SmartGroups | Bible Study vs Streams Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartGroups | Bible Study
Facilitate and manage small group Bible studies with an all-in-one platform. Features include group leadership tools, integrated worship capabilities, and a space for prayer. Designed to simplify the organization and execution of religious small groups.
- Group leadership tools
- Integrated worship
- Prayer facilitation
- All-in-one organization
- Simplified group management
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What people are saying: “It has everything in one place.” “It makes it easy to lead a group.” “___ prayed for the first time.” “I like the fact that we can do worship in the group.”
Streams Community
This social networking app connects like-minded individuals for spiritual growth and community building. It facilitates connections among worshipers, leaders, and influencers to encourage and disciple others. Users can browse courses and share their thoughts within a supportive online environment.
- Connect with like-minded individuals
- Learn and grow spiritually
- Encourage worship and church leaders
- Browse courses
- Share thoughts and insights
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Streams is a thriving online social community of like-minded people who love to worship the One, True God. Streams is a place to learn and grow together with other worshipers and leaders and to encourage and connect with worship leaders and church leaders around the world. We utilize technology to bring worship teams, authors, artists, pastors, children's leaders and church influencers together to build each other up and make disciples. Connect to each other, browse courses and share your thoughts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Streams Community at 5.0 against SmartGroups | Bible Study's 4.6. Streams Community also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). SmartGroups | Bible Study's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Streams Community holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartGroups | Bible Study has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of SmartGroups | Bible Study's written reviews are positive against 100% of Streams Community's.
SmartGroups | Bible Study ships an update every 10 days, Streams Community fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartGroups | Bible Study | Streams Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIFEPLUS TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Dwayne Moore |
Customer experience
SmartGroups | Bible Study
Streams Community
In-app purchases
SmartGroups | Bible Study
No in-app purchases
Streams Community
No in-app purchases
Questions
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