The Porch vs OurCalling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Porch
This app connects young adults for weekly gatherings focused on faith and learning. Stream live events, access past messages, and listen to podcasts. It also facilitates connections with other locations nationwide.
- Live stream weekly gatherings
- Watch recent messages
- Listen to podcasts
- Connect with Porch Live locations
- Access faith-based content
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The Porch is a gathering of 3,500+ young adults (20s and 30s) that come together on Tuesday nights in Dallas, Texas to celebrate the good news of Jesus, learn from God's Word, and leave a lasting impact on the world around them. In addition to the gathering in Dallas, there are Porch Live locations across the nation. Live stream on Tuesday nights at 7 PM CST, watch recent messages, listen to podcasts, and connect with us! The Porch is a ministry of Watermark Community Church. For more information about The Porch, check out www.theporch.live.
OurCalling
This app connects concerned citizens with homeless individuals, enabling them to report sightings and share local service information. It provides a nationwide database of resources like shelters and food pantries, facilitating help and support for those in need.
- Report homeless individuals with photos
- Search nationwide homeless services
- View resources on map or by distance
- Offline access to favorite resources
- Submit new resource information
- Report homeless camp locations
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You are driving when you see a homeless person on the side of the road. You want to help. You reach for your phone and open the OurCalling Homeless Service app. You click on “Identify” and quickly snap a picture, notifying outreach workers who will follow up with the individual. You want to do more, so you engage in conversation and begin helping the person by using the app and sharing what local services are available. Before you know it, you have just helped a complete stranger take a step in the right direction. Through the OurCalling Homeless Service app you are able to search for resources in every city throughout the country. Looking for the closest shelter, food pantry, domestic violence center or addiction recovery resource? This app will guide you. This app is funded by donations from people like you and helps homeless individuals all across the country. Click on the “Donate” button in the app and make an immediate impact. The data in this app is crowdsourced - Help more people by using the “Submit” feature to add a new resource. Features: • Gain access to the largest database of service providers for the homeless. • Search in any city and numerous categories (shelter, domestic violence, medical clinic, food pantry, rehab, etc...) • View listings on a map or sort the list by distance from your current location. · Share resource information to pass on a referral. · Offline access for services when you mark them as Favorite. • Report updates on resources in your area. • Report a homeless camp location. • Reporting for camp locations in Dallas, TX will be visited by OurCalling's Search and Rescue teams.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Porch at 113 against OurCalling's 28. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 The Porch against 4.7 for OurCalling. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 113 and 28 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 91% and 91% positive.
The Porch ships an update every 4 months, OurCalling every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Porch | OurCalling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (113 ratings) — better | 4.7 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.7% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Watermark Community Church | OurCalling Inc |
Customer experience
The Porch
OurCalling
Bugs and requests
The Porch
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not opening messages
- Downloaded sermons not accessible offline
- App requires staying open
- App not opening
Requested features
5 requests- Option to download messages
- Improve app efficiency and design
- Make app stay open without issues
- Optimize for iPhone X screen
- More than the latest 10 blog posts
OurCalling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Porch
No in-app purchases
OurCalling
No in-app purchases
Questions
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