Report updated Apr 17, 2026
골방에서 열방기도
For christians seeking to deepen their prayer life, connect with distant family/friends through prayer, or church leaders looking to organize communal intercession.
골방에서 열방기도 is an established social networking app that is completely free.
What is 골방에서 열방기도?
Current Momentum
v1.8 · 1mo ago
ActiveRecent updates introduced church/group management, server synchronization for prayer notes, and enhanced intercession tracking. The app delivered three major feature updates within a three-week span.
Active Nemesis
Inner Room
By 24-7 Prayer
Other Rivals
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Social NetworkingNo ranking data
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Gathering signals...
What makes this app unique?
What Does It Look Like?
What Are The Key Features?
Automatically matches users with partners to share prayer requests and receive real-time updates on prayer status.
Provides background music and a dedicated timer to help users maintain focus during prayer sessions.
Tracks and visualizes prayer time and answered prayer counts to encourage consistent spiritual habits.
Allows church leaders or group administrators to share and manage urgent prayer requests for groups or congregations.
Organizes requests into petitions, intercessions, and thanksgiving for structured prayer life.
How much does it cost?
- Completely free and ad-free
The app is positioned as a non-profit, mission-driven tool, prioritizing user experience and community building over monetization.
Who Built It?
Gilju Lee
Equipping clergy and faith communities with professional-grade theological workstations and global intercessory prayer networks.
Portfolio
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Apps
What other apps does Gilju Lee make?
Explore the full Gilju Lee report
Portfolio breakdown, audience, momentum, and every app published by Gilju Lee.
What do users think recently?
Analysis in progress, available soon
What is the competitive landscape for 골방에서 열방기도?
How's The Social Networking Market?
Market outlook for this category
Available very soon
The rivals identified
The outtake for 골방에서 열방기도
Strengths to defend, gaps to attack
Core Strengths
- Real-time matching logic creates immediate social feedback
- Ad-free, mission-aligned user experience
- Built-in prayer analytics for habit tracking
- Structured categorization (petitions, intercessions, thanksgiving)
Critical Frictions
- Zero ratings/reviews (v1.8.7) indicates poor organic discovery
- No social media presence to facilitate community growth
- Limited developer resources (Notion-based web presence)
Growth Levers
- Church-wide adoption through Community Prayer Management tools
- Integration of global mission feeds to fulfill the 'Nations' promise
- Multilingual support for global intercessory networks
Market Threats
- YouVersion's massive social graph and existing prayer features
- Glorify's high-production-value audio content and VC backing
- Amen's rapid growth in the liturgical and guided prayer space
What are the next best moves?
Implement an in-app review prompt (SKStoreReviewController).
The app is on v1.8.7 with 0 ratings; lack of social proof is the primary barrier to organic growth and trust.
Develop 'Global Mission Feeds' for the 'Nations' value prop.
Competitor PrayerMate allows subscriptions to global mission organizations, which is currently a feature gap for an app named 'Praying for the Nations'.
Enhance 'Community Prayer Management' for Church Admins.
This is a key differentiator against Echo Prayer's 'Shared Groups' and provides a B2B-style growth lever for church congregations.
Feature Gaps vs Competitors
- Visual 'Prayer Room' interface (available in Inner Room)
- Subscriptions to global mission feeds (available in PrayerMate)
- Premium audio/liturgical content (available in Glorify and Amen)
- Robust push notification system for reminders (available in Echo Prayer)
Key Takeaways
골방에서 열방기도 has a strong functional foundation with unique real-time matching, but it is currently a 'ghost ship' with zero public user feedback despite active development (v1.8.7). To survive against giants like YouVersion, the PM must pivot from building features to building social proof and church-level distribution channels.
Where Is It Heading?
Stable
v1.8.7 released Feb 2026 with 'prayer encouragement logic' — indicates active investment in retention mechanics.
0 ratings/reviews across platforms — indicates a failure in user acquisition or a lack of 'ask' within the app.