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Jesus Calling Devotional App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Jesus CallingI love love love this book. I also purchased the app a couple years ago for approx $10, and have since gave the physical book to a friend. However, I just opened the app up and many of the daily devotionals are locked! I believe it’s ones I did not open. And I now need to subscribe for $4.99 monthly just to see all of the Jesus Calling content! $10 is/was essentiallly the cost of an e-book so I think it’s fair that I should continue to have access to the original content of that book..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Update has made it totally unusableUpdate has made it totally unusable the way I’ve been using it for the last 3 years or so. I have been listening to it read to me before my eyes are fully opened each day. I have found that to be such a sweet & inspirational way to start my day. So much so that I have not missed a single day in all that time. However, now I’m unable to highlight it to hear it as audio (or to share the text with my husband, who is an over the road trucker, gone for a month at a time) I saw the audio option at the top but it doesn’t work for me & the directions that pop up, for restoring my purchase, didn’t work either. When I purchased the app people warned me, that an app where they would charge so much, shows greediness. I defended it because I saw the value in it but with this situation, it kinda feels like a way of trying to get More money out of those who have already purchased it. The 3 stars are for the value I’ve gotten out of it until this point & the 2 missing stars are for the value that I feel has been taken away 😔.Version: 7.0.2
✓ You Messed It Up Again😩This is the second time that you all have messed up the app. It was working perfectly as of 2021. But now, with this last update that I just did May 2021. Now I’m not able to select all and copy the text to send to my loved ones who don’t have smart phones. And that is why I only gave three stars. I thought the goal was to share this word, More so then share the link to purchase this word. I am thinking about deleting this app all together and just copying word from another source so that I can send in a text to my love ones. It would be okay, if when I use the link it would allow my loved ones to read the entire passages for the day, but it won’t even do that. I hate this last update for this reason. It won’t even allow my iPhone lady (Siri), to read the passage to me anymore. That is a MAJOR no no! Sincerely; Frustrated Subscriber. 😩.Version: 7.0.2
✓ Jesus callingCan’t do with the tactics in subscription. I’m a sheep for the Lord, but won’t be fleeced by you..Version: 8.0.2
✓ The Book is Amazing; the App is TerribleI first off want to start by saying that this book (Jesus Calling) is amazing. I read it nearly every day and do feel like the Lord is speaking to me through it, reminding me daily to seek His face. I started reading this book at the suggestion of a friend at my salvation, and have not stopped since. I started by reading the physical book—loved it so much that I thought to go to the app. Here’s where it gets tough. I had to purchase the book again on the app (understandable, kind of like buying a book on Kindle), but I have to jump through hoops to access it. I can only go to my library, and have to scroll all the way down. I used to be able to just go to the corresponding day. There have been a couple times that I tried to even access it through the “library” tab and it said that I had to buy it (which I already did), so I had to delete the app and reinstall. I tried contacting app support but received no response. Everywhere else in the app, it says I have to buy the book or get a subscription. So again, not having trouble with the book itself. It’s amazing. It’s just that this app is frustratingly not working properly..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Love this appHowever I did prefer the scriptures being in bold & italicised. Made reading it easier for me & I found I was more able to understand/comprehend the daily devotional. Also I'm in the Southern Hemisphere, in South Australia, & it is now a day a head for me. Otherwise I love this app. It is my only devotional I have & read. 👍🏼.Version: 1.7
✓ UnusableI love the old app but this version is so small that I can't see it and when I enlarge the font the lines run off the screen. I feel so sad because I loved the old version but this is not something that I want to even try to read and in it's current state, it is unusable. Can I please have the old "unupdated" version back?.Version: 1.7
✓ Gifting not available!!!!I toggled your gift box at bottom of home page. Doesn't go directly to gifting as it did before but sends you to an APP store page which is a waste of time. Then I cancelled that attempt and went directly to my APP Store APP on my own iPhone and several pages later could not find any way to gift because my IPhone already has this Jesus Calling App and so it shows as "Open" only. No where can I find "gift it". I have tried 3 different times and I now will give up trying to give 3-5 copies away and provide you 3-5 sales. This version is the WORST EVER. VERY DISAPPOINTED!! Why you ever chose these folks to re do your APP was clearly a mistake based on the almost unanimous poor reviews..Version: 1.7
