Open the Bible vs When You Pray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open the Bible
Access sermons and broadcasts from Open the Bible, and follow a featured Bible reading plan. This free application helps users engage with God's Word.
- Latest broadcasts and sermons
- Featured Bible reading plan
- Access to God's Word
- Free to use
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Experience the transformative power of God's Word with this free app from Open the Bible. Access the latest broadcasts and sermons from Open the Bible, and use a featured Bible reading plan. For more information visit: openthebible.org The Open the Bible App was created with The Church App by Subsplash. Mobile app version: 6.23.8
When You Pray
This offline application helps users dedicate more time to prayer by providing tools to mark prayer items, review prayer history, and track progress. It aims to foster a closer relationship with Christ through consistent devotion.
- Offline prayer functionality
- Mark prayer items
- Prayer History log
- Calendar view
- Statistics tracking
- No in-app purchases or ads
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I struggle with devoting time to prayer as Christ did, so I created this app to help the brothers and sisters in Christ to devote time to prayer. This app is completely usable offline and does not connect to the internet for any reason and also there are no in-app purchases nor ads. The links below go to my other websites. Mark certain items for your prayer time, and it will save it to the Prayer History for you to review, Hopefully we all get closer and closer to Christ and His perfect example of how he lived a perfect life, died in the place of sinners like you and me and rose from the dead. Be more like Christ in prayer! With features such as History (showing only notes), Calendar and Statistics, this offline prayer app should help you put the time in for Christ. Buy once for a small price and enjoy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Open the Bible at free against When You Pray's paid. Open the Bible also leads on ratings volume (47 vs 3). When You Pray's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
When You Pray holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Open the Bible has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Open the Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of When You Pray's.
Open the Bible ships an update every 2 months, When You Pray weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open the Bible | When You Pray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unlocking the Bible | James Kinsman |
Customer experience
Open the Bible
When You Pray
In-app purchases
Open the Bible
No in-app purchases
When You Pray
No in-app purchases
Questions
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