First 5 vs Willowdale Chapel App
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.
Willowdale Chapel App
Access sermons, manage donations, and follow a Bible reading plan. Stay updated with events and receive push notifications. Download teachings for offline listening and share messages with others.
- Manage weekly giving
- Listen to teachings
- Bible reading plan
- Event registration
- Push notifications
- Offline listening
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Our mission is to love God, love each other and love the world that Jesus, through his people, is working to restore. This app is packed with powerful content and resources to help you grow and stay connected. With this app you can: - Manage your weekly giving - Listen to past and current teachings - Follow along with a Bible reading plan - Register and learn more about upcoming events - Stay up to date with push notifications - Share your favorite messages - Download teachings for offline listening Mobile app version: 6.23.8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Willowdale Chapel App at none against First 5's shown. Willowdale Chapel App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (888 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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.
Willowdale Chapel App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 888 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Willowdale Chapel App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Willowdale Chapel App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (888 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 888 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Willowdale Chapel |
Customer experience
First 5
Willowdale Chapel App
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
Willowdale Chapel App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Willowdale Chapel App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
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