First 5 vs BIBLEin365
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.
BIBLEin365
Engage in a global community reading the Bible cover to cover. This app fosters spiritual growth, deeper trust in God, and encourages walking in obedience with the Holy Spirit. Connect with fellow believers and strengthen your faith journey.
- Community Bible reading
- Read Bible cover to cover
- Proclaim the Good News
- Strengthen Christian leaders
- Grow closer to God
- Trust in Savior
- Walk in obedience with Holy Spirit
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Join the PROCLAIM x BIBLEin365 Team and Owner, Erika Kirk, as we unite with thousands of our brothers and sisters in Christ from across the world reading the Bible cover to cover, proclaiming the Good News, and strengthening the Christian leaders in our community. Our focus with this program and app is to grow closer to our God, trust more in our Savior and walk in obedience with the Holy Spirit. For immediate assistance, email: hello@proclaim365.com www.proclaim365.com/biblein365
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BIBLEin365 at none against First 5's shown. BIBLEin365 also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 51%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for First 5 against 4.4 for BIBLEin365. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 879 and 452 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 51% of BIBLEin365's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, BIBLEin365 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | BIBLEin365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 4.4 (452 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 50.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 452 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 391 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | PROCLAIM Ventures, LLC |
Customer experience
First 5
BIBLEin365
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
BIBLEin365
From 452 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful Bible reading plan
- 🙏 Meaningful spiritual content
- 📚 Useful Bible study resources
- 🤗 Supportive community
Room to improve
- 🐛 Technical issues (login, app crashes, etc.)
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate/use
- 🔧 Unreliable app performance
- 📱 Lack of customization options
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
BIBLEin365
Reported bugs
4 issues- Verification email issues
- Constant sign-out problems
- Blank/unresponsive screens
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to change text size
- Option to select Bible version
- Offline reading mode
- Improved syncing across devices
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
BIBLEin365
No in-app purchases
Questions
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