Waha vs GiveInstead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waha
Engage in interactive, audio-based Bible study groups. This app guides you through discovering and applying God's Word, making discipleship accessible for anyone to facilitate. Explore key biblical topics and mobilize others to share their faith.
- Interactive audio-based lessons
- Discovery Bible Study format
- Facilitate small groups
- Discipleship and mobilization
- Offline lesson downloads
- Multi-language support
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Discover God’s living truth & purpose for your life through the Bible! The Waha app facilitates your small group meeting through an interactive, engaging, audio-based format. It’s kind of like putting the world’s best bible study small group leader into your pocket! Waha's discipleship lessons use the wildly effective Discovery Bible Study format and allow anyone to facilitate a group that's focused on discovering and applying God’s Word together. The audio (or text) lessons in this app will empower you to effortlessly guide your group through the meeting & the discovery of God’s word. Discover topics like: - The story of creation - How sin entered the world - The penalty of our sin -God’s plan to redeem mankind - God’s vision to change the world "This is the next-level of discovery bible study apps" (5 / 5) "We have been needing an app like this to assist catalyzing DMM for a long time...a centralized technology with a decentralized model for quickly on-boarding content for many languages. I would love to see 100 dialects on Waha as soon as possible" - Stan Parks, 24:14 Facilitator & Leading Movement Researcher Features: - Available in multiple languages - Download lessons for offline use - Easily share bible stories (both text or audio) - Envision and mobilize other believers to make disciples Download Waha today!
GiveInstead
This app facilitates charitable giving by allowing users to donate funds they would have otherwise spent on non-essential purchases. It offers a unique way for individuals to practice generosity and for charities to receive additional support.
- Redirect planned spending to charities
- Support favorite charities
- Track charitable giving
- Ministry-focused giving
- Simple donation process
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GiveInstead helps givers give and charities receive in a new, unique way. Anecdotes are best. I'm on my way to work and plan to stop by for a froofy coffee on the way. I know I'm called to give as God has given so generously, and to be a good steward of what He's provided. So, I decide to pop open the GiveInstead app, type $5.87 into the amount field and - because my favorite charity is already defaulted - I just touch "Give", and I move on. I just gave ... instead of buying something I wanted but did not really need. What a concept! GiveInstead is a simple app for giving, helping generous people give in moments where they planned to spend money either way, but wish to choose giving over consuming. Imagine the result... hundreds or dollars (thousands?) given each month rather than buying stuff, "where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal" (Matt 6:19). And if you're one of the charities involved, imagine receiving more donations, on top of one-time gifts and monthly recurring giving. This app - in short - is a ministry intended to prime our collective pumps for GIVING as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ gave so fully and sacrificially. GiveInstead is a ministry of HowGiving. Learn more at GiveInstead.app or HowGiving.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Waha at every 11 days against GiveInstead's every 3 months. Waha also leads on ratings volume (229 vs 3). 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 — 4.9 for Waha against 5.0 for GiveInstead. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waha has 229 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Waha ships an update every 11 days, GiveInstead every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waha | GiveInstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (229 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 229 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Waha | HowGiving LLC |
Customer experience
Waha
GiveInstead
In-app purchases
Waha
No in-app purchases
GiveInstead
No in-app purchases
