Halora vs Pew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Halora
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Faith shouldn't feel complicated. Halora is a daily devotional app built for people who want to grow closer to God β without the overwhelm. One small task a day. Five minutes or less. A practice that actually sticks. One task. Every day. Each morning, Halora gives you a single, meaningful faith task β a prayer, a scripture reading, a moment of reflection, or an act of kindness. Designed for your schedule. Rooted in real practice. No long commitments. No guilt. Just one step. Built to last, not just start Most faith apps are easy to open and easy to forget. Halora is different. - Watch your streak grow β and feel it when you hit 7, 14, 30, or 100 days - Track your faith journey in a personal history of reflections and saved verses - Receive beautifully crafted morning reminders that feel worth reading - A home screen widget keeps your streak and daily task visible all day Prayer made accessible Not sure how to pray? Halora helps. - Ten ready-made prayers for Peace, Anxiety, Strength, Forgiveness, and more - A personal prayer builder that turns what's on your heart into words - A prayer timer for quiet, undistracted time with God Go deeper when you're ready Three guided reading plans β First Steps in Faith, Peace in the Psalms, and The Words of Jesus β take you through scripture day by day, with context and reflection prompts. Available in 9 languages. Select your language in the first step of onboarding. Every screen, every prayer, every notification β in the language you think in. Your data stays with you Halora is local-first. Your reflections, streaks, saved verses, and progress live on your device. No account required. No data sold. Start today. Your streak starts at zero. Tomorrow it's one. In thirty days it's a practice. In a year it's a part of who you are. "Draw near to God and he will draw near to you." β James 4:8 EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
Pew
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Record the sermon. Read it later. Put the phone face down on the pew and lock the screen. It keeps recording. When you get home there's the audio, a transcript you can search, and somewhere to write down what you actually thought about it. A WHOLE SERVICE An hour. Two hours. Screen off, in a pocket, at the bottom of a bag. The recording doesn't care. TRANSCRIPTS, WITHOUT THE UPLOAD Speech becomes text on the phone itself, in 11 languages. The audio never gets uploaded anywhere, including to us. SCRIPTURE When someone quotes a verse, Pew catches the reference and shows you the passage. Public domain translations for 21 languages are already on the device, so this works with no signal at all. A few translations are still under copyright and we can't include them; those open in bible.com instead. NOTES Yours go right next to the transcript, not in some other app you have to remember to open. SEARCH Everything you've ever recorded. By word, by who was preaching, by church. AI NOTES, IF YOU WANT THEM A summary, an outline, and the lines worth keeping. This is the only part that sends anything off your phone, and what it sends is the transcript text. Not the audio. It stays off until you turn it on, and you get told exactly what happens before you agree to it. Three of these are free. After that it's part of the subscription. FOR PASTORS A second mode for planning ahead: series, passages, and the notes that go with them. WHAT ISN'T IN HERE No account, nothing to sign up for, no ads, nobody else's trackers. We do count which screens get used, with no name on it. That switch is in Settings. The interface is in 35 languages and follows whatever your phone is set to. You can also just pick one in Settings. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pew at fortnightly against Halora's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Halora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Pew sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Halora ships an update every 2 months, Pew fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Halora | Pew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lawrence Murdoch | ε²η ε΄ |
In-app purchases
Halora
- Halora Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Halora Annual3 Days trial$34.991 Year
Pew
- Pew Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Pew Pro Yearly$39.991 Year