✓ ReplyNotice how each of your reply’s is not actually addressing any of the concerns. How about you fix the app. I get how it works now, for the first 9 days of each month it flips back to the first of January, then works the rest of the month. Since you can’t seem to direct your users how to get around this issue I will. Go to library at the bottom of the page and you have to manually scroll all the way back through the year to find the date. Then click on it and read. Since they messed with this app it reverts for the first 9 days. After that, you can click on “read next day”. Not sure why this glitch cannot be fixed. Your (January 25th) automated reply is a slap in the face to everyone who cares about reading Sarah Young’s words and you have done nothing to rectify the problems you caused with your so called “update”. Do better!.Version: 8.0.3
✓ Helps me draw closer to Jesus!but it has glitchesThe Jesus Always version often has glitches and disrupts my devotion time . It often doesn’t go to todays reading but to a different one… so annoying ! Can you pls fix this My previous review gave 5 stars: : So love the Jesus Calling and Jesus Always devotions ! I read them first thing in my day and it is often as though God is speaking to me !! I can take the app wherever my phone goes and it works offline when we are camping . My day is not the same if I miss soaking in the words. thank you Sarah Young!.Version: 8.0.2
✓ Very unhappy with updateI have read Jesus Calling over and over each year since it was first available. I have copied and pasted the devotional and sent to my son for last couple of years.. I always sent it to him in the morning when I read it.. He commented how he looked forward to starting his day with my text.. your update doesn’t allow that for us anymore. Your update has take away something very special between my son and me. I can’t help but think it is an act of greediness on your part…wanting people to purchase that app rather than being thrilled someone is benefiting from the devotional… I paid for it and I should be able to share it.. I have been taken screen shots of it but it takes 2 to get in all in.. just a hassle and not the same…I’m thinking about just cancelling the app and finding a new source to text my son.. this has been very upsetting to me and changed the way I have always felt about Jesus Calling…to be honest I’m sure He isn’t happy you have made this change either…from talking to other people about it I’m not the only one that feels this way!.Version: 7.0.2
✓ Disappointed with the newer version of the appI purchased the app years and years ago and it was pretty prefect to use. Now I have to subscribe to access the Jesus Calling book I had purchased. Not impressed..Version: 8.0.3
✓ Was better beforeI bought this app years ago and used it, now they want everyone to “subscribe” meaning keep paying for something that I already paid for, so now it does not work for me. Not very ethical for an apl dedicated to Jesus..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Mixed up datesThe recent update got the dates mixed up. Today is January 10 and your devotional date shows January 11. Please fix it..Version: 1.7
✓ POOR new versionThe v1.7 is very poor compared to its predecessor. Was any testing done? No font control and bugs. Don't upgrade would be my recommendation. Very disappointing. (Content is still good Sarah :-).Version: 1.7
✓ Bait & Switch Money GrabSave your money and buy the hardcopy. This app is a money grab. After a year and a couple months, all of a sudden I have to renew my subscription. Why would I need to renew my subscription on a book I've already read? There's no new material. Why would I have to pay more to read the same thing that I read last year?!! Also, the interface is horrible. It's like they've never even looked at their own app typically with books, including daily devotionals you can swipe left or right to scroll from page to page--not here! If you want to see the next day or the previous day, you have to hit the back button and then you have to scroll from January to whatever date you're on now you have to find it like like closing the book and having to find page 324 when you were on page 325. Ridiculous horrible app. don't waste your money. Buy the hardcopy if you want to read "Jesus Calling.".Version: 8.0.1
✓ Excellent content - but stingy appGreat content...the daily reminders and communications are very good! However I am very disappointed with the lack of being able to share. The app sellers seems much to concerned about app revenue and not allowing users to share a "good reading". Simple business will prove it will be more successful if you allow people to share a daily reading with someone without them having to first buy the app. Max 300 characters? seriously...saying it is a copyright concern is an honest cop-out. I'm sure we can be more generous?? Please find a way to make this work. Right now I am embarrassed to forward a reading to someone...and I don't plan on "gifting" it to everyone I think of when I feel I need to share the excerpt. Fix this and it's 5 star 100%!! I really appreciate the encouragement I gain by reading this every day and I am sure many more people will too!.Version: 2.1
✓ Why did the app for Jesus Calling change?My husband and I have had Jesus Calling on our phones for a long time. We also have hard copies of the book. The words have directed and comforted us for years My husbands phone still has the appearance/look and intro of the original app which I loved. His app shows the original cover of the book and then you immediately see God’s hands as the day’s devotional loads. The daily reading appears immediately once loaded. My phone’s app has changed and I can’t get the original appearance back. For me, being drawn into the hands as it loads calms me and having it go directly into the daily reading was perfect. I miss that intro. Now I read from my book rather than the app I enjoyed so much..Version: 7.0.9
✓ Format changeJust like any other app, changed format and dislike . Sent email and no resolution ..Version: 7.0.2
