# Encouraging Word — user reviews > 64 indexed App Store user reviews of Encouraging Word by Mark Stewart, rated 4.90/5 from 3,090 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/encouraging-word/id1339362650/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/encouraging-word/id1339362650.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,877 · 4★ 167 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Encouraging Word? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Encouraging and uplifting content - 🙏 Helps build a relationship with God - 📚 Provides daily Bible verses and devotionals - 💻 Easy to use app - 🌟 Wonderful and inspiring messages **Cons** - 🐛 Date display issues - 🔍 Difficulty contacting developer - 🔁 Lack of new content updates **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezing/crashing - Date display not matching actual date **Most requested features** - Add prayer feature - Ability to mark/track read devotionals - Rotate app with device orientation ## Newest reviews (18 of 64) ### 5/5 — Great encouragements *2024-10-12* Mark does a great job with his encouraging devotionals everyday. Absolutely worth downloading. I can’t believe it’s free. Thanks Mark and God bless you and the family. ### 5/5 — Good *2024-08-06, version 1.3* Saggy ### 5/5 — Love The Devo! *2024-06-27, version 1.3* I love this to do it every day. I noticed that the date is off by one day. For instance, today is April 4 and the app loads the April 5 Devo. Not a big deal, just wanted you to know. ### 5/5 — A Great Diet For Each Day *2024-04-24, version 1.3* The Devotional is a great piece, with great depth and illumination. It builds your knowledge of the Word, and inspires you every time. ### 5/5 — Just about perfect… *2024-04-15, version 1.3* What would make it more perfect is if the author would actually update it with new devotions. These are 4 years old! Just completed one year (from April 2023 to April 2024) and disappointed to see that I’ve already read the rest. What’s going on? Why no update? ### 5/5 — Love The Devo! *2024-04-04* I love this to do it every day. I noticed that the date is off by one day. For instance, today is April 4 and the app loads the April 5 Devo. Not a big deal, just wanted you to know. ### 5/5 — Heart this App *2024-03-30, version 1.3* Love this app ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-01-30, version 1.3* This application has helped me get through tough times. The personal messages after the verses make it so one on one . Thank You so much! ### 5/5 — Great Morning Starter *2023-10-28, version 1.3* These are great words of encouragement and positive messages to start your morning! ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2023-09-23, version 1.3* I found this app, as I was looking for some type of encouragement for myself. I have been going through some tough times, however since finding this app, when reading each day, feels like Pastor Mark with God’s help is speaking to me directly. I have shared this app with others and get great responses and thanking me. Thank you for this app!! Each day it has something more encouraging than the day before! 🙏🏼❤️ ### 5/5 — LOVE THIS APP *2023-07-23, version 1.3* This app will help you grow and memorize scripture I love it!! ### 5/5 — BEST Devotional app *2023-07-03, version 1.3* Hands down the best devotional app I’ve come across!! Thank you so much! Highly recommend!! ### 5/5 — New user *2023-05-13, version 1.3* As the header shows I’m a new user I appreciate a final message from the Lord to close out another day ### 5/5 — 👍👍 *2023-04-27, version 1.3* Absolutely love this app! Such wonderful and uplifting messages for daily life. ### 5/5 — Gods words are always beautiful encouraging words God Bless *2023-04-23, version 1.3* I love these ### 5/5 — Soul lifting words *2023-03-17, version 1.3* I have mine set for morning time. Not only do I get something new out of reading scriptures over again each time, but the encouragement of words keeps me with a boost of spiritual lift through the day. Thanks ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2023-02-22, version 1.3* Just want you and everyone else to know your daily devotions are wonderful. Have had this app for a long time and still enjoy your words. God Bless You. ### 5/5 — Good reading *2023-02-17, version 1.3* It’s inspiring ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I need some direction. I am on an iPhone. L *2020-11-08, version 1.3* Download app last night, NOV 