Hope Channel vs GEB TV Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hope Channel
Stream Christian television programs focused on faith, health, relationships, and community. Access live broadcasts and on-demand episodes from a global network, with options for offline viewing and resuming playback.
- Watch live broadcasts
- On-demand episodes
- Resume playback
- Offline playback
- Search programs by keyword
- Featured content screen
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Hope Channel offers programs on wholistic Christian living and focuses on faith, health, relationships, and community. We are a global television network with more than 50 channels, each creating original content in their own local languages. Watch the live broadcast of many of our global Hope Channels. Watch your favorite shows, whenever you'd like. Pick up where you left off. If you have to finish an episode later, when you come back to it, the app will start playing from where you were. Offline playback lets you download episodes right to your device so that you can watch them later, even when you don't have internet. Find programs on any topic. Just enter a keyword, and we'll show you everything we've got. The Featured screen shows all of our latest and most popular episodes, so you can quickly find what you're looking for. Help the ministry of Hope Channel by rating this app 5 stars and leaving a positive review. If you have any questions, please contact us: https://www.hopetv.org/contact/
GEB TV Network
Stream inspirational and faith-based content 24/7 without a cable subscription. Access exclusive programming from Oral Roberts University and on-demand videos. Additional streams are available for more viewing options.
- 24/7 live streaming
- Faith-based and inspirational content
- Exclusive Oral Roberts University programming
- On-demand videos
- Additional streaming channels
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Watch GEB LIVE on your phone, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – no cable or subscription is necessary. It’s FREE! GEB is home to the world’s best inspirational and faith teachers, plus exclusive programming from Oral Roberts University. Check out our schedule and see when your favorite program is airing, connect with us on social, or watch our Living Well videos on YouTube on demand. Plus, with GEB Go, you can watch additional GEB or Oral Roberts University streams. Don't miss a minute of GEB!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hope Channel at every 5 weeks against GEB TV Network's every 10 months. Hope Channel also leads on ratings volume (210 vs 2) and rating (4.3 vs 4.0). GEB TV Network's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 59%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Hope Channel holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hope Channel has 210 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Hope Channel's written reviews are positive against 83% of GEB TV Network's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hope Channel ships an update every 5 weeks, GEB TV Network every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hope Channel | GEB TV Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (210 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hope Channel International, Inc. | Oral Roberts University |
Customer experience
Hope Channel
GEB TV Network
Bugs and requests
Hope Channel
Reported bugs
14 issues- Buffering and streaming interruptions
- App crashes on launch or during playback
- Live TV freezes mid-broadcast
- Cannot cast to external TV devices
- No audio on live streams
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- App won't connect to internet despite available connection
- Schedule times displaying incorrectly (19 minute offset)
- Video display issues and distorted images
- App stuck in Audio/Subtitles menu with no exit option
- App redirects to App Store when opened
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions and devices
- Media Library archived shows won't load
- Video plays without audio or vice versa
- App only shows live content, cannot access on-demand library
Requested features
10 requests- YouTube-style casting capabilities to TV
- Apple TV support
- Roku TV app compatibility
- Spanish language channel options (Esperanza TV, Nuevo Tiempo)
- Hope Channel Europe addition
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- Video streaming via Apple component/composite cables
- Offline download functionality
- Better schedule navigation
- Dark mode option
- 64-bit app update for newer iOS versions
GEB TV Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hope Channel
No in-app purchases
GEB TV Network
No in-app purchases