✓ Jesus Calling joining the subscription movementWhen I first downloaded the app a few years ago, I paid for access to the daily Jesus Calling devotionals—it wasn’t something that was free to begin with. I think I paid $9.99 or about what it would cost to buy a printed copy of the book. Tonight, I opened the app and now, to access the devotionals, a subscription is required?! After I already paid to download the app?! I’m so disappointed in whoever controls this app. I understand that everyone needs to make money somehow and, if the app wasn’t already a paid app, I would sort of understand charging a fee. But almost $60 a year for a monthly subscription? As far as I know, the content doesn’t change from year to year, and I don’t want the magazine and the audio and all of that. All I want is to be able to access the devotionals to read before I go to bed every night..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Updates have ruined the app for meJesus Calling has brought me peace and calm over the years. I’ve enjoyed reading the daily devotionals every morning. Up until the forcing of premium into readers. After purchasing the app, which is the same 365 readings every year, I thought the procurement was finished. Fast forward several years and now Premium seems to be the only way to move around to different readings. I used to be able to revisit “favorites” and readings that moved me. Now, after a slew of updates, I can’t get past January 1st without having to purchase the recurring premium package. There have been many updates since the release of the premium option. Each update has had a different impact. The most recent says “to make the daily reading button more intuitive” and yet when you hit it your taken to 1 January and no way to get to the current day. It’s unfortunate that what started out as something to bring peace and joy in people’s lives through the reflections of daily passages, has now become more about increasing bottom line revenue. Before premium this would have been 5 stars. Now I give it 2. If it hadn’t been for the impact the readings have had over the years I’d make it a 1 due to all the glitches from the updates and the forcing of premium on those who just want to enjoy all the readings.Version: 8.0.3
✓ Same Experience as “Why Change Things Up”Same experience. App worked for 3 days then everything gets locked. I already paid for the subscription many many years ago…why should I have to pay for a NEW subscription? I reached out for assistance and finally received an e-mail reply. I was given instructions on how to fix the App as a “legacy subscriber”. I followed the instructions and the App continues to lock??? What a shame. Don’t waste your $$$ on a subscription. In a few years they will figure out a way to make you pay and subscribe again to a “new and improved” version of the App!!!.Version: 8.0.3
✓ Better, but still not like the previous versionThanks for listening to the reviewers and fixing a very bad update-- it really was a backwards move. Font is better, but missing the calming design from before. Thanks for fixing the date, however the reminder still won't clear.... I don't want to uninstall and reinstall as I lose all my notes... I've done what you suggested.... Can you please fix sooner than later? Overall better, but still not back to where you started when you messed with a perfectly good app..Version: 1.71
✓ I liked the old version .I love this app . Since it has changed I find it hard . The old way you felt closer To God . The Readings are Beautiful I love it but it has a different feeling . It was in bold Text.Version: 1.7
✓ Truly dishearteningI am so saddened and disheartened that the devotional that I paid for years ago and have enjoyed reading almost daily ever since is no longer accessible to me without a subscription. That is literally like buying a book in a bookstore and then ten years later, the author walks into your house and takes it off the bookshelf. I’m disheartened because I know the words Sarah wrote in Jesus Calling are so divinely appointed. I can’t imagine falling so far away that you choose to withhold those words from the users that paid for them, all in hopes of making a few extra bucks on monthly subscriptions. I do have the hard copy but I like reading on my phone first thing in the morning before I even turn my light on. I’m urging you to reconsider this decision. Please restore access to those who have already paid for it and just trust that God will provide for you financially another way. I can’t tell you how many times Jesus Calling has been exactly what I needed for the day ahead or to fall asleep after a difficult day..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Why change things up?I originally bought the book Jesus Calling. I’d read it everyday and shared daily verses with my colleagues. I’ve even bought additional books to give away! Once I found out that I could have it on my phone, I bought the app. Ive had the app for some time now. Since it was modified for additional features, it hasn’t worked right since. I have reached out to support to let them know and they have always been gracious in their reply. Sometimes the fix they offer works for a bit, then it ‘breaks’ again. I truly enjoy this app. It brings me comfort. I just find it disheartening now..Version: 8.0.3
✓ DisappointedThis app used to be fantastic. Now it’s turned into a money making app unless I pay more money and subscribe. I can’t imagine the author being happy about this outcome. I have purchased and given so many Jesus Calling books. Still love it but when I’m traveling can’t use the app any more without subscribing. Disappointed..Version: 8.0.2
