RiverALIVE vs Discipleship Now UPCI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RiverALIVE
Stay updated with messages from Pastor Arthur Green, discover upcoming events, and access teaching articles and helpful resources. This app focuses on revealing identity in Christ, finding purpose, and discovering spiritual gifts for ministry.
- Latest messages from Pastor Arthur Green
- Upcoming church events
- Teaching articles
- Helpful links
- Information about spiritual identity and purpose
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The River Alive app helps you stay up to date with the latest messages by Pastor Arthur Green. You'll also find upcoming events, teaching articles, helpful links, and more. River Alive is not a "new" church thing. This is church as generations past have faithfully passed the torch to generations present. Revealing your identity in Christ, finding your purpose, and helping you discover your God given gifts for ministry is the heartbeat of River Alive. For more information about River Alive please visit riveralive.org
Discipleship Now UPCI
Access a vast library of Apostolic media for daily spiritual growth. This resource offers original content, teaching series, conferences, and classic preaching to support intentional discipleship for individuals, families, and churches.
- Unlimited streaming of Apostolic media
- Discipleship Now Originals
- Teaching Series
- Conferences
- Classic Preaching
- Daily spiritual growth resources
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Discipleship Now provides unlimited streaming of Apostolic media for daily spiritual growth. Discipleship is more than a class for new converts. It is the lifelong process of daily following after Jesus. The Barna Group estimates typical believers may spend four hours a week working on their spiritual formation, including Sunday School, Bible study, small groups, personal devotion, and so on. It is with this in mind that Discipleship Now was created as a resource for individuals, families, and churches alike. Discipleship Now provides unlimited access to four broad types of content: - Discipleship Now Originals - Teaching Series - Conferences - Classic Preaching For only $7.99 per month, users can utilize this content in their daily lives and have a pathway to consistent, intentional discipleship. All payments will be paid through your iTunes account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least twenty-four hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least twenty-four hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations can be made by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://discipleshipnow.unreel.me/pages/terms-of-use/a/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://discipleshipnow.unreel.me/pages/privacy-policy/a/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RiverALIVE at none against Discipleship Now UPCI's 2. RiverALIVE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.0). Discipleship Now UPCI's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Discipleship Now UPCI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. RiverALIVE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RiverALIVE against 5.0 for Discipleship Now UPCI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discipleship Now UPCI has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RiverALIVE ships an update every 2 months, Discipleship Now UPCI every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RiverALIVE | Discipleship Now UPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Church of Jesus Christ (AP) | United Pentecostal Church International |
Customer experience
RiverALIVE
Discipleship Now UPCI
In-app purchases
RiverALIVE
No in-app purchases
Discipleship Now UPCI
- Personal Account - Monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Personal Account - Annual14 Days trial$87.991 Year
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