Highmark Church vs Shades Mountain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Highmark Church
This app provides information about a church community, including details on Sunday services, connection opportunities, and locations. Users can also watch sermons and find more information about the church's mission.
- Sunday service information
- Connection opportunities
- Church locations
- Watch sermons
- Community mission details
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Welcome to the official Highmark Church app! Highmark is a church passionate about helping people find and follow Jesus. Check out information about Sunday services, how to connect, our locations, and watch our sermons. For more information about Highmark Church, please visit: www.highmark.church
Shades Mountain
This app enhances your on-campus experience with tools for connection, giving, event discovery, and group management. It also facilitates children's check-ins and helps you engage with the church's mission.
- Online connection card
- Giving capabilities
- Event discovery
- Group management
- Children's check-in
- Connect with church mission
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The Shades app offers you a suite of tools to complement your on campus experience. You can complete our online connection card, give, find upcoming events, manage your groups, check in your kids, and much more! Download the app to connect with Shades and its mission as we send transformed people to influence their world for Christ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shades Mountain at 5.0 against Highmark Church's 4.3. Highmark Church's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). 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.
Shades Mountain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
Highmark Church ships an update every 21 months, Shades Mountain every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Highmark Church | Shades Mountain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Highmark Church Inc. | Shades Mountain Baptist Church |
Customer experience
Highmark Church
Shades Mountain
In-app purchases
Highmark Church
No in-app purchases
Shades Mountain
No in-app purchases
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