Prayer Notes vs Prayer Journal App
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
Prayer Journal App
This app helps you organize and track your prayer life. Set custom reminders, categorize prayers, and mark them as answered or archived. It offers automatic backups to ensure your prayer journal is always safe.
- Create and schedule prayers
- Organize ongoing, answered, and archived prayers
- Scheduled prayer notifications
- Search and sort prayers
- Daily prayer reminders
- Track prayer frequency
- Auto-backup to iCloud
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Journal your prayers. Get reminders. Stay consistent. Strengthen your faith. PrayWell is your personal prayer companion designed to help you create, organize, and follow through on your prayer life with purpose. Whether you're praying daily or occasionally, PrayWell keeps you centered, committed, and encouraged along your journey. Key Features: → Create Prayers: Write all your prayers and set custom schedules if you want (optional). Choose specific days and times for reminders. → Organize with Ease: Easily manage all your prayers in one place. View ongoing, answered, and archived prayers without the clutter. → Scheduled Prayer Notifications: Never miss a moment of prayer with timely in-app reminders or push notifications for your scheduled prayers. → Search & Sort Your Prayers: Find prayers quickly by title or description. Sort by date created, least prayed, most prayed, and more. → Daily Prayer Reminders: Stay on track with gentle morning & evening prayer prompts. Easily adjust times or turn them off anytime in settings. → Track Your Prayers: See how often you've prayed each entry, when it was created, and when it was answered or archived. → Mark with ‘Amen’: Celebrate consistency. Each time you pray, tap “Amen” to mark it and stay mindful of your progress. → Auto-Backup to iCloud: Your prayer data is safely and automatically backed up to iCloud, so you never lose your prayers and progress, even when switching devices. Turn your prayers into a daily rhythm of peace and purpose. PrayWell helps you write, remember, and reflect – one prayer at a time. Start building a deeper, more intentional prayer life. Download PrayWell now and bring peace to your daily routine! Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/praywell/privacy-policy/ Terms & Conditions: https://sites.google.com/view/praywell/terms-conditions/ Contact or Support: https://sites.google.com/view/praywell/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Prayer Journal App at none against Prayer Notes's shown. Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 50) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Prayer Journal App sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Prayer Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 50, 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 67% of Prayer Journal App's.
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, Prayer Journal App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Prayer Journal App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.5 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Purvi Sancheti |
Customer experience
Prayer Notes
Prayer Journal App
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 Journal App
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
Prayer Journal App
- PrayWell Pro - Weekly$5.997 Days
- PrayWell Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PrayWell Pro Lifetime ZeroFree
- PrayWell Pro Lifetime One$1.99
- PrayWell Pro Lifetime Two$4.99
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- PrayWell Pro - Lifetime Gift Plan$6.99
- PrayWell Pro - Lifetime Plan$9.99
- PrayWell Pro Lifetime Three$9.99
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