Highlands vs Fresh Anointing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Highlands
This app connects users with a church community, offering on-demand messages, live service streaming, and a Bible reading plan. Users can also find information on church events, locations, and more.
- On-demand messages
- One Year Bible reading plan
- Live service streaming
- Church event information
- Church location details
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Church of the Highlands exists to help people Know God, Find Freedom, Discover their Purpose, and Make a Difference. Stay connected with Highlands wherever you go! This free resource allows you to experience messages on-demand, read the One Year Bible, watch services live online, access information about church events, locations and much more! For more information about our church, please visit us on the web at http://churchofthehighlands.com.
Fresh Anointing
Access live services, online giving, and educational classes. Stream or download past messages and "Fresh Word" content. Stay connected with push notifications and join the online campus community.
- Watch LIVE services
- Online Giving
- Attend classes
- Join Online Campus
- Download messages for offline listening
- Push notifications
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Thoughtful content, resources and community to help you stay connected daily. This app has thoughtful content, resources and community to help you stay connected daily. With this app you can: - Watch powerful LIVE services - Online Giving - Attend Next Step classes - Join our Online Campus - Watch or listen to past messages - Watch or listen to "Fresh Word" - Stay up to date with push notifications - Download messages for offline listening
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Highlands at every 3 weeks against Fresh Anointing's every 14 months. Highlands also leads on ratings volume (462 vs 6). Fresh Anointing's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
Fresh Anointing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Highlands has 462 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Highlands's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fresh Anointing's.
Highlands ships an update every 3 weeks, Fresh Anointing every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Highlands | Fresh Anointing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (462 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 462 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Church of the Highlands | Fresh Anointing House of Worship INC |
Customer experience
Highlands
Fresh Anointing
Bugs and requests
Highlands
Reported bugs
13 issues- Cafe order online shows church addresses instead of menu
- Cannot skip forward/backward in audio without freezing
- App freezes at half screen on iPad
- Sermon playback doesn't resume from saved position
- Screen locks cause audio to stop playing
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- Glitching when using app with Waze simultaneously
- Watch message link kicks users back to previous screen
- Video content fails to load properly
- Landscape mode not supported for message viewing
- Copy-paste feature removed in recent update
- Service notes highlighting and annotation removed
- Toolbar in One Year Bible reading is distracting and won't hide
- Select all and speak function no longer works
Requested features
14 requests- Highlight and underline text in One Year Bible
- Calendar feature to track completed Bible readings
- Ability to save and access notes within app
- Blank note pages for services without outlines
- Copy and paste functionality for devotionals
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- Dark mode option for One Year Bible reading
- Prayer request submission button
- Chromecast support for casting to TV
- Apple Pay integration for tithes and offerings
- Audio narration for One Year Bible readings
- Better Bluetooth integration for car audio systems
- Ability to copy location addresses for navigation apps
- Highlights Kids Studio content
- Resume playback feature for sermon progress
Fresh Anointing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Highlands
No in-app purchases
Fresh Anointing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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