CCV Philadelphia vs First 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CCV Philadelphia
Stay connected with your church community through this mobile app. Access sermons, event details, group information, and make online contributions. Easily share church content with friends and family.
- Access current messages
- View upcoming events
- Discover church groups
- Watch videos
- Listen to music
- Online giving
- Get directions and contact info
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Connect to Christ's Church of the Valley from your mobile device! Access current messages, events, groups, videos, music, and even online giving. The Christ's Church of the Valley mobile app also provides directions and contact information and gives you another way to share CCV with friends and family!
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.
- Daily biblical teachings
- Highlight, save, and share scripture
- Integrated Bible reader
- Customizable reminders
- Community groups
- Exportable notes
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CCV Philadelphia at none against First 5's shown. CCV Philadelphia also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (879 vs 9) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for CCV Philadelphia against 4.5 for First 5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of CCV Philadelphia's written reviews are positive against 73% of First 5's.
CCV Philadelphia ships an update every 5 months, First 5 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CCV Philadelphia | First 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | 4.5 (879 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 879 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christ's Church of the Valley (Philadelphia) | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. |
Customer experience
CCV Philadelphia
First 5
Bugs and requests
CCV Philadelphia
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
CCV Philadelphia
No in-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CCV Philadelphia free?
Is First 5 free?
Which has better reviews, CCV Philadelphia or First 5?
Do CCV Philadelphia or First 5 have ads?
Which is updated more often, CCV Philadelphia or First 5?
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