Grow vs DEVO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grow
Access thousands of biblical and theological resources for daily discipleship. Read, watch, and listen to teachings from pastors and authors, including Dr. R.C. Sproul. Enjoy free content and offline playback.
- Daily teaching videos and devotionals
- Podcast library
- Sermons and conference messages
- Thousands of biblical articles
- Free teaching series
- Offline playback
- Search by topic, teacher, or Scripture
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Discover the joy of knowing God with the Grow app from Ligonier Ministries. Whether you’re a new Christian or have been one for years, find trusted Bible teaching to read, watch, or listen to each day and grow in your faith. Put down roots in God’s Word and find unchanging truth in an ever-changing world. Quickly access: • Renewing Your Mind and Ligonier’s podcast library • Daily teaching videos and devotional readings • Hundreds of audio and video teaching series • Messages and seminars from Ligonier conferences • Thousands of biblical and theological articles • Curated resource collections to help you grow • And more The Ligonier app lets you: • Read or listen to the Bible right in the app • Stream all of R.C. Sproul’s 170+ teaching series for free • Get answers to your theological questions with the Ask Ligonier intelligent assistant • Discover new teaching from Ligonier Ministries • Search thousands of free articles, devotionals, conference messages, and more • Browse teaching by topic, teacher, or Scripture passage • Sign in to access your purchased teaching series, study guides, and ebooks • Download your favorite messages for offline playback • Receive notifications about the latest teaching and ministry updates • Cast messages to a connected device
DEVO
Receive a daily Bible verse directly on your wrist, designed for easy reading and reflection. This standalone app offers gentle reminders to inspire and relax you throughout your day, without needing your phone.
- Daily Bible verse on your wrist
- Gentle daily reminders
- Hand-picked inspiring verses
- Large, easy-to-read text
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- Offline access to verses
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A standalone Bible Verse-A-Day app designed to look beautiful on your Apple Watch. Leave your phone at home and get reminders for a new Bible verse each day to read, ponder and wonder. Each verse is hand-picked to inspire, love and relax you during your hurried day. Features: * Get a Bible verse each day right on your wrist. * Gentle reminder each day to refocus your mind and quickly read the day's verse. * Each verse is hand-picked to inspire and relax you. * Designed to be joyful and easy to read with large text that scrolls smoothly with the digital crown. * No phone needed & can run independently on your watch. * No Internet connection needed to read verses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Grow at 590 against DEVO's 3. Grow also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). DEVO's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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 — 4.4 for Grow against 4.3 for DEVO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow has 590 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Grow's written reviews are positive against 50% of DEVO's.
| Parameter | Grow | DEVO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (590 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 590 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ligonier | Soulspace Co. |
Customer experience
Grow
DEVO
Bugs and requests
Grow
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when scrolling through downloads
- Inability to access purchased content offline
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Inconsistent behavior when switching networks
Requested features
5 requests- Add search functionality
- Implement resume playback feature
- Introduce dark mode and widgets
- Allow speed control for audio/video
- Integrate with Apple Vision Pro
DEVO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grow
No in-app purchases
DEVO
No in-app purchases
