First 5 vs Todays Proverbs
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.
Todays Proverbs
Access daily wisdom from the Old Testament's Book of Proverbs. This app automatically presents the chapter for the current day and reads it aloud, allowing you to follow along with the text. Enjoy timeless biblical guidance for a more fulfilling life.
- Daily proverb chapter selection
- Audio narration of chapters
- Follow along with text
- Biblical wisdom and guidance
- Daily devotional tool
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Proverbs is a book found in the Old Testament, completely filled with ancient wisdom that has survived generation after generation to the present day. This wisdom will lead you closer to God and guide you toward a life of true fulfillment and joy. There are 31 short chapters in the Book of Proverbs, and it is suitable for your daily devotional, since there is one chapter for each day of the month. Sometimes it might be hard for you to find time to read the Proverbs chapter of the day. Today’s Proverbs is made for precisely that. Whether you are in your car, walking, or at work, Today’s Proverbs will automatically find the corresponding chapter for the day and read it for you. You can also follow along in the text from the Book of Proverbs as the App is reading it aloud for you. Enjoy the timeless wisdom of the Bible with Today’s Proverbs Bible text translation: World English Bible
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Todays Proverbs at none against First 5's shown. Todays Proverbs also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (879 vs 7). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for First 5 against 4.4 for Todays Proverbs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 100% of Todays Proverbs's.
| Parameter | First 5 | Todays Proverbs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 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 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 188 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | 2x2is4 LLC |
Customer experience
First 5
Todays Proverbs
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
Todays Proverbs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Todays Proverbs
No in-app purchases
