SonRise App vs AliveVA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SonRise App
Stay connected with your church community through this app. Access past messages, receive important updates via push notifications, and easily share content with friends and family.
- Watch or listen to past messages
- Push notifications for updates
- Share messages via social media and email
- Stay connected with church community
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Twitter, Facebook, or email.
AliveVA
Stay connected with your church community through this app. Access past messages, receive important updates via push notifications, and share content easily. Download messages for offline listening.
- Watch or listen to past messages
- Push notifications for updates
- Share messages via social media/email
- Download messages for offline listening
- Stay connected with church life
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Twitter, Facebook, or email; and download messages for offline listening.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SonRise App at every 3 months against AliveVA's every 9 months. SonRise App also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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 SonRise App against 5.0 for AliveVA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SonRise App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SonRise App ships an update every 3 months, AliveVA every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SonRise App | AliveVA |
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SonRise Church | Alive Church of the Nazarene |
Customer experience
SonRise App
AliveVA
In-app purchases
SonRise App
No in-app purchases
AliveVA
No in-app purchases
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