Comparison

Prayer Notes vs JXCirrus Prayer

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

Head to head
About

Prayer Notes

Capture prayer requests instantly and organize them by day for focused prayer. Share requests with groups, track answered prayers, and maintain a personal journal. Includes tools for scripture study and prayer focus.

Highlights
  • Instant prayer request capture
  • Daily prayer lists
  • Group prayer sharing
  • Track answered prayers
  • Scripture journal
  • Prayer builder and focus tools
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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"I'll pray for you." Then the day gets away from you, and by evening you can't remember who asked. Prayer Notes is where that promise goes the moment you make it. Write it down in ten seconds, put it on a day of the week, and it comes back round when you sit down to pray. Fifteen years and thousands of people later, that is still the whole idea. TEN SECONDS, BEFORE YOU FORGET Someone asks on a Sunday morning. Type a title, type what they need, done. Add the verse you want to pray over it, a photo, the days you want it to come up. File it under Family, Church, Work — or whatever categories fit your life. A LIST FOR EVERY DAY Seven days, seven lists. Sunday's requests on Sunday, Thursday's on Thursday — the method people have kept in paper notebooks for generations, with today's list on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen and your Apple Watch. PRAY TOGETHER Start a group for your small group, your family or your church, and invite the people you choose. Everyone sees the same requests, posts their own, adds an update when something changes, and taps to say they prayed. Your personal prayers stay personal — only what you post is shared. THE ANSWERS STAY Mark a prayer answered and it moves to its own list with the date and what happened. Months later it is still there. People tell us this is the part they reread — the record of what God actually did, in their own words. A JOURNAL FOR QUIET TIME Write what you read and what it stirred, with the passage attached. Browse it by date or by book of the Bible, so you can see everywhere Psalms has met you this year. WHEN THE WORDS DON'T COME Some mornings you have nothing. Prayer Builder takes today's list and writes an outline with matching scripture, right on your iPhone — nothing is sent anywhere. Edit it, pray it, or just use it to start. PRAYERS IN SCRIPTURE Hannah's prayer. David's. The one Jesus taught. Read them, pray them as they stand, or build your own from any verse — six translations included. FOCUS WHILE YOU PRAY Set a timer and let Prayer Focus quiet the apps that would have interrupted you. YOURS, EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, in sync through iCloud. Face ID lock. Widgets. Nightly backups you can restore, and an export you can keep. YOUR PRAYERS COME WITH YOU If you have been using Prayer Notes for years, everything you have written is already here — every request, every answer, every journal entry, in the same categories. Nothing is deleted and the old database is kept untouched in case you ever want it back. Previous in-app purchases are still honored. Write it down. Pray it. Watch God answer. Auto Renewable Subscriptions: Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms and Conditions (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chuchutrain.com/privacy-policy.html

About

JXCirrus Prayer

This app helps you manage your prayer life by allowing you to journal prayers, set reminders, and track their progress. It supports individual and group prayer, with features for urgency, updates, and history. Sync your data across devices and access a detailed user manual.

Highlights
  • Journal individual and group prayers
  • Set prayer urgency and schedules
  • Add updates and track prayer history
  • Group prayer mode for shared prayer points
  • Reminders for encouragement
  • Data sync via iCloud
  • Offline functionality
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JXCirrus Prayer is a prayer journal that lets you easily jot down prayers by yourself or in a group. The app then selects prayers for you to pray each day, and lets add updates to prayers. - Handles several prayer types, including prayer and thanksgiving. - Each prayer can have an "urgency" set, which defines how often they are prayed. Alternatively, you can pray on set days. You can even set the urgency to change over time. - Add updates to the prayer as you find out more information, and view the whole history of a prayer. - Change a prayer type once is has been answered or you have finished with it. - Group prayer mode lets you quickly jot prayer points from each person in a group, then either pray those points or mark them off, then re-visit the points next time you all meet. - Have the app remind you to give encouragement to people you are praying for. - Email prayer details for group prayer or individual prayers. - Optionally have the app prompt you to quickly review all of your day's prayers before praying them, to see if anything has changed. - Keep a list of people you are praying for, and view each person's prayers. - Create shortcuts to update prayer details at a button-press. - Sync data between devices using iCloud or Cloud Share services. - Works perfectly happily when disconnected from the internet. - Detailed inbuilt user manual, as well as on-screen tips. - The free version allows 4 prayer types, up to 16 people, and a single prayer group. - Share prayer list between devices using iCloud.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
JXCirrus Prayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: JXCirrus Prayer at none against Prayer Notes's shown. JXCirrus Prayer also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Prayer Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and JXCirrus Prayer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, JXCirrus Prayer monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prayer Notes versus JXCirrus Prayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesJXCirrus Prayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsAndrew Jacka

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,834 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative15.4%

JXCirrus Prayer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Prayer Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Prayers disappearing or being deleted after updates
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • App freezing or becoming unresponsive

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to mark prayers as completed without removing them
  • Add ability to sort and reorder prayers
  • Improve date/time formatting options for international users
  • Add support for Apple Pencil

JXCirrus Prayer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Prayer Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Features$4.991 Month
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time6
  • Calendar View$2.99
  • Database Transfer$3.99
  • Unlimited Requests & Answers$4.99
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  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$79.99
1 purchases

JXCirrus Prayer

One-time1
  • Diary+$1.99

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JXCirrus Prayer free?
JXCirrus Prayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Prayer Notes or JXCirrus Prayer have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; JXCirrus Prayer does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or JXCirrus Prayer?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, and JXCirrus Prayer monthly. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and JXCirrus Prayer on October 24, 2026.

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