Comparison

Prayer Notes vs Colored Note

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Instant prayer request capture
  • Daily prayer lists
  • Group prayer sharing
  • Track answered prayers
  • Scripture journal
  • Prayer builder and focus tools
  • Cross-device sync
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

Colored Note

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and experiences with a versatile diary and notepad. Add photos, color-code entries, and organize with tags for easy retrieval. Share your notes with friends or keep them private with passcode protection.

Highlights
  • Add photos to notes
  • Color-code notes for organization
  • Assign tags for searching
  • Sort notes as desired
  • Share notes with friends
  • Secure notes with a passcode
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Color Note is a diary and notepad just for everyone! Record interesting thoughts, inspires ideas, inspirational quotes, recent experience, write notes about life, share your thoughts and mood with your friends. Or just write memos. PHOTOS You can add some images to your note. COLORS You can mark your note with a color. The color can be used for searching. TAGS You can assign one or more tags to a note. The tags can be used for searching. ORGANIZE Sort your note as you want. SHARE YOUR NOTE WITH YOUR FRIENDS Send it to your friends or publish in social networks! SAFETY You can restrict access to your notes with a passcode. AND You can delete a note by swiping it to the left.

Screenshots

Prayer Notes4 screens
Colored Note3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Colored Note at none against Prayer Notes's 8. Colored Note also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prayer Notes's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 53%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Colored Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Prayer Notes against 4.7 for Colored Note. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Prayer Notes's written reviews are positive against 53% of Colored Note's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, Colored Note weekly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Prayer Notes versus Colored Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayer NotesColored Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)4.7 (5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews — better53.4% of reviews
Number of ratings3.8K5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsVeniamin Gribkov

Customer experience

Prayer Notes

All ratings3,834 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive75.6%
Neutral9.0%
Negative15.4%

Colored Note

All ratings5,004 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews440 reviews
Positive53.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative36.1%

User reviews

Prayer Notes

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Helps keep prayer life organized
  • 👍 Ability to categorize and schedule prayers
  • 🚀 Syncs across devices
  • 👍 Useful for tracking answered prayers

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free version, need to pay for full features
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs reported
  • 🔒 Ads in free version
  • 👎 Confusing or unintuitive UI for some users

Colored Note

From 5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Variety of colors and fonts
  • 📝 Helpful for note-taking
  • 🌟 Great app overall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or data loss
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding or organizing notes
  • 🔒 Lack of security features (e.g., password protection)
  • 🔧 Issues with recent updates

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

Colored Note

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes disappearing or not saving properly
  • Cursor jumping or text selection issues
  • Glitches with recent app updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add checklist/to-do list functionality
  • Improve note sorting and search options
  • Implement password protection or biometric security
  • Provide more font and customization options

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
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  • Unlimited Journal Entries$4.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99
  • Unlock All Features$79.99
None

Colored Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prayer Notes free?
Prayer Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colored Note free?
Colored Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prayer Notes or Colored Note?
Colored Note is rated higher. Prayer Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Colored Note averages 4.7 from 5K ratings.
Do Prayer Notes or Colored Note have ads?
Prayer Notes shows ads; Colored Note does not.
Which is updated more often, Prayer Notes or Colored Note?
Prayer Notes ships an update every 9 days, and Colored Note weekly. Most recently, Prayer Notes was updated on November 1, 2026 and Colored Note on November 1, 2026.

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