against Shall We Pray?'s 0%. UCB Spark also leads on update cadence (every 8 months vs every 46 months). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shall We Pray? ships an update every 46 months, UCB Spark every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on August 31, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Shall We Pray? versus UCB Spark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShall We Pray?UCB Spark
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSanctus Media LtdUnited Christian Broadcasters Ltd

Customer experience

Shall We Pray?

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

UCB Spark

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shall We Pray?

No in-app purchases

None

UCB Spark

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shall We Pray? free?
Shall We Pray? is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is UCB Spark free?
UCB Spark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shall We Pray? or UCB Spark have ads?
Neither Shall We Pray? nor UCB Spark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shall We Pray? or UCB Spark?
Shall We Pray? ships an update every 46 months, and UCB Spark every 8 months. Most recently, Shall We Pray? was updated on August 31, 2026 and UCB Spark on August 25, 2026.

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