Comparison

Sharing God's Love vs First 5

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily one-minute devotions
  • Scripture included
  • Audio playback
  • Share devotions
  • Inspiring messages
Features
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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.

About

First 5

This app provides daily biblical teachings to help users establish a consistent spiritual practice. It offers tools for highlighting, saving, and sharing scripture, along with a built-in Bible and community features.

Highlights
  • Daily biblical teachings
  • Highlight, save, and share scripture
  • Integrated Bible reader
  • Customizable reminders
  • Community groups
  • Exportable notes
Features
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Transform your time with God using the First 5 app, developed by Proverbs 31 Ministries. First 5 is specifically designed to greet you with a short teaching in God’s Word daily before you get distracted by social media and everything else competing for your attention. It’s our hope you create a daily habit of reading God’s Word through your time spent in the First 5 app. Features • New Teaching Every Day: We unpack books of the Bible, focusing on passages of Scripture each day and seeing how they apply to our lives. • Highlight, Save and Share: You can highlight any portion of our daily teachings to bookmark, share or add a personal note. Review your notes and activity through your profile and use the export feature to save them to your device. • Reminder Functionality: Set up a reminder in the app to go off at any time you choose. This way, you can read each teaching at a time that works best in your schedule. • Bible: Don't have your Bible handy? Use this feature for your daily Bible reading. You can search any passage of Scripture and even bookmark, highlight and create a graphic to share with a friend. * Community: Find community among our First 5 friends in private and public groups.

Screenshots

Sharing God's Love4 screens
First 53 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sharing God's Love at none against First 5's shown. Sharing God's Love also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (879 vs 65). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

First 5 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Sharing God's Love's written reviews are positive against 73% of First 5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sharing God's Love versus First 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSharing God's LoveFirst 5
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (65 ratings)4.5 (879 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings65879 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrenda Walsh MinistriesProverbs 31 Ministry, Inc.

Customer experience

Sharing God's Love

All ratings65 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral12.3%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.0%
Negative20.4%

First 5

All ratings873 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral12.9%
Negative14.4%

Bugs and requests

Sharing God's Love

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

First 5

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App not loading or showing blank screen
  • Inability to access past or current studies
  • Login/sign-in issues and account problems
  • Repeated log-outs and sign-in requirements

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add dark mode or night theme
  • Improve font size and zoom options
  • Allow offline access to past studies
  • Implement text-to-speech feature
  • Provide more customization options

In-app purchases

None

Sharing God's Love

No in-app purchases

None

First 5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sharing God's Love free?
Sharing God's Love is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First 5 free?
First 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sharing God's Love or First 5?
First 5 is rated higher. Sharing God's Love averages 4.3 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while First 5 averages 4.5 from 879 ratings.
Do Sharing God's Love or First 5 have ads?
First 5 shows ads; Sharing God's Love does not.
Which is updated more often, Sharing God's Love or First 5?
Sharing God's Love ships an update every 3 months, and First 5 every 3 months. Most recently, Sharing God's Love was updated on August 27, 2026 and First 5 on September 18, 2026.

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