Comparison

Prayer Notes vs Redeeming Time

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 remember and track prayer requests, organize your quiet time, and pray with others. It allows you to categorize, schedule, and mark prayers as answered, with features for scripture study and prayer building.

Highlights
  • Record prayer requests instantly
  • Schedule prayers by day of the week
  • Categorize requests (Family, Work, etc.)
  • Track answered prayers with details
  • Journal scripture readings and reflections
  • Build prayers from Bible verses
  • Collaborate with groups on shared requests
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

Redeeming Time

This app helps you use spare moments to read the Bible instead of scrolling through social media. It suggests Bible passages based on the time you have available and tracks your reading progress.

Highlights
  • Suggests Bible readings by time
  • Tracks reading progress
  • Cultivates spiritual discipline
  • Replaces idle scrolling
  • Focuses on relationship with God
Features
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We’ve become so used to wasting time on our devices. Scrolling, flicking, swiping through news, social media, photos of your cat… What would it look like if we started 'wasting time' with God? Redeeming Time is built to help us do just that- deliberately redeem that time that you would have spent swiping, by putting that time into reading the Bible. Next time you have five minutes spare, instead of turning instinctively to social media, tell Redeeming Time how long you have and it will suggest which books of the Bible you are able to read within that time. It can even track your progress through the longer books. So let's make the most of the next month: use it to cultivate an instinct of using those spare moments to invest in your relationship with God.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
Redeeming Time3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Redeeming Time at none against Prayer Notes's 8. Redeeming Time also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (93% vs 76%). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 70) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Redeeming Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Redeeming Time holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 93% of Redeeming Time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 6 days, Redeeming Time every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Prayer Notes versus Redeeming Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesRedeeming Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)4.9 (70 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better70
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsDiscipleship Tech

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,840 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative15.4%

Redeeming Time

All ratings70 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative1.7%

User reviews

Prayer Notes

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Helps keep prayer life organized
  • 👍 Ability to categorize and schedule prayers
  • 🚀 Syncs across devices
  • 👍 Useful for tracking answered prayers

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free version, need to pay for full features
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs reported
  • 🔒 Ads in free version
  • 👎 Confusing or unintuitive UI for some users

Redeeming Time

From 70 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
  • 💡 Clever concept for time redemption
  • ⏱️ Helps utilize small pockets of time
  • 📖 Encourages regular Bible reading
  • 🎯 Effective for reducing social media use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy progress tracking
  • 🐛 Jumps around when scrolling up
  • 🐛 Long loading times
  • 🐛 Incomplete execution of features
  • 🎨 Limited customization options

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

Redeeming Time

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App jumps around when scrolling back up
  • Progress tracking can be inaccurate
  • Long loading times for scripture

Requested features

13 requests
  • Improve progress tracking accuracy
  • Fix jumping when scrolling up
  • Reduce loading times
  • Add more Bible translation options
  • Allow changing background and font colors
Show 8 more
  • Provide a black on white option
  • Option to turn off headings
  • Ability to highlight and take notes
  • Account creation for syncing across devices
  • Way to tick off Bible books without scrolling
  • Display cumulative time redeemed at a glance
  • Option to share progress easily
  • Provide explanations for passages

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
None

Redeeming Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Redeeming Time free?
Redeeming Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or Redeeming Time?
Redeeming Time is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Redeeming Time averages 4.9 from 70 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or Redeeming Time have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; Redeeming Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or Redeeming Time?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 6 days, and Redeeming Time every 3 weeks. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on November 6, 2026 and Redeeming Time on November 3, 2026.

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