First 5 vs helloHOPE
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.
helloHOPE
This app offers daily reminders of truth, curated Scripture with nature photography, and prayer prompts to help users find hope during difficult times. It also features calming music, inspiring stories from other families, and lock screens for constant reminders.
- Daily truth reminders
- Curated Scripture with nature photography
- Prayer prompts by category
- Calming instrumental music
- Stories of families navigating adversity
- Saveable lock screens
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Sometimes it’s hard to see with the fog of what’s happening around you. Sleepless nights, uncertainty about decisions, and loneliness are a part of all of our stories. This app is designed to help you through the fog to find hope in the midst of what is happening around you. App features: + A daily reminder of truth that is grounded in hope and written specifically for, and often by, families walking through a childhood diagnosis + Curated Scripture paired with nature photography to help you pause and let truth wash over you + Prayer prompts by category to help you connect with God when you need help finding the words + Calming instrumental music by artist Stanton Lanier that can be played while you browse the app + Stories of other families who have navigated the hard seasons of a childhood diagnosis with hope + Lock screens you can save for a reminder of hope whenever you pick up your phone About helloHOPE: helloHOPE is a not-for-profit corporation focused on connecting families facing medical adversity with hope through stories and practical resources. helloHOPE's mission and vision have been birthed from personal experience and a passion to make a practical difference in family life. We believe that adversity can bring families together and strengthen relationships, and we believe that hope is worth pursuing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: helloHOPE at 5.0 against First 5's 4.5. helloHOPE also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (879 vs 14) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
helloHOPE 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 14, 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 helloHOPE's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, helloHOPE every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | helloHOPE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | helloHOPE Inc |
Customer experience
First 5
helloHOPE
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
helloHOPE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
helloHOPE
No in-app purchases
Questions
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