COMMENDED vs TorahResource
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COMMENDED
Access daily Bible verses with practical reflections to deepen your spiritual journey. Explore timeless truths, learn to apply Kingdom principles, and find encouragement through scripture. This app helps you establish a consistent habit of meditating on God's word.
- Daily Bible verse devotions
- Practical reflections
- Explore all Bible books
- Mark favorite devotions
- Add personal notes
- Share devotions
- Listen to spiritual seminars
- Daily reading reminders
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Even the busiest life has down-moments each day. Wouldn’t it be great to harness some of those lost minutes to get pointers and see patterns for living a different way? What if you could access timeless truths anywhere, anytime in mere moments—and conveniently meditate on God’s word throughout the day? COMMENDED offers a single Bible verse with quick-read, practical reflections for your journey with God—delivered to your smartphone daily fone one year. Exploring passages from every Book in both Old and New Testaments (including lesser-knowns like Obadiah and Titus), Dr. Daniel A Brown makes Kingdom principles easy to see and apply. His perspectives from decades of scripture-informed experience, also teach you how to find those principles yourself! “After rededicating my life to Christ in 1970, I began reading five Bible chapters each day, and I got in the habit of selecting one verse to think about from what I read. Only much later did I learn that was what people called ‘meditating on God’s word.’ COMMENDED helps you follow that same pattern.” ~Daniel A. Brown, PhD This app isn’t intended to replace your regular Bible reading, or to supplant your connection to a local church and its leaders. But if you want to develop a daily pattern of Scripture meditation, COMMENDED will focus you and give you a boost. COMMENDED demonstrates how/why “whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4). Features: o Daily Devotions: Start out reading today’s devotion, and then go back to past devotions to catch-up on ones you have missed! Listen to the devotions in one of twenty languages. o Favorite, Notes, and Share: You can mark any devotion you like as a “favorite,” enabling you to find it quickly in the future. Writing notes on what you’re learning gives added richness to your daily devotions. You can even share devotions with friends and family. o Seminars: Listen to over 40 seminars by Daniel on topics like: discipleship, the fruit of the Spirit, marriage, and more! o Reminders: Set up a reminder in the app to get into the routine of reading each day.
TorahResource
This app provides biblical education resources. It focuses on user privacy, stating that information is not shared with affiliates and never sold. The app is free to download and use.
- Biblical education content
- User privacy focus
- Information not shared with affiliates
- Information never sold
- Free to download and use
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Learn about how we collect and use your information. TorahResource does not share information with affiliates and we NEVER sell information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: COMMENDED at none against TorahResource's 12. COMMENDED also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (83 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. TorahResource sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. COMMENDED asks for nothing beyond the download.
COMMENDED holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COMMENDED has 83 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
COMMENDED ships an update monthly, TorahResource every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COMMENDED | TorahResource |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (83 ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Commended to The Word Apps | TorahResource.com |
Customer experience
COMMENDED
TorahResource
Bugs and requests
COMMENDED
Requested features
1 request- Ability to retain notes after subscription renewal
TorahResource
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
COMMENDED
No in-app purchases
TorahResource
- The New CovenantFree
- Genesis: Weekly Torah PortionFree
- Three Days & Three NightsFree
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- What Really Happened in Egypt?Free
- Torah: Covenant Obligation?$2.99
- What Bible Should I Read?$4.99
- Works of the Law$6.99
- Understanding Biblical Poetry$7.99
- Themes in Galatians$9.99
- Titus 2 & 3: Sanctification$9.99
- Principles of Marriage$14.99
- Ten Persistent Questions$29.99
Questions
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