Read Scripture vs Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Read Scripture
This app guides users through a year-long Bible reading plan, enhanced by explanatory videos. It aims to help individuals discover the truth and beauty of God's Word through a curated experience.
- Year-long Bible reading plan
- Creative explanatory videos
- Book of the Bible explanations
- Gospel theological themes
- Tips for Bible reading
- Community or solo experience
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The goal of Read Scripture is that everyone would read the Bible for themselves and discover the truth and beauty of God’s Word. To this end, we are curating a year-long Bible reading plan and supplementing the reading with amazingly creative videos (produced by our friends at the Bible Project) that explain every book of the Bible, major theological themes of the gospel, and tips on how to read the Bible. We house all of this content in a beautifully designed app that is available to download in the App Store. We encourage you to experience Read Scripture in community but it is set up so that you can go through it on your own. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Explore the King James Bible with an integrated concordance and Strong's Greek and Hebrew dictionaries. This tool allows for in-depth word study, verse lookup, and personalized reading plans. Features include audio playback, daily verses, and note-taking capabilities.
- Bible concordance with word index
- Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries
- Clickable Strong's numbers in verses
- Audio Bible playback
- Daily verses
- Customizable reading plans
- Bookmarks, notes, and highlights
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It's great bible study tool. Here you will find: Bible Concordance: Alphabet index of all words from the King James Bible (total in app 12839) ("the, and, of" are excluded - don't use them in search query) Strong's Concordance: Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries with information from Hebrew and Greek Lexicons. Use numbers in search query to find them. Ex."2424" or "G2424" Excluded some Greek words which not used in the Bible - G1400, G1418, G2717, G3203-G3302, G4452 and G5104 All Bible Verses in concordance with clickable Strong's Numbers KJV Bible with Strong's: Clickable Strong's Numbers (show/hide mode) Audio Bible Daily Verses Canonical, historical and chronological Reading Plans for 1 Year, 180 and 90 Days Bookmarks/Notes/Highlights Multiple verses selection Synchronization between different devices (in your apple account via iCloud)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Read Scripture at none against Bible and Strong’s Concordance's shown. Read Scripture also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Bible and Strong’s Concordance's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 1.8K). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Read Scripture against 4.8 for Bible and Strong’s Concordance. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible and Strong’s Concordance has 20K ratings behind it against 1.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Read Scripture's written reviews are positive against 91% of Bible and Strong’s Concordance's.
Read Scripture ships an update every 5 weeks, Bible and Strong’s Concordance every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | Bible and Strong’s Concordance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) | 4.8 (20K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | 90.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — 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 | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | Oleg Shukalovich |
Customer experience
Read Scripture
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
User reviews
Read Scripture
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Helpful videos provide context and overview of each book
- 👍 Organized reading plan with Psalms
- 🚀 Streamlined and intuitive interface
- 👍 Visually appealing design and animations
- 💡 Ability to set your own start date
Room to improve
- 🐛 Progress and reading position sometimes gets reset after updates
- 🔋 Videos can't be downloaded for offline viewing
- 🔍 Lack of verse numbers makes it harder to reference specific passages
- 🔍 Limited translation options (only ESV)
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick access to concordance
- 💡 Helpful for deeper Bible study
- 🤩 Excellent study tool
- 🙌 Invaluable for understanding original language meanings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with navigation and page switching
- 💸 Ads can be disruptive
- 🔍 Limited search functionality compared to physical concordance
Bugs and requests
Read Scripture
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos sometimes fail to load or play
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
- Reading position not always saved correctly
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to highlight, take notes, and bookmark passages
- Incorporate audio narration of the Bible text
- Provide a dark mode option for easier reading
- Allow syncing of reading progress across devices
- Integrate more Bible Project theme videos
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- Add option to select different Bible translations
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Reported bugs
2 issues- Concordance definitions sometimes truncated
- Difficulty moving between consecutive chapters
Requested features
3 requests- Add 'back' button to easily return to previous screen
- Hyperlink concordance numbers within definitions
- Improve search capabilities to include case-insensitive searches
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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