Gospel Living

susan hibdon

3 years ago

Overall, I appreciate this app. A few improvements: goals are not always a "do it once" kind of thing--many of us have a goal that's actually a habit, like "read the scriptures every day" or "contact my ministering sisters every week," so it would be nice to be able to set goals with a frequency (and check them off each day, maybe with a "streak tracker").

Quagthistle

3 years ago

This isn't yet a fully-functional app. As far as I can tell, circles don't work, and given that it's rules force us into unsafe social media practices (like posting real photos of yourself), it may not be a very useful tool in the end. The music is nice, and it's mostly disability-friendly colors (but the frequent "Something went wrong!" error popups are not, ie. they are light text on a dark background, so beware!). It has potential, but it seems to be currently pretty broken.

A Google user

5 years ago

So MY experience with this app is closer to a 4-5 stars. But I am also reviewing my family as a whole's experience. My son does not have a telephone. Only access on a tablet device and a phone that's only connected to WiFi. He cannot explore or browse, as it tells him to connect to an internet connection, even though he is connected via WiFi. He can see his circles sometimes, if he disconnects and reconnects to WiFi. Which is connected to the internet.

A Google user

5 years ago

I enjoy the videos and music. However this app didn't have many features we were expecting. Tracking goals is not a highlight and you can't put hardly any info, let alone your plan with the goal. You should be able to input as much info as you do in the booklets into the app. Also the calendar is horrible. It should be able to integrate with the church website calendar for your stake and ward. But it would be nice to have it integrate with other calendars like Google. I have more but can't fit.

Kristy Whitlatch

3 years ago

I love the idea of the app, but I don't find it convenient at all. The only way to see any messages in my childrens circles is to remember to open the app periodically. I would love to get a notification similar to a text message and a pop-up to show me there is a new message. I have toggled a ton of the settings and had no luck getting notifications on my phone. Other than that, it would be a really great tool and if that would improve I would use the app more often.

A Google user

5 years ago

I really like this app and think it is great but I with we could edit our profiles more. My email and phone number have changed but they are still stuck as my old ones. If it is possible could someone explain how to if it's there and I'm just not seeing it? This app is great overall and I love the chat system. I'm already in 4 groups with my classes! The note taking is another great edition!! Personally my favorite part is the daily scripture and I set a goal to read it with my family everyday!

A Google user

5 years ago

Amazing potential! I need to be able to create my own circles as right now based on callings/family, I can only connect with my husband. I would also love this to integrate with my study plans from Gospel Library. I agree with other reviews about needing feature tutorials and message notifications. Overall, I'm excited about this, but as an adult member not working with the youth, I can tell that this app wasn't really designed for me. Hoping for more functionality for people in my scenario!

A Google user

5 years ago

So all in all the app is great. Need more flexibity with circles. Also would be better if users could post small videos on the messenger portion of the app. The box for texting in the messenger app could also be expanded so that you can see the entire message for easier editing. It would also be nice to be able to edit the post instead of having to remove it to correct.

Tony Jacobsen

4 years ago

I really want to like this app. But its not ready for prime time yet. Goals need check-ins, perecet complete, and even the ability to complete a goal. Also for the circles, this is a cool idea, but seriously needs to be opened up so that you can create custom circles. As it stands, I would need to rely on other apps to have goals and conversations.

A Google user

5 years ago

I absolutely love this so so far! The potential is amazing, and it is very over friendly. There are a few things that keep me from giving it a 5 star review. Here are some ways I think this could improve... - make the goals vs. impressions more distinct and separate. - make the category of the goals more apparent on the entries - it would be nice if you could make folders for spiritual impressions - aand if course, I would like to be able to make my own circles.

Melissa Malm

5 years ago

Great content! I love the variety and how it appeals to all ages, but the fact that I can't add people into my circles that dont have records in our ward makes it hard to get my young women to use it. We have many split families and their records are with the other parent, but that doesn't mean they aren't part of our YW. I hope you can fix this. I am glad you tried to add a share outside of this app option as well but it doesn't seem to work half the time, so that needs some tweaking also.

Pierce Bryner

4 years ago

I've liked the progress the app has made, including the ability to set, be reminded of, and check off daily, weekly, and monthly goals. My one suggestion: allow the customization of monthly goals to be reminded on the first day of the week of that month (e.g. the first Sunday of each month if I have a monthly Fast Sunday goal), instead of being limited to being reminded on the first date of a month (e.g. being reminded of a goal on January 1st, February 1st, etc.) Allow for both kinds. Thanks!

A Google user

5 years ago

For those using WiFi connection only the app is constantly failing. For my device, the app works fine. For my child who only uses WiFi connection the app doesn't function correctly at all. They can't even see their profile info, and Circles never load. The app is a great idea, especially for the youth, but it has to be improved to be more WiFi friendly. Not all of our kids have phones with data.

Lily Nordgren

1 year ago

I love this app for writing notes and the articles are great. However, some of the videos don't always play and recently all of the articles have taken to loading indefinitely. If there was an update to fix this, I'd be so grateful. Luckily, there are no problems with recording thoughts, making goals, etc. Only with the main page.

Linnea Creer

4 years ago

This app is wonderful, I love using it to record my insprirations and stay in touch with my organizations. However, I have a problem that I'm hoping to get fixed - I once wrote a very long impression and now whenever I open it the app closes out immediately. I was hoping to try to split it into two separate impressions. If this can be fixed that would be wonderful.

Pamela Eulalio

3 years ago

It has become much more user friendly! There are so many possibilities of what to include and I only really just started to add things. A couple of tiny concerns... When I place things into designated folders they often go to wrong folders or somehow become unmarked again... It would add to the convenience if I was able to drag and drop to change the order of the steps listed under a specific goal. I want to share activities outside the app for non LDS friends too please.

Kinzi Jensen

1 year ago

It has good potential and a lot of content - maybe too much going on in one app🤷🏼‍♀️ I wish the goals were more user friendly. I'd like to create habit goals like daily scripture study that I could track daily vs having an end goal with steps to achieve it. I like that you can now use circles to send texts. I think it's a great idea, just need a some more work.