✓ What about loyalty to your original customers?I am very disappointed that Jesus calling is so difficult to access for those who initially purchased the app years ago! For a long time I was not able to access it at all. Now when I go to “todays reading” it only lets me see the first few devotions of January. I emailed them about this and they gave me the steps to correct this but it didn’t work. I have to go through several steps each time to get to the book and then have to scroll through the whole year to todays date. It it has become all about marketing the new products not about developing a closer walk with Jesus as Sara Young intended. I purchased the original book years ago and now have trouble accessing it. No matter how you look at it that is dishonest! Certainly not the type of company you want to purchase products from and definitely not a company who is honoring God in their business!.Version: 8.0.3
✓ It's ruined!I am so very disappointed with the new update. I can't read the small font and so it is no longer a relaxing and peace filled experience as it was before! The update is now just hard work. No copy and paste function to enable sharing or adding to my own notes and the date is now always a day ahead...(I'm in Australia) this is a downgrade not an upgrade at all in my opinion....a waste of money and useless to me now particularly with the font change. Please upgrade the quality back to what it was? God was finally talking to me, please put it back? It is ruined the way it is now..Version: 1.7
✓ Please restore to previous format!One of the first things I do each day is read Jesus Calling. Ever since the change in format I am sad each day as I try and rekindle the excitement I used to feel each day on reading this daily devotional. Previously it was in the same layout as the book do Jesus Calling. Why change that? It’s just not the same now to read this message each day..Version: 7.0.3
✓ Updates should be improvementsVery disappointed to find it had been updated with a poorer display. I liked opening up to the daily message which was presented so nicely. Now it is just a text document in small print and I have to find the correct date to even open the message. If it would have looked like this when I first saw it, I would have chosen not to buy it. I'm glad to see that there are more updates coming, I hope presentation tops the list!.Version: 1.7
✓ New update the worstSo sad and mad about the new update. I bought and paid $10. for this ebook many years ago. Now they want to charge me $3.00 per month to read what I already paid for. Need to change the name of this App and take Jesus name off it. It’s a disgrace to His name..Version: 8.0.1
✓ TERRIBLEI wasn’t sure if I was the only one who passionately disliked the new version. I see that there are countless new reviews letting you know how much we detest it. Not one single positive review. This version obviously failed miserably and you need to go back to the drawing board and start over. In the meantime, please give us the prior version back, until you can incorporate your desired new features into the old design. I don’t know what happened here, or how anyone thought this new version was a good design, from its inception, nor can I comprehend how the persons in charge of making the decision to go forward with publishing the new app version could have responsibly approved it. Based on the overwhelming negative reactions to the new app, someone needs to ask some hard questions. Until new developers can be hired, can we please have the old app back?.Version: 7.0.2
✓ Please bring back the old version, the update is horrible!Before the update, I would have given this 5 stars. The layout was beautiful/inviting and I looked forward to opening my app each day. Now with the new update the daily devotions looks like a work e-mail and the app is extremely inconvenient to navigate. I would have never purchased this app if this was the original layout/format. Please bring back the old layout. You have numerous valued customers saying the same thing. There is a consistent theme-please bring back the old version. I miss it and the peace it brought to my morning routine. I unfortunately don’t even use the app anymore and have pulled out my physical book copy instead but miss the convenience of having it on my phone. Please listen to the feedback and bring back the old version prior to the most recent update..Version: 7.0.5
✓ Great app but glitchyIt won’t let me scroll down the page after I clicked on the devo for the day so I can only read the beginning 🙁.Version: 6.1.2
✓ Sent several emails but no fix or responseMy review isn’t about the content, because it is amazing. My review is about the lack of response from this company and no fix to the problem at hand. I’ve had this app for many years and have loved it. About 6-8 months ago, the original audio I paid for, for Jesus Calling stopped working. I’ve emailed the company several times and I’ve had no response. I’ve deleted the app and redownloaded all content several times to no avail. I now have a new phone and it still doesn’t work. I bought the audio because I suffer with chronic migraines and have a very difficult time reading at times. Listening is sometimes my only way to spend time with the Lord. I’d rather you fix this issue but if you can’t, please refund my money. Thank you!.Version: 7.13
✓ Terrible update please fix!!I was a daily reader until this terrible update. Now the date is always wrong, it shows tomorrow instead of today, and the font is way too small and you can't make it any bigger! Please revert back to the previous version or address these issues ASAP!.Version: 1.7
✓ Not happyI bought this book and you have stolen it from me I want my money back I did enjoy it but they are robbers not Christian at all just very selfish people.Version: 8.0.1
