Comparison

Prayer Notes vs My Sermon Notes

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

Head to head
About

Prayer Notes

This app helps you track prayer requests and answers, serving as a daily journal for thoughts and scripture. Organize your prayer journey with simple tools and share requests easily. It's designed for daily devotion and quiet times.

Highlights
  • Track prayer requests and answers
  • Daily journal for thoughts and scripture
  • Organize prayers by category and day
  • Password privacy protection with Touch ID
  • Share requests via AirDrop, Email, SMS
  • Daily prayer time reminders
  • Apple Watch and Desktop support
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

My Sermon Notes

Capture sermon notes with fill-in-the-blank outlines and access them offline. Submit prayer requests, receive church announcements, and join or create ministry groups. Stay connected with your congregation through interactive features.

Highlights
  • Interactive fill-in-the-blank sermon notes
  • Offline access to sermon notes
  • Submit and view prayer requests
  • Receive church announcements
  • Create and join church groups
  • Event sign-ups and reminders
Features
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Take interactive, fill-in-the-blank sermon notes at your church with My Sermon Notes. You can also interact with your church in other ways, including prayer requests, announcements, and more. NOTES Our fill-in-the-blank notes system gives you an outline of your pastor's sermon to easily and effectively take notes. You always have access to your past sermon notes, whether online or offline, and our search feature allows you to locate previous sermons you're interested in. PRAYER REQUESTS Pray for others in your church congregation using the Prayer Requests feature. Prayer requests are submitted with the option of being anonymous or restricted to the church staff only. When new prayer requests are added, users can receive push notifications. Users can leave comments of encouragement on published prayers. ANNOUNCEMENTS Receive push notification updates from your church with the latest announcements. Share images, links, contact info, and more. GROUPS Create and join groups for any category of your church ministry. Small groups, serving teams, or age groups. Create a group for your youth ministry to offer exclusive sermons, announcements, and prayer requests only to group members. Groups can be public, private (requires permission to join), or hidden (users can only be added by an admin). FEATURE OVERVIEW - Sermons notes are saved locally and in the cloud and are searchable by tags. - Users can submit connection card information directly to the church staff. - Church members can view and sign up for events or contact the event coordinator. Notification reminders are sent for upcoming events. - Prayer requests can be submitted to church staff or congregation. Members will receive notifications when new prayer requests are added. - Church members can join or leave ministry teams or contact the team coordinator.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
My Sermon Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Prayer Notes at 4.7 against My Sermon Notes's 3.8. Prayer Notes also leads on ratings volume (3.8K vs 13). My Sermon Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (13.1.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 6 one-off in-app purchases. My Sermon Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prayer Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 80% of My Sermon Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, My Sermon Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Prayer Notes versus My Sermon Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesMy Sermon Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better3.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.1.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsCT Software Systems, LLC

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,831 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.8%

My Sermon Notes

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

My Sermon Notes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Prayer Notes

One-time6
  • Calendar View$2.99
  • Database Transfer$3.99
  • Unlimited Requests & Answers$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$19.99
None

My Sermon Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Sermon Notes free?
My Sermon Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or My Sermon Notes?
Prayer Notes is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while My Sermon Notes averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or My Sermon Notes have ads?
Both Prayer Notes and My Sermon Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or My Sermon Notes?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, and My Sermon Notes monthly. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on October 20, 2026 and My Sermon Notes on October 16, 2026.

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