Seraph vs PrayerMate
A deck of prayer cards for the people you said you would pray for, with a download price of zero and a Patron subscription after that, and a quieter flame that never asks for an account. This page is written by the maker of Seraph — read it knowing that — and it will be generous to PrayerMate, because the list is real and the free edition they describe is real.
Our bias, declared: we make Seraph. The linked PrayerMate sources support the specific download price, in-app purchase list, store descriptions, account wording, and privacy wording identified below; this is not an independent review of either app. Our product details describe Seraph’s current published offering. If we've got something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
The main difference
Consider PrayerMate if you want a prayer list you swipe through, including on Android, with feeds from churches and charities. The US listing (id434815549) on this check is titled “PrayerMate - Christian Prayer,” subtitle “Prayer Lists Organiser,” seller Discipleship Tech, category Productivity, age 4+, copyright © 2022 Discipleship Tech, bundle id net.geero.Prayer-Partner. JSON-LD Offer on that page is price 0, currency USD. Offer data sets isFree to true, hasInAppPurchases to true, and hasExternalPurchases to false. The offer title is “Get.” The lockup attributes line reads “Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.” The same listing: each day it selects a person or topic from each of your main categories and shows them as index cards; categories and subjects, including from the address book; private sharing in a small group; prayer diaries from organisations such as London City Mission, Open Doors, UCCF The Christian Unions, Church Society, and local churches; an Operation World “country of the day” feed; the Church of England Collect for the Day; a gallery of downloadable prayers and a “Take Words With You” scriptural prayer builder; photos and PDFs; Dropbox import and export; an optional daily alarm; scheduling by date, weekday, or month, or when a point has not been prayed for a while; a PIN code; email or message from the app; a built-in help system. The Information section’s In-App Purchases list on this check shows ten lines. We quote those ten. We do not invent prices past that list. We do not have Android, prayer cards, share groups, or charity feeds.
Choose Seraph if you want something quieter: one flame kept daily, the whole King James Bible readable free, guided prayer paced by breath — and a hard privacy line: no account to create, no ads, and a public vow of no prayer analytics. Your prayer life stays on your device. Seraph+ is $6.99/mo or $59.99/yr on our US App Store listing and on our pricing page. The daily office is free. Sacred Seasons, including Advent, are not. There is no Seraph+ trial. PrayerMate names Patron on the US list. We are a silent daily office with a paid season. This page is PrayerMate, not Pray.com. That is the fork.
Side by side
| Feature | Seraph | PrayerMate |
|---|---|---|
| Annual price | $59.99/yr | The US listing’s visible list: Become a Patron (Pay Annually) $10.99. The same list also has a line named PrayerMate Patron at $9.99, with no Monthly or Annually in that name. We do not collapse $9.99 and $10.99. We do not invent a $59.99 PrayerMate year. The Play listing prints “$0.99 - $10.99 per item” and does not name an annual SKU. The terms describe a monthly or annual billing cycle and print no dollar. The $10.99 numeral is not the $59.99 in the other column, and it is not the same product. |
| Monthly price | $6.99/mo | The US listing’s visible list: Become a Patron (Pay Monthly) $0.99. We do not invent a $6.99 PrayerMate month. The $9.99 PrayerMate Patron line is not labeled monthly. The Play listing prints “$0.99 - $10.99 per item” and does not name the monthly SKU. This check did not read a Patron dollar on prayermate.net/app. |
| Family plan | — | None published on the pages cited here. Their privacy policy describes PrayerMate Share groups. A share group is not a family SKU. We do not invent a family plan. |
| Free trial | None — the free tier is the trial | The US description: “PrayerMate is free to use,” and the Patron subscription is optional. That description does not print a number of days. The Play description does not print a number of days. The terms do not print a trial. Their app page says “Download now for free” and does not print a number of days. We do not invent a Patron trial. |
| Free, forever | Daily verse · 2 guided sessions · the whole KJV Bible (1,189 chapters) · every reading plan · streak flame · reminders | The download they price at 0. The US description says the app is free to use, and names the index cards, categories, diaries, Collect, Operation World feed, prayer gallery, photos, PDFs, Dropbox, alarm, scheduling, and PIN before it describes Patron. Patron, on that page, returns “additional colour scheme options so long as your subscription is active.” Their app page says “Download now for free.” Those sentences do not name the King James Version. We do not invent that the cards sit behind Patron. |
| Subscription opens | Full guided-prayer library (12 sessions) · Sacred Seasons (Advent & Lent) | The US description: optional Patron through the Settings tab, auto-renew “either every month or every year,” turned off “at least 24-hours before the end of the current period,” and “additional colour scheme options” while the subscription is active. The same visible list prices seven further lines: 5 Things to Pray for the People You Love $3.99, Praying the Promises $1.99, 5 Things to Pray For Your Church $3.99, I'm Praying For You $2.99, 5 Things to Pray for Your Kids $4.99, 5 Things to Pray: Your Heart $4.99, and 5 Things to Pray For The World $2.99. Those seven names are not described as the Patron unlock. The terms call the subscription “Become a PrayerMate Patron” or “Patronage,” set the billing cycle monthly or annual, print no dollar, and say “Except when required by law, paid Subscription fees are non-refundable.” The terms body says “Last updated: October 09, 2018.” We do not treat 2018 as the date of the $0.99 and $10.99 lines. |
