Comparison

Prayer Notes vs When You Study

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

When You Study

Features
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When You Study is a Bible study log and journal that helps you actually sit down with God's Word — and remember what you read. Log every study session with the passage, your notes, and up to three photos of your Bible page or notebook. Browse a calendar that shows which days you studied, review your full session history, and watch your statistics grow as a habit forms. NEW IN 1.2 — BIBLE REFERENCE SCANNER Point your camera (or pick a photo) at a Bible-study book page. On-device Vision OCR finds every Scripture reference (Eph 5:22-33, John 3:16, 1 Cor 13, chapter ranges, abbreviations) and looks up the verse from the bundled KJV — no network needed for verse text. Tap any highlighted reference for a translucent verse popup with: - Prev/next chevrons on the popup edges - Tri-state format button: paragraph / one-verse-per-line / context (±2 surrounding verses) - One-tap copy - Resizable height NEW IN 1.2 — BOOKS Group scanned pages into a book with a cover photo. Cover OCR auto-fills title and author. The Look-up-online button queries Google Books (with OpenLibrary fallback) and shows you the official cover side-by-side with yours so you can decide which to keep. OTHER FEATURES - One-tap session logging with passage, duration, and notes - Attach up to three photos per session - Built-in offline KJV - Calendar, history, and statistics views - Custom colors, gradient backgrounds, and study reminders - Privacy-first: all data stays on your device - iPhone, iPad, and Mac (via Catalyst) - All features free "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
When You Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: When You Study at none against Prayer Notes's 6. When You Study also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prayer Notes's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. When You Study asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prayer Notes versus When You Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesWhen You Study
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsJames Kinsman

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

When You Study

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
None

When You Study

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is When You Study free?
When You Study is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prayer Notes or When You Study have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; When You Study does not.

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