Crossroads Anywhere vs A Simple Pause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossroads Anywhere
Develop a daily spiritual routine with scripture reading, prayer, and gratitude exercises. Connect with a community of faith-followers, share insights, and find encouragement through shared prayer requests. Explore a variety of spiritual resources to deepen your faith.
- Daily scripture reading and reflection
- Journaling and verse highlighting
- Prayer requests and encouragement
- Daily gratitude exercises
- Community sharing and engagement
- Access to videos, podcasts, and articles
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Build a Daily Spiritual Habit Crossroads Anywhere is built to inspire and equip you with a simple way to form a spiritual habit. Get to know God with daily practices of Scripture, Prayer, and Gratitude, and join our growing community of Christ-followers who are changing the world. Scripture Journal & Reflect: Engage with others by reading the same chapter of the Bible each day. Highlight verses, add journal entries, and think about Scripture in new ways as you share insights with each other. Prayer Share & Encourage: Form a meaningful prayer habit by praying for your friends and receiving encouragement for your own requests. Gratitude Give Thanks & Grow: Start your day on a positive note by completing daily exercises. Explore videos, podcasts, articles, and more. Thanks for being part of the Crossroads Anywhere community!
A Simple Pause
Engage in short, guided spiritual practices for about five minutes to connect with God. Explore scripture, imagery, and silence to deepen your faith and relationship with the divine.
- Six guided spiritual practices
- Lectio Divina scripture study
- Imaginative prayer
- Visio Divina image reflection
- Audio Divina with sacred listening
- Simple silence meditation
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Enjoy one of 6 different practices as you pause to spend around 5 minutes with God in the midst of your day. Lectio Divina - Listen for God’s message as you hear a small portion of scripture with room to ponder. Imagine - Enter prayerfully into a scene from the scriptures to broaden your experience and relationship with God. Visio Divina - Enjoy your gift of sight as you invite God to speak to your heart as you gaze at an image. Simply Scripture - Restfully listen to the gentle reading of selections of scripture. Audio Divina - Sacred listening with God using your gift of hearing. Music and other beautiful sounds. Simple Silence - Ahhh…Close your eyes and rest in silence with God for 5 minutes and we’ll keep track of the time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A Simple Pause at 5.0 against Crossroads Anywhere's 4.7. A Simple Pause also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Crossroads Anywhere's advantage is ratings volume (555 vs 20). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
A Simple Pause holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crossroads Anywhere has 555 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crossroads Anywhere's written reviews are positive against 100% of A Simple Pause's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossroads Anywhere | A Simple Pause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (555 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 555 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crossroads Community Church, Inc | Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona |
Customer experience
Crossroads Anywhere
A Simple Pause
Bugs and requests
Crossroads Anywhere
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashing when listening to podcasts
- Apple TV app not consistently showing current service
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to go back to past dates
- Improve landscape/iPad support
- Add more organization and segmentation of content
- Include current sermon series content
- Add daily challenges or assignments
A Simple Pause
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Crossroads Anywhere
No in-app purchases
A Simple Pause
No in-app purchases
Questions
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