The Story of God
Churchome’s daily guided prayers and Bible teaching, presented as The Story of God.
For People seeking short guided prayer and Churchome teaching, including people exploring Christian faith.
By Churchome
App StoreOfficial websiteAudience source
- Platform
- iOS
- Category
- Lifestyle
- First release
- 4 November 2018
- Store ratings
- 6,556 (US)
- Research captures
- 16
Design review
Observed choices, what they mean, and what still needs checking.
Access & cost
The Give tab invites partnership through financial giving with Philippians 1:3-5 quoted.
Captured flow · 28 October 2026Attention & control
Reminder defaults, pause and missed-day recovery have not been verified.
Controls not yet verifiedTrust & care
Source boundaries, privacy and safeguards need further review. No app-wide assurance is implied.
Evidence incompleteOffers are dated iOS observations in USD where captured. Eligibility, country and platform can differ. Existing settings are not installation defaults.
Where the observed choices sit
Each row is one scoped observation of a specific flow, not a grade for the whole app.
No practice has been placed on the scale yet.
1 area reviewed, not yet placed7 areas not reviewed yetReview notes
Works against: a choice subverts the person’s agency. Respects: it respects people and safeguards. Restores: a practice restores at a cost freely borne by the builder. Price, Christian branding or a free tier alone do not place an area. How we review.
Screens
16 reviewed screensCaptured app states, distinct from the publisher’s promotional images. Dates and versions belong to each screen; this is not a complete app walkthrough.
Features and patterns
What the reviewed screens show this app doing. A missing entry does not mean a feature is absent.
First use
Churchome introduces daily guided prayer and scripture meditation in a skippable video. Churchome offers account entry or continuing as a guest with limited features.
First useOther apps with first use (89)2 supporting screens
Giving and offerings
Churchome overlays its categories with giving, playlists and app information routes. Churchome shows a $100 gift amount and four giving routes while logged in as a guest. Churchome combines a generosity video, giving FAQs and an invitation to Pastor Chat. Churchome expands its theological explanation for giving. Churchome explains general operating support and designated cause gifts. Churchome directs recurring donation changes to a Pushpay account. Churchome displays its claim of an independent annual audit. Pushpay shows an unsigned Churchome giving setup with amount, frequency, start date and fund controls. Pushpay offers General Giving/Tithes and Story of God as Churchome fund choices. The Give tab invites partnership through financial giving with Philippians 1:3-5 quoted. The Gift Amount shows USD100 with buttons for PushPay, Apple Pay, PayPal and Recurring Giving, followed by a Why do we give? FAQ.
Giving and offeringsOther apps with giving and offerings (26)10 supporting screens
Handing over to people
Churchome combines a generosity video, giving FAQs and an invitation to Pastor Chat.
Handing over to peopleOther apps with handing over to people (15)
Notifications and reminders
Churchome asks about notifications for live services and new guided prayers.
Notifications and remindersOther apps with notifications and reminders (61)
Prayer
Churchome introduces daily guided prayer and scripture meditation in a skippable video. The Story of God lists guided prayer videos with durations.
PrayerOther apps with prayer (34)2 supporting screens
- Download
- Free download · US store
- Access
- Access requirements unverified
Cost, access & publisher model Sources and details
Practical facts, separate from the design assessment. Checked 25 October 2026. A free download does not establish free access to all content.
- App download
- Free download · US · Store source
- Subscriptions
- Subscription status unverified
- Store in-app products
- None declared on the retrieved listing; other payment routes remain unverified
- Donations
- Not verified
- Advertising
- Not verified
What access does payment cover?
The retrieved sources do not establish which capabilities require payment. This is unknown, rather than a claim that the app is free or paid throughout.
Free samples, a free tier and the complete library are different scopes. Store and publisher evidence is separate from the dated captured-flow review in Design review. Coverage varies by offer and platform.
Publisher funding and business model
No source-backed funding or business-model summary is available in this profile yet.
The organization’s complete current funding mix and revenue are not established here. App payments, donations and capital raised describe different things; they do not determine an ethical assessment.
Organization profile and funding sourcesStore facts checked 25 October 2026 (version 4.0.0). Ratings are not downloads or active users. App-specific revenue and active users have not been verified; see the organization profile for separately scoped figures.
Store reviews
Store reviews offer useful questions to investigate. These retrieved samples are self-selected, vary by platform and do not establish the experience of every user.
Illustrative reading
A selected account values guided-prayer routine; this personal testimony does not establish general wellbeing or formation outcomes.
Based on 1 selected review excerpts, which may be historical; not a full thematic analysis. Review source
Review samples, reading and sources
- Google Play
- Matched written-review sample unavailable. No sentiment conclusion drawn.
- Apple App StorePublic review page · default order
10 selected excerpts returned; these may be older and are not a recent or random sample.
Returned dates: 12 November 2018 – 20 September 2026.
View Apple reviews
Collected 28 October 2026. Up to 50 newest Play reviews per requested language/storefront before the date filter. Requested locale does not establish residence; streams may overlap and must not be added together. Star counts describe ratings, not text sentiment or ethical quality. Methods and limitations.
App Store screenshots
View the store listingPublisher-supplied images from the US App Store, checked 25 October 2026. Promotional artwork may include captions or composites; it shows how the publisher presents the app.
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Review notes
Reviewed, not yet placed
Evidence was gathered for these areas, but it does not yet support placing a choice on the frame.
Money and access
The Give tab invites partnership through financial giving with Philippians 1:3-5 quoted. The Gift Amount shows USD100 with buttons for PushPay, Apple Pay, PayPal and Recurring Giving, followed by a Why do we give? FAQ.
Still to check:Activate an approved Apple in-app trial only with owner authentication; record entitlement, cancellation and expiring state. Distinguish the displayed quote from the Apple confirmation sheet and from actual charges.
Not reviewed yet: Attention and agency, Truth and spiritual authority, Privacy and dignity, Formation and relationships, Care and inclusion, Craft and repair, Stewardship and accountability.
The ten principle questions For your own design review
These questions guide discernment; they are not ten scores for this app.
- Keep the Word distinct, and teach it truly
- Can a reader always tell Scripture from our words, and our words from a machine’s?
- Never speak for God
- Would we put our own name under this sentence, or are we borrowing God’s?
- Design for the most vulnerable first
- Who is the most vulnerable person likely to use this today, and what will they see?
- Welcome before you ask, and guard what is told in confidence
- If a friend read everything we keep about this person, would the person be glad?
- Feed the flock, not on it
- Does this serve growth in faith, or only the usage numbers?
- Make room for rest, and say when it is enough
- Where does our product stop, and does it ever tell someone they have done enough?
- Send people to God and to one another
- When someone closes what we built, are they closer to God and to other people?
- Plant and water; leave the growth to God
- What would we stop measuring if we believed growth is God’s?
- Make it well, as an offering
- Would we offer this to God as it is, and could the person with the least sight, time or reading ease use it?
- Hold it with joy and trembling, before God and others
- Who outside the team holds us to account, and who prays for the people who use this?
Use this in your own work
Start with the observed choice, then ask how your own implementation serves people. The evidence is a design example, rather than an app-wide recommendation.