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I’m so glad I found this, it’s given me just what I’ve been looking for—a place where I can experience God and be welcome, without having to search hard to find the rare devotional entry that doesn’t force a traditional view of scripture down my throat, as happens in most bible apps. The people writing reviews saying that this app is unnecessary or causing division by clumping progressives in one place don’t seem to understand what it’s like to live as someone who is unwelcome in traditional Christian spaces. This is such a beautiful oasis where I can simply relax into the presence of God, rather than having to intellectualize and debate and try to prove my worth as a gay man. Traditional Christianity has come close to forcing me away from God entirely, and I’m so happy to have found this app so that I can enjoy the faith practices that I miss so much, and do so in a healthy life-giving way. And as far as the depth of the content—some is very Bible-centered, and some is more topical. Which is exactly what you need in an app that reaches people at any stage of their journey, and plenty of traditional bible apps are the same way. Just because some more conservative reviewers don’t agree with some of the interpretations of scripture they find here doesn’t mean the content is wrong or shallow.

The content is amazing. And I just updated to the latest version and I am so disappointed. I waited a long time before finally updating. And was extremely disappointed to find that the update now puts basically all the content behind a paid wall. At $5/month, it’s a quite costly one at that. I had loved all the different perspectives and that some of the stuff was written by people that I know. And I especially loved that it was free. I totally get that bills need to be paid... But I think the developers need to find another way. Sell ads? Make it a $10 one time fee to download. Charge $1/month or $10/year. Or make it a pay what you can / sliding scale model. As it is, it’s cost prohibitive... and I really can’t recommend it to friends anymore because most of us don’t have the luxury to spend that kind of money on an app. Please please please find a way to make this accessible again.

I liked this app a lot and i love that it exists. I just got back to it and see that now there is almost no content for free. I found one one day devotional and thats it. There might be more but its super hard to find. It’s still an awesome idea and a good app, and i do think it’s fine they have some content you have to pay for. But it’s pretty unusable if thats not affordable for you or if you don’t use it enough to get enough out of it for the price. Hopefully they can find a happy medium to allow at least a few more free devotionals (perhaps separated in a free section so they can be found) for those who are used to the app being free or who can’t upgrade. I wish them luck but I don’t think i will be using it much now as is, which is a bummer.

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I really LOVE the idea of this app. It is so needed in a world where LGBTQ, POC and other marginalized groups are excluded from the rest of “church,” but I was very disheartened to find majority of the content requires a paid subscription. I personally don’t have $5 in my monthly budget, thanks pandemic, to pay for the service and know a huge percentage of potential users who also could not afford it. That said if I were in a place to afford it I would gladly donate so that those that could not, but need this resource would have it available to them. I also know of folx with unsupportive family who are on their parents accounts and purchases like this could cause strife or grief. Just a suggestion for the future. I’ll keep the app until I can afford it, just could really use it now :(

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I truly love the app and the devotionals. They’re some of the best out there and provide a wonderful and inclusive understanding of the Bible and God’s word and plan for us all. However, I was really disappointed to find that the app updated all the devotionals I’m currently in the middle of, I now have to pay a premium subscription to continue reading them. This really stinks. I understand that you all need to make your money, but this is absurd. You’re now limiting the content for money and I wish you’d just keep this as an open resource for people who are truly just trying to find their way and connect/reconnect with their God. Capitalism got you guys and I really am disappointed that I’ll now be deleting the app and praying that I find a similar resource that will give me quality and inclusive content like this.