Comparison

Prayer Notes vs Prayer Notebook

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

Prayer Notebook

Organize your prayer life and never forget a prayer request again. This app helps you focus on intentional prayer with features like scheduling, contact assignment, and reminders. Track answered prayers and simplify your spiritual practice.

Highlights
  • Fullscreen prayer mode
  • Schedule prayers
  • Assign prayers to contacts
  • Organize prayers into categories
  • Attach photos to prayers
  • Set prayer reminders
  • Mark prayers as answered
Features
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Have you ever told someone you would pray for them only to see them again a few days later and realize you had forgotten? Us too! That is why we made Prayer Notebook. We want you to be able to organize your prayer life so that you can focus on what's most important, prayer. Prayer Notebook has been downloaded 70,000+ times and has been called the "Best Prayer App" by NY Times best-selling author Ann Voskamp! Designed to be your personal prayer assistant, you can use Prayer Notebook to: • Focus on intentional prayer in fullscreen prayer mode • Schedule prayers daily, weekly, monthly or for a specific day • Assign a contact to your prayer • Organize your prayers into categories • Attach a photo to a prayer • Set a reminder alert for prayers to remind you to pray at a specific time or date • Update prayer information directly from your prayer list • Send a message to your contacts when you have prayed for them • Mark prayer requests as answered Simply rotate your phone on any prayer list and enter fullscreen Prayer Mode is perfect for quiet times and quickly looking at all the details of a prayer in one place. Never forget a prayer request again, simplify and organize your prayers with Prayer Notebook today and watch your list of answered prayers grow! Note: Syncing is not available with Prayer Notebook 3 as we are working on a more complete solution for future versions of the app.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
Prayer Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prayer Notebook at none against Prayer Notes's 6. Prayer Notebook also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Prayer Notebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Prayer Notes against 4.7 for Prayer Notebook. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 5.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 79% of Prayer Notebook's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, Prayer Notebook every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prayer Notes versus Prayer Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesPrayer Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)4.7 (5.4K ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews79.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K5.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsKalon Creative

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,831 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews173 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.8%

Prayer Notebook

All ratings5,409 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral13.6%
Negative7.4%

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

Prayer Notebook

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 📚 Helps organize prayers
  • 🙏 Aids in consistent prayer
  • 🗓️ Ability to schedule prayers
  • 💬 Can send prayer requests to others

Room to improve

  • 🔒 No password protection
  • 🔄 Lack of sync between devices
  • 🔀 Limited customization options
  • 📃 Difficulty scrolling through long prayers
  • 🕰️ Unreliable prayer reminders

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 Notebook

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Prayers disappearing after sync
  • Inability to scroll to the end of prayers
  • Prayer reminders not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to add sub-folders for prayers
  • Option to link multiple contacts to a single prayer
  • Dark mode for better visibility in low light
  • Sync prayers across devices
  • Detailed prayer history and analytics

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

Prayer Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prayer Notebook free?
Prayer Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or Prayer Notebook?
Prayer Notes and Prayer Notebook are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.8K and 5.4K ratings respectively.
Do Prayer Notes or Prayer Notebook have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; Prayer Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or Prayer Notebook?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, and Prayer Notebook every 5 weeks. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on October 20, 2026 and Prayer Notebook on October 19, 2026.

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