Charis Church vs First 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charis Church
Connect with a faith-based community, access media content, and make donations. This app provides information about the organization and its mission to serve the community.
- Community connection
- Media content access
- Easy donations
- Learn about the organization
- Serve the community
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Join our community and connect through the Charis Church app! Download it to access our media content, make donations easily, or learn more about us. Charis Church is here to love and serve the community.
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 ads: Charis Church at none against First 5's shown. Charis Church also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (890 vs 13) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Charis Church holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 890 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Charis Church's written reviews are positive against 73% of First 5's.
Charis Church ships an update every 2 months, First 5 every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Charis Church | First 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better | 4.5 (890 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 890 — 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, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GRACE CHRISTIAN CENTER OF KILLEEN TEXAS INC | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. |
Customer experience
Charis Church
First 5
Bugs and requests
Charis Church
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
Charis Church
No in-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Questions
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