First 5 vs Second Students Summer
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.
Second Students Summer
This app facilitates communication for staff teams, enabling them to easily distribute information to camp or retreat leaders. It streamlines messaging for event organizers.
- Push information to leaders
- Facilitate communication
- Streamline messaging
- Event staff coordination
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The Summer Retreat Leader app allows the staff team to easily push out information to all leaders. We will use this to facilitate communication with camp / retreat leaders.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Second Students Summer at none against First 5's shown. Second Students Summer also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (879 vs 16) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). 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 4.5 for Second Students Summer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Second Students Summer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Second Students Summer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 4.5 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 16 |
| 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 464 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Second Baptist Church |
Customer experience
First 5
Second Students Summer
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
Second Students Summer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Second Students Summer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
Is Second Students Summer free?
Which has better reviews, First 5 or Second Students Summer?
Do First 5 or Second Students Summer have ads?
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