Comparison

My Mission (LDS) vs GroupSpot

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

Head to head
About

My Mission (LDS)

Easily collect, organize, and share missionary experiences with loved ones. This app helps LDS missionaries and their families preserve precious memories through photos, letters, and stories, building a lasting legacy.

Highlights
  • Organize emails, pictures, and stories
  • Follow multiple missionaries
  • Create location maps
  • Send direct messages and recordings
  • Use social calendars and announcements
  • Share experiences via social networks
  • Cloud syncing and secure storage
Features
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The Prophet Joseph Smith declared, "After all that has been said, the greatest and most important duty is to preach the Gospel" (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), 330). Your mission is IMPORTANT!!! It will change your life. My Mission makes collecting, organizing, and sharing your LDS missionary experiences easy and fun! It is designed to help LDS missionaries communicate with and share their favorite mission pictures, letters and stories with their family and friends back home. Parents, your children will always be grateful for your help in preserving their memories. As you help them organize and share their mission experiences, you will feel the joy that comes from missionary service. You will build a deeper connection with your children as you collect and share these important stories and events. You will literally be collecting and preserving the memories and stories that they will cherish and tell for generations to come. LDS missionaries and their families use the My Mission App to: • Organize and share the emails, pictures and stories that your son or daughter sends home. • Follow multiple missionaries including their friends, cousins and missionary companions. • Create maps that accurately pinpoint each of the places where they serve. • Send emails, pictures and audio recordings to missionaries directly from the app. • Use social calendars and missionary announcements to stay connected with missionary events. • Share your favorite pictures and stories with your local ward, stake or seminary. • Share select missionary experiences with others in person or through popular social networks. • Use social media integrations to automatically post items to your preferred social networks. • Use email notifications to keep others informed and invite them to your missionary events. • Take your mission experience with you wherever you go (requires Internet access). • The app automatically syncs with MyMission.com, so you can add and view new content from any device. • Safely store your missionary experiences on a secure platform in the Cloud. Build and preserve a family legacy of missionary service now that your children treasure and enjoy for generations to come. Share your missionary stories with your children at bedtime or in the car while traveling. Catch up on the current missionaries you know while waiting in a line. Take the app to family gatherings, and capture stories you've never heard before. Ask your parents and grandparents to tell you about their conversion stories and missionary experiences; then record their stories using the app. Use important moments from your mission as teaching aids. Remember the stories and experiences of your mission and how your faith, hardships, and endurance help you become a better person. My Mission is free and an easy and convenient way to organize and share the powerful, heartwarming stories that will make an impact on your life and the lives of your loved ones for generations to come. ============================== IMPORTANT NOTES: • The My Mission App is a mobile companion to MyMission.com. While this app does make it easy to add photos and stories to your missionary's account, adding or updating some details such as letters and stories is not currently available. However, it's a feature that's coming! • Social media sharing includes Facebook now with Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google+ to come soon. • If you find that the My Mission App displays little or no information about your missionary, sign in to MyMission.com on the web, and check the Published and Visibility settings for these items. • Parents and missionaries with administrative rights are responsible for and control all of the content about their missionary including what content is publicly visible. See our privacy policy for more details.

About

GroupSpot

This app consolidates group communication, scheduling, membership, and payments into a single platform. It replaces scattered texts and emails with a real-time feed, private chats, and event planning tools. Manage registrations, dues, and donations securely within the app.

