First 5 vs Plum Creek
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.
Plum Creek
This app connects users with a faith community focused on developing a relationship with Jesus Christ. It facilitates worship, Bible studies, and living a generous life, guided by scriptural principles. It serves as a tool for members to love God and their neighbors.
- Community connection
- Worship resources
- Bible study groups
- Generous living guidance
- Scriptural authority focus
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Plum Creek Christian Church, in southern Campbell County Kentucky, is leading people to a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. We are a community of believers who are working together toward becoming more like Jesus. We do that through regular worship together, small group Bible studies, and living a surrendered and generous life. Our faith community believes in the authority of Scripture. Among other things, the Scriptures tell us to love God and love our neighbors. This app is a tool to help us do those things.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Plum Creek at none against First 5's shown. Plum Creek also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (890 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Plum Creek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 890 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Plum Creek every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Plum Creek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (890 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 890 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Plum Creek Christian Church |
Customer experience
First 5
Plum Creek
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
Plum Creek
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Plum Creek
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
Is Plum Creek free?
Which has better reviews, First 5 or Plum Creek?
Do First 5 or Plum Creek have ads?
Which is updated more often, First 5 or Plum Creek?
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