Emo Lisa vs The Prayer Candle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Emo Lisa
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Emotions are complex psychological states that involve three distinct components: a subjective experience, a physiological response, and a behavioural or expressive response. They are often triggered by external stimuli or internal thoughts and can influence our thoughts, actions, and interactions with others. Learn to recognise them by playing. To gain full access to all the app's features a Monthly Paid Subscription is required.: The 'Play' function game engine is accessible only through a paid monthly subscription. This monthly subscription provides the following benefits: - Unlocks 'Play' function game engine - No Ads - No Tracking - No User Data Collection We believe strongly that Software should be useful, private and fun, therefore we will never serve ads, nor will we ever track or collect user data. As a result, we rely solely on our community to keep our business alive and bring our ideas to life. If you enjoy this app and think it's useful, please subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
The Prayer Candle
This app provides a private space for daily prayer and reflection. Light a virtual candle, set intentions, and record answered prayers in a personal journal. It offers ambient sounds, sleep music, and the option to use your own music or an AI prayer starter.
- Virtual candle lighting
- Set prayer intentions
- Record answered prayers
- Library of 300+ written prayers with audio
- Ambient nature sounds and sleep music
- AI prayer starter suggestion
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A quiet place to lay down what you carry. The Prayer Candle is a private prayer journal for people who want to pray every day, but do not want another app shouting at them. Light a candle. Write what is true. Mark the prayers God answers. The candle remembers. What you can do. Strike a real match and watch the flame catch. Set an intent for the prayer. Speak it, write it, or pick from a library of more than three hundred written prayers with read-aloud audio. Mark a prayer answered and it joins your memoir: a private record of the moments your prayer was heard. Pray with ambient nature sounds (waves, rain, fire, forest) or with sleep music underneath. Use your own music from Spotify, Apple Music, or any podcast app, and the prayer voice will play gently on top. What you will not find here. No accounts. No sign-ups. No passwords. No advertising. No trackers. No social feed. No leaderboard for who prayed most. No premium tier for people who can afford a deeper prayer. Your words stay on your device. The only time anything leaves your phone is the optional "Help me pray my words" feature, which sends a single sentence to an AI to suggest a short prayer starter. It is never logged, never stored, never used for training. You can turn it off in Settings. A note from the builder. I built this for my own family. We have prayed out loud over candles for as long as I can remember. When my kids started asking questions about faith, I wanted something that felt like that moment, in their pocket. Not an app that points to God. An app that quietly gets out of the way and lets you find Him yourself. Adam, FaithLabz
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Prayer Candle at none against Emo Lisa's shown. The Prayer Candle also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 12 months). Emo Lisa's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Emo Lisa ships an update every 12 months, The Prayer Candle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Emo Lisa | The Prayer Candle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 1.1 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PLAYSHARE VENTURES SRL | ADAM CHARLES WILBER |
In-app purchases
Emo Lisa
No in-app purchases
The Prayer Candle
No in-app purchases









