Westside Gainesville vs Broadway UMC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Westside Gainesville
Connect with a community, access spiritual resources, and stay informed about church events. This app facilitates engagement through small groups, prayer requests, giving, and bible study.
- Connect with small groups
- Submit prayer requests
- Online giving
- Read the Bible
- Follow sermon notes
- Receive push notifications
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Your next step starts here. Engage with the Westside app and find ways to connect with small groups, fill out a prayer request, give, read the bible, follow along during the sermon, receive push notifications about happenings at Westside, and much more.
Broadway UMC
Connect with your church community through news updates, event calendars, and media. Discover opportunities to get involved, join groups, and serve. Easily contribute financially to support the church.
- Push notifications for news
- Event calendar access
- Listen to messages
- Watch stories
- Discover involvement opportunities
- Easy giving
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The Broadway App was designed to help you engage with our church community. Our hope is that we can support and encourage you at church and throughout the week. The app enables you to: 1. Stay in the loop on important news through push notifications. 2. Quickly access the calendar to find out about upcoming events. 3. Listen to messages and watch stories. 4. Discover ways to get involved, get connected to groups, and serve. 5. Give easily to your Broadway Community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Westside Gainesville at every 8 months against Broadway UMC's every 22 months. Broadway UMC's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Westside Gainesville against 5.0 for Broadway UMC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Westside Gainesville ships an update every 8 months, Broadway UMC every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Westside Gainesville | Broadway UMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Westside Baptist Church Inc. | Broadway United Methodist Church, Inc. |
Customer experience
Westside Gainesville
Broadway UMC
In-app purchases
Westside Gainesville
No in-app purchases
Broadway UMC
No in-app purchases
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