If you’re reading this post, then you are probably interested in a helpful resource for your prayer life. Prayer apps are a perfect resource to encourage your prayer life because we always have our devices with us. We can choose to let these devices distract us from prayer, or we actually use our devices to encourage us in prayer.
We have ranked the top 10 Christain prayer apps. These apps have been strictly ranked based upon the number of ratings and the number of stars in the App Store, Google Play, or both.
What are the top 10 Christian prayer apps?
- Abide – Christian Meditation
- Prayers & Blessings Daily
- Echo Prayer
- Daily Prayer Guide – Lite
- Pray.com
- PrayerMate
- Prayer Notes: Ask, Seek, Knock
- Prayer Guide – Bible Devotions
- My Daily Prayer & Devotion
- Ora Prayer Network
Whether you need reminders, inspirations, a prayer community, or anything in between, these apps will be right for you. We truly hope that this will help you, as they have helped so many others in their prayer journeys.
1. Abide – Christian Meditation
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for Abide – Christian Meditation, with 4.8 stars at 33.3K ratings:
“Abide is the #1 Christian meditation app that helps you sleep better and stress less. Find deep rest with our bedtime stories, as you listen to stories based on the Bible. Wake up with our daily meditations that will fuel your mind for the day ahead. Join the millions of people meditating with Abide- including Grammy award-winning singers, church leaders, and Christian therapists”.
Uses of the App:
- Overcoming anxiety and worry
- Conquering depression
- Managing stress
- Discovering purpose
- Finding happiness
- Addiction recovery
- Forgiveness
- Relationship, Finance, and Health challenges
- Books of the Bible
2. Prayers & Blessings Daily
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for Best Prayers & Blessings Daily, with 4.8 stars at 31K ratings:
“This app delivers inspiring and biblical prayers and blessings to you every day, to give a new source of inspiration in how to pray. You can choose between different versions of the text, and even have it read-aloud to you! The app also allows you to share the scripture with friends via email, text message and popular social media sites”.
Uses of the App:
- Save your favorite daily prayers
- Share your favorite daily prayers via Email
- SMS your favorite daily prayers
- Post your favorite daily prayers directly to Facebook
3. Echo Prayer
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for Echo Prayer, with 4.8 stars at 14K ratings:
“Echo exists to help you pray. We believe that prayer is a powerful and effective way for us to connect with God. If you’re anything like us, the biggest obstacles that keep you from praying are difficulty organizing or keeping a list of your prayers, and then actually remembering to pray for those things when life gets busy. Echo was created to solve these problems, and to give you space to engage with your Creator. We want to help you pray without ceasing”.
Uses of the App:
- Keep track of all your prayers
- Share prayer requests with others
- Remind yourself to pray
- Notify others when you’ve prayed for them
- Pray without distraction
- Follow & pray for your ministry
4. Daily Prayer Guide – Lite
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for Daily Prayer Guide – Lite, with 4.8 stars at 12K ratings:
“A 365-day devotional app based on an inspiring collection of Bible verses, prayer, poems, and quotations from Leaves of Life by Margaret Bird Steinmetz updated with digital features for today’s smartphones and tablets. Daily Prayer is a daily devotional and prayer guide based on Leaves of Life; a compilation of bible verses, prayer, poems, and quotations from famous authors, writers and poets including Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Ruskin, Robert Browning, William Shakespeare, Alfred Tennyson, Goethe, James Russell Lowell, Henry W. Longfellow, Thomas Carlyle, Arthur C. Benson and others compiled by Margaret Bird Steinmetz. Be encouraged to read God’s Word and pray daily by using this daily devotional app”.
Uses of the App:
- Classic and timeless devotional content
- Daily reminders to read your daily devotion
- Listen to devotional content read by a built-in voice synthesizer
- Bookmark and note tabs
- Share content through Facebook, Twitter, and email
- Read using different fonts, font size and in low-light environments
- Track your reading progress
- Ad-Supported free app
5. Pray.com
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for Pray.com, with 4.7 stars at 2.5K ratings:
“Listen to stories from the Bible. Create healthy habits with our Daily Prayers, Bible Stories, and other spirit-filled content. Go to bed to the word of Lord with our Biblical Bedtime Stories. Pray with your church, friends, and family”.
