Comparison

Be Not Afraid vs Thoughts and Prayers

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

Head to head
About

Be Not Afraid

Connect with people globally through prayer. Share your requests and offer support to others, turning your phone into a tool for connection and combating loneliness. Receive immediate confirmation when someone prays for you.

Highlights
  • Global prayer requests
  • Offer prayer instantly
  • Connect with others
  • Combat loneliness
  • Turn phone into connection tool
Features
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Pray for each other.  Be not Afraid lets you pray for others across the world. In spare moments, or part of your prayer routine. Instead of scrolling videos, you scroll prayer requests from people around the world. Instead of likes, you offer prayer.  The app connects you instantly. When you hold the button to pray, the person who sent the request knows that someone is praying for them right now. This is a fight against loneliness. It is an effort to turn our phones into something that connects us. 1 Thessalonians 5:17. "Pray without ceasing."

About

Thoughts and Prayers

Features
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Everyone needs help sometimes. People lose someone they love, get a diagnosis they weren't ready for, lose a job, or carry something heavy they can't say out loud. Thoughts and Prayers is a place to set that down - and a place to pick up someone else's. This is a global prayer list. Post what's on your heart, read what other people are carrying, and pray for them. Every prayer you tap "I prayed" on is one more person who knows they weren't ignored. NO ACCOUNT, NO SIGNUP Open the app and you're in. No email, no password, no profile to build. Post under a name or anonymously - your choice, prayer by prayer. Look for "Prayers" on your Home Screen - that's us. SHARE WHAT'S ON YOUR HEART Write a prayer in a few taps and add a category if it helps people find it. That's the whole process. PRAY FOR OTHERS Browse the global list, search for what you want to pray over, and tap "I prayed" so the person knows someone is with them. Leave a word of encouragement in the comments. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR OWN My Prayers holds everything you've posted in one place, so you can come back to it - and mark a prayer as answered when it is. A VERSE EACH DAY A new Bible verse every day, with a place to mark the ones you've studied and share the ones that land. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets put the verse of the day where you'll see it. The Apple Watch app shows the verse and the prayer feed, and lets you tap "I prayed" without reaching for your phone. ELEVEN LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino. QUIET AND SAFE Report anything that doesn't belong and our moderation team reviews it. Block someone and you won't see their posts again. Turn on notifications if you want to know when there's a message for you, or leave them off. No ads. No tracking. No feed built to keep you scrolling. YOUR DATA IS YOURS There's no account to close, but if you want everything gone, Settings has one button that permanently deletes your prayers, comments, activity, and messages. Prayer stays free. Not a trial, not an introductory offer - the heart of this app is free and stays that way. Share a prayer. Carry someone else's. Nobody should have to do it alone.

Screenshots

Be Not Afraid4 screens
Thoughts and Prayers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Thoughts and Prayers at 4 against Be Not Afraid's 2. Thoughts and Prayers also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Be Not Afraid versus Thoughts and Prayers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBe Not AfraidThoughts and Prayers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter WiebenYsApps

In-app purchases

None

Be Not Afraid

No in-app purchases

None

Thoughts and Prayers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Be Not Afraid free?
Be Not Afraid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thoughts and Prayers free?
Thoughts and Prayers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Be Not Afraid or Thoughts and Prayers have ads?
Neither Be Not Afraid nor Thoughts and Prayers shows ads.

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