Pray Always † vs Orthodox Daily Prayers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pray Always †
This app provides an Orthodox Christian prayer book to help users maintain their daily prayer life, even with busy schedules. It aims to make prayer accessible for everyone, facilitating a consistent spiritual practice.
- Orthodox Christian prayer book
- Daily prayer guidance
- Accessible for busy schedules
- Facilitates consistent prayer life
- Spiritual practice tool
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Take your prayer book with you with Pray Always † for iOS. Daily prayer is essential to a healthy Orthodox Christian life. With today's busy schedules, not everyone has as much time as they desire for their prayer life. The goal for this app is to allow even the busiest to take time to pray.
Orthodox Daily Prayers
A beautifully designed prayer book for Orthodox Christians, offering beloved daily prayers for faith and peace. Access morning and evening prayers, prayers for strength, repentance, and gratitude in a simple, inspiring interface.
- Morning and evening prayers
- Prayers for strength
- Prayers for repentance
- Prayers for gratitude
- Clean design
- Easy navigation
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Orthodox Daily Prayers is a heartfelt and beautifully designed prayer book for Orthodox Christians who seek to live each day with faith and peace. Here you will find the most beloved and time-honored Orthodox prayers — morning and evening prayers, prayers for strength, repentance, and gratitude — all gathered in one simple and inspiring app. Take a moment each day to turn your thoughts to God. Whether at home, in church, or on the way to work, you can always open this app to find comfort, guidance, and quiet reflection. With its clean design and easy navigation, Orthodox Daily Prayers helps you stay focused on what matters most — sincere prayer and communion with the Lord. Let your day begin and end with prayer, and let your heart be filled with light, peace, and faith.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Orthodox Daily Prayers at none against Pray Always †'s 1. Orthodox Daily Prayers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pray Always †'s advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Pray Always † sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Orthodox Daily Prayers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Orthodox Daily Prayers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pray Always † has 81 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pray Always † | Orthodox Daily Prayers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (81 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Negnet Solutions | Evgenii Statnikov |
Customer experience
Pray Always †
Orthodox Daily Prayers
Bugs and requests
Pray Always †
Reported bugs
7 issues- Inserted images will not load
- App is frozen and won't scroll
- App freezes up after update
- App is frozen
- Cannot use the app at all, it is frozen
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- Subscription doesn't show in Apple account but charged monthly
- Cannot cancel subscription in app or Apple account
Requested features
27 requests- Add prayers for before and after meals
- Ability to select text
- Include Paschal hours
- Hymns from Triodion and Pentecostarion
- Section on Confession
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- Ability to add more prayers to sections
- Add own prayer rule
- Include Fifth prayer of St Macarius
- Include ninth prayer of Peter the Studite
- Adjust dark/night mode with system settings
- Include hymns from Lenten Triodion and Holy Week
- Include basic Kontakia for Pre-Lent and Great Lent
- Include Prayer of St Ephraim the Syrian
- Add The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
- Add Vespers & Matins
- Add more Akathists, Canons, and Troparion/Kontakion
- Personalize and add own prayers
- Include Orthodox prayer for pets
- Include more icons
- Copy of the Divine Liturgy text
- Update Jesus Prayer page with an icon of Christ
- Include an icon gallery
- Include St. Brigid of Kildare
- Make modern English translation available
- Add more prayers like Jordanville Prayer Book
- Add customization for Patron saint, Hierarchs, Spiritual Father, Living & Departed names
- Backup customizations to iCloud
Orthodox Daily Prayers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pray Always †
- Full Version$2.99
Orthodox Daily Prayers
No in-app purchases
Questions
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