First 5 vs Spoken
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.
Spoken
This audio Bible app allows users to record their own scripture readings, listen to others, and share spiritual moments with loved ones. It offers a free, ad-free experience for listening and contributing anytime, anywhere.
- Record scripture readings
- Listen to audio Bible
- Share scripture moments
- Invite family and friends
- Offline listening
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Spoken is an audio Bible app that lets you record your own readings, listen to others, and share meaningful scripture moments with your family and friends. - Record and store your favorite passages - Invite family and friends to listen or contribute - Listen anytime, anywhere - Completely free — no ads, no subscriptions Start speaking and sharing the Word today with Spoken.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spoken at none against First 5's shown. Spoken also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (888 vs 11). On price, rating, update cadence 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 4.6 for Spoken. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 888 ratings behind it against 11, 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 Spoken's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (888 ratings) | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 888 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | 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 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Jason Lay |
Customer experience
First 5
Spoken
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
Spoken
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Spoken
No in-app purchases
