Angel Tree (New) vs Epistle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Angel Tree (New)
Manage essential elements of a Christmas gift distribution program, including volunteer coordination, caregiver details, and gift tracking. Streamline your ministry operations and enhance communication with all participants.
- Gift distribution management
- Caregiver information tracking
- Volunteer coordination
- Teamwork promotion
- Data updates
- Gift tracking
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A tool available to help you manage the essential elements of Angel Tree Christmas, including gift distribution, caregiver information, and volunteers. Streamline your Angel Tree ministry with the Angel Tree app. Easily promote teamwork and communicate with volunteers. Efficiently connect with caregivers, share information, and update data. Conveniently manage gifts and facilitate gift distribution.
Epistle
This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.
- Share ministry updates with photos and video
- Automatic update distribution to partners
- Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
- Manage ministry sites
- Connect with ministry partners
- Automated email platform
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Epistle at 5.0 against Angel Tree (New)'s 2.5. Angel Tree (New)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Angel Tree (New) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Epistle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 9 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Angel Tree (New) | Epistle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prison Fellowship Ministries Inc | Epistle LLC |
Customer experience
Angel Tree (New)
Epistle
In-app purchases
Angel Tree (New)
No in-app purchases
Epistle
- One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
- Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
- Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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- Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
- Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month
