The Experience Community vs Foster Friendly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Experience Community
Access church resources, connect with community groups, and register for events. Manage donations and view sermon notes. Discover opportunities to serve and learn.
- Sermon notes and past sermons
- Children's ministry resources
- Life Group and class registration
- Serving opportunities
- Secure giving platform
- Event registration
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Navigate resources and tools from The Experience Community Church. Through this app, you can read sermon notes, view children's ministry resources, and watch past sermons. To help you connect with others in the church, you can find Life Groups and register for development classes. You can also see current serving opportunities and information from the nonprofits we support. Through our secure giving platform, you can set up recurring tithes and offerings. Finally, you can register for upcoming events happening at our campuses. We hope this app is an effective tool to help you access resources that will enable you to discover what our church does at our campuses, our communities, and throughout our world.
Foster Friendly
This app connects foster families with businesses offering discounts, faith communities providing support, and local resources like foster closets and events. It aims to make foster families feel seen and valued by fostering community connections.
- Business discounts for foster families
- Faith community support
- Foster closet access
- Community event listings
- Trauma-aware support resources
- Location-based services
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Foster Families— the Foster Friendly App, powered by America’s Kids Belong, connects you to: • Businesses offering discounts as a way of saying thanks for your service. • Faith Communities that care about foster care with you by being trauma aware, offering ongoing support and creating awareness. • Community support specific for you like foster closets, events, and more. Foster families, you are seen and valued! Get connected! For best results, location services must be turned on within your phone. Currently available for the following states: Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Kansas, South Dakota, Indiana, Utah, Kentucky, Florida, Colorado, California.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Experience Community at 100% against Foster Friendly's 33%. The Experience Community also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (79 vs 25). Foster Friendly's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). 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.
The Experience Community holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 79 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of The Experience Community's written reviews are positive against 33% of Foster Friendly's.
The Experience Community ships an update every 9 months, Foster Friendly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Experience Community | Foster Friendly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (79 ratings) — better | 4.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Experience Christian Community | Joshua Friend |
Customer experience
The Experience Community
Foster Friendly
In-app purchases
The Experience Community
No in-app purchases
Foster Friendly
No in-app purchases
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