Comparison

Heartlight vs Morning and Evening Devotion

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Morning and Evening Devotion

This app offers daily spiritual readings with morning and evening meditations for every day of the year. It includes uplifting messages and scripture verses to strengthen faith and deepen understanding of the Bible. It also features Bible promises to provide daily hope and encouragement.

Highlights
  • Daily morning and evening meditations
  • KJV Bible integration
  • Scripture verses woven into devotions
  • Faith's Checkbook Bible promises
  • Daily Light scripture readings
Features
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C.H. Spurgeon - Morning and Evening: Daily Readings (with KJV Bible) This devotional has a morning and evening meditation for every day of the year. Although these devotions are short in length, they are filled with spiritual goodness. In just a few sentences, C.H. Spurgeon is able to convey the wisdom of Scripture with eloquence and purpose. These daily messages provide Christians with the spiritual energy they need to begin and end each day. Spurgeon weaves a verse of Scripture into each devotion, helping readers draw deeper meaning out of the selected passages. This powerful devotional provides Christians with the spiritual nourishment required to strengthen their relationships with God. Faith's Checkbook. Bible Promises Charles Spurgeon believes that we all have personal banks of faith. In his book, Faith’s Checkbook, Spurgeon urges readers to view each daily Bible reading as a “check” from God to us. Believers can cash these spiritual “checks” to receive the gifts and promises that God has given. In this delightfully creative daily devotional, readers are given fresh hope every day that God is looking out for them and working for their good. There is no better way to start a morning than with an uplifting promise from God himself. Daily Light on the Daily Path Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Screenshots

Heartlight3 screens
Morning and Evening Devotion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Heartlight at none against Morning and Evening Devotion's shown. Heartlight also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Morning and Evening Devotion's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 10) and review sentiment (90% vs 68%). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Morning and Evening Devotion holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Morning and Evening Devotion has 3.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Heartlight's written reviews are positive against 90% of Morning and Evening Devotion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heartlight ships an update every 3 months, Morning and Evening Devotion every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Heartlight versus Morning and Evening Devotion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartlightMorning and Evening Devotion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)4.9 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews90.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings103.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeartlight, Inc.Oleg Shukalovich

Customer experience

Heartlight

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative21.4%

Morning and Evening Devotion

All ratings3,785 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral6.6%
Negative2.9%

Bugs and requests

Heartlight

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Morning and Evening Devotion

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Audio playback issues when opening app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow sharing of individual devotions
  • Add support for other Bible versions
  • Implement highlighting/note-taking features

In-app purchases

None

Heartlight

No in-app purchases

None

Morning and Evening Devotion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heartlight free?
Heartlight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Morning and Evening Devotion free?
Morning and Evening Devotion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Heartlight or Morning and Evening Devotion?
Morning and Evening Devotion is rated higher. Heartlight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Morning and Evening Devotion averages 4.9 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Heartlight or Morning and Evening Devotion have ads?
Morning and Evening Devotion shows ads; Heartlight does not.
Which is updated more often, Heartlight or Morning and Evening Devotion?
Heartlight ships an update every 3 months, and Morning and Evening Devotion every 9 months. Most recently, Heartlight was updated on November 1, 2026 and Morning and Evening Devotion on November 6, 2026.

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