| Account required | No — no sign-up exists | Their privacy policy: “When you choose to sign in,” the app stores your data in the cloud, including name, email address, and list and card data. Their terms: “When you create an account with us, you must provide us information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times.” The US description does not say the index cards require an account. It does name a PIN code “for added privacy.” This check did not find a sentence that the daily cards require an account. We do not invent that requirement, and we do not invent that cloud sync and PrayerMate Share work with no account. |
| Spoken Scripture | None as a spoken Bible product. Breath-paced guided prayer. Full KJV readable, not narrated as a catalogue of voices. | This check did not find an audio-Bible sentence in the US description or the Play description. The US description names a gallery of downloadable prayers and “Take Words With You.” The Play description names a “Downloadable prayer gallery.” We do not invent a voice catalogue. |
| Prayer analytics | None — a public vow. Prayer data never leaves your device | They are a prayer list, and the labels disagree with each other. Apple’s privacy header on the US listing: “The developer, Discipleship Tech, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below.” Data Linked to You: Contact Info, Identifiers. Under See Details, one purpose: App Functionality — Contact Info (Email Address, Name) and Identifiers (User ID). Data Not Linked to You: Analytics — Usage Data (Product Interaction); Product Personalization — Usage Data (Product Interaction); App Functionality — Diagnostics (Crash Data). This check did not find a Data Used to Track You shelf. The Play Data safety block, which says the developer provided it and may update it: “This app may share these data types with third parties” — “Location, Personal info and 5 others.” “This app may collect these data types” — “Personal info, Photos and videos and 5 others.” “Data is encrypted in transit.” “You can request that data be deleted.” This check did not find a “No data shared” line, a “No data collected” line, or a Contains ads chip. Their privacy policy says they collect “some anonymised usage data, including the number of items that you pray for and which feeds you are subscribed to,” using Firebase, and “we don't ever track the content of what you pray (except when it is publicly available, as in the case of feeds).” The same policy: “PrayerMate will not rent or sell” personally-identifying information, and sign-in data is “additionally encrypted to prevent PrayerMate staff reading the contents of your prayer points or the names of your lists.” Share groups share list data, name, and profile image with members. The same page also describes an “autumn 2024 beta” stored on Amazon AWS and synced with PowerSync. This check did not find an effective date on that policy. We print those pages. We do not invent that they describe the same collection. We do not restate rating or ranking marketing from the store listings. This check did not find a Contains Advertising line on the US listing. We do not turn that absence into a claim that the iPhone app is ad-free, and we do not turn the missing Play chip into a claim that the US listing says the app contains ads. |
| Scripture | Full KJV bundled; offline on iPhone | A prayer list, not a Bible reader. The US description names “Take Words With You,” an Operation World “country of the day” feed, and the Church of England Collect for the Day. The Play description names the Collect and an “Operation World country for the day feed.” Neither description names the King James Version. What’s New on the US listing is Version 10.0.10 (Fri Jul 31 2026): “Fixed issue with some cards not opening. Fixed rare issue with app launching in German rather than English in certain situations. Lots of other bug fixes.” The Play page says “Updated on Jul 16, 2026.” We quote both dates. We do not invent a bundled Bible. |
| Platforms | iPhone and web | The US listing Information section names iPhone (iOS 15.6 or later), iPad (iPadOS 15.6 or later), iPod touch (iOS 15.6 or later), Mac (macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later), and Apple Vision (visionOS 1.0 or later). JSON-LD availableOnDevice on that page is “iPhone, iPad, iPod.” JSON-LD operatingSystem is “Requires iOS 15.6 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.” The lockup attributes line says “Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.” Lockup data for this adamId sets isIOSBinaryMacOSCompatible to true. We print all of those. We do not invent that they are the same claim. The Play listing is Android, package net.geero.prayermate, developer Discipleship Tech, content rating Everyone, category Productivity, an In-app purchases chip, and “Updated on Jul 16, 2026.” Their app page links the App Store and Google Play and says “Download now for free.” The terms footer calls it “a free app for iOS and Android.” |
| Tradition | Broadly Christian, KJV | Seller on the US listing is Discipleship Tech. The Play developer name is Discipleship Tech. The terms say the app is operated by Discipleship Tech, and the footer says Discipleship Tech is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered as a charity in England and Wales (No: 1178838), with “© Discipleship Tech 2026.” The US description names the Church of England Collect for the Day as a feed, not as a limit on who the app is for. Not Pray.com, not Echo Prayer, and not Pray As You Go. We do not restate chart position or review marketing from that page. |
| If you cannot pay | No scholarship or sponsorship path published. Advent and most guided sessions require Seraph+. | The app download is price 0, and the US description says the app is free to use. Patron and the eight named lines on the US list are paid. The terms say paid subscription fees are non-refundable except when required by law. We found no scholarship sentence. We do not invent one. Their app page nav includes Churches & Organisations. We do not quote organisation plan dollars on this page, and we do not treat them as the Patron lines. |
PrayerMate’s download on the US listing is price 0, with hasInAppPurchases true. Become a Patron (Pay Annually) on that list is $10.99, and Become a Patron (Pay Monthly) is $0.99. Seraph+ is $59.99/yr or $6.99/mo, auto-renews, cancel anytime. Those are not a matched pair. Patron, on their description, opens extra colour schemes. Seraph+ opens guided sessions and Sacred Seasons.
