Prayer Notes vs Prayer Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Prayer Diary
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Pray, Care, Share, CrossReach We believe every life can flourish with the right support at the right time. Our mission is to demonstrate Christian love in all we do: showing compassion and commitment to people from all communities and backgrounds needing someone to be with them in their corner. Our hope is this App will make CrossReach prayer requests more accessible to you. During your own times of devotion, we pray you will find it a helpful resource for reflecting on people who need additional support to face their daily lives, and for those who work in social care. We also hope you will learn about the difference experienced by individuals, families, volunteers and employees through service provided in Christ’s Name. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIVUK) The app offers: — Daily Prayers — Helpful Devotional Thoughts — Personal stories
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prayer Diary at none against Prayer Notes's 8. Prayer Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prayer Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 9 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Prayer Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prayer Notes ships an update every 6 days, Prayer Diary every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Prayer Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Sanctus Media Ltd |
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
Prayer Diary
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prayer Notes
- Premium Features$4.991 Month
- Premium Features7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- 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
Prayer Diary
No in-app purchases
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