Sharing God's Love vs A Simple Pause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sharing God's Love
Begin your day with a daily one-minute devotional designed to deepen your connection with Jesus. Each message offers encouragement, comfort, and teachings on God's love, grace, and mercy, complete with scripture. Listen to audio versions or share inspiring messages with friends and family.
- Daily one-minute devotions
- Scripture included
- Audio playback
- Share devotions
- Inspiring messages
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Start your day with an inspiring one-minute devotion that will draw you closer to Jesus and have you praising Him all day long! You’ll receive a new thought-provoking devotion each day that will encourage, comfort, and teach you about God’s amazing love, grace, and mercy. There is scripture for each devotion written out to make it easy for your to read God’s Word. An audio version is available where you can listen to Brenda read her devotions. You can also share the devotions with others via Facebook, text message, or email.
A Simple Pause
Engage in short, guided spiritual practices for about five minutes to connect with God. Explore scripture, imagery, and silence to deepen your faith and relationship with the divine.
- Six guided spiritual practices
- Lectio Divina scripture study
- Imaginative prayer
- Visio Divina image reflection
- Audio Divina with sacred listening
- Simple silence meditation
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Enjoy one of 6 different practices as you pause to spend around 5 minutes with God in the midst of your day. Lectio Divina - Listen for God’s message as you hear a small portion of scripture with room to ponder. Imagine - Enter prayerfully into a scene from the scriptures to broaden your experience and relationship with God. Visio Divina - Enjoy your gift of sight as you invite God to speak to your heart as you gaze at an image. Simply Scripture - Restfully listen to the gentle reading of selections of scripture. Audio Divina - Sacred listening with God using your gift of hearing. Music and other beautiful sounds. Simple Silence - Ahhh…Close your eyes and rest in silence with God for 5 minutes and we’ll keep track of the time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A Simple Pause at 5.0 against Sharing God's Love's 4.3. A Simple Pause also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Sharing God's Love's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 20). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
A Simple Pause holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Sharing God's Love's written reviews are positive against 100% of A Simple Pause's.
Sharing God's Love ships an update every 3 months, A Simple Pause monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sharing God's Love | A Simple Pause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brenda Walsh Ministries | Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona |
Customer experience
Sharing God's Love
A Simple Pause
In-app purchases
Sharing God's Love
No in-app purchases
A Simple Pause
No in-app purchases
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