The Babylon Bee vs The Pour Over
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Babylon Bee
Access satirical news content with this app. Browse headlines, share articles, and listen to a podcast. Members-only features are available for logged-in users.
- Browse headlines
- Share articles
- Bookmark articles
- Listen to podcast
- Members-only features
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This app was created ex nihilo on the eighth day of the creation week, exactly 6,000 years ago, with the purpose of making The Babylon Bee's divinely inspired content even more accessible. Here's what you can do with the power of our perfect app in your hands: - Browse recent and trending headlines. - Share and bookmark your favorite articles. - Click on ads to line our pockets with cash. - Customize and sync your preferences. - Listen to our critically-ignored podcast. - Log in for access to members-only features. About Us The Babylon Bee is the world's best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims. We write satire about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life. We have been the premier news source through every major world event, from the Tower of Babel and the Exodus to the Reformation and the War of 1812. We focus on just the facts, leaving spin and bias to other news sites like CNN and Fox News. Unlike other satire sites, everything we post is 100% verified by Snopes.com.
The Pour Over
Get trustworthy news summaries with biblical reminders to stay informed and focused on Christ. Updates arrive Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with a special deep dive on Saturdays. Designed for Christians to engage with current events peacefully.
- Trustworthy news summaries
- Biblical reminders
- Weekly deep dives
- Christ-focused content
- Peaceful engagement with world events
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Stay informed. Stay focused on Christ. The Pour Over app gives you quick, trustworthy news summaries paired with biblical reminders—helping you engage with the world without losing peace. You’ll get new updates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, plus a deeper dive into one audience-voted topic every Saturday in TPO Explains. The Pour Over exists to help believers respond to current events with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Join over 1.5 million Christians who read news differently. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Babylon Bee at none against The Pour Over's 6. The Babylon Bee also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (63K vs 3.4K). The Pour Over's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#3 vs #201). On price, rating, monetization model 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. The Pour Over sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per month. The Babylon Bee asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Babylon Bee against 4.9 for The Pour Over. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Babylon Bee has 63K ratings behind it against 3.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of The Babylon Bee's written reviews are positive against 84% of The Pour Over's.
The Babylon Bee ships an update every 3 weeks, The Pour Over every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | The Babylon Bee | The Pour Over |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (63K ratings) — better | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews — better | 84.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 63K — better | 3.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #201 | #3 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Babylon Bee, LLC | The Pour Over |
Customer experience
The Babylon Bee
The Pour Over
Bugs and requests
The Babylon Bee
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues
- Compatibility problems with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Expand content beyond politics and religion
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Add more sharing options and social integration
The Pour Over
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Babylon Bee
No in-app purchases
The Pour Over
- The Pour Over Premium (Monthly)$9.001 Month
- The Pour Over Premium$19.001 Month
- The Pour Over Premium3 Days trial2 variants$69.001 Year
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- The Pour Over Premium3 Days trial$79.001 Year
- The Pour Over Premium (Lifetime)$200.00
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