Comparison

Prayer Notes vs Praily

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

Praily

Organize and enhance your daily prayer life with this app. Schedule individual prayers, groups, or topics, and track your progress. Features include a 'Today View,' 'Pray Mode,' and reminders to keep you on track.

Highlights
  • Track and archive prayers
  • Organize prayers by people and groups
  • Schedule prayers by day, topic, or group
  • Today View for daily prayer focus
  • Pray Mode for focused prayer sessions
  • Time-based prayer reminders
  • In-app messaging to prayer recipients
Features
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Praily helps you make prayer a daily habit, not a forgotten intention. Ever tell someone, “I’ll pray for you,” and then completely forget? Want to pray more consistently but struggle to keep the habit? Sit down to pray and suddenly can’t remember what you wanted to pray for? Praily helps you stay organized so prayer becomes part of your daily rhythm. Keep track of the people and topics on your heart, schedule them throughout the week, and get gentle reminders so you never have to wonder what to pray for next. KEY FEATURES Stay Organized Keep your prayer life simple without overthinking it. Organize prayers by people, groups, or topics like Family, Friends, Missions, Church, or Scripture. Build a Lasting Habit Prayer becomes easier when you have a plan. Schedule people and topics for specific days of the week, then let Praily prepare your daily prayer list automatically. Remember What Matters Capture prayer requests as they come, revisit them later, and archive them when they’re answered. No more forgotten sticky notes or scattered reminders. Today’s Prayer List Open Praily and immediately see exactly who and what you’ve planned to pray for today. Pray Without Distractions Pray Mode keeps each prayer front and center so you can stay focused instead of scrolling through lists. Helpful Reminders Receive gentle daily reminders to help make prayer part of your routine. Private & Secure Your prayer lists belong to you. Everything is stored securely and designed with your privacy in mind. MORE TO LOVE • Text someone you’re praying for without leaving the app. • Archive answered prayers while keeping a record of God’s faithfulness. Whether you’re just beginning to build a habit of prayer or you’ve prayed faithfully for years, Praily gives you a simple way to stay organized, remember what matters, and pray more consistently. Make prayer a daily habit, not a forgotten intention. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
Praily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Praily at none against Prayer Notes's shown. Praily also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 8) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Praily sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Praily holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 8, 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 100% of Praily's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, Praily every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Prayer Notes versus Praily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesPraily
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsTentmaking, LLC

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,830 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative17.0%

Praily

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Praily

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
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  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$19.99
4 purchases

Praily

Subscriptions4
  • Standard (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Standard (Monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Standard (Annual)$9.991 Year
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  • Standard (Annual)3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Praily free?
Praily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or Praily?
Praily is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Praily averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or Praily have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; Praily does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or Praily?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Praily every 3 weeks. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on September 19, 2026 and Praily on August 15, 2026.

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