Harvest+ vs Truth For Life
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
Truth For Life
Access daily Bible teaching and devotionals from Alistair Begg. Explore a free sermon library, follow a Bible reading plan, and read articles on various topics. The app also includes the ESV Bible with audio playback.
- Daily Bible teaching programs
- Daily devotional readings
- Bible reading plan
- Free searchable sermon library
- ESV Bible with audio
- Save favorite content
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The Truth For Life app brings you daily Bible teaching from Alistair Begg. Learn how to apply God’s Word to your everyday life by listening to the daily program, reading or listening to the daily devotional, and learning from the free sermon library. Features: • Easily listen to today’s program from Alistair Begg. • Begin or end your day reading or listening to Alistair Begg’s daily devotional. • Follow the daily Bible reading plan to read or listen to the entire Bible in one year. • Read articles from Alistair Begg that explore what Scripture teaches on a wide variety of topics. • View or listen to nearly 3,000 sermons in the free searchable sermon library. • Access the complete ESV Bible, and even choose to have the text read to you. • Save your favorite devotions or sermons in your personal library. For more information about Truth For Life or Alistair Begg, please visit https://www.tfl.org/about. To submit a bug or feature request, visit https://www.tfl.org/contact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Truth For Life at none against Harvest+'s shown. Truth For Life also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Harvest+ against 4.5 for Truth For Life. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 424 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Harvest+'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Truth For Life's.
Harvest+ ships an update every 2 months, Truth For Life monthly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Harvest+ | Truth For Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (157 ratings) | 4.5 (424 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 | 424 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harvest Ministries: Greg Laurie | Truth For Life |
Customer experience
Harvest+
Truth For Life
User reviews
Harvest+
From 157 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Inspirational and life-changing content from Pastor Greg Laurie
- 📱 Easy-to-navigate user interface
- 🎥 Access to extensive library of sermons and videos
- 📖 Daily devotional content available
- 🎧 Ability to listen in background while multitasking
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and fails to load content
- 📺 Live streaming functionality broken on Roku/TV devices
- 🔄 Recent update removed essential features
- 📱 Confusing dual-app system (Harvest vs Harvest+)
- 🔊 Audio volume too low in some cases
Truth For Life
From 424 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📖 Excellent biblical teaching and sermon content
- 👍 User-friendly app design and navigation
- 🎯 Comprehensive resource library with sermons, devotionals, and Bible readings
- 🔊 Audio narration for scripture readings
- ⭐ Alistair Begg's engaging and relatable preaching style
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
- ⏸️ Audio playback stops unexpectedly during listening
- 🔄 App loops back to archive when navigating
- 📵 Blank pages when selecting sermons
- 🔒 Accessibility issues for deaf users (no subtitles)
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
Truth For Life
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when resuming previously played sermons
- Blank white screen when selecting sermons
- Favorites page freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Audio playback stops after a few minutes of listening
- App loops back to archive when selecting wallpaper types
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- Landscape mode not functioning properly on iPad
- Downloads won't play offline
- App won't connect to downloads using cellular data
- Audio continues playing over Bluetooth after app closure
- Lock screen causes audio to pause unexpectedly
- App crashes on older iOS versions
Requested features
10 requests- Playback speed options (1.5x, 2x speed)
- Play all option for sermon series
- Listening history/resume feature
- Landscape mode support for devotionals
- Audio narration for daily Bible readings
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- Easier access to downloaded sermons
- Continuous playback without returning to devotional page
- Ability to go back to previous app version
- Improved search and filter functionality
- Offline access to past daily programs
In-app purchases
Harvest+
No in-app purchases
Truth For Life
No in-app purchases
Questions
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