What PrayerMate does better
The list, the feeds, and Android. If “I told them I would pray, and I need the card tomorrow” is the requirement, their US listing and Play listing are built for it. Categories, index cards, photos, a PIN, scheduling, Dropbox, charity diaries, Operation World, and the Church of England Collect. Their app page puts it as “Helping you to pray faithfully and widely,” and says “Download now for free.” They ship Android. We charge for Sacred Seasons and for the rest of the guided library. There is no Seraph+ trial: you never try a paid session before buying it. If you want a prayer list you can keep without paying for the cards, PrayerMate is the honest recommendation, and we are not in that contest.
They are also not Pray.com (a different product, with its own essay), not Echo Prayer (another list, with groups and Feeds, and its own essay), and not Pray As You Go. Those are different products. This page is PrayerMate, sold on the US listing by Discipleship Tech, bundle id net.geero.Prayer-Partner. The Play package is net.geero.prayermate. We do not treat those two ids as one id.
What Seraph does differently
Restraint as a feature, and a Bible you can finish with your eyes. No account between you and prayer — their privacy policy describes what is stored when you choose to sign in, and the store listings do not say the cards require that sign-in. Ours has no sign-up screen. Prayer data never leaves the device. Their US listing reports contact info and identifiers linked to you, and their policy says they collect anonymised counts of what you pray for, and the content of public feeds. Two prices, written in plain numbers: $59.99 a year or $6.99 a month, auto-renew, cancel anytime. The entire KJV free — readable, bundled offline on iPhone, every chapter — rather than a scriptural prayer builder that the store pages do not name as a Bible. A public web office you can open without installing an app. A streak that forgives a missed day instead of shaming it. No ads on free or paid. Guided prayer paced by breath. Compare the plan and features that fit your use. Their paid line on the US list is Patron. Ours is a season of guided prayer.
Three disclosures that belong here. The web subscription and the iPhone subscription are separate purchases and do not unlock each other. The complete offline Bible is the iPhone app; on the web, chapters you have already opened stay readable. And restoring a web subscription in a new browser emails a magic link, so we will not claim “no email ever.” There is no Seraph+ trial.
When each app wins
PrayerMate — if you want prayer cards, feeds, a PIN, or Android
Start from the US listing, the Play listing, or their app page. Read what they name as free before you subscribe. The US list prices Patron at $0.99 a month and $10.99 a year, and it also shows PrayerMate Patron at $9.99 with no period in the name. The Play page prints a range, “$0.99 - $10.99 per item,” and does not print those names. The terms print no dollar, and the terms body is dated October 09, 2018. Use Android if that is your phone. Do not assume the lockup’s “Not verified for macOS” and the Information section’s Mac line are one sentence. Do not come here first for a silent one-flame office with no account and a public vow that prayer never leaves the device. The US listing names Discipleship Tech as the seller.
Seraph — if you want a quiet office with no account, a full readable KJV, and a price you can read before you install
Ours, last on purpose. A flame, the KJV, two free guided sessions, reading plans, no sign-up. Paid for the remaining sessions and Sacred Seasons, free for the office. Small, new, iPhone-and-web only. If none of those sentences is what you came for, PrayerMate is the better fit, and we would rather you found it here than felt sold to.
Sources and scope
Checked against the following official PrayerMate pages on . These references do not establish an independent review or endorsement of Seraph. Subjective product fit remains our assessment. We did not quote a rating, a review count, or an install total. This check did not find a Patron dollar on the app page, and did not find a plan dollar in the terms HTML, and we did not invent a website price from that absence.
