Grow vs Second Students Summer
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
Second Students Summer
This app facilitates communication for staff teams, enabling them to easily distribute information to camp or retreat leaders. It streamlines messaging for event organizers.
- Push information to leaders
- Facilitate communication
- Streamline messaging
- Event staff coordination
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The Summer Retreat Leader app allows the staff team to easily push out information to all leaders. We will use this to facilitate communication with camp / retreat leaders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Grow at fortnightly against Second Students Summer's every 6 months. Grow also leads on ratings volume (594 vs 16). 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 4.5 for Second Students Summer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow has 594 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Grow ships an update fortnightly, Second Students Summer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grow | Second Students Summer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (594 ratings) | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 594 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 464 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ligonier | Second Baptist Church |
Customer experience
Grow
Second Students Summer
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
Second Students Summer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grow
No in-app purchases
Second Students Summer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Grow free?
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