Godfrey 311 vs Epistle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Godfrey 311
Easily connect with your local government to report public issues like potholes and street light outages. Access local news, events, and entertainment options. Instantly contact elected officials via email or phone.
- Report public issues electronically
- Contact elected officials
- Access area news
- Discover local events
- Find entertainment options
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Godfrey 311 is a tool designed to to make it easier to connect with your Godfrey government. Report a pothole, street light outage, and other public issues electronically. Send an email or call one of your local or area elected officials instantaneously with the touch of a button. Easily check out area news, events, entertainment options, and more.
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Godfrey 311 at none against Epistle's 5. Epistle's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Godfrey 311 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Godfrey 311 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epistle has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Godfrey 311 ships an update every 6 months, Epistle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Godfrey 311 | Epistle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gov 311, Inc. | Epistle LLC |
Customer experience
Godfrey 311
Epistle
In-app purchases
Godfrey 311
No in-app purchases
Epistle
- 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