Uses of the App:
- For everyone, including Church/Faith leaders
- Get stunning daily devotionals
- Listen to wisdom from the Bible
- Connect with your pastor, minister, bishop, priest, faith leaders
- Sleep peacefully to our calming Biblical Bedtime Stories
- Create a culture of prayer for your church
- Strengthen your community
- Instantly enable free mobile giving
6. PrayerMate
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for PrayerMate, with 4.8 stars at 2.4K ratings:
“PrayerMate helps you be faithful in prayer for the people and causes you care about. Every day, PrayerMate will select a person or topic that you’ve entered from each of your main categories (perhaps “My family” or “My small group at church”) and show them to you as a series of index cards – then just swipe between them to pray. Prayer is one of the greatest privileges for the person of faith, and yet most of us wish we were better at it. Now when you say to someone ‘I’ll pray for you!’ you can make sure you follow it up”.
Uses of the App:
- Intuitive index card interface lets you swipe between the day’s topics
- Set up your own personal categories to suit you
- Operation World “country of the day” feed
- Import/Export via Dropbox
- Prayer points can be scheduled by date, day of the week/month…
- PIN code feature for added privacy
- Privately email or message the people you’re praying for from within the app…
7. Prayer Notes: Ask, Seek, Knock
Here is a description found on the App Store for Prayer Notes: Ask, Seek, Knock, with 4.6 stars at 2.2K ratings:
“Prayer Notes is an application to help you keep track of your prayers requests and answers. It is designed with simplicity in mind, to allow you to quickly write, review, and share your requests with others. God listens and moves in your life each and every day. Start journaling your prayer journey today! Prayer Notes now includes a daily journal for thoughts and scripture references. Now, this is your one-stop app for devotional and quiet times”.
Uses of the App:
- Simple and intuitive user interface.
- Category groupings for prayers.
- Organize prayers into days of the week.
- Devotional journal and scripture references.
- Today widget.
- Password privacy protection (now with touch ID).
- Share requests via AirDrop, E-mail and SMS.
- Daily prayer time reminder.
- Weekly prayer calendar.
- Apple Watch support
8. Prayer Guide – Bible Devotions
Here is a description found on the App Store for Prayer Guide – Bible Devotions, with 4.4 stars at 1.6K ratings:
“Prayer Guide is a selection of the best prayers for you in one special collection. Use these prayers for everyday inspiration and share them with your friends and family from within the App. We have also prepared a selection of important Bible Verses. Each verse has a source, so you always know which part of the Holy Bible it comes from. Reach out to God’s words and expand your knowledge and understanding of your Christian faith”.
Uses of the App:
- Rise and shine with a morning prayer
- Change your perspective with the help of a prayer from the Bible.
- Find strength and comfort in God’s word.
9. My Daily Prayer & Devotion
Here is a description found on the App Store and Google Play for My Daily Prayer & Devotion, with 4.9 stars at 326 ratings:
“My daily prayer is a collection of powerful prayers filled with positive messages waiting to be sent to you on a daily basis. A daily prayer is a wonderful way to focus on seeking God’s plan in your life and to keep a strong relationship with Him. This app will help you express your love for Him, fill your heart with gratitude, be thankful for His blessing and offerings and ultimately get closer to God through love and prayer. Use this as a tool for communicating with our Lord. Make every day of your life into a blessing from God through these prayers”.
Uses of the App:
- Valuable messages and prayers for humanity
- Reminder to pray in a busy world
- Add prayer to your morning
- Prewritten prayers for all circumstances
10. Ora Prayer Network
Here is a description found on the App Store for Ora Prayer Network, with 5 stars at 33 ratings:
“Ora helps people cultivate a life of devotion. We connect Christians around the world through prayer. At Ora, we want to help strengthen people’s faith by reminding them of the beauty of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Ora’s mobile app allows you to accept and submit anonymous prayer requests, following prayer requests, and set daily reminders to pray. Ora has two primary goals: to give support to people struggling with burdens, and to encourage people to actively participate in the Body of Christ by taking time out of their day to pray for their brothers and sisters in need”.
Uses of the App:
- Strengthen your faith and devotional life
- Submit your prayers to the Ora Prayer Network
- Pray for the intentions of others
- Follow prayers to continue praying and to receive updates
- Set daily reminders to help you cultivate a life of prayer