7. Today is Sunday, NOV 8. App opened and displayed NOV 8 as first available reading. Problem is when I select it, it gives me the reading for NOV 9, not NOV 8th. When I then tested by choosing NOV 9, I got the reading for NOV 10. ### 3/5 — Can’t contact developer *2023-08-10, version 1.3* I love the app and will change my reviews if I can get help. I’m trying to contact developers for issues in app but all links are to some add to promote a business and nothing to do with this app. My issue is I can’t pray in app. It’s an option but won’t give me anything to click on to add a prayer. This is a good app even with out it but if I find another one that offers this feature I will be swapping. ### 4/5 — Wrong date when it opens *2024-05-04, version 1.3* Have this app on my iPhone and on my wife’s iPad. I generally use it on the iPad. Lately when it opens up it’s opens to the day after the actual date. Never did that before. Usually when I opened the app it would open on the right date. Don’t know what the problem is. I deleted it and reinstalled it twice but it still doesn’t open to the correct date. ### 4/5 — Love this but it’s freezing *2023-01-27, version 1.3* The app keeps freezing I have to delete app then download seems like every day what gives?? It would be 5 stars if it didn’t freeze so much ### 4/5 — Wonderful, except… *2022-07-22, version 1.3* I love this app! It is amazing. I just have one problem- it won’t allow me to type under “Prayers” or “Answered prayers”. Am I missing something? Please help. ### 4/5 — Date wrong *2020-08-15, version 1.3* When I pulled up this app the first time, the date matched. I missed a day of opening it, and now when I pull up today’s reading, it has tomorrow’s date on it. I’m not able to send you a private message because of the click bate that pulls up and won’t let me remove it to send you a message. ### 4/5 — Glitch *2020-03-22, version 1.3* I really enjoy this app and use it everyday. Ever since Leap Day February 29th it’s been ahead a day. It’s trivial but, since I am a type A personality, it bothers me. Is there a way to fix it? I have deleted it and reloaded it again but no change. Thanks! ### 4/5 — Dates not correct *2020-03-14, version 1.3* Enjoying the app but since February 29, the dates have been wrong. Tried to go through app support but wouldn’t let me. ### 5/5 — Trouble *2026-09-01, version 1.3* I read Encouraging Words every morning after my Bible reading. I’ve read Pastor Mark for over two years now and enjoy. Especially when he is ⛷️! Thank you, Pastor Mark and your family,too!🙏🏻 Please keep Encouraging Words on the phone for me and others to read. 😊 Thank you ### 5/5 — awesome *2026-08-10, version 1.3* Words are encouraging to all readers and highly recommended ## Most praised reviews (8 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fabulous *2026-08-08, version 1.3* One of the best Daily Prayer apps I’ve ever used!!!!! ### 5/5 — Trouble *2026-06-10, version 1.3* I read Encouraging Words every morning after my Bible reading. I’ve read Pastor Mark for over two years now and enjoy Joe stories. Especially when he is ⛷️! Thank you, Pastor Mark and your family,too!🙏🏻 ### 5/5 — Encouraged *2026-06-02, version 1.3* I love Pastor Marks Devotionals. They are so encouraging. ### 5/5 — Best *2026-05-22, version 1.3* This is such a great daily devotional! I’ve used it for prob 3 years. I’ve shared with others, I’ve gotten different insight from the same verses year over year. Highly recommend for a good daily devotional. ### 5/5 — Very Encouraging *2026-02-19, version 1.3* I look forward to the word for the day. Always uplifting ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2025-10-25, version 1.3* A friend told me about this app. I thought I already had all of the good ones. This app is wonderful because it is so encouraging, short but powerful, easy to understand, knows my weaknesses and speaks to my heart, and not condemning of my many mistakes. Thank you for this amazing ministry! ### 5/5 — Great App! *2024-12-31, version 1.3* The best ever! So glad this app is a part of my daily quiet time. ### 5/5 — Encouraging Word *2024-11-26, version 1.3* I installed the Encouraging Word app during the pandemic and it changed my life! I still read it daily before I start my day, and it helps me focus and it truly encourages me and helps me get through each day. It would really me nice if the app would rotate to when I rotate my iPad. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*