Comparison

EPC GA vs Desiring God ft. Solid Joys

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

EPC GA

Features
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Each year we have an event and this is the accompanying app for this year's 46th General Assembly.

About

Desiring God ft. Solid Joys

Access a full year of daily devotionals offline, narrated by John Piper. Start reading or listening immediately without an account or ads, and easily navigate to any day's content.

Highlights
  • Offline reading and listening
  • Audio narration by John Piper
  • No account required
  • Ad-free experience
  • Navigate to any day
  • Background playback
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Solid Joys puts a full year of daily devotionals in your pocket, with no account and no ads. Every reading is built right into the app, so you can open it and read or listen anywhere, even with no signal. On a plane, on a commute, in the mountains, or first thing in the morning before the day rushes in — your devotional is already there. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read offline — all 365 daily devotionals are built in and ready with no connection needed. • Listen anywhere — every devotional is narrated by John Piper, with background playback and lock-screen controls, so you can listen with your screen off. • Start in seconds — no sign-up, no login, no account. Just open it and read. • Read any day, in any order — today's devotional, last week's, or one from months ago. • Open links instantly — tap a Solid Joys link from a friend or from Desiring God, and it opens right here in the app. • No ads, no in-app purchases. WHAT IS SOLID JOYS? Solid Joys is a daily devotional written and read by John Piper. These short, substantive readings are drawn from decades of his preaching and writing, and each one takes only a few minutes. That is all it takes to reset your whole day around the greatness of God. Every devotional points you to a passage of Scripture and helps you see and savor what God is really like. The aim isn't merely information, but joy: to feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year. WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone longing for a simple, faithful daily rhythm in God's Word. • Longtime readers of Desiring God and John Piper as well as anyone meeting him for the first time. • Readers who want their devotional to travel with them, online or off. ABOUT DESIRING GOD Desiring God exists to help people everywhere embrace a passion for the glory of God and the good of all peoples through Jesus Christ. For more than three decades, John Piper's Solid Joys has helped readers start the day grounded, focused, and glad in God. This is just the beginning — more is being built into the app. For now, we'd love for Solid Joys to become part of your every day.

Screenshots

EPC GA3 screens
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EPC GA at none against Desiring God ft. Solid Joys's shown. Desiring God ft. Solid Joys's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EPC GA ships an update every 12 months, Desiring God ft. Solid Joys every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EPC GA versus Desiring God ft. Solid Joys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPC GADesiring God ft. Solid Joys
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—20 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB178 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEvangelical Presbyterian ChurchDesiring God

In-app purchases

None

EPC GA

No in-app purchases

None

Desiring God ft. Solid Joys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EPC GA free?
EPC GA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Desiring God ft. Solid Joys free?
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EPC GA or Desiring God ft. Solid Joys have ads?
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys shows ads; EPC GA does not.
Which is updated more often, EPC GA or Desiring God ft. Solid Joys?
EPC GA ships an update every 12 months, and Desiring God ft. Solid Joys every 4 days. Most recently, EPC GA was updated on October 26, 2026 and Desiring God ft. Solid Joys on October 31, 2026.

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