Easter Now vs Renew OBU App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easter Now
Follow the events of Passion Week in real time with step-by-step notifications. This app guides you through the week from Palm Sunday to Easter Morning, providing scripture references and historical context. Experience the most significant week in history with detailed event analysis and location mapping.
- Real-time event notifications
- New Testament scripture references
- Old Testament framework references
- Topographical event maps
- Event analysis in light of Resurrection
- Content sharing
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Experience the events of Passion Week in real time. EasterNow provides step-by-step notification of Easter events and locations from Palm Sunday until Easter Morning. Most of scripture either anticipates, prophesies or sets the stage for Passion Week – the most important one-week period in cosmic history ... from the Triumphal Entry to the Resurrection. We know the ‘stories’ but often fail to understand how it all stitches together. EasterNow provides a way to walk through this critical week with a ‘tour guide’ that provides: - notifications of the events as they would have unfolded 2,000 years ago - references to supporting New Testament scripture - references to the Old Testament framework and supporting scripture - topographical map depicting where events occurred - analysis of events in light of the Resurrection - ability to share content Let EasterNow bring the Passion Week to life! Note: You must give the app permission to receive scheduled notifications. You can change this at any time in Settings
Renew OBU App
Support campus renewal efforts following a tornado. Contribute to projects aimed at rebuilding and revitalizing the university grounds. Your donations help restore the campus.
- Donate to campus projects
- Support tornado recovery
- Campus revitalization
- University project funding
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The Renew OBU app provides the ability to give to OBU projects to renew our campus following the tornado of April 2023.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Easter Now at 97 against Renew OBU App's 1. Easter Now also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Easter Now against 5.0 for Renew OBU App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easter Now has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Easter Now | Renew OBU App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (97 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MinistrySafe, LLC | OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY, INC |
Customer experience
Easter Now
Renew OBU App
In-app purchases
Easter Now
No in-app purchases
Renew OBU App
No in-app purchases
