Comparison

First 5 vs The Wife Expert

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily biblical teachings
  • Highlight, save, and share scripture
  • Integrated Bible reader
  • Customizable reminders
  • Community groups
  • Exportable notes
Features
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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.

About

The Wife Expert

This app offers video-based guidance to help individuals navigate and overcome their spouse's midlife crisis, affair, or separation. It provides strategies to reunite with your partner, rebuild your marriage, and save your family.

Highlights
  • Video-based guidance
  • Understanding spouse's midlife crisis
  • Strategies for reconciliation
  • Rebuilding marriage
  • Saving family
  • Emotional confidence building
  • Proven strategies for intimacy
Features
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“Bring Him Home" - A Proven Path to Surviving your Husband’s (or Wife) Midlife Crisis, Reuniting with Your Spouse, Bringing Your Spouse Back, Rebuilding Your Marriage, and Saving Your family for Generations. *Note: This app was created for Women who want their MLC husbands home, yet Men who join and want their wives back home actually have faster success! What You Get Inside The Wife Expert App: The Most Engaging and Incredible Videos You Will Ever Find On Surviving and Stopping a Midlife Crisis, Affair, Separation, Divorce or even Marriage Abandonment! "WE" isn't just another boring program. "WE" is a powerful, engaging, and entertaining learning experience that helps you truly understand what is happening inside the mind of your spouse and what you can do about it. Soon, your eyes and mind will believe that not only will you bring him home, you will see you are able to get whatever you want in your life. Period. Currently WE is at 40 hours of video content, and we are adding new videos weekly! Why Join Laurie’s WE Program? You want your husband home. He's having an affair and feels hopeless. You are sad, angry, frustrated, and don’t know what to do. Nothing is working, and you are ready to quit, but don't want to. Everyone is telling you to divorce him, and you don't want to. You are ready to take action and make things change. BOTTOM LINE: Is your husband lost? Confused? Angry? Is he cheating? Wanting to separate? Wanting a divorce? Maybe he is going through a difficult painful time, a midlife crisis, a fear of death, or maybe has he simply betrayed your trust?
Whether your husband or wife is emotionally withdrawn, having an affair, wanting a divorce or feeling empty or numb in the chaos of life, Laurie’s WE engaging and educational “Bring Him Home” proven video-based guide and blue print will guide you to save your marriage and keep your family together. Learn how to:
Bring him back home and create a stronger relationship.
 Understand his midlife crisis and respond effectively.
Say the right words at the right time to inspire connection.
 Build emotional confidence to handle his behavior without fear.
Use proven strategies to break through his defenses and restore intimacy. Feel free from fear, worry, and hopelessness. Gain clarity, confidence, and control.
NO MORE NEGATIVE FEELINGS: Fear. Uncertainty. Anxiety. Worry. Second-guessing, sleepless nights and that uncomfortable feeling of horrid hopelessness, like you're fighting a never-ending losing battle. "WE" HELPS YOU FEEL: Empowered, Confident, and in control of yourself, your choices, your decisions. You will feel that everything you do aligns with who you are and what you want: Your Family together. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND: Exactly what steps to take, how to take them, as well as how to execute them with certainty, courage, and determination. You will also know specific tasks and actions to do, objectives to conquer and what will happen when your unbelievable, yet very attainable goal of saving your family, comes to fruition. WORKING WITH LAURIE IS A GAME-CHANGER BECAUSE: She’s real and funny and makes me laugh when I want to cry. If she could bring her husband home, so can I. Laurie is a Coach. And isn't afraid to tell me when I'm in my Ego and helps me out. She’s so wise. She makes me feel normal and not alone on this crazy rollercoaster. She’s authentic. I feel like she’s part of my family. She genuinely cares and understands me, better than I even understand myself. She took my call at 2am! I called, she answered! Who does that? Laurie makes me feel I matter. Download The Wife Expert app now and take control of your future. Feel secure knowing you're on the right path to bringing your husband home, stopping his affair, and rebuilding your marriage. For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://thewifeexpert.uscreen.io/pages/terms-conditions -Privacy Policy: https://thewifeexpert.uscreen.io/pages/privacy-policy

Screenshots

First 53 screens
The Wife Expert3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First 5 at none against The Wife Expert's 1. First 5 also leads on ratings volume (891 vs 16). The Wife Expert's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Wife Expert sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per month. First 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Wife Expert holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 891 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Wife Expert's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First 5 ships an update every 3 months, The Wife Expert every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
First 5 versus The Wife Expert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst 5The Wife Expert
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (891 ratings)4.8 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings891 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProverbs 31 Ministry, Inc.Laurie McDermott

Customer experience

First 5

All ratings873 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive73.2%
Neutral12.7%
Negative14.1%

The Wife Expert

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

The Wife Expert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

First 5

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Wife Expert

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Access$69.991 Month

Questions

Is First 5 free?
First 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Wife Expert free?
The Wife Expert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, First 5 or The Wife Expert?
The Wife Expert is rated higher. First 5 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 891 ratings, while The Wife Expert averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do First 5 or The Wife Expert have ads?
First 5 shows ads; The Wife Expert does not.
Which is updated more often, First 5 or The Wife Expert?
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, and The Wife Expert every 5 weeks. Most recently, First 5 was updated on November 11, 2026 and The Wife Expert on October 30, 2026.

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