Prayer Notes vs Daily Prayer Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Notes
Capture prayer requests instantly and organize them by day for focused prayer. Share requests with groups, track answered prayers, and maintain a personal journal. Includes tools for scripture study and prayer focus.
- Instant prayer request capture
- Daily prayer lists
- Group prayer sharing
- Track answered prayers
- Scripture journal
- Prayer builder and focus tools
- Cross-device sync
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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 Journal
This app helps you deepen your faith through AI-powered journaling, prayer tracking, and community connection. Reflect on your day with guided prompts, organize prayer requests, and celebrate answered prayers with friends and family.
- AI-powered journaling with guided prompts
- Prayer request tracking and organization
- Community prayer groups and sharing
- Smart notifications for journaling and prayers
- Offline functionality with cross-device sync
- Guided reflection for spiritual insights
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Daily Journal - Your Personal Prayer & Faith Companion Transform your spiritual journey with AI-powered journaling and prayer tracking. Connect with prayer groups, celebrate answered prayers, and deepen your faith through guided reflection. KEY FEATURES: AI-Powered Journaling - Guided prompts help you reflect on your day - What is God saying feature for spiritual insights - Beautiful, distraction-free writing experience - Search through past entries to see God's faithfulness Prayer Request Tracking - Create and organize prayer requests - Mark prayers as answered with celebration - Share prayers with your community - Track prayer patterns and answered prayers Community & Groups - Join prayer groups with friends and family - Share prayer requests with your community - Get notified when others pray for you - Celebrate answered prayers together Smart Notifications - Gentle reminders for daily journaling - Prayer request notifications - Community prayer alerts - Mute notifications when you're in the app Seamless Experience - Works offline - sync when connected - Beautiful, intuitive design - Secure, private journaling - Cross-device synchronization Perfect For: - Anyone wanting to deepen their faith - Prayer groups and Bible studies - Families wanting to pray together - Individuals seeking spiritual growth - Churches and ministries Start your spiritual journey today. Download Daily Journal and begin tracking God's faithfulness in your life. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. - Philippians 4:8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Prayer Journal at none against Prayer Notes's 8. Daily Prayer Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 2). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Daily Prayer Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daily Prayer Journal 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Prayer Journal's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Daily Prayer Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Mike Hillenmeyer |
Customer experience
Prayer Notes
Daily Prayer Journal
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 Journal
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
Daily Prayer Journal
No in-app purchases
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