Daily Devo vs Shades Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Devo
This free app provides daily spiritual readings and worship experiences. Each devotional includes a song, a scripture passage, and a reflective message to encourage daily communion and worship.
- Daily devotionals
- Worship songs
- Scripture readings
- Audio format option
- Read-only format
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This free daily devotional app from the writers at The Worship Initiative is designed for daily communion and worship. Each devo includes a worship song, a devotional, and scriptures. It is available in a read-only format and in audio format. The Worship Initiative is empowering worship leaders and musicians towards their calling with in-depth craft training and genuine heart training. Thousands of Videos. Hundreds of Songs. Learn Your Craft. Love Your God.
Shades Mountain
This app enhances your on-campus experience with tools for connection, giving, event discovery, and group management. It also facilitates children's check-ins and helps you engage with the church's mission.
- Online connection card
- Giving capabilities
- Event discovery
- Group management
- Children's check-in
- Connect with church mission
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The Shades app offers you a suite of tools to complement your on campus experience. You can complete our online connection card, give, find upcoming events, manage your groups, check in your kids, and much more! Download the app to connect with Shades and its mission as we send transformed people to influence their world for Christ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daily Devo at every 2 weeks against Shades Mountain's every 29 months. Daily Devo also leads on ratings volume (181 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Shades Mountain's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Shades Mountain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Devo has 181 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Daily Devo ships an update every 2 weeks, Shades Mountain every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Devo | Shades Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (181 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Worship Initiative, LLC | Shades Mountain Baptist Church |
Customer experience
Daily Devo
Shades Mountain
Bugs and requests
Daily Devo
Reported bugs
12 issues- App completely stopped working
- Page loading screen, never opens
- Mini player at bottom of screen difficult to adjust
- Latest update: no longer plays in background
- Cannot select 'Read Devotional' option
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- Audio player stops playing if screen auto shuts off
- App won't open, black screen
- Blank slate when opening app
- App won't play
- Latest iOS update: app won't run in background
- Same devotional every time
- Devotional repeats
Requested features
15 requests- Ability to go back to previous days
- Save/bookmark favorite devotionals
- Adjustable font size
- Move mini player higher
- Move 'Join devotional pilot' window
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- Back and Forward feature for missed days
- Song title for the day
- Share option for devotionals
- Speed control for audio playback
- Read lyrics to the song of the day
- Archive days
- Favorite past devotionals
- Access previous devotionals
- Share content on social media
- More diverse perspectives and contributions
Shades Mountain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Devo
No in-app purchases
Shades Mountain
No in-app purchases
Questions
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