First 5 vs GVBC
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.
GVBC
Connect with a Christ-centered community and discover resources from Green Valley Baptist Church. Stay updated on events and teachings from this group of believers.
- Community connection
- Spiritual resources
- Event updates
- Christ-centered teachings
- Believer network
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Get to connected to Green Valley Baptist Church in Pontotoc, MS. We're a Christ based, Christ centered group of believers who strive to be the church wherever God leads us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GVBC at none against First 5's shown. GVBC also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 59 months) and ratings volume (879 vs 6). On price, 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.
GVBC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, GVBC every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | GVBC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 59 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 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Green Valley Baptist Church |
Customer experience
First 5
GVBC
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
GVBC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
GVBC
No in-app purchases