✓ More disappointed over the yearsI paid for this app years ago when it first came out and even weathered several clunky app changes that took the app from being a beautiful prompt in my time with the Lord (with lovely pages that mimicked the book itself) to plain looking and full of app glitches with days that didn’t sync up, to back to being more stylistically like the book again. Now for me to use the app I paid for as an early supporter and even read the app opening on the right day, or share anything as an encouragement (which I used to do with my husband) I have to now pay a monthly fee. The least they could do is support those who paid already. It feels like robbery to have you pay for one thing and then take it away to get you to pay more - and for Biblical content is just disappointing to say the least. A move like that isn’t in keeping with scripture, itself..Version: 8.0.3
✓ Horrible Update!I love this app. Truly I do. It’s the first thing I read upon waking in the morning. However, this new update is horrendous. It’s not user friendly and more specifically, the overall look and feel has gone from soothing to harsh. The daily devotional doesn’t even appear right when you open it but you have to click on the one you want, there are no color changes that depict you’re actually reading a devotional (looks like a boring document you have to read for work) and I miss the italicized scriptures. Scripture is so very important and it needs to stand out as such. I’ll continue reading this as the content and correlating versus truly do speak to me on a daily basis but why try to fix something that isn’t broke? Go back to the way it was!.Version: 7.0.2
✓ Gift this app doesn't work!!The best devotional ever! But very much disappointed. I finally was able to figure out the "gift the app" and send it to my friend. I got charged but my friend didn't received it. How can I get the refund now????.Version: 1.6
✓ I'm glad I'm not the only one.I love this book. It always helps me connect with Jesus' peace and build a beautiful relationship with him. However I do not like the new update. The font is very small and if you zoom in or out it stay to the left of the page. The white it also not as relaxing as the previous brown. It's nice to read off a colour other than white. I hope changes are made - in finding it difficult to read regularly with the new update..Version: 1.7
✓ Give me the old jesus calling devotionalI have given probably 200 Jesus Calling books to our wounded warriors, police officers and people that God leads me to that need Jesus. I have purchased apps for people and now with the update, it messes the entire premise of what Jesus calling app is susppose to do. You have gone commercial with the app and that is why you get 2 stars. We need one app for the devotional that we buy and have it come up on the day that we want to read it. I pray for direction on which devotional that I lead my group. Probably over 100 daily readers from our precious military and now I have gotten feedback that the app doesnt work. Please go back and make it non commercial. We know you have all of these books but we dont care. If we are led to buy them then great but dont force us to go through the hoops of a newsletter and daily words that we are not interested in. I want the day9today devotional to come up when I press on the jesus calling app. Blessings to you.Version: 7.0.4
✓ Lizz1962I just tapped on the app & I no longer have access to it which I purchased several years ago, I don’t want to subscribe, I want it back the way it was.Version: 8.0.1
✓ Bad Update!It was a fantastic app until the update:( Now the date is wrong, shows I always have a notification, scrolling is awkward, and the words are way too small. Very disappointed:(.Version: 1.7
✓ No longer use this appJust went to monthly subscription. Just deleted app. Not user friendly any more. For a long time this has been my number one go to app. I literally read Jesus calling every single morning. But they made a lot of changes and it’s really not user-friendly anymore. At this point, I really don’t think they care of people read it or not. They have not addressed a single one of the issues, and if you look at the reviews, there’s a whole lot of people that are upset with the changes that they made. Heaven for bid you have to miss a day or two navigating back to those days is horrendous. I hold out hope that they will fix all these horrible updates, because it really was a great app before they “fixed” it..Version: 8.0
✓ Very disappointedLike many other reviewers, I owned this app I paid for so many years ago. I started every morning prayer and meditation time by reading this app. I noticed a week or so ago, I couldn’t get to that days reading, only to find it it became a subscription type app. If there was a forthcoming warning of this I missed it. I deleted app. Realizing that I had so many readings in my favorites I re downloaded the app to see could I get to those. Once downloaded, I couldn’t get to my old favorites are even account. It is as if I was logging in for first time. It’s strange not starting my day any longer without these readings. Seems like those who purchased it would have gotten some type credit for that purchase. Guess everyone is all about the money these days. Bummer, yet I understand..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Doesn't workQuits immediately on start up.Version: 1.0
