Comparison

Telling the Truth vs VERO

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

Head to head
About

Telling the Truth

Connect with Christians globally and deepen your faith through Bible teachings, daily devotionals, and community prayer. Engage with content and share your spiritual journey with others.

Highlights
  • Daily Bible teachings
  • Devotionals and blogs
  • Teaching and Q&A videos
  • Spiritual reading plans
  • Community prayer wall
  • Private journaling
Features
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Where can you go to be encouraged in your walk with Christ and connect with Christians the whole world over? Telling the Truth is the timeless Bible-teaching ministry of Stuart and Jill Briscoe, where the clear exposition of God’s Word inspires you to grow in your knowledge of Jesus Christ and His unfathomable grace—side-by-side with thousands of other faith-filled believers. Join our app community to listen, read, watch, and pray through the truths of God’s Word together—led by the Spirit through Stuart and Jill's teaching, each and every day. - Features - • Listen: Listen to your favorite daily programs and other resources • Read: Experience life and grow with daily devotionals and blogs • Watch: Watch short and long teaching and Q&A videos • Plans: Dive into multi-day reading plans and grow spiritually • Community Wall: Leave your prayers, pray for others, ask questions, and engage with others • My Journal: Make private notes or jot down thoughts on any teaching for future reflection

About

VERO

Connect authentically with friends and family on a social platform free from ads and algorithms. Share your passions, from music and movies to books and places, in a chronological feed. Create dedicated spaces for communities and engage in live audio and chat.

Highlights
  • Ad-free chronological feed
  • Share music, movies, books, and places
  • Customizable profile 'Sleeve'
  • Community Rooms with live audio
  • Chronological chat and calls
  • Discovery feature for niche communities
Features
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Ad-free social, built for authentic connection. VERO is a place to share what you love with the people who matter to you. SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE Share the music you're playing, the movie you can't stop thinking about, the book on your nightstand and the place you found last weekend, alongside your photos and video, links, games and apps. Write an Introduction post to recommend someone your community should know. - Each post goes to the people you choose, from close friends to acquaintances and followers - Your feed stays in chronological order, so you see what people share in the order they share it - Add photos, video and posts to your Story - Choose Light, Dark or Blurred in Appearance YOUR SLEEVE™ Your posts live on your profile. Your Sleeve is where you choose what to share beyond them: your world in one shareable link. - Make it unmistakably yours with a wallpaper of your own - Spotlight your favorite profiles and your recent posts - Host multiple Community Rooms - Earn through your Sleeve with a Shop, or a Premium Channel with subscriber-only product drops, exclusive content and special access COMMUNITY ROOMS Community Rooms bring your people together. Each room has chat and live audio, with hosts and listeners, and can be open to all or for subscribing members only. Invite people in from your Story, and find live rooms in Discovery, your Stories and your chats. FIND PEOPLE WHO LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE - The profile images on a post show who else has shared the same thing, and what they said about it - Discover another creator's Sleeve through Suggestions in your navigation - Search shows what's popular in music, movies, TV, books, games, apps and places DISCOVERY Discovery is where communities form around the things you love. Add a Discovery Tag like 'Street' or '35mm' to a photo and it appears in that community. You start as a Newcomer, and as people vouch for you, you become a Member. When you vouch for someone whose work inspires you, you help them get seen. CHAT AND CALLS Chat is where you keep the conversation alive. - Message by text or voice note, one to one or in a group - React to messages, and reply in threads or to a specific message - Pin the people, groups and rooms you talk to most - Sort chats by individual, unread, groups, Community Rooms and requests - Call people you're connected with by video or audio SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION If you subscribe to a Premium Channel through Apple, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://vero.co/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://vero.co/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Telling the Truth4 screens
VERO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Telling the Truth at none against VERO's 3. Telling the Truth also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). VERO's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 29). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VERO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Telling the Truth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Telling the Truth holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VERO has 1.5K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Telling the Truth's written reviews are positive against 60% of VERO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Telling the Truth ships an update every 6 months, VERO every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Telling the Truth versus VERO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelling the TruthVERO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (29 ratings) — better4.2 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews59.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings291.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB661 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCrowd HubVero Labs Inc

Customer experience

Telling the Truth

All ratings29 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.8%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

VERO

All ratings1,533 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral4.1%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews1,275 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.1%

Bugs and requests

Telling the Truth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

VERO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and loading issues
  • Unreliable verification code delivery
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add text-only post option
  • Improve search and discovery
  • Introduce stories or similar feature
  • Expand to more platforms (web, iPad)

In-app purchases

None

Telling the Truth

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VERO

Subscriptions3
  • UTRB Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Thunder Jackson Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Creator Subscription$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Telling the Truth free?
Telling the Truth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VERO free?
VERO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Telling the Truth or VERO?
Telling the Truth is rated higher. Telling the Truth averages 4.5 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while VERO averages 4.2 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Telling the Truth or VERO have ads?
Neither Telling the Truth nor VERO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Telling the Truth or VERO?
Telling the Truth ships an update every 6 months, and VERO every 3 weeks. Most recently, Telling the Truth was updated on November 1, 2026 and VERO on November 11, 2026.

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