Elevation App vs Influence Church
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elevation App
Access sermons and live worship experiences from Elevation Church and Pastor Steven Furtick. Connect with an online community and discover ways to get involved. Receive inspiration and encouragement anytime, anywhere.
- Watch latest sermons
- Join live worship experiences
- Connect with online community
- Discover involvement opportunities
- Instant inspiration and encouragement
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Access the latest content from Elevation Church and Pastor Steven Furtick. Connect with our online community. Receive instant inspiration and encouragement — anytime, anywhere. The Elevation Church app makes it easy to… * Watch all the latest sermons from Elevation Church and Pastor Steven Furtick. * Join LIVE worship experiences. * Chat and connect with our eFam (our online community) during live experiences. * Discover ways to get involved at Elevation Church. Elevation Church is a multi-site, global ministry founded and led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Our worship experiences are broadcasted live from Charlotte, NC every weekend.
Influence Church
Connect with a faith community, access sermons, and engage with inspirational content. This app offers a digital Bible, daily reading plans, and a customizable journal to support your spiritual growth. Share insights and connect with others through social media integration.
- Latest sermons and live worship experiences
- Digital Bible with passage lookup
- Daily Bible reading plans
- Customizable secure journal
- Social media sharing of content
- Podcast library for sermons
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Connect and engage with our community through the Influence Church App! Access all the latest content from Influence while staying updated and inspired with encouragement. The Influence App makes it easy to: - Discover ways to connect and get involved at Influence - Watch all the latest sermons from Influence and Pastor Phil Hotsenpiller - Join our live Worship Experiences. Influence Church is located in Anaheim Hills, Orange County. We intend to be an Influence for HIS Glory, spreading God's love into individuals and families. SPECIAL FEATURES: * Podcast: Listen to the latest sermon or lookup a previous one in the podcast library. * Digital Bible: Enter in the passage you want or use quick keys to go directly to the passage you desire to read. * Free Audio Bible: Click listen and you are instantly listening to the daily devotional plan. You can also look up any passage you want, the listen tab is in the bottom right hand corner at all times. SOCIAL INTEGRATION: Share content with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or email. * Facebook: You can share a Bible passage, journal entry or anything in the app with one click. * Twitter: You can tweet a Bible passage, reading plan, journal entry or just a note with ease. PURSUE JOURNAL: * Daily Bible Reading Plan: The Pursue Bible reading plan takes you through the Old Testament once a year and through the New Testament twice a year. Average reading or listening time is 15 minutes a day. * Free Customizable Journal: The Pursue Journal is designed to give you the freedom to journal whenever and however you desire. Entries are fully secure for your privacy, yet at any time you can share them via Facebook, twitter or email. For more information about Influence Church, please visit: www.influencechurch.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Elevation App at monthly against Influence Church's every 10 months. Elevation App also leads on ratings volume (497 vs 7). Influence Church's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Elevation App against 4.4 for Influence Church. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elevation App has 497 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Elevation App ships an update monthly, Influence Church every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elevation App | Influence Church |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (497 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 497 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Elevation Church | Influence Church (U.S.) |
Customer experience
Elevation App
Influence Church
Bugs and requests
Elevation App
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- Sermon playback issues like freezing, looping, and not advancing
- Problems with signing in and resetting passwords
Requested features
4 requests- Add search functionality to find sermons by topic or series
- Bring back the ability to download sermons for offline listening
- Implement a progress tracker to resume sermons where you left off
- Add support for closed captions and multiple Bible versions
Influence Church
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elevation App
No in-app purchases
Influence Church
No in-app purchases
Questions
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