Comparison

Prayer Notes vs DEVO

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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Prayer Notes is an application to help you keep track of your prayers requests and answers. It is designed with simplicity in mind, to allow you to quickly write, review, and share your requests with others. God listens and moves in your life each and everyday. Start journaling your prayer journey today! Prayer notes now includes a daily journal for thoughts and scripture references. Now this is your one stop app for devotional and quiet times. Prayer Notes is now available for the Mac desktop computers! Highlights • Simple and intuitive user interface. • Category groupings for prayers. • Organize prayers into days of the week. • Devotional journal and scripture references. • Today widget. • Password privacy protection (now with touch ID). • Share requests via AirDrop, E-mail and SMS*. • Archive prayers in the answers section. • Horizontal and vertical rotation supported. • Daily prayer time reminder. • Weekly prayer calendar. • Available for both iPhone and iPad. • Apple Watch support • Compatible with the Desktop version of Prayer Notes.

About

DEVO

Receive a daily Bible verse directly on your wrist, designed for easy reading and reflection. This standalone app offers gentle reminders to inspire and relax you throughout your day, without needing your phone.

Highlights
  • Daily Bible verse on your wrist
  • Gentle daily reminders
  • Hand-picked inspiring verses
  • Large, easy-to-read text
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • Offline access to verses
Features
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A standalone Bible Verse-A-Day app designed to look beautiful on your Apple Watch. Leave your phone at home and get reminders for a new Bible verse each day to read, ponder and wonder. Each verse is hand-picked to inspire, love and relax you during your hurried day. Features: * Get a Bible verse each day right on your wrist. * Gentle reminder each day to refocus your mind and quickly read the day's verse. * Each verse is hand-picked to inspire and relax you. * Designed to be joyful and easy to read with large text that scrolls smoothly with the digital crown. * No phone needed & can run independently on your watch. * No Internet connection needed to read verses.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DEVO at none against Prayer Notes's 6. DEVO also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prayer Notes's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 3). On price 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 6 one-off in-app purchases. DEVO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Prayer Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 3, 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 50% of DEVO's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Prayer Notes versus DEVO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesDEVO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsSoulspace Co.

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,830 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.8%

DEVO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
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

DEVO

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

DEVO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DEVO free?
DEVO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or DEVO?
Prayer Notes is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while DEVO averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or DEVO have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; DEVO does not.

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