First 5 vs Truth Has a Name
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.
Truth Has a Name
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Truth Has a Name is a quiet place to be with God. Not another feed to keep up with — a companion for the few honest minutes a day when you want to pray, to listen, and to be met by Scripture rather than by noise. • Guide — be led, one question at a time, from what's on your heart toward what God might be saying in it. It reflects back what it hears, and lands in Christ. • Abide — a guided devotion you can simply listen to. Choose a length, choose stillness or soft music, and let a passage and a short reflection carry you into prayer. • Scripture — read the Bible plainly, or follow Daily Bread, a reading that meets you where you are and gives you room to respond. • Ask Anything — a companion grounded in Scripture, for the questions you're turning over. It's honest about what it doesn't know, and it points you back to the Word. • Together — a small, private circle. Share a verse that carried you, ask for prayer, sit with someone in theirs. Only the people you've invited ever see it. Come as you are. There's nothing to keep up with, and nothing to perform — just a door you can open each morning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Truth Has a Name at none against First 5's shown. Truth Has a Name also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Truth Has a Name daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Truth Has a Name |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (890 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 890 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Sam Hazledine |
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
Truth Has a Name
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Truth Has a Name
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is First 5 free?
Is Truth Has a Name free?
Do First 5 or Truth Has a Name have ads?
Which is updated more often, First 5 or Truth Has a Name?
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