Highlights
  • Real-time group feed and chat
  • Shared calendars with RSVP tracking
  • Event planning with automated reminders
  • Integrated registration and payments
  • Member directories and rosters
  • Customizable forms and polls
  • Private and ad-free communication
Features
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GroupSpot is the free, private, ad-free group management and team communication app for sports teams, clubs, schools, PTOs, PTAs, booster clubs, nonprofits, businesses, bands, scouts, Greek organizations, HOAs, families, and community groups. Replace scattered group texts, email chains, calendars, signup tools, forms, and payment apps with one organized place for communication, scheduling, membership, registration, and payments. COMMUNICATE WITHOUT THE NOISE Keep important updates in a real-time group feed and everyday conversations in personal, small-group, or full-group chat. Send push notifications, in-app alerts, and email announcements; pin key posts; target subgroups; share across related sister groups; and see post engagement. Members can set notification preferences for each group. PLAN EVENTS AND KNOW WHO'S COMING Create shared calendars for meetings, practices, games, fundraisers, performances, trips, and recurring events. Add locations, directions, weather forecasts, status changes, and automated reminders. Collect RSVPs and availability, manage waitlists, track attendance, and sync events to personal calendars. TURN POSTS INTO ACTION Add volunteer signups, custom forms, polls, links, files, videos, shared photo albums, carpools, attendance, registrations, or payments to a post. Organize shifts and tasks, gather feedback, collect digital signatures and waivers, and keep results easy to review and export. REGISTRATION, DUES, DONATIONS, AND PAYMENTS Combine registration forms and secure in-app payments in one seamless flow. Collect membership dues, team fees, donations, event tickets, merchandise purchases, and more. Track paid and unpaid members, inventory, receipts, refunds, and transaction history. Premium tools add installment plans, discount and access codes, offline payments, conditional questions, and automated pricing. BUILT FOR TEAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS Manage member directories, customizable rosters, player availability, games, seasons, schedules, scores, play-by-play updates, depth charts, injury reports, and equipment. Inventory Manager tracks jerseys, instruments, uniforms, and gear from checkout through return. Role-based permissions help organizers delegate safely without granting full admin access. PRIVATE BY DESIGN GroupSpot is built for high-trust communities, not public social media. There are no ads, no algorithms, and no public profiles. Groups are private and unsearchable, invitations are controlled, and GroupSpot never sells your data. ONE APP FOR EVERY GROUP Use GroupSpot as a sports team management app, club management app, school communication app, PTO or PTA app, nonprofit management app, volunteer coordination app, band or music group app, HOA management app, scouting app, family organizer, or private community platform. Create a custom group and enable only the tools your members need. Start a group in seconds. GroupSpot's free Starter plan includes unlimited members and essential tools for chats, events, RSVPs, signups, forms, registration, payments, subgroups, and much more. Upgrade to Premium when your organization needs additional controls and advanced workflows. All your groups. All your people. All in one spot. Please view the Terms of Service (EULA) here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

My Mission (LDS)4 screens
GroupSpot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Mission (LDS) at none against GroupSpot's 8. My Mission (LDS) also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). GroupSpot's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 22 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GroupSpot sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. My Mission (LDS) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GroupSpot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GroupSpot has 4.6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of My Mission (LDS)'s written reviews are positive against 97% of GroupSpot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Mission (LDS) ships an update every 22 months, GroupSpot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Mission (LDS) versus GroupSpot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Mission (LDS)GroupSpot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.8 (4.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews97.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB100 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLatter-day AppsKohort Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

My Mission (LDS)

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%

GroupSpot

All ratings4,560 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews145 reviews
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.7%

Bugs and requests

My Mission (LDS)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

GroupSpot

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Difficulty seeing older posts
  • Occasional app crashes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Increase video upload duration
  • Enhance blocking system functionality

In-app purchases

None

My Mission (LDS)

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

GroupSpot

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly: 1 Group$39.991 Month
  • Monthly: 2 Groups$79.991 Month
  • Monthly: 3 Groups$119.991 Month
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  • Monthly: Up to 5 Groups$119.991 Month
  • Annual: 1 Group$384.991 Year
  • Annual: 2 Groups$699.991 Year
  • Annual: 3 Groups$999.991 Year
  • Annual: Up to 5 Groups$999.991 Year

Questions

Is My Mission (LDS) free?
My Mission (LDS) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GroupSpot free?
GroupSpot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Mission (LDS) or GroupSpot?
GroupSpot is rated higher. My Mission (LDS) averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while GroupSpot averages 4.8 from 4.6K ratings.
Do My Mission (LDS) or GroupSpot have ads?
Neither My Mission (LDS) nor GroupSpot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Mission (LDS) or GroupSpot?
My Mission (LDS) ships an update every 22 months, and GroupSpot every 2 days. Most recently, My Mission (LDS) was updated on November 1, 2026 and GroupSpot on November 6, 2026.

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