Serenity Prayer vs ZenKoan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Serenity Prayer
Customize and reflect on the Serenity Prayer with adjustable images, fonts, colors, and text positioning. Share your personalized version and thoughts with friends for hope and strength.
- Customize prayer appearance
- Adjust images, fonts, and colors
- Change text position
- Share personalized versions
- Reflect for hope and strength
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Take a moment in your day to read the Serenity Prayer. Change the images, fonts, text colours and position, to build your own special version. Share your thoughts with friends. Reflect on your Serenity Prayer anytime, to give you hope and strength. May you go well. May you be happy.
ZenKoan
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ZenKoan is a quiet koan practice companion for people who want a daily Zen prompt, a simple sitting timer, and a private reflection log without audio clutter or account setup. WHAT IS INCLUDED - A daily koan with a short practice pointer - A searchable starter library, with the complete library available in Pro - Sitting timer presets for 5, 10, 20, and 40 minutes - Start and end bell sounds using system audio - Optional private reflection after a sitting - Sitting history and practice insights, including total minutes, streak, and weekly rhythm WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Most meditation apps optimize for large audio catalogs. ZenKoan is intentionally focused on koan study and silent sitting. It opens quickly, keeps practice controls obvious, and avoids feeds, ads, social mechanics, and forced login. FREE VERSION Use the daily koan, starter library, reflection flow, and up to three sittings per day. ZENKOAN PRO ZenKoan Pro unlocks the complete koan library, unlimited daily sittings, and the full practice history/insights archive. Monthly and yearly auto-renewing plans are available through the App Store. PRIVACY Your sittings and reflections stay on your device. ZenKoan does not require an account, does not show ads, and does not sell personal data. Terms: https://zenkoan.uptrail.ai/terms Privacy: https://zenkoan.uptrail.ai/privacy Support: https://zenkoan.uptrail.ai/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Serenity Prayer at none against ZenKoan's 2. Serenity Prayer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. ZenKoan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Serenity Prayer asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Serenity Prayer | ZenKoan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Never Can Tell | Mitaanshu Agarwal |
In-app purchases
Serenity Prayer
No in-app purchases
ZenKoan
- ZenKoan Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- ZenKoan Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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