Comparison

Prayer Notes vs My SOAP Journal

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 SOAP Journal

This app simplifies Bible journaling by providing a centralized digital space to record your SOAP entries. Easily access past reflections across devices, eliminating the need for scattered notes. Cultivate a deeper relationship with God through consistent engagement with His word.

Highlights
  • Digital SOAP journaling
  • Centralized entry database
  • Cross-device accessibility
  • Easy retrieval of past entries
  • Facilitates Bible meditation
  • Promotes daily spiritual habit
Features
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My SOAP Journal helps by making the Bible journaling process a bit easier. It functions as a central database to record your SOAP journals and making it easy to access on multiple devices. No more looking for pieces of paper or trying to filter through notes/emails etc. to find a specific journal entry. The Bible is hard to read for many people for many reasons – its length, strange vocabulary, confusing stories. In spite of that, the Bible is a beautifully designed book. It is a unified story that leads to Jesus and has profound wisdom for us in this modern world. God loves to speak to people through his word – sometimes with jaw-dropping revelations and other times simple reminders of His love for us. You’ll soon find that once you make simple bible journaling a habit, it will become an integral part of your relationship with God! What is SOAP? Soap is a very easy helpful tool to make reading and meditating on the Word of God a lot simpler. SOAP stands for: S = Scripture (Read a passage of scripture) O = Observation (Note if anything in this passage speaks to your heart and what it may have meant for the original audience) A = Application (What do you believe this means for you and how will you apply this to your life) P = Prayer (Write out a simple prayer asking God to help you apply it to your life)

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
My SOAP Journal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My SOAP Journal at none against Prayer Notes's 8. My SOAP Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Prayer Notes's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 42%) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 27). On price, rating 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. My SOAP Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prayer Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 42% of My SOAP Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, My SOAP Journal every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Prayer Notes versus My SOAP Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesMy SOAP Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better4.5 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB226 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsHendrik Botha

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,833 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.7%

My SOAP Journal

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

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 SOAP Journal

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
Show 3 more
  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$79.99
None

My SOAP Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My SOAP Journal free?
My SOAP Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or My SOAP Journal?
Prayer Notes is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while My SOAP Journal averages 4.5 from 27 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or My SOAP Journal have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; My SOAP Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or My SOAP Journal?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, and My SOAP Journal every 8 days. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on October 24, 2026 and My SOAP Journal on October 24, 2026.

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