Truth For Life vs Freemercy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Freemercy
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Freemercy is how a church runs — its people, its giving, its calendar, its children's ministry, and the conversations that hold it all together — in one app. ONE PLACE FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH Announcements, upcoming events, the member directory, and what's happening this week. Everyone sees what matters, without another Facebook group or a buried email. GIVING, THE WAY IT SHOULD BE Give once, or set up something that repeats. It goes straight to your church. Track funds and campaigns — a mission trip, a building project — and print your own year-end giving statement when tax season comes. CHILDREN'S MINISTRY THAT KEEPS KIDS SAFE Check your kids into Sunday school from your seat, no queue at a desk. Each child's allergies and medical notes follow them to their class. And if a leader needs you, your phone gets through — even on silent, even in the middle of a service. EVENTS AND RSVPS See what's on, say you're coming, and get a nudge the day before so you don't forget. TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE Message a ministry team or one person, without handing out anybody's phone number. Report or block anyone, any time. FOR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS Build the serving schedule, see the days you're on, run the check-in desk from a tablet, and manage the whole church from the web. — Freemercy is used by your church. Ask them for the join code, or open the invite they sent you. We don't sell your information and we don't advertise against it. The records in this app belong to your church, not to us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Freemercy at every 10 days against Truth For Life's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Truth For Life ships an update monthly, Freemercy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Truth For Life | Freemercy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (424 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 424 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Truth For Life | Ian Robertson |
Bugs and requests
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
Freemercy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Truth For Life
No in-app purchases
Freemercy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Truth For Life free?
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Do Truth For Life or Freemercy have ads?
Which is updated more often, Truth For Life or Freemercy?
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