First 5 vs WiPray
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.
WiPray
Connect with a global community to share prayer requests and praises. Offer support to others or celebrate moments of gratitude together.
- Share prayer requests
- Post praises and gratitude
- Join others in prayer
- Global community connection
- Gratitude celebration
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WiPray platform provides a space for individuals to share their prayer requests and praises, inviting others to join in prayer or celebrate moments of gratitude. WiPray Premium is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks premium content in the app. Title of subscription: WiPray Premium Length of subscription: Monthly (1 month) or Yearly (1 year) Price: shown on the subscription screen before purchase, in your local currency - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.wipray.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First 5 at none against WiPray's 5. First 5 also leads on ratings volume (879 vs 4). WiPray's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). 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
Both are free to download. WiPray sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. First 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.
WiPray holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 879 ratings behind it against 4, 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 WiPray's.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, WiPray weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | WiPray |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (879 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 879 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Advent Hub LLC |
Customer experience
First 5
WiPray
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
WiPray
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
WiPray
- Support Tier 1$4.99
- Support Tier 2$9.99
- Support Tier 3$24.99
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- Support Tier 4$49.99
- Support Tier 5$99.99
