Pray First vs PrayedUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pray First
This app guides users through prayer with structured plans and worship music. It helps foster a deeper connection with God by offering tools to personalize prayer lists and enhance the prayer experience.
- Guided prayer plans
- Access to worship songs
- Personalized prayer list creation
- Enhanced prayer effectiveness
- Deeper connection with God
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What is prayer? It’s simply talking with God. While there is no art to prayer, there are some ways that can help us grow closer to God through prayer. The Pray First app walks you through guided prayer plans, gives you access to worship songs, and allows you to create a personalized prayer list. Find a new level of purpose, effectiveness, and enjoyment in your prayer life. For more information about our app, you can visit: prayfirstapp.com
PrayedUp
Share your unique prayer link with friends and family to receive their prayer requests. Send personalized audio prayers to offer support and encouragement. The app prioritizes user safety with automated content moderation.
- Shareable Prayer Link
- Receive Prayer Requests
- Send Audio Prayers
- Community Prayer Sharing
- Automated Content Moderation
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How to use PrayedUp: 1. Share your Prayer Link 2. Friends and family send their prayer requests 3. Send personal Audio Prayers to lift them up To ensure the safety of our users, PrayedUp may use automated moderation and content review to protect against inappropriate or harmful content. Terms of Service: https://prayedup.link/terms Privacy Policy: https://prayedup.link/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PrayedUp at weekly against Pray First's monthly. Pray First's advantage is ratings volume (390 vs 24). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Pray First against 4.9 for PrayedUp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pray First has 390 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Pray First's written reviews are positive against 100% of PrayedUp's.
Pray First ships an update monthly, PrayedUp weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pray First | PrayedUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (390 ratings) — better | 4.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 390 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Church of the Highlands | TYJ |
Customer experience
Pray First
PrayedUp
Bugs and requests
Pray First
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login screen shows blank page after email entry
- Cannot sign up - forced to use guest mode
- Prayer details fail to load when tapping topics
- Spanish language menu only, content remains English
- Prayer list details require workaround (share to text)
Requested features
7 requests- Prayer list sharing capability
- Group prayer creation and management
- Dark mode for nighttime reading
- Prayer list as default home screen
- Full-screen prayer expansion
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- Increased character limit for titles
- Complete Spanish language translation
PrayedUp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pray First
No in-app purchases
PrayedUp
No in-app purchases
