Bold Steps vs GLS.now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bold Steps
This app offers biblical teachings and practical insights to help users navigate life's questions and deepen their faith. Explore engaging messages, short motivational truths, and video content addressing relevant topics.
- Biblical teachings from Dr. Mark Jobe
- Bite-sized motivational truths (Bold Steps Minute)
- Searchable topics on faith and the Bible
- Long and short-form video content
- Insights for everyday life questions
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Looking for answers to life’s questions from a trusted voice? Want to take the next step in your faith journey but don’t know where to begin? You’re not alone! Join the community over at the Bold Steps app for engaging content that addresses everyday life questions with candid, topical teaching from the Bible with Dr. Mark Jobe, host of the radio program Bold Steps and President of the Moody Bible Institute. In the Bold Steps app, you’ll find compelling messages centered on biblical truths from Dr. Jobe’s pastoral ministry at New Life Community Church in the heart of Chicago. On the go? You’ll also find bite-sized motivational truths with the Bold Steps Minute, fresh wisdom for your life to take to the gym, grocery store, or on your commute. Have a question about faith or the Bible? Search for topics that matter the most to you from finding purpose to going through trials, with clear and applicable insights for your life. Or if you’d rather watch a video that addresses these tough topics, you’ll find long and short form videos that speak to relevant issues of our day. Mobile app version: 6.23.8
GLS.now
Access inspiring and actionable leadership content on demand. Explore talks, guides, and curated tracks focused on personal, team, organizational, and spiritual growth. Equip yourself to make a positive impact.
- Actionable and inspiring content
- Supplementary guides
- Content tracks for intentional growth
- Skill-sharpening tags
- Leadership development experiences
- Global Leadership Summit content
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Welcome to GLS.now! Here we provide access to fresh, actionable and inspiring content at the touch of a button. Revisit your favourite talks, dive deeper with supplementary guides, or experience for the first time. We want to inspire and equip you to bring positive change - right where you are. All content are clustered along a few tracks to enable you to be intentional about your own growth and development. Additionally, specific tags cover themes and topics enabling you to dive deeper into sharpening skills. GROW YOURSELF Invest in character, personal skills, self-awareness and becoming better at leading yourself. GROW YOUR TEAM Take insights into building your team and those whom you are leading. GROW YOUR ORGANIZATION Learn more about vision and strategy and use your leadership to provide guidance for a larger unit than only your direct reports. GROW YOUR IMPACT Get inspired, equipped and encouraged to expand your purpose, significance, and opportunities to then ignite transformation. GROW YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD Dive deep into faith-specific insights and reflect on your relationship with God that will positively affect your leadership journey. Since its inception in 1994, the Global Leadership Network has aimed to grow leadership to build prevailing entrepreneurs, pastors, teams, organizations, families, churches, and communities. Annually, the Global Leadership Summit brings together a faculty to share ideas and insights that aim to inspire and equip. Access these leadership development experiences and content here. To learn more about the app, visit glsnow.com and to find out about the Global Leadership Network, visit globalleadership.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GLS.now at 5.0 against Bold Steps's 4.2. Bold Steps's advantage is ratings volume (9 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GLS.now holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bold Steps has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bold Steps ships an update every 3 months, GLS.now every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bold Steps | GLS.now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moody Bible Institute | Willow Creek |
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In-app purchases
Bold Steps
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases







