Comparison

Prayer Notes vs PrayForge

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

PrayForge

Features
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You want to pray more consistently. Life keeps getting in the way. PrayForge gives you a quiet, private space to pray every day — with just enough structure to keep you consistent, and enough freedom to make it yours. HOW IT WORKS Pick 5, 10, or 15 minutes. Each guided session walks you through four steps: Read a Scripture passage, Pray through it, Reflect on what God is saying, and Act on one thing. Before you start, a simple emotion check-in helps you bring your whole self — anxious, grateful, heavy, hopeful — into the conversation with God. That's it. No content library to browse. No celebrity voices. Just prayer. YOUR PRIVATE PRAYER JOURNAL Write what's on your heart. Track prayer requests and mark them Waiting, Answered, or Released. Over time, your journal becomes a living record of God's faithfulness — answered prayers you'd otherwise forget. Your journal is protected by Face ID or fingerprint. Everything stays on your device. No account. No cloud. No one sees your prayers but you and God. FULL KJV BIBLE — WORKS OFFLINE The complete King James Version is built into the app. Find verses by theme — peace, anxiety, strength, healing, forgiveness, love — or read chapter by chapter. Scripture memorization uses spaced repetition to help verses stick long-term. Works completely offline. Pray on a plane, in the mountains, or anywhere without signal. BUILT FOR CONSISTENCY, NOT CONTENT CONSUMPTION PrayForge is different from other prayer apps. We don't sell audio content or require a subscription to pray. Instead, we focus on one thing: helping you actually pray, every day. • Smart prayer rotation reminds you who to pray for — no one gets forgotten • Streak tracker with grace days — miss one day and your streak stays (because grace is the point) • Prayer challenges: 7-day, 21-day, and 40-day guided journeys • Morning and bedtime prayer modes that fit your rhythm WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS Over 3,300 peer-reviewed studies show that regular prayer measurably reduces anxiety, improves emotional regulation, and builds resilience. Just 12 minutes a day is enough to see lasting change. PrayForge is designed around this research — structured enough to build the habit, short enough to actually do it. PRAYER TOOLS FOR EVERYONE Every core feature works from day one with no account required. An optional Plus plan ($24.99/year or $49.99 lifetime) unlocks unlimited sessions and prayers for those who want more — but the core experience is genuinely complete. Download PrayForge and start your first guided prayer session in under a minute. Terms of Use: https://prayforge.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://prayforge.app/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://prayforge.app/eula/

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
PrayForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PrayForge at none against Prayer Notes's shown. PrayForge also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Prayer Notes's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and PrayForge sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, PrayForge every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prayer Notes versus PrayForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesPrayForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsNaturamind Intelligence One Private Limited

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

PrayForge

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
6 purchases

PrayForge

Subscriptions4
  • PrayForge Premium$1.991 Month
  • PrayForge Plus$4.991 Month
  • PrayForge Premium$14.991 Year
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  • PrayForge Plus3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99
  • PrayForge Plus Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PrayForge free?
PrayForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Prayer Notes or PrayForge have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; PrayForge does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or PrayForge?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, and PrayForge every 6 days. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on October 2, 2026 and PrayForge on September 21, 2026.

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