✓ PerplexedHello there, It was saddening a couple week ago that the daily devotion couldn’t be accessed with out a subscription to all Jesus Calling devotionals. The option to have a choice to keep what has already been paid for, is always a good option. The one I really enjoy the most is Jesus Calling, Peace in His Presence, as I’ve purchased other Jesus Calling devotions in a store where I live. The option to not keep what I had, I did delete the app and I do have the devotional book, so I started reading it again. The choice to be able to show others when I’m not at home, was a wonderful way to witness to others about our precious Savior! With a few friends, we love this particular devotion and talk about the daily devotions often, have shared them as well. I started praying as God can change things, if it’s His will. Looked again and praise God, the option to read the daily devotion is now back! Thank you for listening to the Holy Spirit, as answered prayers are always blessings! I lost my 5th child, my only son, in January of this year and the words of encouragement and peace help tremendously with this loss. Praise God for inspiring Sarah Young!.Version: 8.0.1
✓ Font sizeI am having trouble with the size of the print and can't find a settings button to enlarge the font. I now have to use a magnifying glass to do the daily reading which is very awkward. I loved the old app. Please bring it back..Version: 1.7
✓ Very DisappointingWoke up to read read Jesus Calling only to suddenly find it is now locked. The book I had purchased nd had been reading for years is now a subscription. Sadly, I will delete it and just simply go back to the printed copy. Everything is about money..Version: 8.0
✓ Used to love it… Now it’s not accessible for meI am so disappointed in this app. I have been an avid lover of Jesus Calling for many years.. first I purchased the book and then the app.I began having visual problems and spent a lot of extra money to get the deluxe audiobook. It is the only way I can have access and the audio has not worked in a very long time.. I wrote to the company for help a couple of times… So long ago I can’t remember but at least a year ago for my first correspondence. I just got a vague answer back saying they did not know when the audio would be available again. So recently in my extreme frustration I wrote them not once but twice again expressing my frustration at having spent so much money for something that I cannot use at all. No one even bothered to answer either of my emails. So I am out $30 and have no access to a book I once truly loved. I was trying to use the app on several different devices with different operating systems, so it is not a problem on my end. All are iPads or iPhones. I am sorry… I truly hate to write a negative review for a Jesus Calling app that I loved so much. But I don’t think this is the right way to treat someone who has made a purchase from you..Version: 7.13
✓ This is absolutely terrible!!What a shock to open this “new improved” version of the app!! PLEASE....put it back to what it was! I can’t even give it 1 star but am forced to do so or I can’t send..Version: 7.0.3
✓ Bad move...The last update has ruined this app for me. The print is SO small and enlarging is useless. It is also off by a day in highlighting current reading for the day. I want my old app back..Version: 1.7
✓ Very disappointedI purchased this app several years ago. I had full access to all content, looked forward to my daily devotionals, saved messages that I wanted to have quick access to. However, several times in the last two years I have lost access to the content I had already purchased. Sometimes it happened at the beginning of a new month, or a new year, or with an app update. After much frustration and many tries I was often able to access the content again after a period of time. At this point, it has been two months since I've been able to access the content. I've removed the app, I've re-downloaded the app, I've restored purchases, I still can't access anything past January 7. I emailed support, received no response in over 30 days. I finally realized that the publishers of this app decided money (in the form of a paid subscription rather than a one time payment) was more important than people actually counting on them for their daily devotionals. I wonder if Sarah Young would approve of this choice. At this point, it has become a clear sign to move on. It's apparent that God has another message intended for me. Sadly, as much as I appreciate the Jesus Calling book and enjoyed the convenience of the app, I won't be able to recommend it anymore..Version: 8.0.3
✓ Good content | poor AppI really like the content. However I am disappointed with the new layout and it had taken a step backwards on functionality. It is now too heavily focused on promoting other resources that are available for purchase. The worst thing is the removal of the ability to copy and paste. The original app didn’t have that function, then a newer version introduced the feature, but now you’ve removed it again! Why? I loved having the ability to paste segments into my journal from time to time..Version: 7.0.2
✓ Here We Go AgainI had already written, rewritten twice, the developer was kind enough to respond and fix the greed issue and here we are again, three weeks later with the same issue. The content is locked unless I pay AGAIN when I already paid the first time AND purchased two of Sarah Young’s devotional (including this one) and one for nurses given to me as a gift. I love the convenience of being able to read daily anywhere. This morning the remainder of the content is LOCKED unless a purchase a subscription and pay monthly or yearly. Who in the world wants to have to make ANOTHER payment?! I would send the screenshot but this does not allow that feature. Please stop this greedy foolishness. Now I am going to delete this app AGAIN..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Bad updateThe reminder function no longer launches the app. Also it defaults to the wrong date!.Version: 1.7
