Comparison

WePray vs John 1

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

Head to head
About

WePray

This app helps you establish a regular prayer routine by temporarily blocking distracting applications during scheduled prayer times. It also facilitates prayer requests and community communication within your church.

Highlights
  • Prayer Lock to block distracting apps
  • Schedule prayer times
  • Submit and share prayer requests
  • Receive messages from church leaders
  • Connect with congregation
Features
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WePray helps you pray before you scroll. With Prayer Lock, you can lock distracting apps until you take a moment to pray. Build daily faith discipline, stay focused on God, and turn screen time into prayer time. FEATURES - Prayer Lock — Schedule your prayer times. When the time comes, WePray pauses your most distracting apps until you've completed your prayer, helping you show up consistently. - Prayer Requests — Share what's on your heart. Submit prayer requests that your pastor can review and send out to the whole congregation. - Church Community — Pastors can send messages and prayers directly to their congregation, keeping everyone connected between Sundays. WePray is free to download and use. Build the habit. Stay connected. Grow in faith. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

John 1

Features
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A complete Catholic Bible, the Rosary, today's Mass readings and the saints, on your iPhone and iPad. Everything works offline. No account, no ads, no subscription. THE BIBLE • Three Catholic editions, with the deuterocanonical books: the World English Bible Catholic Edition, the Douay-Rheims and the Clementine Vulgate in Latin • A reader that sets Scripture like a book: paragraphs, psalms and poetry in lines, your choice of typeface, size and spacing • Search every verse in every edition, even without a connection • Bookmarks, highlights and private notes, on your device or synced to your own iCloud if you choose PRAYER • The Rosary with all four sets of mysteries, each with a public-domain painting • The Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 7 novenas with sources, nine-day progress and your intentions • A library of everyday prayers: Morning Offering, Angelus, Regina Caeli, Anima Christi, St. Michael, St. Patrick's Breastplate and more • A guided Lectio Divina and an examination of conscience for Confession (your notes clear when you leave) THE CHURCH YEAR • Today's Mass readings on the United States Roman calendar, opened in their full chapter • The saint of the day from the Vatican News calendar and the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic calendar • My Saints: save the saints you love, keep private intentions, and prepare for their feast days with a novena and an optional reminder • A Year with the Fathers: one reading a day from the Fathers of the Church through 2027, from 1 January. The first seven days are free • Lent and Holy Week: the Collect of each day from the Roman Missal, St Leo the Great's sermons on Lent, the Seven Penitential Psalms and the Missal's prayers for Holy Week • The Stations of the Cross by St Alphonsus Liguori, with Giandomenico Tiepolo's etchings THE FATHERS AND DOCTORS • 26 authors, 273 works, 15 million words, all offline: Augustine complete, the Summa Theologica and the Catena Aurea of St. Thomas Aquinas, John Chrysostom, Jerome, Ambrose, Athanasius, Gregory the Great and more • Open a chapter of Scripture and see which Fathers wrote on it • Each day, Today shows a Father's comment on the Gospel of the day • Read the first part of every work free. Unlock the full library once, with no subscription ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • A verse widget for the Lock Screen and Home Screen that changes as often as you choose, from every 10 minutes to once a day • My Saint widgets with sacred art PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in • No ads and no tracking • Your notes, highlights and intentions stay private: on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync Reading references are bundled for 2026 and 2027. For the exact lectionary wording, the app links to the USCCB. Local calendars can differ. All artwork is public domain.

Screenshots

WePray4 screens
John 14 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: WePray at 17.0 against John 1's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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. WePray sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and John 1 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WePray ships an update every 6 days, John 1 every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
WePray versus John 1: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWePrayJohn 1
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWePray LLCNorth Boutique Studios Ltd

In-app purchases

4 purchases

WePray

Subscriptions4
  • Supporter — Tier 4$4.991 Month
  • Supporter — Tier 3$9.991 Month
  • Supporter — Tier 2$14.991 Month
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  • Supporter — Tier 1$19.991 Month
1 purchases

John 1

One-time1
  • The Fathers and Doctors$9.99

Questions

Is WePray free?
WePray is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is John 1 free?
John 1 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WePray or John 1 have ads?
Neither WePray nor John 1 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WePray or John 1?
WePray ships an update every 6 days, and John 1 every 4 days. Most recently, WePray was updated on October 28, 2026 and John 1 on October 28, 2026.

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