First 5 vs Journey Calloway
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.
Journey Calloway
Access message series, event details, and small group resources from Journey Church. Download audio messages and discussion questions, and easily add events to your calendar.
- Download and play audio messages
- Access small group discussion questions
- View event dates, times, and locations
- Add events to mobile calendar
- Discover small group environments
- Explore serving opportunities
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The official Journey Church app provides easy access to message series, event dates, and small group information for Journey Church in Murray, Ky. FEATURES - Download, queue, and play audio-only versions of Sunday messages. - Download small group discussion questions. - Find event dates, times, and locations. Quickly add them to your mobile calendar. - Learn about our small group environments and serving opportunities. This app requires a mobile internet or Wi-Fi connection. For more information, please visit http://www.journeycalloway.com
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Verdict
First 5 and Journey Calloway both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 0% of Journey Calloway's. First 5 also leads on ratings volume (879 vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). Journey Calloway's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for First 5 against 4.6 for Journey Calloway. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 0% of Journey Calloway's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Journey Calloway every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Journey Calloway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | The Journey Church |
Customer experience
First 5
Journey Calloway
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
Journey Calloway
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Journey Calloway
No in-app purchases
Questions
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