Protestant Reformed Churches vs The Bible Study Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Protestant Reformed Churches
Access a comprehensive collection of reformed, biblical content to deepen your understanding of God. Explore devotionals, sermons, articles, music, and books, all emphasizing God's sovereignty and salvation through Christ. Stay updated on mission work and local church events.
- Devotionals
- Sermons
- Articles
- Music
- Books
- Mission updates
- Church events
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Welcome to the official PRCA App! Check out a wealth of resources to help you grow daily in your knowledge of God through reformed, biblical content including: devotionals, sermons, articles, music, books and many other helpful resources. All of our resources gladly embrace the Reformed faith with an emphasis on the absolute sovereignty of God over all people, events, and things with salvation for God's chosen people through the grace of Jesus Christ alone. Keep informed about the mission work of the PRCA and the work of local congregations. Follow events, blogs, and other resources that are updated regularly. For more information about the PRCA, download the app and start exploring. Information about the PRCA and other resources can be found at http://www.prca.org/ The PRCA app was created with the Subsplash App Platform.
The Bible Study Hour
Access expository sermons from Dr. James Montgomery Boice to deepen your understanding of biblical teachings. This app equips Christians to think and act biblically through clear and careful preaching.
- Expository preaching of Dr. James Montgomery Boice
- Biblical teaching for Christians
- Accessible on mobile devices
- Ministry of Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
- Focus on Gospel truths
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The Bible Study Hour has been preparing Christians to think and act biblically for decades. Dr. Boice’s clear yet careful preaching equips and encourages tens of thousands listeners by terrestrial radio, Internet broadcasts and here in the palm of your hand. James Montgomery Boice was a successful inner-city pastor and an articulate statesman for the Reformed faith in America and around the world. He was the pastor of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church, and his teaching continues to be aired on The Bible Study Hour. The Bible Study Hour is a ministry of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. The Alliance exists to call the twenty-first century church to a modern reformation that recovers clarity and conviction about the great evangelical truths of the Gospel and that then seeks to proclaim these truths powerfully in our contemporary context. This app features the expository preaching of Dr. James Montgomery Boice and exists to help prepare one to think and act biblically!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Protestant Reformed Churches at none against The Bible Study Hour's shown. Protestant Reformed Churches also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Protestant Reformed Churches against 4.7 for The Bible Study Hour. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively.
Protestant Reformed Churches ships an update every 2 months, The Bible Study Hour every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Protestant Reformed Churches | The Bible Study Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Subsplash Inc | Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, INC |
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In-app purchases
Protestant Reformed Churches
No in-app purchases
The Bible Study Hour
No in-app purchases
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