Harvest+ vs Visalia First
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
Visalia First
Stay connected with a faith community through sermons, event discovery, and giving options. This app helps users engage with their church's activities and teachings.
- Watch sermons
- Give tithes and offerings
- Discover church events
- Stay connected with the community
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Stay connected all week long through the Visalia First app! Watch sermons, give, discover events, and more. We are a people defined by God's Presence.
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Verdict
Harvest+ and Visalia First both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Harvest+'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Visalia First's. Harvest+ also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 16). Visalia First's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence 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 Harvest+ against 4.5 for Visalia First. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harvest+ has 157 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Harvest+'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Visalia First's.
Harvest+ ships an update every 2 months, Visalia First every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Harvest+ | Visalia First |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (157 ratings) | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Harvest Ministries: Greg Laurie | First Assembly of God of Visalia |
Customer experience
Harvest+
Visalia First
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
Visalia First
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Harvest+
No in-app purchases
Visalia First
No in-app purchases
Questions
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