LDS Advocate vs JustServe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LDS Advocate
This app provides a faith-affirming resource for understanding controversial LDS doctrines and history. It features a timeline of Book of Mormon events with scripture references and curated links to factual, insightful, and honest information.
- Book of Mormon event timeline
- Scripture pericope listings
- Curated faith-affirming websites
- Factual and insightful content
- Links open in-app or Safari
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A new addition to the app is a comprehensive timeline of events in the Book of Mormon. Each event has a scripture pericope listing supporting the value. This app retains its list to websites, blogs and blog postings which present information about controversial LDS doctrines and history in faith affirming light. Criteria used in selecting information for this site is: 1. Is it factual? 2. Is it free of polemics? 3. Does the information provide unique or insightful observations about LDS doctrine? 4. Does the information provide an honest representation of the material? If the sites meet these criteria then they are candidates for inclusion in the app. In compliance with Apple policy, websites included in this app that either ask for donations or link to sites which do will open in Safari all other links will open inside the app. Disclaimer: This is not an official product of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, no material compensation or support was received from the church in the production of this app.
JustServe
Discover and sign up for local volunteer opportunities directly from your phone. This app integrates with your device's location, calendar, and maps to streamline community service.
- Find volunteer opportunities
- Search by location
- Sign up for opportunities
- Add to calendar
- Integrates with maps
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JustServe app gives you the main features of JustServe.org to help you find volunteer opportunities while on the go. It can link into your phone’s location services, calendar, and map apps to make volunteering in the community easier than ever. • Search for opportunities based on your account location, your current location, or by an inputted location • Volunteer for opportunities • Easily add opportunities and locations to your mobile device’s calendar and maps apps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JustServe at 4.6 against LDS Advocate's 3.0. JustServe also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (237 vs 2). LDS Advocate's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, 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.
JustServe holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JustServe has 237 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of LDS Advocate's written reviews are positive against 73% of JustServe's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LDS Advocate ships an update every 21 months, JustServe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LDS Advocate | JustServe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (237 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 73.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 237 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Cluff | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Customer experience
LDS Advocate
JustServe
Bugs and requests
LDS Advocate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
JustServe
Reported bugs
15 issues- No authentication/login issues
- Cannot save events due to login problems
- App crashes during registration
- Registration is broken
- Problem registering, try again later
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- No response for setting up events
- Login via Facebook broken
- Unable to login with Facebook
- Facebook login failed
- App Support link leads to 'Page not found'
- Only allows preview, no sign up
- App only works in portrait view on iPad
- Does not rotate to landscape view on iPad
- No allowance for sign up on app
- Cannot type letters for postal code in Canada
Requested features
12 requests- Add a share button
- Include a map with service opportunities
- Add a 'Serve Today' button
- Ability to mark/star opportunities as 'favorite'
- Ability to save or favorite volunteer activities
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- Search/filter for volunteer opportunities vs. donations only
- Make the app more like the website
- View results on a calendar
- View results on a map
- Push notifications
- Fix sharing feature for projects
- Add landscape view on iPad
In-app purchases
LDS Advocate
No in-app purchases
JustServe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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