Prayer Notes vs PrayerMemo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
PrayerMemo
This app helps you remember people you've promised to pray for, organizing requests by person or group. Set reminders, track answered prayers, and build a consistent prayer habit. Optional AI features assist with cleanup and follow-up message drafts.
- Save and organize prayer requests
- Set prayer and follow-up reminders
- Track answered prayers
- Private by design
- AI-assisted follow-up drafts
- Add prayers to calendar
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PrayerMemo helps you remember the people you promised to pray for—so “I'll pray for you” doesn't get lost in a busy week. Prayer requests are shared in conversations, church, small groups, text messages, and everyday life. But when notes are scattered and life gets full, it can be hard to remember the people you genuinely care about. PrayerMemo gives you a quiet, private place to save prayer requests, organize them by person or group, set gentle reminders, follow up with care, and look back on God's faithfulness through answered prayers. FEATURES: • Save prayer requests for family, friends, church, small group, work, and personal needs • Organize prayers by person or group • Set gentle reminders for prayer, follow-up, and important dates • View today's prayer focus in a simple, distraction-free experience • Keep notes and important context alongside each prayer request • Mark prayers as answered and build a record of God's faithfulness over time • Add event-related prayers to your calendar • Build a consistent, quiet habit of prayer without turning it into another task list PRIVATE BY DESIGN PrayerMemo is designed to keep your prayer life private and focused. Optional AI-assisted features are available for prayer cleanup and follow-up message drafts only when you choose to use them. Only the information needed for the selected action may be processed, and all generated content is reviewable and editable before you save, copy, or send it. PrayerMemo does not provide medical advice, counseling, emergency support, or spiritual authority. PRAYERMEMO PREMIUM PrayerMemo Premium gives you more room and more flexibility for your prayer life, including: • Unlimited active prayer requests • Unlimited groups • Personalized Today view options • Advanced reminders and follow-up tools • Thoughtful follow-up message drafts based on your prayer context • Unlimited prayer cleanup Sometimes the hardest part of following up isn't remembering—it's knowing what to say. PrayerMemo can help you create a thoughtful first draft based on the prayer request you're following up on. Every draft is reviewable, editable, and always under your control before you copy or send it. Monthly and annual plans renew automatically unless canceled through your Apple Account. Lifetime Premium is a one-time purchase. Whether you're praying for your family, church, small group, coworkers, or personal needs, PrayerMemo helps you remember the people you promised to pray for — and remember God's faithfulness along the way. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://prayermemo.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://prayermemo.app/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PrayerMemo at none against Prayer Notes's shown. PrayerMemo also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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 PrayerMemo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PrayerMemo 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 PrayerMemo's.
Prayer Notes ships an update every 2 months, PrayerMemo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | PrayerMemo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Jayvee Marcelo |
Customer experience
Prayer Notes
PrayerMemo
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
PrayerMemo
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
PrayerMemo
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$39.99









