The short answer: Pray.com is faith entertainment; Still is faith rest. Pray.com’s premium tier is built around celebrity-narrated Bedtime Bible Stories and dramatized “Biblical Sagas” — impressive audio, at the category’s highest price ($99.99/year). Still keeps the focus tighter and quieter: Bible sleep stories, evening prayers, and a gentle scripture alarm, without the social feed or Pray.com’s celebrity roster — James Earl Jones, Kristen Bell, Sean Astin and Kel Mitchell. Which one fits depends on whether you want to be entertained toward sleep or stilled toward it.
Disclosure: we make Still. We’ve kept the comparison factual, and Pray.com gets its due below.
What Pray.com does well
Pray.com’s production budget shows. James Earl Jones reads the Bible, and the dramatized series run across both testaments with full sound design: The Jesus Podcast (716 episodes), Stories of the Messiah with Rabbi Schneider (940), The Chosen People (224) and Heroes in the Bible (176). Daily prayers come from well-known voices too. Pray.com publishes fourteen podcast series in all. Nobody else in the category sounds like this. It also has community features (prayer circles, sharing) that no minimalist app offers.
If dramatized, star-powered Bible audio is what gets you to press play every night, Pray.com earns its place.
What it costs — and where the catch is
Pray.com’s premium runs $99.99/year or $19.99/month (US, August 2026) — the most expensive app in the Christian audio category, roughly $30/year above Hallow and $60 above Abide. The free tier exists but is thin, and the app is aggressive about upselling: expect frequent paywall prompts.
| Still | Pray.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Scripture-first sleep & prayer | Faith audio entertainment + community |
| Bible sleep stories | Yes — the heart of the app | Yes — celebrity-narrated |
| Evening prayers | Yes | Yes |
| Scripture alarm | Yes | No |
| Social features | None (by design) | Prayer circles, sharing |
| German | Native | No |
| Price/yr (US, Aug 2026) | $59.99/yr or $12.99/mo, after a free trial | $99.99/yr or $19.99/mo (in-app; Pray.com publishes no price on its site) |
Prices last checked August 2026; check the App Store for current figures.
Where Still is the better fit
You want quiet, not production. Still’s sleep stories are read gently and plainly — scripture doing the work, not sound design. At bedtime, less is often more.
You don’t want a social app. Still has no feed, no sharing, no notifications asking you to engage. It’s the least app-like way to end a day.
You wake with scripture too. Still’s gentle alarm opens the morning with a verse — a feature Pray.com doesn’t have.
You want a rhythm, not a feed. Still gives every day a devotional in the morning and an evening prayer at night, with listening plans like the Psalms in 30 days — quiet structure instead of content to scroll. The plans run from the Psalms in 30 days to the whole Bible in a year — a queue that ends, rather than one that refills.
Price matters here. Still is $59.99 a year or $12.99 a month after a free trial. Pray.com’s ad-free tier is $99.99 a year or $19.99 a month (checked in-app, August 2026). That is about $40 a year more than Still, $30 more than Hallow and $60 more than Abide. Pray.com publishes no pricing on its website, and what you’re offered can vary depending on where you sign up, so check before subscribing. The other difference is structural: Pray.com’s free tier is ad-supported, and Still carries no ads at any tier.
Frequently asked questions
Is Pray.com free? There’s a free tier, but it’s limited and the app promotes upgrading persistently. The full experience — Bedtime Bible Stories, Biblical Sagas — sits behind the $99.99/year premium. Our full Pray.com review digs into the free version, the pricing, and the upselling.
How much does Pray.com cost per month? Pricing varies by offer, but the standard annual premium works out to roughly $8.33/month, billed yearly at $99.99 (US, August 2026).
What’s the best Pray.com alternative? For scripture-first sleep at a lower price, Still. For a big evangelical meditation library, Abide ($39.99/yr). For a completely free option, Lectio 365 — see our alternatives roundup.
Is Pray.com or Hallow better? Hallow is deeper for actual prayer practice (especially Catholic); Pray.com is stronger on dramatized entertainment. Our Hallow review has the full breakdown.
Pray.com is a trademark of its owner; Still is not affiliated with Pray.com. We make Still. See the full side-by-side comparison or try Still free on the App Store.