First 5 vs Minimal Bible Widget
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.
Minimal Bible Widget
This app provides a daily Bible verse directly to your iPhone's home screen with a clean, minimalist design. It helps build a spiritual habit without distractions, offering Scripture in both light and dark modes for focus and inspiration.
- Daily Bible verse widget
- Minimalist design
- Light and dark mode support
- Distraction-free experience
- Faith and mindfulness tool
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Tired of visual clutter? Love minimalism? The Minimal Bible Widget is a clean, distraction-free Bible widget for iPhone that brings a daily Bible verse straight to your home screen. Get your Scripture of the Day in a beautifully simple design, optimized for both light and dark mode. This minimal Bible app helps you build a daily spiritual habit without notifications, ads, or unnecessary features—just God’s Word, front and center. Perfect for Christians who want a simple Bible verse widget, the app is ultra-lightweight and designed to help you focus, reflect, and stay inspired throughout the day. Features: • Daily Bible verse widget for your iOS home screen • Minimal, aesthetic, distraction-free design • Supports light mode and dark mode • Fast, lightweight, and easy to use • Ideal for faith, mindfulness, and daily devotion All verses are provided from the public-domain World English Bible and Berean Standard Bible. Bring faith to your home screen with a clean, minimal Bible verse widget—simple, modern, and intentional. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindblownapp.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First 5 at none against Minimal Bible Widget's 4. First 5 also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Minimal Bible Widget's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Minimal Bible Widget sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. First 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for First 5 against 4.4 for Minimal Bible Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 879 and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 80% of Minimal Bible Widget's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Minimal Bible Widget fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | First 5 | Minimal Bible Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) — better | 4.4 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 79.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Godward LLC |
Customer experience
First 5
Minimal Bible Widget
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
Minimal Bible Widget
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Minimalist design
- 🙏 Helps get closer to God
- ☀️ Great for starting the day
- 📱 Useful widget for home/lock screen
- 📖 Inspires daily reading
Room to improve
- 💰 Requires payment/subscription
- 🔄 Verse gets stuck
- 🚫 Cannot choose Bible version
- 📱 Dark mode widget not visible
- ❓ Translation not specified
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
Minimal Bible Widget
Reported bugs
8 issues- Verse gets stuck for days
- Widget changed to dark mode and is not visible
- Lock screen widget not available/removed
- Verses don't change daily on lock screen
- Lock screen widget removed after update
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- App does not appear as a widget option
- Broken Bible verses displayed in widget
- Widget is broken
Requested features
11 requests- Add more Bible translations/versions
- Allow users to choose Bible version
- Add a favorites feature
- Ability to copy verses
- Add a page for previous verses
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- More variety in verses and books
- Adjust spacing on widget
- Option to switch widget modes manually
- Different widget sizes for home screen
- Disclose translation used
- Verses to end at more natural spots
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Minimal Bible Widget
- Godward+7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Godward+$29.991 Year
- Godward+7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Godward+1 Month trial$59.991 Year
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