Five Psalms vs Planning Center
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily psalm selection based on date
- Systematic scripture reading plan
- Proverbs chapter display
- Customizable scripture text
- Multiple Bible version support
- 31st-day psalm customization
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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).
Planning Center
Manage church ministry tasks and access all essential tools on the go. Stay connected with your team, view important updates, and oversee ministry operations from anywhere. This app provides a centralized hub for church administration.
- Access all Planning Center products
- View admin notifications
- Home dashboard overview
- Task management and collaboration
- Syncs with web actions
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Ministry work doesn’t just happen at your desk. With the Planning Center app, church admins get mobile access to every product they use, their task lists, and notifications all in one place. The Planning Center you know and love, now easily accessible from the church lobby, the youth building, or wherever your ministry work takes you. Key Features Access any product — Use People, Giving, Services, Check-Ins, or any other product, all from within the app All admin notifications — Facilities requests, workflow updates, form submissions, and more Your Home dashboard — A clear overview of stats, information, and items that need your attention Tasks — Keep collaborating with your team whether you're in a coffee shop or hustling on a Sunday morning Requirements Login requires an existing Planning Center account. Any action you take on web or mobile will be synced. Support Questions, issues, or want to request new features? Go to your profile page by tapping your avatar and use the "Contact Support" link to let us know. Typical reply time is ~1 business hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Five Psalms at 93% against Planning Center's 45%. Five Psalms also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Five Psalms holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Five Psalms's written reviews are positive against 45% of Planning Center's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Psalms | Planning Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (81 ratings) — better | 4.6 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 45.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bryant Huang | Ministry Centered Technologies |
Customer experience
Five Psalms
Planning Center
In-app purchases
Five Psalms
No in-app purchases
Planning Center
No in-app purchases
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