Harvest+ vs SBCC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Harvest+
Access faith-based inspiration and teachings from Pastor Greg Laurie. Explore sermons, films, interviews, and community insights to deepen your spiritual journey. Stay updated with weekly content and powerful storytelling.
- Sermons and teachings
- Live events and feature films
- Interviews with Christian personalities
- Weekly online church community insights
- Greg Laurie's television program
- Inspirational film library
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Harvest Ministries was founded with the mission of knowing God and making Him known. Since 1973, and under the leadership of pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie, Harvest has fulfilled this mission through large-scale evangelism and media. Harvest+ is your platform to advance in your faith through compelling, practical insights from Pastor Greg Laurie, through sermons, live events, feature films, interviews and more. Access premier content from Harvest’s over 50 years of ministry, explore interviews with top-Christian personalities and get weekly insights through our online church community. In addition, get the latest from Greg Laurie’s weekly television program, Harvest + Greg Laurie, experience feature films with powerful storytelling, including Lost Boy: The Next Chapter, Hope for Hurting Hearts, Steve McQueen: American Icon, the cinematic crusade A Rush of Hope, and Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon. Privacy Policy: https://harvest.org/privacy-policy T&Cs: https://harvest.org/terms-and-conditions
SBCC
Access sermons, announcements, and connect cards from South Bay Community Church. Stay connected with your faith community, regardless of your location.
- Sermon access
- Announcements
- Connect cards
- Community connection
- Location-based church info
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Connect with South Bay Community Church wherever you are through the SBCC app - With this app, you can have an easy access to sermons, announcements, connect cards, and more from South Bay Community Church in Torrance, CA!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SBCC at 5.0 against Harvest+'s 4.4. SBCC also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Harvest+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (146 vs 18). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
SBCC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harvest+ has 146 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Harvest+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of SBCC's.
Harvest+ ships an update every 2 months, SBCC every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Harvest+ | SBCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (146 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Harvest Ministries: Greg Laurie | South Bay Community Church Office |
Customer experience
Harvest+
SBCC
Bugs and requests
Harvest+
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when opening or playing messages
- Live stream not working on Roku/TV devices
- Content fails to load with 'something went wrong' error
- Cellular network connectivity failures
- Downloaded audio files don't complete playback
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- Bible reading plan only shows Old Testament instead of both
- Broken links throughout app
- App won't open after updates
- Unable to access previously saved Pastor Laurie messages
- Devotional content opens in Safari instead of within app
- Data missing errors when accessing devotionals
- No navigation back from date list in reading plan
Requested features
12 requests- Restore 'A New Beginning' daily radio program
- Bring back Bible reading plan functionality
- Restore daily devotion feature
- Consolidate Harvest and Harvest+ into single app
- Add more Yellow Dog children's episodes
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- Restore 'New Beginnings' daily message
- Restore music in sermon playback
- Enable offline access to downloaded content
- Restore progress tracking for podcasts
- Add Bluetooth support for video playback
- Improve audio volume levels
- Restore ability to delete downloaded messages
SBCC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harvest+
No in-app purchases
SBCC
No in-app purchases
