Comparison

Multiply+ vs Gloo Messaging

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Multiply+

This app helps youth leaders organize their ministry by simplifying planning, empowering small group leaders, and tracking student spiritual habits. It allows for easy scheduling, lesson integration, and communication of changes.

Highlights
  • Effortless lesson planning
  • Drag and drop lesson planner integration
  • Master weekly meeting template
  • Assign leadership responsibilities
  • Instant communication of changes
  • Small group leader resources
  • Student spiritual habit tracking
Features
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The Multiply app from Word of Life Youth Ministries empowers youth leaders in three key areas SIMPLE YOUTH MINISTRY PLANNING You can plan a month, a quarter, or a year in minutes. • Effortlessly plan your teaching schedule for a month, a quarter, or a year in minutes. • Because of the app’s integration with our Teacher Source curriculum platform, you get the ease of using our drag and drop lesson planner. • Plan a master weekly youth meeting template, assign leadership responsibilities, then once your plan is created, every week is laid out in detail. • Make changes to a weekly meeting any time and instantly communicate changes to everyone on your team. • Add your custom lessons to the schedule. ENABLE SMALL GROUP LEADERS Small group leaders with a smart phone have immediate access to everything for group time. • Lesson overview giving the outline of each lesson. • Small group discussion questions and application helps for group time. • Easy access to review and update their student’s weekly prayer request. • Easy access to each students Dare2Share Cause Circle for weekly update. • Ability to update their student’s personal information. EFFORTLESSLY TRACK YOUR STUDENTS SPIRITUAL HABITS Quickly update your student’s spiritual habits in attendance, Quiet Time, Scripture Memory, Service, Reading Books, bringing friends, Gospel Conversations, and Follow-up.

About

Gloo Messaging

Facilitate authentic communication for church and ministry leaders. Manage contacts, send broadcasts, and respond to prayer requests on the go. Assign conversations and engage with members seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Real-time conversations
  • Respond to prayer requests
  • One-to-many Broadcasts
  • Contact management
  • Assign conversations
  • Add to Groups/Workflows
  • Engage with Explorers
Features
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The Gloo Messaging app is designed for church and ministry leaders to communicate on the go. Now you can stay connected with your people through meaningful, real-time conversations, respond to prayer requests, send one-to-many Broadcasts, simplify contact management, assign conversations to team members, add people to Groups or Workflows, and engage with Explorers without missing a message.

Screenshots

Multiply+3 screens
Gloo Messaging3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Multiply+ at 75% against Gloo Messaging's 10%. Multiply+ also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). Gloo Messaging's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 9). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Multiply+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gloo Messaging has 61 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Multiply+'s written reviews are positive against 10% of Gloo Messaging's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multiply+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Gloo Messaging every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Multiply+ versus Gloo Messaging: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultiply+Gloo Messaging
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9 ratings) — better2.3 (61 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better9.8% of reviews
Number of ratings961 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWord of Life Fellowship, Inc.Gloo LLC

Customer experience

Multiply+

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Gloo Messaging

All ratings56 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative64.3%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive9.8%
Neutral9.8%
Negative80.5%

In-app purchases

None

Multiply+

No in-app purchases

None

Gloo Messaging

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Multiply+ free?
Multiply+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gloo Messaging free?
Gloo Messaging is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Multiply+ or Gloo Messaging?
Multiply+ is rated higher. Multiply+ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Gloo Messaging averages 2.3 from 61 ratings.
Do Multiply+ or Gloo Messaging have ads?
Gloo Messaging shows ads; Multiply+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Multiply+ or Gloo Messaging?
Multiply+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Gloo Messaging every 3 weeks. Most recently, Multiply+ was updated on September 18, 2026 and Gloo Messaging on August 14, 2026.

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