First 5 vs ViewSpark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
ViewSpark
This app helps nonprofit organizations connect donors with their work through real-time, targeted content. It offers a simple environment for fundraising and engaging supporters with field updates.
- Real-time donor connection
- Targeted content delivery
- Simple fundraising environment
- Field work updates for supporters
- Nonprofit technology
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Empowering nonprofit fundraisers with cutting edge technology to connect donors with their work in the field. Provide real-time, segmented and targeted content to your supporters in a simple, fundraising environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First 5 at 4.5 against ViewSpark's 4.0. First 5 also leads on ratings volume (879 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). ViewSpark's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price and in-app purchases 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 100% of ViewSpark's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, ViewSpark every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | ViewSpark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | ViewSpark, LLC |
Customer experience
First 5
ViewSpark
Bugs and 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
ViewSpark
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
ViewSpark
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
Is ViewSpark free?
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Do First 5 or ViewSpark have ads?
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