Practicing Prayer
Lifestyle
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Your prayers. Your device. Your way.
Practicing Prayer is a simple, distraction-free journal for your prayer life. Write your prayers, record what God is speaking to you, and revisit them whenever you need to. Your data lives on your device — no subscriptions, no tracking.
more Getting used to the setup and features still, but really helpful keeping track of everyone I’ve told I’m going to pray for!
Getting used to the setup and features still, but really helpful keeping track of everyone I’ve told I’m going to pray for!
Bug fixes, performance and style improvements.
1.4.3 2h ago
Cleaner Confirm Import sheet — Collection, Add to, and Card Title now sit in their own grouped rows with subtle dividers, so each field is easy to scan.
Polished edit forms — labels, inputs, and section titles read more clearly on the prayer, card, and collection edit pages.
Tag filter sticks on first tap — "View Prayers with this Tag" now applies the filter right away.
1.4.2 6d ago
Unified prayer import! Sharing requests or cards with friends now uses the same import as highlighting text in other apps and "sharing" it into the app. I've also cleaned up the cards list styling to look more iOS-like and less "this dev isn't really a designer" (spoiler, I'm not). I also fixed some bugs and improved the flow and feel of the app. Details below.
Importing prayers
- One unified import flow — sharing from another app and opening a prayer file both land on the same Confirm Import screen.
- Import into an existing card (with a grouped picker so you can find the right card fast).
- The keyboard no longer covers the prayer notes field on iPhone.
- The "Existing Card" picker collapses after you pick one, so the rest of the form is back in view immediately.
Cards
- Cleaner look (more space around headers, consistent header styles, etc)
- Native iOS search bar
- Prayer rows on the Cards tab now match the inset-grouped iOS look used elsewhere in the app
- Adding a tag and hitting "done" now saves the tag properly even if your keyboard is still on screen.
Accessibility
- The "Prayers (N)" header is now a real Level-2 heading for VoiceOver, so screen-reader users can navigate directly to it.
1.4.1 May 12
Bug fixes for share sheet interactions
1.3.2 May 7
Save to Prayer from any app
- Practicing Prayer now appears in the iOS Share Sheet. Highlight prayer requests from a recent missionary's email, use the camera's OCR (text extraction) feature to scan an existing 3x5 card, basically anywhere you can share text - tap Share → Practicing Prayer - and the app opens with your selection ready to confirm as a new prayer card and request. The card title is auto-suggested from your selection and pre-selected, so you can rename with one tap.
- "Send Diagnostic Info" has moved from Backup into Settings → About, where it's easier to find when something needs reporting.
Other improvements
- Imported cards scroll into view and highlight briefly on the Cards tab, so you don't have to hunt for the new one.
- Tighter Confirm Import layout, with the Card Title field auto-focused - type to replace the suggestion, or tap once to commit it.
Fixed
- A crash that could occur when interacting with a request on cards with around 50 or more requests.
1.3.1 May 6
Fixes
* duplicate names no longer crash
* fixed crash after saving a prayer card
* delete-from-edit returns cleanly
* snappier form focus
Improvements
* On-this-day answered prayers on home
* Full screen reader support across the app
* Multi-select cards with check circles
* Improved save times, especially involving cards
* Updated visuals when expanding/contracting a card
* Settings menu icons + bigger splash icon
1.3.0 Apr 27
Features/Improvements
* On this day: see prayers answered on today's date in past years, right from the home dashboard.
* Improved prayer card page experience and refined menu structure
* Settings hub now shows a leading icon on every row for faster scanning.
* Improved accessibility support
Bug Fixes
Fixed: duplicate Collection or Tag names show a clear message instead of crashing.
Fixed: deleting a prayer from the edit screen returns you to your prayer list.
Fixed: creating a new card, collection, or prayer request now properly focuses on the first text field of the form
1.2.3 Apr 19
Minor bug fixes.
1.2.1 Apr 10
Sharing has undergone significant changes to handle sharing cards containing 10+ requests.
Additional styling improvements around collections.
1.2.0 Apr 9
Improvements
- New tag picker - Adding tags to a prayer updated, less bad more good :) Also, type commas to quickly add multiple tags at once (e.g., "worship, healing, family").
- Updated form field styling
Bug Fixes
- Fixed tag suggestions not responding to taps (replaced with new picker)
1.1.1 Apr 5
New Features
* Collections — Organize your prayer cards into collections like "Family," "Ministry," or "Work." Your cards are grouped into collapsible sections on the Prayer Cards page. Cards without a collection appear under "Loose Cards."
* Manage Collections — Create, rename, and delete collections from a new management page. Deleting a collection lets you choose to keep the cards or remove them entirely.
* Collection picker on cards — When creating or editing a prayer card, choose which collection it belongs to.
* Multi-select & move — Long-press any prayer card to enter selection mode. Tap multiple cards, then move them all to a collection at once.
* Archived collection — A built-in "Archived" collection lets you tuck away cards you're no longer actively praying for without deleting them.
Improvements
* Pray by Collection — Start a Prayer Time session focused on a single collection. The action sheet now offers "By Collection" alongside "All Requests" and "By Tags."
* Prayer Time ordering — Prayers in a session are now sorted by card name, then prayer title, for a more predictable flow.
* Clearer Prayer Time buttons — The "Answered" and "I'm done" buttons in Prayer Time have better naming.
* Reliable tag actions — Edit and Delete buttons on the Tags page now use tap-to-reveal action chips instead of swipe gestures.
1.1.0 Apr 2
New Features
* Sharing is a lot better! Share cards or requests with your community group. Shared link will open in the app or ask your friends to download it :) Shared requests will be saved into a "Shared with me" card.
* Home Page metrics - see your cards and requests at a glance.
* Prayer Time - you can now mark prayers as answered during your prayer time.
Improvements
* Managing cards by swiping wasn't really working.. so now you get buttons! Expand a prayer card to see several controls (including the new share button)
* Card titles now support multiple lines of text... in case your prayer card title also happens to be a request
* Filter prayer cards by prayer request tag - view cards containing prayer requests with specific tags. No more hunting!
* Creating a new card, request, or tag automatically focuses on the first text input. Sorry bout that.
1.0.7 Mar 31
Bug fixes, performance and style improvements.
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