Prayer Groups vs Ora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Groups
Easily share prayer requests with friends or privately. Features a home-screen widget for reminders and supports public or private groups with up to 100 members each.
- Share prayer requests
- Private and public groups
- Home-screen widget
- Up to 100 members per group
- Personal prayer journal
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Easily share prayers with your friends, or just with yourself. The app comes with a home-screen widget so you can remember to pray for your friends and family whenever you open your phone. Have public or private groups with 1–100 members in each group.
Ora
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Ora is a quiet, private place for your family, small group, church, or friends to pray for one another: no noise, just the people you pray with. FEATURES - Private Prayer Groups: Create a group and invite people with a code or a link. Only members can see what is shared. - Share Requests: Post what is on your heart, or share anonymously. Tap Pray on a request to let someone know they are not carrying it alone. - Comments and Encouragement: Write comments and replies on any request to encourage one another. - Prayer Check-ins: Set a schedule and walk through your group’s prayers together, marking each one as still praying, answered, or closed. - Answered Prayers: Mark a prayer answered and add an update. The people who prayed and saved it hear the good news. - Prayer Journal: Save prayers from your groups and write private prayers that only you can see. Set a daily time and pray through your journal one prayer at a time. - Gentle Notifications: Hear when someone prays for you, comments, or when a prayer is answered. Turn them off anytime. - Safe by Design: Report content, block members, and rely on automated moderation that screens what is posted. - English and Korean: Use Ora in either language. HOW IT WORKS Ora is free. There are no subscriptions or in-app purchases in this version. Create a group or join one with an invite code, share a request, and pray for the people in your group. Your journal and your check-ins keep the prayers you care about close all week. Ora is quiet by design. A steady, gentle way to keep praying for the people you love. Terms of Use: https://oraprayergroups.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://oraprayergroups.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ora at every 3 days against Prayer Groups's fortnightly. Prayer Groups's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Prayer Groups ships an update fortnightly, Ora every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Groups | Ora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Stephen Michael Cesler | Daniel Jin Won Kim |
In-app purchases
Prayer Groups
No in-app purchases
Ora
No in-app purchases
