Prayer Notes vs Stones 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
Stones Prayer Journal
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Stones is a calm, beautiful prayer companion that helps you pray with intention and remember how God moves over time. Keep a prayer for each person and need on its own prayer card. Add notes as things unfold, then mark a prayer answered with a short testimony — building a wall of answered prayer you can return to whenever you need encouragement. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Prayer cards: track who and what you are praying for, and build a simple "sit down to pray" list. - Prayer Boards: create a small, invite-only space for family, friends, or a church group. Share requests intentionally, let someone know you prayed, add encouragement, and remember the story together. - Answered & testimonies: mark prayers answered, record what happened, and look back on a wall of faithfulness. - Daily journaling: a quiet space for a few honest lines each day. - Scriptures by topic: choose how you are feeling — anxious, grateful, weary — and pray through verses chosen for that moment. - Year in Prayer: a gentle year-end look back at all you have prayed and seen answered. DESIGNED TO BE KEPT Stones is unhurried and ad-free, with a warm, dawn-lit design made for daily return rather than endless scrolling. Personal prayers and journal entries are private to you. Anything you intentionally share to an invite-only Prayer Board is visible only to its current members. FREE TO USE Every feature in Stones is free. If the app blesses you and you would like to support its making, an optional tip helps — but it unlocks nothing, because everything is already yours. Made with care. We would love to hear how Stones is serving your prayer life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stones Prayer Journal at none against Prayer Notes's 8. Stones Prayer Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prayer Notes's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Stones Prayer Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, Stones Prayer Journal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Stones Prayer Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Smith & Johnson Ltd |
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
Stones 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
Stones Prayer Journal
No in-app purchases
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