Pray Shield vs DevotionTime

Pray through your day. Your apps can wait. Pray Shield is a quiet prayer book for your iPhone. Four short prayer hours – Morning, Midday, Evening and, if you like, Night – give your day a rhythm, in the spirit of the Church’s daily prayer. Each hour takes two to three minutes. APPS REST UNTIL YOU PRAY • Choose the apps that pull you in with Apple Screen Time • At each prayer hour they rest until you have prayed – tap “Pray now” to open the hour • Pause anytime: for an hour, until morning or over the weekend • Protection and prayer hours are free PRAY WITH THE CHURCH • The Rosary with the mysteries of the day, decade by decade • Divine Mercy Chaplet, Angelus, Memorare and the Church’s traditional prayers • Guided prayers for times of worry, grief and gratitude THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH YEAR • The complete Bible offline, with page turns, verse search and classic woodcut illustrations • Today’s liturgical season and feast at a glance, with optional feast-day reminders QUIET AND PRIVATE • Private prayer intentions and an evening journal • Widgets for the verse of the day, the next prayer hour, the church year and the Rosary, plus a Live Activity for the current hour • Evening dark mode • Pray in a Catholic, Protestant or open style • No account. Your prayers, intentions and journal stay on your iPhone. PRAY SHIELD PLUS • All 10 guided prayers • The 3D Rosary with your own pace and the guided full Rosary • The whole church year: year wheel, month view, every feast with its feast page • Bible highlights, notes and more bookmarks • The “Word for today” widget and four extra backgrounds for the verse widget TRIAL AND SUBSCRIPTION Pray Shield Plus is an auto-renewable subscription. Eligible customers may see a 7-day free trial for the yearly plan in the App Store; eligibility is confirmed on the purchase screen. After the trial, the selected plan renews at the billing period and price shown by Apple unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. For purchases without a trial, payment is charged to your App Store account when you confirm. Manage or cancel in your App Store settings. Existing purchases can be restored in the app. Pray Shield supports prayer, reflection, and more intentional screen habits. It does not replace counseling, pastoral care, medical care, or emergency help. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Pray Shield Terms: https://damiandance.github.io/pray-shield-legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://damiandance.github.io/pray-shield-legal/privacy/ Support: d.witko@icloud.com

You open your phone in the morning meaning to read the Bible. Twenty minutes later, you're still on Instagram. That's not a lack of faith. It's your phone. DevotionTime exists to solve exactly that: it blocks distractions until you finish your time with God, turning your devotional from "if I have time" into a real habit, backed by a reminder that works and a consequence that actually helps. HOW IT WORKS Prayer Alarm Set the time for your devotional. Right when it matters, DevotionTime calls you, before the rest of your phone gets the chance to. Block Apps During Your Devotional Choose which apps to block (social media, games, whatever distracts you most). Until your devotional is done, they're out of reach. You decide how long the block stays active. A Complete Devotional, Every Day Each session has four parts: a guided prayer, the verse of the day, a reflection, and space for your own personal prayer, written in your own words. Streaks and Spiritual Milestones Track how many days in a row you've kept your time with God. Unlock milestones like Seed (7 days), Sprout (21 days), 40 Days, Living Flame (100 days), and A Year of Grace (365 days), and share your progress with anyone you choose. Visual History See your progress on a weekly heatmap, with stats on words written and time spent in prayer. WHO IT'S FOR For anyone who's tried to keep a consistent devotional and knows the problem was never a lack of willingness. It was the phone winning before intention became habit. PRIVACY FIRST DevotionTime requires no account, no name, email, or phone number. Your personal prayers, alarms, and history stay stored only on your device. FREE AND PREMIUM The free plan lets you try the app with 1 alarm and limited devotional sessions. Premium unlocks unlimited alarms, the full year of devotional content, app blocking, and future features. Start today. Finish your time with God before you open anything else.