Comparison

Dates vs Just a Prayer

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

Head to head
About

Dates

Manage your bills, tasks, and disposable items with this expiration date tracker. Never forget a due date or a product's expiry again. This app helps you stay organized and on top of your responsibilities.

Highlights
  • Track bills and tasks
  • Monitor disposable item expiration
  • Stay organized
  • Never miss a due date
Features
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App to keep up with Bills, Tasks, disposables etc. Made from Student at OSU.

About

Just a Prayer

This app offers a peaceful space for daily prayer, featuring a single prayer each day and a curated library for specific needs. It also includes a personal prayer journal, sermon note-taking, and an audio prayer option for a quiet, reflective experience.

Highlights
  • Daily prayer with refresh option
  • Curated prayer library by need
  • Personal prayer journal
  • Sermon notes with verse references
  • Audio prayer library
  • Home screen widget
  • Gentle reminders
Features
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Just a Prayer is a calm, quiet place to pray. Open the app and you have one prayer for today — nothing to scroll, nothing to dismiss. Refresh it, favorite it, or share it. When you need words for a specific moment, a small library is organized by need: Peace, Strength, Guidance, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Family, Work, Morning, Evening, and Healing. These are real prayers, spoken to God — not affirmations, not motivational quotes. Honest, reverent, and grounded in Scripture. A PLACE FOR YOUR OWN PRAYERS Keep a personal prayer journal. Write your own prayers, save them, and come back to them. Your journal stays on your device. SERMON NOTES Hold on to what you heard. Capture sermon notes with verse references and keep them close. LISTEN WHEN READING ISN'T WHAT YOU NEED An audio prayer library lets you simply listen — calm pacing, a clear voice, no theatrics. QUIET BY DESIGN - One daily prayer, refreshable - A small, focused prayer library - Personal prayer journal - Sermon notes with verse references - Audio prayers - Home screen widget to keep a short prayer close - Gentle reminders for a prayer rhythm that fits your day - Favorites - Export your journal and notes - English and Swedish PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Your journal and notes stay on your device. No account required to pray. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS Just a Prayer is free to use. The daily prayer, core categories, and saving and sharing are always free — no one should have to pay to pray. One optional one-time purchase unlocks the full app: expanded prayers and seasonal packs, the full audio library, AI-assisted prayer writing, all themes, and unlimited saving. One purchase. Yours forever. No subscription, no renewal. Sincere, simple, and quiet — a small app for daily prayer.

Screenshots

Dates4 screens
Just a Prayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dates at 5.0 against Just a Prayer's 4.5. Dates also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Just a Prayer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Just a Prayer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dates ships an update fortnightly, Just a Prayer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Dates versus Just a Prayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDatesJust a Prayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDecoreyon GreenThink Heart Apps AB

Customer experience

Dates

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Just a Prayer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dates

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Just a Prayer

One-time1
  • Full App Unlock$7.99

Questions

Is Dates free?
Dates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Just a Prayer free?
Just a Prayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dates or Just a Prayer?
Dates is rated higher. Dates averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Just a Prayer averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Dates or Just a Prayer have ads?
Dates shows ads; Just a Prayer does not.
Which is updated more often, Dates or Just a Prayer?
Dates ships an update fortnightly, and Just a Prayer every 4 months. Most recently, Dates was updated on November 3, 2026 and Just a Prayer on November 5, 2026.

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