ManagedMissions vs Epistle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManagedMissions
This app allows participants to view trip details, meetings, goals, and team communications. Leaders can manage trip and team information, with offline access to critical data like emergency contacts and allergy details.
- View trip details
- Track meetings and goals
- Manage fundraising
- View contributions
- Offline data access
- Emergency contact information
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The ManagedMissions Mobile App is here! Participants can login to view trip details, upcoming meetings, task and fundraising goals, view contributions, and keep in contact with your team. Team leaders can login to view trip details and team members and automatically have their team data saved for offline viewing in the field so that emergency contacts, allergy information, important travel numbers/info are always available.
Epistle
This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.
- Share ministry updates with photos and video
- Automatic update distribution to partners
- Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
- Manage ministry sites
- Connect with ministry partners
- Automated email platform
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Epistle at 100% against ManagedMissions's 33%. Epistle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). ManagedMissions's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. ManagedMissions asks for nothing beyond the download.
Epistle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ManagedMissions's written reviews are positive against 100% of Epistle's.
ManagedMissions ships an update every 15 months, Epistle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManagedMissions | Epistle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Managed Ministries Inc. | Epistle LLC |
Customer experience
ManagedMissions
Epistle
In-app purchases
ManagedMissions
No in-app purchases
Epistle
- One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
- Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
- Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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- Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
- Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month
