Utmost App vs Desiring God ft. Solid Joys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Utmost App
Access Oswald Chambers' classic daily devotional to strengthen your faith and deepen your relationship with God. Features 365 thought-provoking devotions and a built-in Bible function for scripture meditation.
- 365 daily devotions
- Built-in Bible function
- Scripture meditation
- Faith strengthening
- God-centered life guidance
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Strengthen Your Faith Daily with My Utmost for His Highest Get inspiration anytime, anywhere with Oswald Chambers’ classic devotional My Utmost for His Highest. This beloved daily devotional will help you grow in faith and deepen your relationship with God. FEATURES: - 365 days of thought-provoking devotions - The built-in Bible function allows you to consult scriptures at any time and meditate on God's words more deeply. Let God speak to your heart each day through the timeless wisdom of My Utmost for His Highest. Download now and start your journey toward a God-centered life!
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys
Access a full year of daily devotionals offline, narrated by John Piper. Start reading or listening immediately without an account or ads, and easily navigate to any day's content.
- Offline reading and listening
- Audio narration by John Piper
- No account required
- Ad-free experience
- Navigate to any day
- Background playback
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Solid Joys puts a full year of daily devotionals in your pocket, with no account and no ads. Every reading is built right into the app, so you can open it and read or listen anywhere, even with no signal. On a plane, on a commute, in the mountains, or first thing in the morning before the day rushes in — your devotional is already there. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read offline — all 365 daily devotionals are built in and ready with no connection needed. • Listen anywhere — every devotional is narrated by John Piper, with background playback and lock-screen controls, so you can listen with your screen off. • Start in seconds — no sign-up, no login, no account. Just open it and read. • Read any day, in any order — today's devotional, last week's, or one from months ago. • Open links instantly — tap a Solid Joys link from a friend or from Desiring God, and it opens right here in the app. • No ads, no in-app purchases. WHAT IS SOLID JOYS? Solid Joys is a daily devotional written and read by John Piper. These short, substantive readings are drawn from decades of his preaching and writing, and each one takes only a few minutes. That is all it takes to reset your whole day around the greatness of God. Every devotional points you to a passage of Scripture and helps you see and savor what God is really like. The aim isn't merely information, but joy: to feed your joy in Jesus every day of the year. WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone longing for a simple, faithful daily rhythm in God's Word. • Longtime readers of Desiring God and John Piper as well as anyone meeting him for the first time. • Readers who want their devotional to travel with them, online or off. ABOUT DESIRING GOD Desiring God exists to help people everywhere embrace a passion for the glory of God and the good of all peoples through Jesus Christ. For more than three decades, John Piper's Solid Joys has helped readers start the day grounded, focused, and glad in God. This is just the beginning — more is being built into the app. For now, we'd love for Solid Joys to become part of your every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Desiring God ft. Solid Joys at 100% against Utmost App's 0%. Desiring God ft. Solid Joys also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Utmost App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Utmost App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Desiring God ft. Solid Joys's.
Utmost App ships an update monthly, Desiring God ft. Solid Joys every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Utmost App | Desiring God ft. Solid Joys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RBC Ministries | Desiring God |
Customer experience
Utmost App
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In-app purchases
Utmost App
No in-app purchases
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys
No in-app purchases
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