Today Daily Devotion vs Heartlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Today Daily Devotion
This app provides daily devotions to help users refresh, refocus, and renew their faith. Each month features a biblical theme developed by a qualified author to deepen your relationship with God through daily study and prayer.
- Daily devotions
- Biblical themes
- Faith renewal
- Spiritual growth
- Prayer guidance
- Bible study
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Today is a daily devotional that helps God's people refresh, refocus, and renew their faith in Christ Jesus. Throughout each month, a talented and highly-qualified author develops a single biblical theme to help readers and listeners grow deeper in love and relationship with God as they spend time with him each day in his Word and prayer.
Heartlight
Access daily Christian devotionals, including 'Today's Verse' and 'Morning and Evening'. Discover inspiring articles and artwork to foster your faith and walk with Christ.
- Daily devotionals
- Today's Verse by Phil Ware
- Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
- Inspiring articles
- Artwork for encouragement
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Welcome to the official Heartlight app. This app features free daily devotionals including 'Today's Verse' by Phil Ware, 'Morning and Evening' by Charles Spurgeon and many more. The app also includes inspiring articles and artwork to encourage you in your walk with Christ. For more information about Heartlight, please visit: http://www.heartlight.org The Heartlight, Inc. App was created with The Church App by Subsplash.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Heartlight at 4.9 against Today Daily Devotion's 4.3. Heartlight also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Today Daily Devotion's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Heartlight holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Today Daily Devotion's written reviews are positive against 68% of Heartlight's.
Today Daily Devotion ships an update every 5 months, Heartlight every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Today Daily Devotion | Heartlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (33 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.3% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReFrame Ministries (Apps) | Heartlight, Inc. |
Customer experience
Today Daily Devotion
Heartlight
Bugs and requests
Today Daily Devotion
Reported bugs
10 issues- Audio not working
- App freezes when trying to share
- App crashes upon opening
- Devotional screen is blank
- UI broken after updates
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- Content missing after updates
- Facebook tab crashes
- Audio button present but no audio plays
- App not working after iOS updates
- App not loading content
Requested features
10 requests- Add favorite section
- Increase font size
- Offline mode
- Add personal notes
- Improve sharing functionality
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- Fix audio issues
- Update for new iOS versions
- Bring back comments and hearts
- Make audio consistently available
- Remove ads or offer paid version
Heartlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Today Daily Devotion
No in-app purchases
Heartlight
No in-app purchases
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