✓ Can’t read purchased text contentMy wife and I have enjoyed reading Jesus Calling by Sarah Young for many years. As the text version no longer works we will have to delete it from our iOS devices..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Totally InaccessibleThis app is a total waste of money for a blind user as it does not work with VoiceOver..Version: 5.0.0
✓ We have to pay more?Why did this become a subscription? This was gifted to me a couple of years ago and now I only have access to a few dates in January. If I want to unlock more content I have to pay more and monthly? I’m hoping that it’s something wrong on my end and not that greed has taken over..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Not usable without a subscription now, sadI travel full time for work and the first thing I do is grab my phone and open my Jesus Calling before anything else. It suddenly snagged on a specific day and you can no longer read any further, unless you pay the monthly fee or yearly fee. When I hear “follow the money” it usually means to a root of something not good. In this case someone chose to alter loyal followers lives by forcing them to pay subscription services they can’t afford in an economy that this is one of the things that brought them peace and hope from. Please don’t reply with a token “looks like you’ve having a technical difficulty”. No I’m having a trust issue now because your app/company became greedy. And during the month of December what a wonderful experience for your faithful, Christen following how use this app as part of their daily fellowship..Version: 8.0.1
✓ Disappointed with UpdateOne of the joys I had with this devotional was that I could copy and paste it into emails to share with friends and family to encourage them. Every now and then as I read a particular day’s devotional, God would bring someone to mind that might find encouragement from that particular day’s scripture. I would copy and paste it into a text message with the title: Jesus Calling plus the date. It was such an easy way for me to minister to that person in a way that was meaningful to them. I have one friend in particular that has suffered multiple brain injuries that loved it when I shared this devotional with her. Now I’m no longer able to without her having to purchase and download the application on her phone. She needs things kept simple and this latest update has made it more complicated to share with her. All that to say, I’m not receiving the enjoyment or benefit that I once experienced with this app. So sad and disappointing. I rarely read it anymore..Version: 7.0.7
✓ Updated version...I add my comments to the latest reviews I’ve been reading. The old version was much preferred. I appreciated the simplicity of this daily devotional app, and now the updated version is not inviting at all. The font and color are harsh. I also appreciated the fact that previously when I opened it every day it immediately opened to that current day’s devotional, like a bookmark. I didn’t have the whole list in front of me to choose from. It was an extreme shock to open the app, have it ask for my name and take me through a series of prompts, when I was expecting to just open this welcome ebook and pick up where I left off before. Extremely disappointing. Not thinking I’ll be using it anymore. When I want to dig deeper I go to my Bible directly for that, not through a paid app. Not everything needs to be so ‘busy’ with info. Sometimes simple is better..Version: 7.0.1
✓ VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE NEW UPDATE!I agree with every other review on this page werein the readers are very upset about the new update. Please update and change it back to the way it was before. It is just sooooo frustrating that you can’t even go to the next page/day by just tapping or swiping the bottom. Also, if you miss a couple of days readings and you want to catch up, you have to go back to the homepage where there is a listing of the month and day, but it always takes you back to the first of the year so you have to scroll all the way down to the find the month and day that you want to read. It is so annoying!!! I am extremely disappointed with this new update. It’s just ridiculous!!… and not easy to use at all. It sounds like you have ALOT of readers that are upset. You need to make some changes!!!.Version: 7.0.9
✓ ChangesOk so I opened my Jesus calling app this morning to see a different format. Hmm 🤨 what’s going on here I said ? Not liking the stark background that the writings are written on. My old one had an old world paper look to it. It took me a while to find today’s reading . Then when I did as I said there’s nothing warm looking on the page. I like to copy and paste my favourite scriptures at the bottom of the page into my notes. Which then stayed in chronological order to be read at my leisure. I cannot copy and paste , what have your developers done ? This format seems to be so Impersonal. Not at all happy 😑.Version: 7.0.1
✓ Worst everHugh disappointment. I have discontinued usage until remedy. THE WAY IT SHOULD BE LIVING IN DEPENDENCE ON ME is the way to enjoy abundant life. You are learning to appreciate tough times because they amplify your awareness of My Presence. Tasks that you used to dread are becoming rich opportunities to enjoy My closeness. When you feel tired, you remember that I am your Strength; you take pleasure in leaning on Me. I am pleased by your tendency to turn to Me more and more frequently, especially when you are alone. When you are with other people, you often lose sight of My Presence. Your fear of displeasing people puts you in bondage to them, and they become your primary focus. When you realize this has happened, whisper My Name; this tiny act of trust brings Me to the forefront of your consciousness, where I belong. As you bask in the blessing of My nearness, My life can flow through you to others. This is abundant life! I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. —Psalm 18:1–2 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. —Proverbs 29:25 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” —John 10:10 nkjv.Version: 7.0.9
