The Devotional App vs Prayer Help
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Devotional App
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This is a devotional app for people who want to sit with Scripture rather than skim it. Bring any verse. The app opens it up: what it meant to the people who first heard it, what the original Greek or Hebrew carries that English translations flatten, and what it asks of you now. Then it gives you room to write, and something specific to pray. WHAT A DEVOTIONAL LOOKS LIKE Every verse you bring becomes a guided session: Insight. What the passage is actually saying, in plain language, without the sermon voice. Historical context. Who wrote it, who first heard it, and what was happening around them. Original language. The Greek or Hebrew words worth knowing, and what gets lost translating them. Journaling. Specific questions about this passage, not generic prompts you could answer without reading it. Prayer. Somewhere to close, shaped by what you just read. GUIDED PLANS Seventeen plans for when you do not know where to start, including: Finding Peace in Anxiety Courage Over Fear Healing from Past Wounds Marriage: Stronger Together Parenting with Grace Learning to Pray How to Study Scripture Discovering Your Purpose Thriving in Singleness Biblical Money Management Choosing Joy Daily First Steps of Faith Each runs day by day, and the app remembers where you left off. BUILT FOR RETURNING It tracks the days you show up, because consistency is what changes anything. No badges, no leaderboards, no guilt if you miss one. FREE It is free. No subscription, no trial, nothing locked away.
Prayer Help
This app offers a guided daily prayer experience for families, featuring scripture, personal prayer lists, and classic prayers. It's designed for all ages with adjustable text and a simple interface, ensuring a private and ad-free spiritual practice.
- Guided Daily Prayer sessions
- Personal prayer list
- Scripture and verse of the day
- Adjustable text size and contrast
- Library of 66 prayers
- Optional daily reminders
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Prayer Help is a calm, black-and-white prayer app for the whole family. Open it, take a breath, and begin. One guided Daily Prayer walks you through a few quiet minutes, one step per screen: be still, an opening prayer, a passage of scripture, today's prayer, the people on your own prayer list, the Lord's Prayer, and a closing blessing. It ends on "Amen." BUILT FOR EVERYONE Choose who's praying on this phone — 10 & up or 10 & under — and the prayers fit the reader. Large type, high contrast, and big touch targets make it easy for kids and grandparents alike. WHAT'S INSIDE • A guided Daily Prayer session, fresh each day • A prayer of the day, with "Show another" if it doesn't fit • A verse of the day • A simple prayer list for the people you carry • An optional daily reminder at the time you choose • Optional reflections after you pray • A library of 66 prayers: beloved classics (the Lord's Prayer, the Serenity Prayer, the Prayer of St. Francis, selections from the Book of Common Prayer) alongside original modern prayers, with scripture from the Berean Standard Bible PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. Everything you write stays on your device and never leaves it. Free, for your whole family.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Devotional App at 5 against Prayer Help's 1. On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Devotional App against 5.0 for Prayer Help. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Devotional App has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | The Devotional App | Prayer Help |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Oliveira | Steven Yates |
In-app purchases
The Devotional App
No in-app purchases
Prayer Help
No in-app purchases





