easyTithe Plus vs First 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
easyTithe Plus
Manage church members, track attendance, and communicate with groups on the go. This app allows for easy editing of member information, adding notes, and printing summaries. It also facilitates self check-in and mass communication features.
- Create and manage member profiles
- View member lists and groups
- Track attendance and add visitors
- Edit member information and notes
- Self check-in functionality
- Mass email, SMS, and voice messaging
- Print member summaries via AirPrint
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The easyTithe Plus iPhone app allows you to access all of easyTithe Plus's core features while on the go! People Features: - Create People. - View lists of all members and groups, complete with thumbnails of profile pictures. - Use as a church directory, if enabled. - View all information for a person. Including personal, contact, dates, custom fields, and family. - Tap profile image to add a new one. - Edit all fields, including custom ones. - Add/remove people from groups. - Add/Edit notes. - Print a summary page, using AirPrint. - Add a person to your Contacts. Self Check-in: - People can check in when close to church, so labels are already printed and waiting for them, when they get inside. Interactions: - View lists of Completed, Outstanding, and My Outstanding interactions. - Edit Outstanding Interactions. - Assign/Log a new interaction. Attendance: - Add/edit attendance for a group. - Add visitors who are currently in the system. - Create and add visitors. - Swipe left on a name to see more options. Mass Contact - Mass Email a group. - Mass SMS and Voice message (Requires this to be configured via web) Please note that this App requires an easyTithe Plus account.
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 review sentiment: First 5 at 73% against easyTithe Plus's 0%. First 5 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (879 vs 2). easyTithe Plus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
First 5 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of easyTithe Plus's written reviews are positive against 73% of First 5's.
easyTithe Plus ships an update every 2 months, First 5 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | easyTithe Plus | First 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 879 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ministry Brands LLC | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. |
Customer experience
easyTithe Plus
First 5
Bugs and requests
easyTithe Plus
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
easyTithe Plus
No in-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is easyTithe Plus free?
Is First 5 free?
Which has better reviews, easyTithe Plus or First 5?
Do easyTithe Plus or First 5 have ads?
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