Comparison

Prayer Notes vs House Stuff To Do

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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"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

About

House Stuff To Do

Manage your home's needs with this intuitive app. Track tasks, projects, maintenance, and items for sale all in one place. Stay organized with your partner and keep your home running smoothly.

Highlights
  • Home dashboard overview
  • Task management and assignment
  • Detailed project tracking
  • Item listing for sale
  • Recurring maintenance reminders
  • Partner collaboration
Features
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House Stuff is the simple, beautiful home management app built for homeowners and couples who want to stay on top of everything their home needs — without the overwhelm. Whether you just bought your first place or have been settled in for years, keeping track of projects, maintenance, and all the little details of home life can feel like a second job. House Stuff brings it all together in one place so you and your partner can stay organized, accountable, and on the same page. FIVE TABS. ZERO CLUTTER. Home — Your dashboard at a glance. See open projects, upcoming maintenance, active tasks, and items listed for sale. Overdue alerts keep you honest. Tap into anything to take action immediately. Tasks — Quick, everyday to-dos. Pick up mulch. Call the plumber. Change the air filter. Add a task in seconds, assign it to yourself or your partner, and swipe to complete when it is done. Filter by active or completed to see what is left. Projects — Bigger efforts deserve more detail. Track home improvement projects with priority levels, time estimates, area tags, and before-and-after photos. Assign a project to a household member so everyone knows who owns what. Sort by priority, time, area, or newest to find exactly what you need. Sell — Decluttering made easy. List items you want to sell with photos, prices, and categories. Track what is available versus what has sold, and see your total earnings at a glance. Swipe to mark something as sold when it moves. Maintain — Never miss another filter change or gutter cleaning. Set up recurring maintenance reminders on any schedule — weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, or custom. Items are color-coded as overdue, upcoming, or in good standing. Log a service and the next due date resets automatically. Set advance reminders so you have time to prepare. House Stuff is not a project management tool pretending to work for homes. It was built from the ground up for homeowners, by homeowners. Simple enough to use every day. Powerful enough to keep your home running smoothly.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
House Stuff To Do4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: House Stuff To Do at none against Prayer Notes's 8. House Stuff To Do also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. House Stuff To Do asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

House Stuff To Do 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: 74% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of House Stuff To Do's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, House Stuff To Do every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Prayer Notes versus House Stuff To Do: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesHouse Stuff To Do
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsMohamad Abuhamdeh

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,835 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.2%
Negative16.7%

House Stuff To Do

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

House Stuff To Do

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Prayer Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Features$4.991 Month
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time6
  • Calendar View$2.99
  • Database Transfer$3.99
  • Unlimited Requests & Answers$4.99
Show 3 more
  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$79.99
None

House Stuff To Do

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is House Stuff To Do free?
House Stuff To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or House Stuff To Do?
House Stuff To Do is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while House Stuff To Do averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or House Stuff To Do have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; House Stuff To Do does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or House Stuff To Do?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, and House Stuff To Do every 10 days. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on October 29, 2026 and House Stuff To Do on September 29, 2026.

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