Comparison

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.

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

Truth Has a Name

Features
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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.

Screenshots

First 53 screens
Truth Has a Name4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
First 5 versus Truth Has a Name: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst 5Truth Has a Name
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (890 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings890 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProverbs 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

None

First 5

No in-app purchases

None

Truth Has a Name

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First 5 free?
First 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Truth Has a Name free?
Truth Has a Name is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do First 5 or Truth Has a Name have ads?
First 5 shows ads; Truth Has a Name does not.
Which is updated more often, First 5 or Truth Has a Name?
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, and Truth Has a Name daily. Most recently, First 5 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Truth Has a Name on October 17, 2026.

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