500 Life vs 40
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
500 Life
This app encourages regular Bible study through a structured approach to the Life-study of the Bible. It offers customizable reading schedules, progress tracking, and offline access to study messages for spiritual nourishment and growth.
- Customizable reading schedules
- Offline access to study messages
- Progress visualization and milestone badges
- Integration with ministrybooks.org
- Habitual spiritual nourishment
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The 500 Life-studies (500LS) app aims to help and encourage believers to become constituted with the truth in the Bible by using the Life-study of the Bible in a regular and habitual way. The Life-study of the Bible, a monumental and classic work by Witness Lee, is a book-by-book exposition of the entire Bible from the perspective of the believers’ enjoyment of Christ as life for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. The "500" refers to the goal of reading at least 500 Life-study messages for your spiritual nourishment and growth. FEATURES: Customizable schedules: Create one or more reading schedules that can accommodate your reading capacity and time. Consider starting small to achieve better consistency. Easy access to the Life-study messages: Access your reading directly in the app via a simple reader without the need for Internet connection or via integration with ministrybooks.org (available for free or with a paid subscription). Progress visualization: Track both your overall progress and recent progress as you work toward your goals and earn milestone badges along the way. If you have any questions or feedback or want to report a bug, please contact us on https://500lifestudies.canny.io. For additional resources and information, please visit https://500lifestudies.org.
40
This app provides a structured, year-long program for intentional discipleship between Christian followers. It includes daily devotionals, reflection questions, a prayer journal, and scripture study tools to foster spiritual growth and equip users to make disciples.
- Year-long discipleship program
- Daily devotional readings
- Reflection and discussion questions
- Digital prayer journal
- Scripture study with CAMP Method
- Equips users to make disciples
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If you decided to seriously invest time and energy in helping someone become a committed disciple of Christ, would you know what to do or where to start? Dr. D.J. Horton has created a tool to help you! 40 is a one-of-a-kind app designed to be used between Christ-followers in an intentional discipleship relationship for approximately one year. This app contains the full content of D.J.’s two-part book, 40, and allows you to reuse the app as you continue discipling others. With daily devotional readings, reflection and discussion questions, a digital prayer journal, and Scripture to study using the CAMP Method created by D.J., this app will help you become a more devoted disciple of Jesus and a disciple maker for Jesus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 500 Life at Free against 40's $19.99. 500 Life also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (120 vs 2). 40's advantage is chart position (#78 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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
500 Life is free to download; 40 costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
500 Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 500 Life has 120 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 500 Life | 40 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (120 ratings) — better | 4.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #78 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 176 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Living Stream Ministry | Living Worthy Ministries, LLC |
Customer experience
500 Life
40
In-app purchases
500 Life
No in-app purchases
40
No in-app purchases
