Comparison

Five Psalms vs Epistle

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

Head to head
About

Five Psalms

This app helps users engage in more meaningful prayer by guiding them through daily psalms. It simplifies the process of finding and reading scripture passages for prayer, inspired by a systematic approach to praying through the Bible.

Highlights
  • Daily psalm selection based on date
  • Systematic scripture reading plan
  • Proverbs chapter display
  • Customizable scripture text
  • Multiple Bible version support
  • 31st-day psalm customization
Features
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Do you find your prayers to God to be repetitive and boring? Do you tend to say the same old things about the same old things? The best solution is to pray through a passage of Scripture, in particular a psalm or proverb. In Donald S. Whitney's excellent Praying the Bible book (Crossway, 2015), Whitney introduces a superb, systematic approach for praying through Scripture called "Psalms of the Day." Since there are 150 psalms in the book of Psalms and most months have at least 30 days, you can read through all 150 psalms in a month by reading five per day. You start by taking today's day of the month and reading the corresponding psalm, then keep adding 30 until you get your five psalms. On the 31st day of the month, you read Psalm 119 only. You quickly scan those five psalms then pick the one that best leads you to prayer at that moment. This app was inspired by Whitney's "Psalms of the Day" prayer approach. Instead of having to do the math each day and manually flipping to each psalm in a physical Bible, this app automatically looks up today's date, does the math, and displays for you the exact five psalms for the day. You can read through a psalm by swiping up and down, and switch to a different psalm by swiping left and right. You can also display the Proverbs chapter of the day, customize the look and feel of the Scripture text, choose from different Bible versions, and customize what happens on the 31st day of the month (show Psalm 119 or five random Psalms).

About

Epistle

This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.

Highlights
  • Share ministry updates with photos and video
  • Automatic update distribution to partners
  • Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
  • Manage ministry sites
  • Connect with ministry partners
  • Automated email platform
Features
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Five Psalms3 screens
Epistle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Psalms at none against Epistle's 5. Five Psalms also leads on ratings volume (76 vs 9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Five Psalms asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Five Psalms against 5.0 for Epistle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five Psalms has 76 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Five Psalms's written reviews are positive against 100% of Epistle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Psalms ships an update fortnightly, Epistle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Five Psalms versus Epistle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive PsalmsEpistle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (76 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings76 — better9
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryant HuangEpistle LLC

Customer experience

Five Psalms

All ratings76 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%

Epistle

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Five Psalms

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Epistle

Subscriptions5
  • One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
  • Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
  • Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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  • Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
  • Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month

Questions

Is Five Psalms free?
Five Psalms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Epistle free?
Epistle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Five Psalms or Epistle?
Epistle is rated higher. Five Psalms averages 4.9 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Epistle averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Five Psalms or Epistle have ads?
Neither Five Psalms nor Epistle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Psalms or Epistle?
Five Psalms ships an update fortnightly, and Epistle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Five Psalms was updated on October 7, 2026 and Epistle on October 8, 2026.

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