Prayer Notes vs Daily Prayer Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Daily Prayer Guide
This app offers a daily devotional experience with Bible verses, prayers, and quotes. It provides a structured 365-day guide to encourage daily Bible reading and prayer, incorporating classic literature with modern digital features.
- 365-day devotional content
- Daily reminders
- Audio playback of devotionals
- Bookmark and note-taking
- Content sharing
- Customizable reading modes
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Find words for quiet moments with God. Daily Prayer Guide offers thoughtful morning and evening prayers for every day of the year. Begin the day with intention, return at night for reflection, and let Scripture-centered words guide you when it is difficult to know where to start. PRAYER FOR EACH DAY - Read a dedicated morning and evening prayer each day - Reflect on a daily Bible verse and quotation - Use the calendar to return to prayers from other dates - Build a steady rhythm with morning and evening reminders CREATE A QUIET SPACE - Listen to prayers and readings with text-to-speech - Add gentle background music to your prayer time - Save prayers that speak to your heart in Favorites - Turn meaningful verses and quotations into beautiful images to share MAKE READING COMFORTABLE - Choose from available Bible translations, including BSB, NET, and WEB - Personalize fonts, text size, and theme colors - Read in dark mode for quieter mornings and evenings - Arrange the Today view around the content you value most Whether you have a few minutes before the day begins, need help pausing at midday, or want to close the evening in prayer, Daily Prayer Guide offers a gentle place to return. Make space for prayer, one morning and evening at a time. PRIVACY AND TERMS Privacy Policy: https://taptapstudio.com/privacy.html Terms and Conditions: https://taptapstudio.com/terms.html
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Verdict
Prayer Notes and Daily Prayer Guide both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Daily Prayer Guide's written reviews are positive against 74% of Prayer Notes's. Daily Prayer Guide also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 353). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 and Daily Prayer Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Prayer Notes against 4.8 for Daily Prayer Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 353, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 95% of Daily Prayer Guide's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Daily Prayer Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) | 4.8 (353 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 353 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | VICTOR GOH |
Customer experience
Prayer Notes
Daily Prayer Guide
User reviews
Prayer Notes
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Daily Prayer Guide
From 353 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🙏 Daily prayers and devotionals
- 💖 Inspiring and touching content
- ✨ Beautiful interface and pictures
- 🔔 Helpful daily reminders/notifications
- 📖 Encourages reading the Bible/God's word
Room to improve
- 😠 Political ads are disliked
- 🐛 App crashes/closes unexpectedly
- 🐛 Cannot write notes or bookmark
- 🐛 Cannot share content
- 🤖 Horrible, robotic voice for audio
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
Daily Prayer Guide
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to write a note or bookmark
- App crashes when trying to share content
- App won't open, just kicks the user out
Requested features
2 requests- Change gender-specific prayers to inclusive language
- Option to change Bible verse translation
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
Daily Prayer Guide
- Support & Go Ad-Free$0.991 Month
- Remove Ads Permanently$9.99
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