Sandals Church vs Mariners
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sandals Church
Engage with sermons by following along and taking personal notes. Access past messages and debriefs, and manage giving, involvement, and contact information seamlessly.
- Follow sermons
- Add personal notes
- Listen to Debrief
- Watch past sermons
- Give offerings
- Get involved
- Contact church
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Take Sandals Church with you! Follow along during sermons, add your own notes and keep them with you. Listen to the Debrief or watch past sermons. Give, get involved and contact us all in one place.
Mariners
Engage with upcoming events, access biblical resources, and connect with the community. This app facilitates spiritual growth and participation in church activities.
- View upcoming events
- Access biblical content
- Community engagement tools
- Give to the church
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Connect and engage with the Mariners app! You will be able to view upcoming events, give, read the Bible, and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sandals Church at every 3 weeks against Mariners's every 6 months. Sandals Church also leads on ratings volume (783 vs 69). Mariners's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.3). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sandals Church against 4.9 for Mariners. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sandals Church has 783 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Sandals Church's written reviews are positive against 92% of Mariners's.
Sandals Church ships an update every 3 weeks, Mariners every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sandals Church | Mariners |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (783 ratings) — better | 4.9 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.8% of reviews — better | 91.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 783 — better | 69 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.3 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sandals Church | Mariners Church |
Customer experience
Sandals Church
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In-app purchases
Sandals Church
No in-app purchases
Mariners
No in-app purchases
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