✓ LOVE the content but not app functionality ‘updates’I have had this app for years and love it. However over the past year or so they have changed the functionality so it is much harder to use. You used to be able to scroll day/days back and forward from ‘today’ and now if you try to view another day, you’re taken to the entire list starting on Jan 1, so you have to endlessly scroll to find the date you’re looking for. I submitted this issue and was told sorry, there is no way to get the old functionality. Additionally I very recently changed my notification time of day, but then received no notifications. I submitted it as an issue and was told they’re working on it but months later it is still not resolved. Very sad ~ I wish there was another app to get this quality content without all the so-called enhancements..Version: 7.12
✓ Now you have to have a subscription?….I have had the full and complete Jesus calling app for several years now and it has always been a five star product. I paid roughly $16 for this app when it was purchased. But now you’re telling me I have to pay a monthly/ annual subscription fee? This is ridiculous. I bought this app, which was more like a book, when I was going through a tough time in my life and have continued to read the same daily message year after year. Well now, over night, you’re turning to a place of attempting to take more money from people that have already paid a premium for this app. Ridiculous. I will not be subscribing to this nonsense. It really stinks that you have had to move to charging people. I hope others will not pander to this new platform either..Version: 8.0
✓ New updateI love this app! But I'm having trouble reading the font in the new update! I am dyslexic and the very fine font is hard to read. When I magnify it, it makes the print move off my screen. So moving the screen from side to side to see to see all the words makes it very hard for a dyslexic person to read! Sorry for complaining but it something to consider with future updates 😀 You promised a 2.1 update in February that would make the font adjustable, but we are in March and heading towards April. Please when is it coming???.Version: 1.71
✓ New Version of App is Practically BrokenThis might be the first time I have ever given a poor rating to an app, but in this case I feel compelled to express my dissatisfaction with the later version of the app. I bought the app and it worked well for a few years. The later version does not work correctly… • The “Today’s Reading” does not go to today; rather defaults to 1 January. • “Continue to My Content” does not allow me access to my content - shows locked, even after I choose the option to “Restore My Purchase”. • Removing and Reinstalling the app does not improve the situation. • I desperately wished I had not let the app update to the new version. • I love the content of Jesus Calling - always have, but the daily frustrations of using the app is challenging my morning time peaceful devotional time. I almost never complain about poor service or products, so please see this submission as my request to correct the app. • I paid handsomely for the app in the past and now the in-app purchase seems to be overly pushy. Since I already paid for the app, the daily advertisement to pay monthly for something I am already licensed to use definitely seems inauthentic..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Still issues with ‘improved’ appI just updated the app to deal with the frustrating issues all the recent reviewers have been mentioning. However, there are still issues even with the most recent update. When I go into the book content to read a day that is after the current day in the calendar, it takes me to the subscription advertisement page and does not allow me to read that reading. That is still not acceptable since I paid for the entire book (app) a long time ago. Thank you for being responsive and fixing the major issues but please fix the remaining issues as well. In addition, when I clicked on app support in the Apple Store page for this app, it did not take me to anything like support for the app, rather it took me to more information about the book itself, and more opportunities to subscribe. It seems the only way to get help on issues with the app is to leave a review or email the publisher support..Version: 8.0.2
✓ Can’t get to other daysI used to love the app, until they turned it into a subscription app for new subscribers. I bought this years ago when it was a one time purchase for full access, now all my days are locked and I can’t move around from day to day. Now, after missing a couple of days, it jumped back to and is stuck on Feb 9th. I normally wouldn’t write a bad review if it would get fixed, but I’ve emailed Harper Collins 2x with no response. Very disappointed. No app should be allowed to have you purchase full access for a flat fee and later change the app so you don’t full access without a subscription. That is false advertising and bait and switch. I’ve had the app for years and already paid for the book itself as well so I’m very dissatisfied with this app now. I’d really appreciate a response to my emails as well..Version: 8.0.3
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