First 5 vs FCC Etown
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.
FCC Etown
Access weekly messages, church events, and registration directly from your mobile device. Stay connected with the church community and manage your participation.
- Weekly message access
- Church calendar
- Event registration
- Online giving
- Mobile church access
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The First Christian Church - Elizabethtown app provides mobile access to weekly messages, church calendar, event registration and giving. For more information about First Christian Church, please visit fccetown.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: FCC Etown at none against First 5's shown. FCC Etown also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (889 vs 13) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
FCC Etown holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 889 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 100% of FCC Etown's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, FCC Etown every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | FCC Etown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (889 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 889 — better | 13 |
| 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 |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | First Christian Church, Inc |
Customer experience
First 5
FCC Etown
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
FCC Etown
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
FCC Etown
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
Is FCC Etown free?
Which has better reviews, First 5 or FCC Etown?
Do First 5 or FCC Etown have ads?
Which is updated more often, First 5 or FCC Etown?
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