Forest Park vs Thomas Jefferson IDS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forest Park
Access sermon messages, find message notes, and read the Bible. Discover LifeGroups, connect to resources, and plan missions trips. This app helps you engage with your faith community and grow spiritually.
- View and listen to sermon messages
- Access message notes
- Read the Bible
- Find LifeGroups
- Connect to RightNow Media
- Plan missions trips
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Forest Park is one church in multiple locations helping people take their next step toward God. With our mobile app you can view/listen to sermon messages, find message notes, read the Bible, find a LifeGroup, connect to RightNow Media, plan a missions trip and more!
Thomas Jefferson IDS
This school app connects parents, teachers, and students within a Blackbaud-powered school environment. It provides easy access to school information and fosters communication among the school community.
- Parent-teacher communication
- Student information access
- School community connection
- Blackbaud portal integration
- Secure and safe access
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The Thomas Jefferson School mobile app is powered by SchoolJourney, a mobile app development company that connects parents at Blackbaud-powered schools with their teachers, students, and each other for ease of access and a more tailored experience. The app seamlessly integrates with Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School's existing Blackbaud portal data and security, making it safe, secure, and easy to roll out for school admins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thomas Jefferson IDS at every 3 weeks against Forest Park's every 2 months. Forest Park's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Forest Park against 5.0 for Thomas Jefferson IDS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forest Park has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Forest Park ships an update every 2 months, Thomas Jefferson IDS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forest Park | Thomas Jefferson IDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FOREST PARK BAPTIST CHURCH (MO) | School Journey Inc. |
Customer experience
Forest Park
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In-app purchases
Forest Park
No in-app purchases
Thomas Jefferson IDS
No in-app purchases
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