The Sabbath App vs eGiving
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Sabbath App
This app calculates weekly Sabbath sunset times for your current location, indicating when Sabbath begins and ends. It supports checking times for specific past or future dates and managing multiple locations. Users can also receive reminders and access Bible verses related to the Sabbath.
- Calculates Sabbath sunset times
- Supports multiple locations
- Check past/future Sabbath times
- Sabbath start/end reminders
- Read Bible verses on Sabbath
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This app will calculate the Sabbath sunset times for Friday evening and Saturday evening each week telling you exactly when Sabbath begins and ends at your current geographic location. It also allows you to choose a specific date in the future or past so you know when Sabbath begins and ends on this date. You can also add multiple locations to this app so you know Sabbath times at your location as well as other locations. You can be reminded before Sabbath begins and ends by a reminder popup. Finally read Bible verses on the topic of the Sabbath from the Word of God.
eGiving
This app allows Seventh-day Adventist Church members in the South Pacific Division to easily contribute tithes and offerings electronically. It supports various payment methods and offers features for setting up recurring donations.
- Electronic tithe and offering collection
- Credit/debit card, BPAY, and direct debit payments
- Set default church and payment methods
- Schedule recurring donations (weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly)
- Edit and delete recurring transactions
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eGiving facilitates the electronic collection of tithes and offerings for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Division. The app enables the returning of tithes and giving of offerings to all churches set up for eGiving using credit and debit cards, BPAY and direct debit. Defaults for church and payment methods can be set up to make repeat giving easy. For those who wish to schedule planned giving, the app allows recurring transactions on a weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly basis. Recurring transactions can be edited and deleted within the app. To facilitate the highest quality app, some usage information, such as app crashes are collected through the Bug Snag platform. Access to this platform is restricted to employees of the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the software development partner, Rocket Lab Pty Ltd. We’d love to hear your feedback at eGiving@myadventist.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: eGiving at Free against The Sabbath App's $0.99. The Sabbath App's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 19%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
eGiving is free to download; The Sabbath App costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Sabbath App ships an update fortnightly, eGiving every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Sabbath App | eGiving |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (61 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews — better | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damian Cox | Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SPD) Limited |
Customer experience
The Sabbath App
eGiving
Bugs and requests
The Sabbath App
Reported bugs
15 issues- App shows wrong Sabbath day (Thursday instead of Friday)
- App shows nonsensical sunset/sunrise times (e.g., 11 AM sunset)
- Reminders are 12 hours off
- Cannot add or select a city/location
- App shows incorrect countdown to Sabbath (e.g., 100+ hours)
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- App shows Thursday night as Sabbath
- App is not adjustable or user-friendly
- App does not detect location
- App is not working after iOS update
- App is slow and slows down the phone
- App is not geared towards Orthodox Jews
- App is not updated for the newest version of iOS
- App does not notify consistently
- App freezes when adding location
- App shows Austria as default location after iOS upgrade
Requested features
9 requests- Restore previous version
- Fix incorrect Sabbath day/time
- Allow adding/selecting locations
- Change app logo color
- Add Bible verses to the app
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- Allow choosing background or rotating backgrounds
- Set warning times before Sabbath starts
- Allow picking different reminder sounds
- Update app for newer iOS versions
eGiving
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Sabbath App
No in-app purchases
eGiving
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Sabbath App free?
Is eGiving free?
Do The Sabbath App or eGiving have ads?
Which is updated more often, The Sabbath App or eGiving?
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