Prayer Notes vs Monello
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
Monello
This app helps you understand the emotional and psychological factors influencing your financial decisions. It offers a safe space to explore your money story, track financial emotions, and engage with an AI companion for guidance. It focuses on personal growth rather than traditional budgeting or tracking.
- Money Story Assessment
- Financial emotional health tracking
- Account reflection without numbers
- AI financial therapy companion
- Therapeutic debt payoff strategies
- 8-chapter personal growth journey
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Your relationship with money is more than numbers on a screen. Monello helps you understand the emotions, beliefs, and patterns that shape every financial decision you make. Most financial apps track what you spend. Monello explores why. Built on principles from financial therapy and behavioral psychology, Monello creates a safe, shame-free space to examine your money story — and start rewriting it. Discover Your Money Story Take the Money Story Assessment to uncover the emotional patterns driving your financial behavior. Rather than labeling you with a single type, Monello maps your unique relationship with money across multiple dimensions, giving you a personalized narrative that feels like you. Track How Money Makes You Feel Monello's check-in system tracks five dimensions of your financial emotional health: anxiety, confidence, energy, optimism, and control. Morning, midday, or evening — a quick check-in takes just 20 seconds and builds a picture of your emotional patterns over time. Reflect on Your Accounts Without the Numbers Balance Pulse is a first-of-its-kind feature that tracks how you feel about your accounts — not what's in them. No bank connections. No balance tracking. Just an honest reflection on your relationship with your daily spending, savings, and future investments. Talk It Through with Pippa Pippa is your AI financial therapy companion. She helps you explore your money beliefs, earliest financial memories, and the gap between what you believe and how you behave. Pippa is grounding-aware — if emotions run high, she'll gently offer a moment to pause before continuing. Break Free from Debt — Your Way Choose from four therapeutic debt payoff strategies, each designed around different psychological needs. Track your progress with milestone celebrations that honor your courage, not just your numbers. Monello meets you where you are, without judgment. A Journey, Not a Scoreboard Monello doesn't use streaks, points, or leaderboards. Instead, your progress unfolds as an 8-chapter journey that celebrates discovery, courage, growth, and compassion. Take a break and come back to extra warmth — never guilt. What Monello Is NOT Monello is not a budgeting app. It doesn't connect to your bank, track transactions, or give investment advice. If you want to count pennies, there are great apps for that. Monello is for understanding the person behind the pennies. Built with Care - Privacy-first: Your emotional data is encrypted and user-controlled - No ads, ever - Observation-based grounding exercises designed to be safe for all users - WCAG AA accessible throughout - Therapeutic design system created with input from financial therapists and behavioral psychologists Features at a Glance - Money Story Assessment with personalized narrative - 5-dimensional mood tracking with pattern insights - Balance Pulse: feelings-based account reflection - AI financial therapy conversations - 4 debt payoff strategies with milestone celebrations - 8-chapter therapeutic journey system - Crisis-aware safety features - Weekly digest with mood and growth insights Start understanding your money story today. No bank connections required. No judgment. Just you, your feelings, and a path forward.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Prayer Notes at 3.8K against Monello's 2. Monello's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Monello sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Monello 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.
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, Monello fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Monello |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| 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 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Matthew Isaiah Mc Gowan |
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
Monello
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
Monello
- Monello Journey7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Monello$65.901 Year









