Comparison

Prayer Diary vs Devotio

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

Head to head
About

Prayer Diary

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Pray, Care, Share, CrossReach We believe every life can flourish with the right support at the right time. Our mission is to demonstrate Christian love in all we do: showing compassion and commitment to people from all communities and backgrounds needing someone to be with them in their corner. Our hope is this App will make CrossReach prayer requests more accessible to you. During your own times of devotion, we pray you will find it a helpful resource for reflecting on people who need additional support to face their daily lives, and for those who work in social care. We also hope you will learn about the difference experienced by individuals, families, volunteers and employees through service provided in Christ’s Name. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIVUK) The app offers: — Daily Prayers — Helpful Devotional Thoughts — Personal stories

About

Devotio

This app offers a private and traditional Catholic prayer experience. Build custom prayer sessions, track intentions, and access various devotions like the Rosary and Stations of the Cross, all stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Customizable prayer sessions
  • Intentions tracker
  • The Rosary with all mysteries
  • Stations of the Cross
  • Surrender Novena
  • Daily Mass readings
  • Prayer journal
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Devotio is a free Catholic prayer app built as an apostolate, not than a product. No accounts. No cloud sync. No tracking. Your prayers stay on your device - private, as they should be. WHAT DEVOTIO INCLUDES Personal Oratory Build a prayer session shaped to your own intentions. Choose the quick path - one page, under a minute - or the full four-step preparation: your petitions, a virtue or theme, saints for intercession, and prayers from the treasury of the Church. Intentions Diptych Keep the names and causes you pray for close to hand. Inspired by the ancient Church practice of the Diptych - wax tablets on which names were written for prayer during the Liturgy. The Rosary All twenty mysteries, bead by bead. Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious - with traditional day-by-day mapping. Quick Rosary for a single decade when time is short. Stations of the Cross All fourteen stations, with sacred art and your personal intentions carried through from the first. Surrender Novena Nine days of abandonment to Divine Providence attributed to Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo. Schedule daily prayers so each day's text arrives at the right time. Litanies and Chaplets The great litanies of the Church - including the Litany of Loreto and the Litany of the Saints - alongside traditional chaplets (coming in a later version). Daily Mass Readings Today's readings via Universalis, with regional liturgy recognition. Prayer Journal Every completed session logged automatically: the saints you prayed with, the mysteries, your intentions, date and time. Private. Never transmitted. Scheduler and Calendar Schedule any devotion. Set a time, receive a notification, deep-link directly into the prayer. Export to your phone's calendar. THE TRADITION 165 saints mapped to virtues, feast days, and themes. 1,140 Scripture passages across three translations. All major Catholic devotions - in three Catholic translations. Three translations throughout: modern English (Catholic Public Domain Version), traditional English (Douay-Rheims), and Latin (Clementine Vulgate). PRIVACY Devotio is architecturally incapable of seeing what you pray about. There are no user accounts, no servers to receive your data, and no tracking of any kind. Everything is stored locally on your device. You can export and delete your data at any time. FREE TO USE The app is free to use, and the heart of it - the prayers, the devotions, the Scripture, your intentions - will always remain so. Devotio is the vision of an independent Catholic who began with a simple desire for a faithful and private way to pray — and worked with an incredible Catholic software engineer (53bells), feature by feature, to bring that vision to life and share it with fellow believers.

Screenshots

Prayer Diary3 screens
Devotio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Devotio at 3 against Prayer Diary's 1. Devotio also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Prayer Diary versus Devotio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer DiaryDevotio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSanctus Media LtdDEVOTIO PRAYER LTD

In-app purchases

None

Prayer Diary

No in-app purchases

None

Devotio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Diary free?
Prayer Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Devotio free?
Devotio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prayer Diary or Devotio have ads?
Neither Prayer Diary nor Devotio shows ads.

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