Comparison

Life.Church vs Note

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

Head to head
About

Life.Church

Access sermons, connect with your church community, and manage church activities. This app allows you to watch or listen to messages, download content for offline viewing, and engage with your local campus or online services. It also facilitates prayer requests, service check-ins, and giving.

Highlights
  • Watch or listen to sermons
  • Download messages for offline playback
  • Connect with church campus or online
  • Access message notes
  • Submit prayer requests and questions
  • Check-in for kids or service
  • Invite friends and family
Features
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With the Life.Church app, you can experience Life.Church anywhere! • Watch or listen to messages from Senior Pastor Craig Groeschel • Download audio and video messages for offline playback • Connect with your Life.Church campus or Life.Church Online • Follow along with the service in the app with the Message Notes • Request prayer, submit questions and much more through the contact card • Check-in your kids for LifeKids or check-in to serve through the app • Invite your friends and family • Give to Life.Church • And more! The latest version of the app has many updates to help you grow as a fully devoted follower of Christ. Download the Life.Church app today to be part of our Life.Church community as we take the next step in our journey with Christ together! About Life.Church: Life.Church wants to make a lasting difference in your life, in our community, and in the world. Our mission is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. That's how we're able to make a difference, and it's the driving force behind everything we do. We meet in physical locations around the United States and globally online at live.life.church.

About

Note

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Capture a note in seconds. Act on it. Archive or delete it. Move on. NoteToSelf is a fast and superclean way to get a thought out of your head and into text. No folders to choose, no tags to assign, no decisions to make. Just open the app and write. HOW IT WORKS Open the app. Write your note. When you're done, swipe right to archive or swipe left to delete. Your next note gets the full screen. That's the entire workflow. YOUR NOTE ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the NoteToSelf widget and your active note is always visible — no need to open the app. Medium and Large widgets for the home screen, plus a Lock Screen widget for the thought you can't afford to lose. When the note changes, the widget changes. One thought at a time, everywhere you look. GESTURES THAT MAKE SENSE Swipe right - archive (the safe action) Swipe left - delete (the decisive action) Tap - edit your note Hold - share it Shake - undo a delete (20-second window) Every gesture has its own haptic feedback — light for routine actions, heavier for destructive ones. You'll feel the difference. Or turn haptics off in Settings if you prefer silence. YOUR ARCHIVE Up to 10 archived notes by default. Want more room? Toggle expanded archive in Settings for up to 20. The limit is intentional — it keeps your archive meaningful instead of becoming another junk drawer. WRITING INSIGHTS Track your writing streak, total days written, and average note length. See lifetime statistics and your archive at a glance. Patterns without pressure. DESIGNED FOR iOS 26 Rebuilt for Apple's latest design language — clean glass controls, one accent color. The interface stays out of the way; your words get the screen. PRIVACY Everything stays on your device. No account, no cloud sync, no tracking, no data collection. Export your archive as Markdown anytime. THE PHILOSOPHY Most note apps want you to save everything forever. NoteToSelf takes the opposite approach: capture what matters now, process it, let it go. One active note at a time means no tab-switching between half-finished thoughts. A capped archive means you decide what's worth keeping. These constraints aren't limitations — they're what make the app fast, focused, and calm. Is this for everyone? No. This is for people who think better with fewer open loops. Writers who need a scratch pad, not a filing cabinet. Anyone who's tired of note apps that create more clutter than they solve. One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No ads. No premium tiers. One note at a time. On purpose.

Screenshots

Life.Church4 screens
Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Life.Church at Free against Note's $4.99. Life.Church also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Life.Church is free to download; Note costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life.Church ships an update weekly, Note every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Life.Church versus Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife.ChurchNote
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (615 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings615 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB1 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLife.ChurchAndre Berg-Stølen

Bugs and requests

Life.Church

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Audio/video downloads not working
  • Crashing on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to track completed messages
  • Option to save favorite messages
  • Improved accessibility for visually impaired users

Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Life.Church

No in-app purchases

None

Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Life.Church free?
Life.Church is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Note free?
Note costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Life.Church or Note have ads?
Neither Life.Church nor Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life.Church or Note?
Life.Church ships an update weekly, and Note every 3 weeks. Most recently, Life.Church was updated on November 1, 2026 and Note on November 2, 2026.

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