Tap what you're carrying, and Palm writes a short, personal prayer for exactly that — you read it out loud, in your own voice. No hour to set aside. No idea what to say required.
Take one thing at a time.
Start with whatever's loudest today.
Father, my chest is tight and my thoughts won't settle. I'm bringing this fear to you before it grows any larger.
Steady me. Remind me that I'm held, that this moment isn't too big for you, and that I don't carry it alone.
Quiet what I can't control, and give me a calm and trusting heart.
Amen.
Anxious, grateful, worn out, afraid, thankful for something good — straight from your home screen.
One sentence, so the prayer is about your actual Tuesday — not anxiety in general. Optional, always.
Thirty seconds, in your own voice. Nothing is narrated to you. Then get on with your day.
This isn't training wheels for real prayer. It is prayer — pray for an hour when you have one. On every other day, there's this.
An hour once in a while isn't what changes you. Thirty seconds today, and again tomorrow, is. That's what builds something.
Just: what are you carrying,
and a prayer for it.
We don't count your prayers. That's between you and God.
Thirty seconds today. Thirty seconds on the next loud day. Say the words enough times and they become yours.
That's the honest goal: Palm is scaffolding. One day you won't need it.
You start to see how a prayer gets built — how to name what's actually happening, ask for what you actually need, and hand it over. Do that enough times and you can do it without the app.
We didn't build Palm as a health product, and prayer isn't a wellness hack. But researchers have been watching what happens in the body when people pray, and what they've found is worth knowing.
Spoken prayer slows your breathing — and your heart follows. When researchers measured people reciting the rosary aloud, breathing settled to about six breaths a minute, and markers of heart health improved while they prayed. (Bernardi et al., BMJ, 2001)
Regular prayer is associated with lower blood pressure. A Duke University study of older adults found those who prayed and attended services regularly were 40% less likely to have high diastolic blood pressure. (Koenig et al., 1998)
People who pray often show calmer stress responses. Under laboratory stress testing, people who prayed more frequently showed lower levels of cortisol, the body's main stress hormone. (Tartaro, Luecken & Gunn, 2005)
None of this is why we pray. But notice what the first study measured: prayer said out loud. The prayer you actually say does more than the one you keep meaning to.
The annual plan comes with a 3-day free trial and full access from day one. Here's exactly how it goes:
A fraction of what the big prayer apps charge — cheaper because we deliberately built less. Cancel in two taps from Settings; on the annual plan there's no charge if you cancel during the trial.