Prayer Book vs Pray the Word
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Book
Access hundreds of Bahá'í prayers in multiple languages. Browse by category or use the search function to find specific prayers. Keep your spiritual resources readily available wherever you are.
- Hundreds of Bahá'í prayers
- Multiple language support
- Browse by category
- Built-in search feature
- Offline access
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Prayer Book contains hundreds of prayers from the sacred writings of the Bahá’í Faith in Czech, Dutch, English, Fijian, French, German, Icelandic, Persian, Slovak and Spanish. You can browse for a particular prayer by category, or find it by using the built-in search feature. Now wherever you go, you'll always have your prayer book with you! Some of the categories include: *Aid and Assistance *America *Children *The Departed *Detachment *Families *Gatherings *Healing *Nearness to God *Peace *Unity *Youth Keywords: Bahá’í, Bahai, Baha'i
Pray the Word
Access daily prayers based on scripture, available in thirteen languages. This app offers prayers for specific situations and seasons, with the ability to share them via email. It is sponsored by the Evangelical Church of Bangkok.
- Daily prayers
- Scripture-based content
- Thirteen language options
- Prayers for specific situations
- Seasonal prayers (Advent, Lent)
- Email sharing functionality
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• PRAY THE WORD APP is sponsored by the Evangelical Church of Bangkok (Thailand). It provides the user with daily prayers based on the Word of God and is available in thirteen languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese, French, Portuguese, Macedonian, Swahili, Bengali, Vietnamese and Urdu). • The setting button (The 3 Line Menu Icon) allows the user to choose preferred language. • Daily prayers, prayers for specific situations and seasons of the year (Advent and Lent) are accessed through the Main Screen. • All prayers can be shared via email. • For more information, please contact us at prayer@ecb.asia.
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Verdict
Prayer Book and Pray the Word are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Prayer Book against 4.8 for Pray the Word. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 55 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Prayer Book's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pray the Word's.
Prayer Book ships an update every 6 months, Pray the Word every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Book | Pray the Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (56 ratings) — better | 4.8 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 55 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arash Payan | Creative Me Company Limited |
Customer experience
Prayer Book
Pray the Word
Bugs and requests
Prayer Book
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search function not working on some devices
- Prayers not displaying correctly in certain languages
- App crashing or not loading for some users
Requested features
9 requests- Multiple bookmark lists
- Night mode/dark theme
- Ability to organize bookmarks by category
- Integration with other sacred writings
- Ability to add/sync personal prayers
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- Compass pointing to Qiblih
- Samoan language support
- Read-aloud functionality
- Baha'i calendar integration
Pray the Word
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prayer Book
No in-app purchases
Pray the Word
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Prayer Book free?
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Do Prayer Book or Pray the Word have ads?
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