Comparison

Meditations Daily Devotional vs Votional

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

Head to head
About

Meditations Daily Devotional

This Bible-based app offers daily guidance and encouragement for Christian living. Receive short, scripture-based devotions and prayers to foster spiritual growth. It has been inspiring users globally for nearly 60 years.

Highlights
  • Daily devotional readings
  • Daily scripture readings
  • Morning and evening prayers
  • Special occasion prayers
  • Favorite devotions bookmark
  • Font size and color adjustment
  • Personal reflection timer
Features
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Meditations Daily Devotional® is a Bible–based, devotional app that provides guidance and encouragement for daily Christian living. Each day, receive a short devotion and two prayers that are inspirational, easy to understand and based on scripture. Get into the habit of reading a daily meditation to grow in your spiritual life. For nearly 60 years, Meditations Daily Devotional™ has inspired hundreds of thousands of people around the globe in their prayer and bible study. Features include: • Daily devotional • Daily scripture readings • Morning prayers • Evening prayers • Special occasion prayers • Favorite devotions bookmark • Font size and color adjustment • Personal reflection timer • Share devotions and prayers with other by email Scripture is taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ All hymns, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal (CW) © 1993 by Northwestern Publishing House. Meditations Daily Devotional™ is published by Northwestern Publishing House, 1250 North 113th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226-3284.

About

Votional

Capture and organize sermon notes with automatic transcription and scripture linking. Receive personalized daily devotionals and review key verses with flashcards. Deepen your understanding and build a searchable library of church messages.

Highlights
  • Automatic sermon transcription
  • Auto scripture linking
  • Personalized daily devotionals
  • Scripture flashcard review
  • Deep dive sermon insights
  • Searchable sermon library
Features
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Never forget another sermon again. Votional helps Christians record sermons, capture meaningful notes, connect Scripture, and keep growing long after Sunday is over. Record & Transcribe Tap record when service starts. Votional listens, transcribes, and suggests likely scripture references for review. Add your own notes during the sermon. Suggested Scripture References Votional suggests likely scripture references from the sermon for you to review. Tap a confirmed reference to open it in the built-in Bible reader. Daily Bread Devotionals Each morning, receive a personalized devotional drawn directly from your own sermon notes. Not generic content - your pastor's message, resurfaced for your day. Scripture Bites Flashcard-style review cards built from your transcriptions. Master the verses your church is studying, week after week. Deep Dive Sermon Insights Turn a full sermon into takeaways, cross-references, study questions, and next steps you can actually use. Your Sermon Library Every message is saved, searchable, and organized. Search by pastor, church, book, or keyword. Your notes travel with you. Who It's For - Weekly churchgoers who want to remember and apply what they heard - Bible study leaders who want deeper study notes - Christians building a consistent devotional habit - Families who want to discuss sermons together Plans Free: up to 3 sermon notes, 3 shared capture or Deep Dive sessions per month, standard microphone recording, Daily Bread, and 6 Bible translations. Votional Plus Monthly: $7.99/month. Includes unlimited sermon notes, unlimited live capture, Phone Audio where supported, Scripture Bites, Deep Dive sermon insights, and 10+ Bible translations. Votional Plus Annual: $69.99/year. Includes the same Votional Plus features at the best yearly price. Subscription Terms Votional Plus subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://votional.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://votional.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Meditations Daily Devotional4 screens
Votional4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Votional at 5.0 against Meditations Daily Devotional's 4.3. Votional also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Meditations Daily Devotional's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, monetization model, device support 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. Meditations Daily Devotional sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Votional asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Votional holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditations Daily Devotional has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Meditations Daily Devotional's written reviews are positive against 100% of Votional's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditations Daily Devotional ships an update every 4 months, Votional every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Meditations Daily Devotional versus Votional: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditations Daily DevotionalVotional
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorthwestern Publishing HouseElizabeth Schaefer

Customer experience

Meditations Daily Devotional

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative20.0%

Votional

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meditations Daily Devotional

One-time2
  • 30 Day Subscription$1.99
  • 1 Year Subscription$12.99
None

Votional

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditations Daily Devotional free?
Meditations Daily Devotional is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Votional free?
Votional is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditations Daily Devotional or Votional?
Votional is rated higher. Meditations Daily Devotional averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Votional averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditations Daily Devotional or Votional have ads?
Votional shows ads; Meditations Daily Devotional does not.
Which is updated more often, Meditations Daily Devotional or Votional?
Meditations Daily Devotional ships an update every 4 months, and Votional every 4 days. Most recently, Meditations Daily Devotional was updated on November 1, 2026 and Votional on October 31, 2026.

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