Forward Day by Day vs WaterHandler
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forward Day by Day
This app provides daily spiritual practices for busy individuals, including meditations, prayers, and scripture readings. It offers integrated podcasts for listening and customizable display preferences for a personalized experience.
- Daily meditation
- Daily prayers
- Daily scripture readings
- Integrated podcasts
- Customizable display preferences
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
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Forward Day by Day offers prayer on the go—daily spiritual practices for busy people. In English and Spanish. The app includes the daily meditation from Forward Day by Day, as well as all daily prayers from The Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church, and the daily scripture readings from the lectionary. Integrated podcasts allow users to listen within the app as they read. Display preferences provide various fonts and text sizing options. Forward Day by Day is an offering of Forward Movement, a ministry of the Episcopal Church.
WaterHandler
Remotely monitor and control various smart home devices, including water valves, lights, and appliances. This system allows for faster and easier management of your connected devices from any location.
- Connect and control multiple devices
- Faster and easier device management
- Remote monitoring of smart devices
- Control appliances like water valves and lights
- Access from anywhere
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With WaterHandler Hero Control System, you can connect and control multiple devices faster and easier. Wherever you are, you can monitor and control smart devices, and appliances (water valves, light, washing machine, hob, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WaterHandler at 5.0 against Forward Day by Day's 4.3. WaterHandler also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). Forward Day by Day's advantage is ratings volume (88 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 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.
WaterHandler holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forward Day by Day has 88 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Forward Day by Day ships an update every 2 weeks, WaterHandler monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forward Day by Day | WaterHandler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (88 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 88 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Forward Movement | Hero Control System |
Customer experience
Forward Day by Day
WaterHandler
Bugs and requests
Forward Day by Day
Reported bugs
44 issues- Blank screen when opening app
- App not opening
- Stopped working on iPhone XR
- Not connected to Internet or won’t open
- Revolving circle and not opening
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- Message: Not connected to the internet
- No internet connection error
- Cannot Launch App
- App quit working
- App is Broken
- Crashville
- App Falls Short
- Very buggy
- Not working!
- Where's the text?
- Technical issues
- App not working
- Spacing errors
- Text does not have proper spacing between words
- Lord's Prayer reads "sinsas" instead of "sins as"
- The Saint isn't always the saint according to the calendar
- Daily Saint does not show up at all
- Meditations missing?
- Daily meditation does not fit the iPhone screen
- Text won't shift to landscape mode
- App not working on iPad
- Content doesn't fit the screen
- Daily prayer now sticks on the time of day
- Link to Daily prayers anytime is broken
- Won't swivel as iPad is turned
- Typo fixes needed
- Lord's Prayer spacing is off
- Meditation "bleeds" off the viewing area
- Cannot swipe back to today's meditation
- Slow to load
- Daily Meditation page is blank
- Bug: it will only load the current day once I change the settings from Rite I to Rite II and vice versa
- Meditation bleeds off the screen
- Problem with the devotionals section bleeding off the screen
- The fonts are really small with no way to enlarge them
- Cannot pinch to enlarge
- No landscape mode for larger font
- Daily meditation does not fit the iPhone screen
- Text won't shift to landscape
Requested features
16 requests- Ability to swipe from left edge to go back
- 3-reading setting for Daily Office
- Information about saints linked to Daily Office
- Ability to stretch text on iPod
- Option to enlarge font size
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- Reminders at certain times of the day
- Update the app
- Cache a few days or a month of data for offline use
- Include author biographies
- Add a search function
- Consider making this a universal app for iPad functionality
- More interactive features
- Make it accessible to people not familiar with the Episcopal Church
- Customize the office more (e.g., General Thanksgiving at Morning Prayer)
- More of the daily offices included
- Option to customize the office more
WaterHandler
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Forward Day by Day
No in-app purchases
WaterHandler
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Forward Day by Day free?
Is WaterHandler free?
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Do Forward Day by Day or WaterHandler have ads?
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