Comparison

Pray vs Luminous

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

Head to head
About

Pray

Features
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帮助您在繁忙的生活中,保持与上帝的亲密关系。 愿我们成为您每日清晨与晚上灵修时间的好伙伴!

About

Luminous

This app offers a quiet space for Bible study and daily devotions, featuring scripture readings with audio, verse explanations, and personalized study plans. It also includes community features for group study and prayer, along with a curated library of devotional classics.

Highlights
  • Verse-by-verse audio playback
  • AI-powered verse explanations
  • Daily devotional content
  • Personalized Bible reading plans
  • Group Bible study features
  • Curated devotional classics library
Features
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Sometimes, all we want is a quiet moment. Luminous is a little devotional room you carry with you: a Bible you can read slowly, a companion who knows Scripture and knows you, and brothers and sisters walking the same road. READ QUIETLY • Scripture in public-domain translations, typeset like a real book • Verse-by-verse audio, whole-book playback, sleep timer, fourteen warm voices in English, Mandarin and Cantonese — listen with your eyes closed • Long-press any verse for exegesis — or to excerpt, save, and share • Six translations side by side, verse by verse; ask Lumia what makes them differ A LITTLE EVERY DAY • Daily devotions: Scripture, meditation, prayer — four pages, one quiet stretch of time • Reading plans: through the Bible in a year, the New Testament in ninety days, or a plan shaped to your pace • Study the Bible: name one topic, and Lumia lays out a day-by-day study plan • The Journey: every chapter read and every prayer prayed quietly leaves its footprint WITH LUMIA BESIDE YOU • Ask anything: What does this verse mean? Lumia answers thoughtfully — and will simply talk with you about your day • Exegesis draws on recognized interpretive traditions and represents no denomination; Lumia never plays God, and never replaces your church • On hard days, Lumia sets everything else aside and stays with you first TOGETHER ON THE ROAD • Groups: shared reading plans, group Bible study, a prayer wall, group voice calls • Share today's light with those walking beside you THE LIBRARY & THE RADIO • Over a thousand readings from Spurgeon, Morning by Morning, Streams in the Desert and other public-domain classics, carefully curated • A quiet devotional radio, played just for you Luminous is just getting started, and every feature is free for now. The heart of it — Scripture, verse explanations, daily devotions, your group — stays free, and conversations with Lumia come with a free daily allowance. In time, premium extras like lifelike voices, the full classics library, and unlimited conversations will become subscriptions so our small team can keep Luminous going — always clearly marked in the app. Your conversations with Lumia stay on your phone — that is our first principle, written into the first line of our privacy policy. May there be a small lamp for you, even on the busiest of days. Terms: https://api.project-luminous.xyz/terms.html Privacy: https://api.project-luminous.xyz/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pray3 screens
Luminous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pray at 12.0 against Luminous's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pray versus Luminous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrayLuminous
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB236 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrossmap Inc嘉年 贺

In-app purchases

None

Pray

No in-app purchases

None

Luminous

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pray free?
Pray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Luminous free?
Luminous is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pray or Luminous have ads?
Neither Pray nor Luminous shows ads.

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