Comparison

Blessed vs Mustard Tree

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

Head to head
About

Blessed

Explore the Bible with AI-powered insights and daily devotionals. Track your reading habits, journal your thoughts, and connect with others in prayer. Access premium features through a subscription or one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • AI Bible chat for questions
  • Daily verse and devotional
  • Reading habit tracker
  • Daily journaling
  • Prayer connection
  • Verse marking and notes
Features
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The Bible is a millennia-old book, yet still very relevant, not just for historians or theologians. It contains exciting stories of God with His people and is regarded worldwide as a guide for a valuable life as a human on Earth. Dive into the story of the Old Testament and learn more about the significance of the Christian faith. In a world of uncertainty, worries, and conflict, the message of Jesus shines like a light in the darkness. Use Bible chat to:* - Ask the app anything like a biblical teacher. - Read every day and track your reading habit. Stay motivated and read yourself through every chapter of the bible. - Read a new verse each day, including a short devotional - Write down your thoughts in a daily journal and reflect on it later - Read inspiring devotionals. - Connect with other in prayer. - Read the bible and mark verses, take notes or find cross-linked verses. - Ask AI about details of any verses. *A subscription plan or a one-time purchase is required to use premium features. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mustard Tree

Features
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Everyone wants to read their Bible. Very few are consistent. Many times, the Bible feels disconnected from daily life. Mustard Tree fixes the part that stops most people: knowing where to start. Tell it what is going on in your life. It creates a custom devotional plan filled with relevant passages to read, with a light devotional that bridges them to your life. THE VERSES COME FROM THE BIBLE, NEVER FROM AI Every verse you read comes from a real Bible translation, stored on your phone. Mustard Tree writes the devotional around the passage. It is never asked to write the passage itself. HOW IT WORKS Say what you would like to walk through, in your own words. A season you are in, a question you keep coming back to, a book of the Bible you have never finished. Choose how long it runs: a single sitting, a few days, a month, even a year. Choose how it reads: Scripture only, a devotional guide, or both. Ask for a deeper study and it goes line by line. Your journey opens as a list of days, each with its own reading. You can see the whole plan ahead of you, and you can start any day whenever you want. Open a day and it is written for you then. Before you read, it asks what is on your mind. Your answer changes how that day is written. It never changes which passage you are given. EACH DAY Scripture at the center, and a short devotional written around it. The passages appear right inside the day, and you can ask questions about the reading. The answers stay with that day, grounded in the passage you just read. You can highlight verses in five colors, and they stay highlighted. YOUR TREE You plant a seed before your first reading. It grows on the days you read: seed, sprout, seedling, sapling, young tree, full tree. It only grows on the days you engage with Scripture. There is no streak, no points, and no badges. HOW IT SOUNDS One box in Settings changes the writing. Name your church, ask for plainer language, say what you are carrying right now. It changes the writing, never the Scripture. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no chatbot to talk to and no feed to scroll. There are no ads and no tiers. Mustard Tree does one thing: it gives you somewhere to start in the Bible today. BEFORE YOU START An account and a subscription are required to use the app. Creating a plan and writing each day need an internet connection; the Bible text is already on your phone. Your journeys, generated devotionals, reading progress, check-ins, and custom instructions sync securely to your account and restore after reinstall. Scripture and the approved scene artwork are bundled for immediate reading; narration is cached after it is created. Six translations are included: NKJV, ESV, KJV, NASB, NIV, and NLT. Built for iPhone and iPad. Mustard Tree is one auto-renewing monthly subscription. The price and any free trial are shown before you pay, and it renews until you cancel in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blessed4 screens
Mustard Tree4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mustard Tree at daily against Blessed's every 2 weeks. Blessed's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blessed sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Mustard Tree sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blessed ships an update every 2 weeks, Mustard Tree daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Blessed versus Mustard Tree: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlessedMustard Tree
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB301 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoel BialluchCHASE WESLEY ROLL

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Blessed

Subscriptions3
  • Support me monthly$8.991 Month
  • Support monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Subscription$34.991 Year
One-time3
  • Support me once$8.99
  • Support me once$22.99
  • Support once$59.99
1 purchases

Mustard Tree

Subscriptions1
  • Mustard Tree Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Blessed free?
Blessed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mustard Tree free?
Mustard Tree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blessed or Mustard Tree have ads?
Neither Blessed nor Mustard Tree shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blessed or Mustard Tree?
Blessed ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mustard Tree daily. Most recently, Blessed was updated on November 4, 2026 and Mustard Tree on November 6, 2026.

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