The Vine Birmingham vs Gathering Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Vine Birmingham
Connect with a church community, access media content, and make donations. This app aims to empower, inspire, and transform cultures through faith and fellowship. It provides a space for individuals to find solace and break down social barriers.
- Community engagement
- Media content access
- Convenient donations
- Learn about the church
- Spiritual solace
- Break down barriers
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Connect and engage with our community through The Vine Church of Birmingham app! Download our app to discover our media content, give a donation conveniently, or learn more about us. As a church, we live to empower, inspire, and help transform cultures and generations through the love of Jesus! Together, we see our church as a place where barriers are broken through the love of Jesus. The Vine Birmingham seeks to bridge cultures and generations. We see our church as a place where the spiritually hungry, thirsty, broken, bound, and overlooked find solace each week. We see a place where social and cultural barriers are broken through worship and all people are doing life together through the love of Jesus.
Gathering Network
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Connect and engage with the Gathering Network app! You can view upcoming events, give, read the Bible, and explore our network of house churches! The Gathering Network is a network of house churches in Kansas City.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gathering Network at 14.0 against The Vine Birmingham's 16.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
The Vine Birmingham ships an update every 11 months, Gathering Network every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Vine Birmingham | Gathering Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vine Church of Birmingham, The | The Gathering Network, Inc |
In-app purchases
The Vine Birmingham
No in-app purchases
Gathering Network
No in-app purchases
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