First 5 vs The First Church
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.
The First Church
Connect with a vibrant community through this app. Stay informed about church events, access worship services, engage with scripture, and contribute online. Designed to foster spiritual growth and community impact for the whole family.
- Stay updated on events
- Watch or listen to services
- Read the Word
- Contribute online
- Family-focused programs
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The vision of The First Church can be summed up in one word: People! It is our purpose to reach out to those who are spiritually hungry and searching, the needy, the poor, and to provide a place of worship that has a “friendly environment.” Spontaneous worship, along with ministry of the Word, is the essential element of our services at The First Church. Our programs are designed to minister to the whole family, with something for everyone. Our primary emphasis is on equipping our people with a working knowledge of God’s Word to go forward and impact our community. This app is an extension of our purpose to help people better connect to the life of our church by: - staying up to date on events - watching or listening to services - reading the Word - contributing online
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The First Church at none against First 5's shown. The First Church also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (889 vs 7) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). 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.
The First 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 889 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, The First Church every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | The First Church |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (889 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 889 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 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 | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | The First Pentecostal Holiness Church |
Customer experience
First 5
The First Church
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
The First Church
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
The First Church
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
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