Comparison

Five Psalms vs Planning Center

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

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.

Highlights
  • Access all Planning Center products
  • View admin notifications
  • Home dashboard overview
  • Task management and collaboration
  • Syncs with web actions
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Five Psalms3 screens
Planning Center4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Five Psalms versus Planning Center: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive PsalmsPlanning Center
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (81 ratings) — better4.6 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews — better45.0% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better37
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBryant HuangMinistry Centered Technologies

Customer experience

Five Psalms

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

Planning Center

All ratings37 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Five Psalms

No in-app purchases

None

Planning Center

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Psalms free?
Five Psalms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planning Center free?
Planning Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Five Psalms or Planning Center?
Five Psalms is rated higher. Five Psalms averages 4.9 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Planning Center averages 4.6 from 37 ratings.
Do Five Psalms or Planning Center have ads?
Neither Five Psalms nor Planning Center shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Psalms or Planning Center?
Five Psalms ships an update fortnightly, and Planning Center fortnightly. Most recently, Five Psalms was updated on November 2, 2026 and Planning Center on November 10, 2026.

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