Comparison

Path Daily Bible vs Desiring God ft. Solid Joys

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

Head to head
About

Path Daily Bible

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PATH gives you a daily devotional that actually speaks to your life as a business leader. Most devotional apps are great for general encouragement, but they weren't designed for someone managing a team, making financial decisions, or building something from the ground up. PATH was built specifically for entrepreneurs, founders, and professionals who want to anchor their work in scripture. Each morning, you get a passage of scripture paired with an interpretation that connects to the realities of leadership, business, and stewardship. Then you get one clear action step you can carry into your day, whether that's a conversation you need to have, a decision you've been avoiding, or a shift in how you're approaching your work. When you first open the app, you'll answer a few quick questions about where you are in your season of leadership and how you like to apply scripture. PATH uses that to personalize your daily content so it meets you where you actually are, not where a generic devotional assumes you might be. You can set a daily reminder for the time that works best for you. Some users open it before their first meeting. Others end their day with it. The rhythm is yours. Your first three days are completely free, and you can cancel anytime. If you're a leader who takes both your faith and your work seriously, PATH was made for you.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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 call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Desiring God ft. Solid Joys at none against Path Daily Bible's 1. Desiring God ft. Solid Joys also leads on device support. On price and iOS requirement 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. Path Daily Bible sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $47.90 per year. Desiring God ft. Solid Joys asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Path Daily Bible versus Desiring God ft. Solid Joys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPath Daily BibleDesiring God ft. Solid Joys
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—26 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian WatzingerDesiring God

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Path Daily Bible

Subscriptions1
  • PATH Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$47.901 Year
None

Desiring God ft. Solid Joys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Path Daily Bible free?
Path Daily Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desiring God ft. Solid Joys free?
Desiring God ft. Solid Joys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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