Comparison

Text With Jesus vs Groundwell

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

Head to head
About

Text With Jesus

Engage with biblical figures through an AI-powered chatbot. Explore scripture, receive guidance, and deepen your faith with interactive conversations. Designed for Christians seeking a spiritual connection.

Highlights
  • Chat with Jesus and biblical figures
  • Explore Old Testament prophets
  • Receive tailored spiritual guidance
  • Worship and Bible study tools
  • Engage with spiritual advisors
  • Family-friendly faith growth
Features
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Text With Jesus is an AI Bible chat app for Christians who want prayer, guidance, and study support in one place. Chat with Jesus, the Holy Family, apostles, prophets, and other biblical figures in a simple conversational experience. Receive personalized voice messages through Voicemails, and over time the figures you chat with can learn facts about you to make each conversation more engaging and personal. Key Features: - Chat with Jesus, the Holy Family, apostles, and more using advanced AI technology * - Ask to receive personalized voice messages - Explore the wisdom of the Old Testament through conversations with its prophets and heroes - Engage in meaningful dialogue and receive guidance tailored to your spiritual needs - Use devotion tools designed to support daily prayer and Bible study - Talk with spiritual advisors tailored to your specific faith tradition - Tailored to your preferred faith tradition - Suitable for all ages - share and grow in faith as a family * A Premium subscription is required for unlimited messages and access to the full range of figures. ** A limited number of trial credits is available for free users. Subscribe or purchase credit packs for more. Whether you need encouragement in difficult moments or want to deepen your understanding of Scripture, Text With Jesus gives you a direct way to explore faith through conversation.

About

Groundwell

Features
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Find the best places near you to take your shoes off—and know exactly what's under your feet. Groundwell is a grounding and earthing tracker for people who'd rather be outside. It maps the parks, trails, beaches, and riverbanks around you, times your barefoot sessions, and reads the live soil, sun, air, and space-weather conditions of the ground you're standing on. All from public data. All on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Find real outdoor spots near you—parks, trails, beaches, lakes, riverbanks, gardens, and peaks—drawn from OpenStreetMap. • Time your grounding sessions with a calm, dependable timer that remembers where you stood and on what surface. • See your live "Area Grounding Score," an at-a-glance read on how favorable the nearby ground is right now. • Earn Earth Connectivity Points (ECP) and collect bronze-to-platinum achievements as you explore new terrain. LIVE LOCAL CONDITIONS Tap any number to learn what it means: • Temperature, humidity, and the UV index • Soil moisture for your exact spot • US Air Quality Index • The planetary Kp geomagnetic index SPACE WEATHER, WATCHED FOR YOU Groundwell keeps an eye on the Sun. When NOAA detects a notable solar flare (M-class or stronger), you'll get a calm, plain-language heads-up—flares can spark auroras a day or two later, so it's your cue to watch the sky. No hype, no doom: just the official NOAA reading and what it actually means. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Groundwell runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, and no third-party tracking. Your location is used only to look up public weather and map data—it never leaves your phone for storage, because we don't run servers. The App Store privacy label says it plainly: Data Not Collected. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM Every number has a public source you can check: • Weather, UV, and soil moisture — Open-Meteo • Air quality — Open-Meteo Air Quality • Geomagnetic Kp and solar flares (GOES X-ray) — NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center • Places and maps — OpenStreetMap and CARTO GROUNDWELL PRO Go deeper with premium map layers, solar-flare alerts, and your full session history with export. Choose monthly or annual access—cancel anytime. AN HONEST NOTE Groundwell is an educational, exploratory tool. The scores it shows describe the environment around you—estimated from public soil, weather, and geological data. They are not measurements of your body. Groundwell is not a medical device and makes no health claims. We just think the outdoors is worth your time on its own merits. Groundwell Pro is an auto-renewable subscription at $2.99/month or $29.99/year (USD). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation, and it renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://jtrlabs.com/groundwell/terms · Privacy: https://jtrlabs.com/groundwell/privacy

Screenshots

Text With Jesus4 screens
Groundwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Groundwell at 100% against Text With Jesus's 56%. Groundwell also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Text With Jesus's advantage is ratings volume (3.9K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Text With Jesus sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Groundwell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groundwell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text With Jesus has 3.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Text With Jesus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Groundwell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text With Jesus ships an update every 10 days, Groundwell every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Text With Jesus versus Groundwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText With JesusGroundwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatloaf Software LLCJTR Labs LLC

Customer experience

Text With Jesus

All ratings3,927 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative39.8%

Groundwell

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Text With Jesus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Incorrect or irrelevant responses
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Increase daily message limit
  • Expand topic coverage
  • More transparent about AI nature
  • Improve character consistency

Groundwell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Text With Jesus

Subscriptions12
  • Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium (promo)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium$4.991 Month
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  • Premium (promo)1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium (promo)1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium$7.991 Month
  • Premium$29.991 Year
  • Premium (promo)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium$49.991 Year
  • Premium (promo)1 Year trial$49.991 Year
  • Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Premium (promo)1 Year trial$79.991 Year
One-time3
  • 10 Voicemail Credits$1.99
  • 100 Voicemail Credits$14.99
  • Forever Premium$199.99
2 purchases

Groundwell

Subscriptions2
  • Groundwell Pro$2.991 Month
  • Groundwell Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Text With Jesus free?
Text With Jesus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Groundwell free?
Groundwell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text With Jesus or Groundwell?
Groundwell is rated higher. Text With Jesus averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.9K ratings, while Groundwell averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Text With Jesus or Groundwell have ads?
Both Text With Jesus and Groundwell show ads.
Which is updated more often, Text With Jesus or Groundwell?
Text With Jesus ships an update every 10 days, and Groundwell every 5 days. Most recently, Text With Jesus was updated on October 25, 2026 and Groundwell on October 24, 2026.

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