First 5 vs My World Vision 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.
My World Vision App
Stay connected with your sponsored child and their community. View updates, photos, letters, and videos to see the impact of your support. Explore their world and discover their achievements.
- View child updates, photos, letters, and videos
- Explore sponsored child's community
- Connect with sponsored child
- Track child's health, education, and activities
- See community achievements
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See updates, photos, letters, and videos from your sponsored child Explore your sponsored child’s community Connect easily with your sponsored child Discover the difference you’re making in your sponsored child’s life and their community. See the latest videos, photos, and letters from your sponsored child and get more frequent updates on your child’s health, education, and activities. Plus, see the incredible achievements taking place in your child’s community! Please note that this app links to pages on the internet. As a result, some of your user experience and privacy preferences will be determined by your default web browser and how it is configured.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: First 5 at 73% against My World Vision App's 22%. First 5 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (879 vs 80). My World Vision App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price and in-app purchases 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.
First 5 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 80, 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 22% of My World Vision App's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, My World Vision App monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | My World Vision App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 3.3 (80 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 22.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 80 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | World Vision US |
Customer experience
First 5
My World Vision App
User reviews
First 5
From 879 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Solid biblical teaching
- 👍 Comprehensive and beautiful app
- 👍 Excellent resource for Bible study
- 👍 Helpful for spiritual growth
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Glitchy or buggy functionality
- 🐛 Restricted access requiring sign-up
- 👎 Text is too small, no font size options
- 👎 Lack of dark mode or night theme
My World Vision App
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great organization
- 👍 Proud to sponsor
- 👍 Love the app!
- 👍 Wonderful organization
- 👍 Love the ease of engaging
Room to improve
- 🐛 App not user friendly
- 🐛 Won't ever load
- 🐛 Cannot read responses
- 🐛 Unable to update
- 🐛 Terrible 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
My World Vision App
Reported bugs
40 issues- 🐛 Cannot get in the app
- 🐛 Can't see how to create letter
- 🐛 Never works
- 🐛 Can't read my letter
- 🐛 Can't get the update
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- 🐛 Cannot log in
- 🐛 Takes back to login screen
- 🐛 Can't read tiny screenshot
- 🐛 Can't zoom in or turn landscape
- 🐛 App isn't letting me sign in
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize QR code
- 🐛 App has heading 'not working'
- 🐛 Website isn't responding
- 🐛 Screen freezes or jumps
- 🐛 Can't get into the app
- 🐛 Errors on login
- 🐛 'Technical Difficulties' message
- 🐛 Error message 'technical difficulties'
- 🐛 Won't let me log in
- 🐛 Doesn't recognize account number
- 🐛 Can not get app to download
- 🐛 Error message 'problem with app'
- 🐛 Session expired and logs out
- 🐛 Missing videos on one iPhone
- 🐛 Account info won't load
- 🐛 No giving history
- 🐛 No sponsor info
- 🐛 Information doesn't come up
- 🐛 Scrolling bumps back upward
- 🐛 Sensitive area info incorrect
- 🐛 Bible verse allowed incorrectly
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Doesn't load sponsored kids
- 🐛 No information populates
- 🐛 Forever spins to profile
- 🐛 Data syncing not finished error
- 🐛 Cannot produce sponsored child
- 🐛 Send message button does not work
- 🐛 Won't download sponsored children's profiles
- 🐛 Profile page has no info
Requested features
4 requests- 💡 Leave feedback for child
- 💡 See previously sponsored child
- 💡 Access saved letters sent via app
- 💡 Translation on kids video
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
My World Vision App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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