Gloo Messaging vs Prayer List.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gloo Messaging
Facilitate authentic communication for church and ministry leaders. Manage contacts, send broadcasts, and respond to prayer requests on the go. Assign conversations and engage with members seamlessly.
- Real-time conversations
- Respond to prayer requests
- One-to-many Broadcasts
- Contact management
- Assign conversations
- Add to Groups/Workflows
- Engage with Explorers
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The Gloo Messaging app is designed for church and ministry leaders to communicate on the go. Now you can stay connected with your people through meaningful, real-time conversations, respond to prayer requests, send one-to-many Broadcasts, simplify contact management, assign conversations to team members, add people to Groups or Workflows, and engage with Explorers without missing a message.
Prayer List.
Organize your prayer life with a digital list. Create multiple lists, group items, add notes, and protect sensitive requests with a password. Sync your lists across devices using iCloud.
- Multiple prayer lists
- Item grouping
- Notes for prayer items
- Password protection
- iCloud sync
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Help keep your prayer life organized with this digital prayer list. Features: - Create multiple prayer lists - Create groups for items to organize how you see fit - Add notes for each item if desired - Add a password to protect sensitive prayer requests - Sync prayer lists to iCloud
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prayer List. at 80% against Gloo Messaging's 10%. Prayer List. also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Gloo Messaging's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 4). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prayer List. holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gloo Messaging has 61 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Gloo Messaging's written reviews are positive against 80% of Prayer List.'s.
Gloo Messaging ships an update every 3 weeks, Prayer List. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 14, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gloo Messaging | Prayer List. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (61 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.8% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gloo LLC | Matthew Hiles |
Customer experience
Gloo Messaging
Prayer List.
In-app purchases
Gloo Messaging
No in-app purchases
Prayer List.
No in-app purchases
Questions
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