Prayer Notes vs Willow Chapel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Notes
This app helps you remember and track prayer requests, organize your quiet time, and pray with others. It allows you to categorize, schedule, and mark prayers as answered, with features for scripture study and prayer building.
- Record prayer requests instantly
- Schedule prayers by day of the week
- Categorize requests (Family, Work, etc.)
- Track answered prayers with details
- Journal scripture readings and reflections
- Build prayers from Bible verses
- Collaborate with groups on shared requests
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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
Willow Chapel
A digital sanctuary for personal reflection and prayer. Organize your hopes and concerns in beautifully designed envelopes, mark answered prayers, and share moments of reflection with loved ones.
- Personalized prayer boards
- Digital envelopes for prayers
- Mark answered prayers as keepsakes
- Shared prayer circles
- Daily verses and reflections
- Offline functionality
- Themed seasonal collections
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Somewhere to keep your prayers. Willow Chapel is a prayer board you make your own — a quiet, beautiful place to hold the people and hopes you're praying for, and to see how they're answered. Write a prayer, tuck it into an envelope, and pin it to a board you've made yours — linen and wood, gold frames, pressed flowers, a flickering candle. It feels less like an app and more like a little chapel you carry with you. THE FREE CHAPEL IS LOVELY — AND YOURS TO KEEP • Envelopes for the ones you carry — self, family, friends, the future • Write prayers, notes and dates; return to them anytime • Mark a prayer "answered" and watch it bloom — then keep it as a keepsake • "Lay it down" when you're ready to release a worry — still kept, no longer carried • A nightly moment in Graces: a gentle reflection and a candle to light • A verse each day, and soft reminders when you choose them • Works offline; your prayers stay private on your device PRAY TOGETHER, EVEN APART Start a Circle with your mom, your sister, your closest friends. Share one envelope — only what you choose — and when someone lights a candle for your prayer, you'll watch it glow on your board. Joining a Circle is always free. BLOOM — THE WHOLE CHAPEL, YOURS • Every board, frame, paper and keepsake pack • Your own verse cards and premium keepsake envelopes • Start your own Circles • New collections every season — Advent, Lent, summer, autumn — all included, forever Nothing here is half-owned. And nothing is ever taken away — the free chapel stays yours. Made with care, for quiet hearts. "Cast all your care upon Him, for He careth for you." — 1 Peter 5:7 — Bloom is an auto-renewing subscription ($7.99/month or $49.99/year) charged to your Apple ID; it renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://willowchapel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Willow Chapel at none against Prayer Notes's shown. Willow Chapel also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Prayer Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Prayer Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Willow Chapel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Willow Chapel 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: 76% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Willow Chapel's.
| Parameter | Prayer Notes | Willow Chapel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Nursery Design Studio |
Customer experience
Prayer Notes
Willow Chapel
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
Willow Chapel
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
Willow Chapel
- Bloom Monthly$7.991 Month
- Bloom Annual$49.991 Year
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