Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools vs Wayfarer Prayers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools
Access a vast collection of Baha'i prayers and writings in over 116 languages. This app offers powerful search tools, study resources, and practical features to support your Baha'i life, including a calendar and fasting aids.
- Prayers and Writings in 116+ languages
- Extensive library for studying Baha'i Writings
- Powerful search functionality
- Tools for the Baha'i Fast
- Feast & Holy Day Calendar
- Sunrise/Sunset times
- Adjustable text size and color
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116 languages, hundreds of categories, and thousands of Baha'i Prayers & Writings complemented by a wide assortment of tools and features. Officially translated prayers in over 116 languages. Study the Writings in the huge library. Messages from the Universal House of Justice Simple and powerful search tools. Lots of helpful and easy-to-use tools for your Baha'i life. A wide range of tools to help you during the Fast. Search the entire Writings Holy Days Writings Ridvan Messages Kitab-i-Aqdas Explorer Kitab-i-Aqdas Matrix Kitab-i-Iqan Gleanings Matrix Hidden Words Matrix Some Answered Questions Prayers and Meditations Days of Remembrance Tablets of Baha'u'llah Baha'i World News Service 95 Taps Feast & Holy Day Calendar Email Sharing Sunrise / Sunset Text size and color YouTube performances of Prayers Prayer Lists Discussions Bahji Arrow
Wayfarer Prayers
This app provides over 1,500 Bahá'í prayers in ten languages, with offline functionality and an intelligent search that understands meaning. It allows users to favorite prayers, create custom backgrounds, and share prayers easily.
- 1,500+ prayers in 10 languages
- Offline usability
- Semantic and keyword search
- Personalized prayerbook
- Customizable background images
- Prayer sharing
- Read-aloud audio
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Wayfarer Prayers is a quiet, personal companion for Bahá'í prayers in ten languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Icelandic, Czech, Slovak, Persian, and Fijian. More than 1,500 prayers organized into categories, free of ads, free of tracking, and fully usable offline. Read prayers aloud. Tap the play button on any prayer and a calm voice reads it for you, with each word highlighting in time with the audio. Pause and resume anywhere. Audio is cached on your device after the first play, so revisiting a familiar prayer is instant and works offline. Find the prayer you need by describing what's on your mind. Wayfarer's on-device search understands meaning, not just keywords: ask "I'm attending a funeral for my grandma" or "I need patience with my kids" and it surfaces the prayers that fit. Prefer a literal match? Switch to Words search and type a phrase you remember. Every search stays on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere. Build a personal prayerbook. Favourite any prayer and it joins your Prayerbook tab, where you can browse as a grid of cards, a simple list, or a full-page reader. Long-press a card and drag to arrange prayers in any order. The order persists across relaunches. Each saved prayer can carry its own contemplative background image. Tap the wand and Wayfarer generates a calm, abstract image tuned to the prayer's meaning, or describe exactly what you want to see. Images live on your device. Share any prayer with a tap. The share sheet includes the full prayer text plus a deep link. Friends with Wayfarer open straight to the same prayer; friends without it still get to read it. Everything that can be on-device is on-device. The semantic search model (Qwen3-Embedding) ships inside the app: no first-launch download, no network call when you search. Wayfarer only contacts a server when you explicitly ask for read-aloud audio or a new background image. A small, careful app. Open it, find your prayer, listen, close it, and get on with your day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools at weekly against Wayfarer Prayers's every 10 months. Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools also leads on ratings volume (2.4K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
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 Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools against 5.0 for Wayfarer Prayers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools has 2.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools ships an update weekly, Wayfarer Prayers every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools | Wayfarer Prayers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 642 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Sand Apps Inc. | James Tan |
Customer experience
Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools
Wayfarer Prayers
Bugs and requests
Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools
Reported bugs
4 issues- Prayer list displaying all prayers instead of selected category
- Prayer list not scrolling properly
- Paragraph double-ups in Tablets of Baha'u'llah section
- Qiblih arrow not adjusting orientation correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Add prayer for daughters and sons
- Ability to create custom prayer categories
- Bookmarking and resume reading functionality for writings
- Notifications for upcoming holy days and feasts
Wayfarer Prayers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bahá'í Prayers,Writings,Tools
No in-app purchases
Wayfarer Prayers
No in-app purchases
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