When You Pray vs Called to Pray
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Called to Pray
This app provides a structured daily devotional experience with timed prayer calls, scripture readings, and guided reflections. It offers themed journeys and allows users to add names for personalized prayer during AI-powered calls. The app aims to bring a gentle rhythm of faith into your day.
- Daily scripture readings with highlighted text
- Live, AI-powered prayer calls
- Evening reflections and thought sharing
- Personalized prayer lists by name
- Themed 7-day faith journeys
- Bible Librarian for scripture questions
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THIS APP ACTUALLY CALLS YOU. Every other prayer app waits for you to open it. Called to Pray rings your phone at the time you choose. You pick up, and you have a real conversation with your personal AI prayer partner. Not a recording. Not a notification. A call. HOW IT WORKS • Pick three times: morning, a call time, and evening. • Three boxes unlock through your day: Morning Grace, Prayer Call, and Evening Wisdom. • A gentle bell tells you when a box has opened. • At your call time, your phone rings. Pick up and pray. • Busy? Decline the call like any other call, or dismiss the bell. Nothing is owed. • Every box stays open until midnight. Come back when the time is right. THE CALL • A live, two-way conversation. Talk, ask, listen, pray. About five minutes. • Start by talking about the day's verse, or go straight to prayer. • Your prayer partner prays for the people on your list by name. • You name your prayer partner. It's yours. THE TWO REFLECTIONS • Morning Grace: a short reflection and a verse, read aloud with the words on screen. It leaves you with one thing to carry into the day. • Evening Wisdom: a closing reflection that picks up where the call left off, so the whole day holds together. PRAYER BY NAME • Add the people on your heart once. They are prayed for by name, every call. • Your prayer list is stored on your phone, not in an online account. SEVEN-DAY JOURNEYS • Choose a theme for the week: kindness toward yourself, forgiveness, rest, loneliness, the prayer Jesus taught, and more. • Each day's morning, call, and evening build on the one before. • Change journeys anytime. Miss a day and simply pick up the next one. SCRIPTURE • Every verse is from the Berean Standard Bible, with the surrounding passage one tap away. • Write to your prayer partner with any question about Scripture or the faith. SUBSCRIPTION One monthly subscription. The price is shown before purchase and charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. New users may receive a free week of prayer provided by the app. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Restore Purchases is available in the app. Called to Pray supports your existing devotional life. It is not a church, pastor, counselor, medical provider, or emergency service. Privacy Policy: https://calledtoprayapp.com/privacy Terms of Use / EULA: https://calledtoprayapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: When You Pray at none against Called to Pray's 1. When You Pray also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Called to Pray sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. When You Pray asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for When You Pray against 5.0 for Called to Pray. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
When You Pray ships an update weekly, Called to Pray every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | When You Pray | Called to Pray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 214 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | James Kinsman | Acorn Labs LLC |
Customer experience
When You Pray
Called to Pray
In-app purchases
When You Pray
No in-app purchases
Called to Pray
- Called to Pray Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month









