SBCC vs The Story of God
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SBCC
Access sermons, announcements, and connect cards from South Bay Community Church. Stay connected with your faith community, regardless of your location.
- Sermon access
- Announcements
- Connect cards
- Community connection
- Location-based church info
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Connect with South Bay Community Church wherever you are through the SBCC app - With this app, you can have an easy access to sermons, announcements, connect cards, and more from South Bay Community Church in Torrance, CA!
The Story of God
Enhance your spiritual journey with daily guided prayers, weekly Bible-based services for all ages, and opportunities to join global community experiences. Connect with pastors for real-time support and guidance.
- Daily Guided Prayers
- Pastor Chat
- Weekly Service content
- Monthly Experience events
- ChurchKids Stories
- Bible-based learning
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Everyone is searching for where they belong. The Story of God is a daily place to pray, listen, and be known. Guided prayer every morning. Teaching from Judah Smith, available anytime. Whether you've followed Jesus your whole life or you're not sure what you believe, you're who this is for. WHAT'S INSIDE DAILY GUIDED PRAYERS Five to seven minutes, new every morning. Someone prays with you, through scripture, through silence, through whatever today is. If you've never known how to pray, start here. If you've prayed your whole life, start here too. PREACHING Judah Smith teaches the Bible as one story with one main character. For everyone no matter what you believe. STORY OF GOD LIVE Some things only happen in a room. Live music, artists, teaching, prayer, and each other. In person, or streamed to wherever you are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Story of God at every 3 weeks against SBCC's every 17 months. The Story of God also leads on ratings volume (6.6K vs 18). SBCC's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 SBCC against 4.9 for The Story of God. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Story of God has 6.6K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of SBCC's written reviews are positive against 78% of The Story of God's.
SBCC ships an update every 17 months, The Story of God every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBCC | The Story of God |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better | 4.9 (6.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | South Bay Community Church Office | Churchome |
Customer experience
SBCC
The Story of God
Bugs and requests
SBCC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Story of God
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login/sign-up process issues
- Subtitle/video player problems in guided prayers
- App freezing and crashing on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Casting functionality to connect with TV
- More language translations
- Option to delete direct messages
- Resource sharing/donation marketplace
In-app purchases
SBCC
No in-app purchases
The Story of God
No in-app purchases