- US App Store listing (id434815549)
Supports the title “PrayerMate - Christian Prayer,” subtitle “Prayer Lists Organiser,” seller Discipleship Tech, category Productivity, age 4+, copyright © 2022 Discipleship Tech, bundle id net.geero.Prayer-Partner, JSON-LD Offer price 0 / USD, isFree true, hasInAppPurchases true, hasExternalPurchases false, offer title “Get,” lockup attributes “Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS,” and isIOSBinaryMacOSCompatible true on the lockup for this adamId. Supports the ten visible In-App Purchases: Become a Patron (Pay Monthly) $0.99, Become a Patron (Pay Annually) $10.99, PrayerMate Patron $9.99, 5 Things to Pray for the People You Love $3.99, Praying the Promises $1.99, 5 Things to Pray For Your Church $3.99, I'm Praying For You $2.99, 5 Things to Pray for Your Kids $4.99, 5 Things to Pray: Your Heart $4.99, 5 Things to Pray For The World $2.99. Also the index-card description, address-book subjects, small-group sharing, the named diaries, Operation World, the Church of England Collect, “Take Words With You,” photos and PDFs, Dropbox, the alarm, scheduling, the PIN code, “PrayerMate is free to use,” Patron through Settings, “additional colour scheme options,” and auto-renew “at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.” Information devices as named above, languages English, JSON-LD availableOnDevice “iPhone, iPad, iPod,” JSON-LD operatingSystem for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, What’s New Version 10.0.10 (Fri Jul 31 2026) with the card-opening and German-launch sentences quoted above, privacy header naming Discipleship Tech, Data Linked to You (Contact Info, Identifiers) with the purpose split above, Data Not Linked to You as split above, and no Data Used to Track You shelf. Developer Website on that page is app.prayermate.net. Privacy Policy on that page is the privacy URL below. We do not restate rating, review count, or chart rank. The list ends in a Learn More control; we did not read extra prices from it.
- PrayerMate on Google Play
Supports an Android listing titled “PrayerMate,” package net.geero.prayermate, developer Discipleship Tech, an In-app purchases chip, content rating Everyone, category Productivity, and “Updated on Jul 16, 2026.” Description supports the index cards, categories, the named diaries, the Church of England Collect, “Operation World country for the day feed,” photos and PDFs, the alarm, scheduling, “Backup and restore via Dropbox (compatible with iOS version),” and a “Downloadable prayer gallery.” The same page’s data, in the block for package net.geero.prayermate, prints “$0.99 - $10.99 per item.” It does not print the ten US line names. We do not treat that range as those ten SKUs. Data safety, attributed to the developer: “This app may share these data types with third parties” Location, Personal info and 5 others; “This app may collect these data types” Personal info, Photos and videos and 5 others; “Data is encrypted in transit”; “You can request that data be deleted.” This check did not find a Contains ads chip, a “No data shared” line, or a “No data collected” line. We do not restate review counts or install totals from that page.
- PrayerMate — App Privacy Policy
Supports “When you choose to sign in,” cloud storage of name, email address, and list and card data including photos and PDFs, additional encryption so staff cannot read prayer points or list names, anonymised usage “including the number of items that you pray for and which feeds you are subscribed to,” Firebase, “we don't ever track the content of what you pray (except when it is publicly available, as in the case of feeds),” “PrayerMate will not rent or sell” personally-identifying information, PrayerMate Share groups, the autumn 2024 beta on Amazon AWS with PowerSync, address-book names uploaded when signed in, and deletion by email to info@prayermate.net. Also “Discipleship Tech will not delete personal data from logs or records necessary to the operation, development, or archives of the PrayerMate project.” This check did not find an effective date.
- PrayerMate — Terms and Conditions
Supports “Last updated: October 09, 2018,” operated by Discipleship Tech, “When you create an account with us, you must provide us information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times,” subscriptions “sometimes referred to as Become a PrayerMate Patron or Patronage,” billing “either on a monthly or annual basis,” iOS auto-renew “at least 24-hours before the end of the current period,” and “Except when required by law, paid Subscription fees are non-refundable.” The footer supports “a free app for iOS and Android” and charity registration No: 1178838, with “© Discipleship Tech 2026.” The Privacy Policy anchor on that page points at the terms URL, not at the privacy policy. This check did not find a plan dollar in that HTML.
- PrayerMate app page
Supports the heading “Helping you to pray faithfully and widely,” “Download now for free,” links to the App Store listing and the Play listing, and a nav item “Churches & Organisations.” This check did not find a Patron dollar on that page. We do not restate testimonials or award badges from that page, and we do not quote organisation plan dollars from the churches link.
Daily office free, with no account · Seraph+ $6.99/mo or $59.99/yr · auto-renews · cancel anytime
Web and iPhone subscriptions are separate purchases and do not unlock each other