Pray First vs PrayerCircle App
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
PrayerCircle App
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Have you ever told someone "I'll pray for you" — and then forgotten? PrayerCircle is a quiet, ad-free app that helps you remember to pray, and gathers others to pray alongside you. Around every Christian, an army of prayer. Because God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20). WHAT YOU CAN DO • Share a prayer request and let others carry it with you • Pray for people near you and across the world — one tap to say "I prayed" • Send a private word of encouragement to someone you've prayed for • Set gentle reminders so you never forget to pray for someone again • Mark prayers as answered and rejoice together FOR CHURCHES & GROUPS • Create private groups for your church, family, or small group • Share requests safely — group prayers never appear in public • Discover public prayer groups on a world map PRAYER WITHOUT THE NOISE • No ads. No follower or prayer counts. No vanity metrics — just prayer. • Requests written in another language are translated into yours automatically • Every request is gently checked; harmful content is blocked BUILT WITH CARE FOR EVERYONE For believers in places where faith carries risk, Safe Mode offers an anonymous account with no email and extra privacy protection — so anyone, anywhere, can pray in safety. Gather your circle. Carry one another. Watch God work. "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us..." — Ephesians 3:2
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Verdict
Pray First and PrayerCircle App are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pray First | PrayerCircle App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (391 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 391 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Church of the Highlands | Ruard Stolper |
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
PrayerCircle App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pray First
No in-app purchases
PrayerCircle App
No in-app purchases









