COTH Community vs Surface Church
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COTH Community
This app serves as the digital hub for Church on the Hill, facilitating community engagement and spiritual growth beyond weekly services. It offers access to messages, podcasts, a sermon library, and event registration, all within a single platform.
- Sermon library access
- Podcast listening
- Event registration
- Community engagement tools
- Discipleship resources
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This is the online home of all things Church on the Hill. We created this app to help you live in community and walk in discipleship to Jesus beyond Sunday. Become immersed in the message, listen to our podcasts, pursue our entire sermon library, register for events. Go deeper, all in one app. Mobile app version: 6.21.1
Surface Church
Access weekly sermons, discover community groups, and engage with scripture through reading or listening. This app serves as a daily faith resource for its users.
- Weekly sermon videos
- Explore community groups
- Read the Bible
- Listen to the Bible
- Daily faith resource
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This app is designed to be a day to day resource for your faith and all things Surface Church. You can see our weekly messages by watching sermons, see different groups available, and read or listen to the bible. Mobile app version: 6.21.1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: COTH Community at every 3 months against Surface Church's every 21 months. COTH Community also leads on device support. On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 5.0 for COTH Community against 5.0 for Surface Church. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
COTH Community ships an update every 3 months, Surface Church every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COTH Community | Surface Church |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHURCH ON THE HILL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD | Surface Church, inc. |
Customer experience
COTH Community
Surface Church
In-app purchases
COTH Community
No in-app purchases
Surface Church
No in-app purchases
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