Grow vs Navigators Discipleship
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
Navigators Discipleship
This app simplifies spiritual growth and helping others do the same through a personalized discipleship journey. It offers biblically-based resources, a prayer journal, conversation starters, and tools for discipling others.
- Personalized discipleship journey assessment
- Biblically-based discipleship resources
- Prayer request journal
- Spiritual conversation starters
- Discipleship planning and notes
- Life-to-Life discipleship model application
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Bringing 90 years of experience in Life-to-Life® discipleship we’ve designed Navigators Discipleship to help you grow in Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same. This easy to use tool will help you grow step-by-step in your discipleship journey and equip you to help others grow in Christ. Disciplemaking just got a whole lot easier! With Navigators Discipleship, you can: Complete a short assessment for a personalized discipleship journey Discover biblically-based, easy to share discipleship resources Keep a prayer request journal with friends Search spiritual conversation starters Create simple plans and notes for those you are discipling Learn easy ways to apply the Life-to-Life discipleship model Navigators Discipleship is designed with you in mind! We know you are busy and have a lot on your plate, so we simplified the essential tools around how to grow in Christ and help others do the same.
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Verdict
Grow and Navigators Discipleship both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Grow's written reviews are positive against 33% of Navigators Discipleship's. Grow also leads on ratings volume (594 vs 40) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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 4.4 for Navigators Discipleship. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow has 594 ratings behind it against 40, 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 33% of Navigators Discipleship's.
Grow ships an update fortnightly, Navigators Discipleship monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grow | Navigators Discipleship |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (594 ratings) | 4.4 (40 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 594 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| 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 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ligonier | The Navigators |
Customer experience
Grow
Navigators Discipleship
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
Navigators Discipleship
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grow
No in-app purchases
Navigators Discipleship
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Grow free?
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