Comparison

Bible Study Together vs Bible Study

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Bible Study Together

Engage in daily Bible reading with interconnected New and Old Testament passages, guided by insightful questions and multimedia resources. Deepen your spiritual walk through a dedicated prayer manager and connect with others in private fellowship groups for shared study and prayer.

Highlights
  • Chronological Bible reading plans
  • Daily connected NT & OT passages
  • Open-ended study questions
  • Prayer manager and timed sessions
  • Private fellowship groups for sharing
  • Multiple Bible translations and audio
Features
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Bible Study App: Chronological Bible Reading Plan, Study Tools & Prayer Read the Bible, study it deeply, pray, and fellowship — all in one Bible app! BIBLE STUDY APP: BIBLE READING PLANS Our daily Bible study connects the New and Old Testament while ordering the Bible chronologically. Each day is broken into 10-minute readings with open-ended questions to help pull out insights. Contextual maps, videos, and daily challenges help you understand the Bible and grow spiritually. BIBLE STUDY TOOLS Go deeper in any verse without leaving your Bible reading plan. Tap a verse for cross-references, commentaries, side-by-side comparison in every translation, and a Greek & Hebrew interlinear, or read a whole chapter in it. Tap any Greek or Hebrew word for a full word study: its meaning, its origin, related words in both languages, and every verse in the Bible where that word appears. Search verses, topics, Strong's numbers, words & 4 Bible dictionaries at once. PRAYER APP FEATURES Deepen your daily walk with God with prayer lists and distraction-free prayer sessions that keep time for you. FELLOWSHIP APP: GROUP CHAT FEATURES Stay connected in private fellowship groups for your friends or small group (up to 500 users). Share what you are reading and your prayer requests, away from the distractions of big social networks. PRINTED STUDY GUIDE Get our printed Chronological study guide and journal at www.BibleStudyTogether.com. CHRONOLOGICAL CROSS-REFERENCE BIBLE READING PLAN - Daily readings from the New and Old Testament - Gospels woven into a single story - Chronological: read psalms & prophecies in context - Daily passages connected to show how the New Testament fulfills the Old - Choose your pace: 2 years, 1 year, 6 months, or 92 days - Daily open-ended Bible study questions BIBLE STUDY TOOL FEATURES - Cross-references & classic Bible commentaries - Parallel Bible: compare verses across all translations - Greek & Hebrew interlinear, plus the Septuagint - Word study: Thayer, Brown-Driver-Briggs & Liddell-Scott - Related Greek & Hebrew words - Every verse a Greek or Hebrew word appears in - Highlight in 6 colors, take notes, copy passages - Bible dictionaries: ISBE, Easton, Smith & Hitchcock - Search verses, topics, Strong's & words PRAYER TOOL FEATURES - Prayer lists of your own & for your group - Pray in ACTS order with prayer categories - Timed prayer sessions & prayer streaks - Answered prayers shared with your group FELLOWSHIP GROUP CHAT FEATURES - Post prayer requests, thoughts & Bible insights - Sync your Bible reading plan with your group - Group announcements & meeting reminders - Owner & admin group roles MORE APP FEATURES - Verse of the Day & reminders to read and pray - Read any chapter in its own Bible App tab - Read in ESV®, NLT®, NASB®, KJV & Berean Standard - Audio Bible for every reading, highlighted as it reads - Page mode: read like a paper Bible - Maps of the places in each reading - Videos on every Bible book & the Holy Land - Reading schedule, progress & streaks - Prayers & highlights sync across devices MORE BIBLE READING PLANS - Rapid Chronological Cross-Reference Bible Reading Plan - One Year Bible Reading Plan & M'Cheyne Plan - 30-Day Gospel Harmony & The Synthesized Gospels - 26 topical plans: prayer, hope, anxiety & more - The 90 Day Big Bible Story & more Bible Study Together is a complete Bible app for personal Bible study, small groups, and churches. 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. New Living Translation®, NLT®, and the New Living Translation® logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Ministries. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org

About

Bible Study

Features
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Read Scripture with your personal study notebook close at hand. Bible Study includes complete offline World English Bible, American Standard Version (1901), King James Version, and Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 texts. Select a verse and write a note attached to that passage. On iPad or a wide window, read Scripture beside your notebook. On iPhone, switch panes without losing your place. READ AND STUDY — FREE • Navigate by book, chapter, and verse, or search the offline texts. • Bookmark and highlight passages, compare translations on wide screens, and choose sepia, white, or dark themes. • Adjust reading text size and use compact navigation that leaves more room for Scripture. • Return to recent passages and a daily verse. • Explore original summaries of the five solas and reading references for Gordon H. Clark and John W. Robbins. KEEP YOUR OWN NOTES — FREE • Write passage-linked notes with titles, tags, and collections. • Search your notebook and export individual notes. • Record private voice notes or yourself reading Scripture, then save, play, rename, export, or delete them. READ AT YOUR PACE — FREE • Follow nine original offline reading plans and track completion at your own pace. • Open 18 Bible Gateway reading plans on their website. Their schedules and progress are managed separately online. • Listen to a chapter with the installed system speech voice. BIBLE STUDY PREMIUM — OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Archive notes as dated stages of your study and learning. • Reapply an earlier stage while preserving the archive and saving your current note. • Manually sync text notes and archives between Apple devices through your private iCloud account. Archived notes remain readable and exportable without Premium access. iCloud sync requires an available iCloud account and network connection. Audio, bookmarks, reading progress, history, and settings are not synced. Local deletion does not remove cloud snapshots; a separate cloud-deletion control is provided. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No app account, advertising, analytics SDK, tracking, or automatic uploads. Content stays local unless you explicitly sync or share it. Apple processes Premium purchases and provides iCloud storage; its terms and privacy practices apply. The included texts use the 66-book Protestant canon. Publisher notices appear in Settings. Study references link to further reading; books by Clark and Robbins are not bundled. The chronological overview is selected passages rather than a complete historical chronology. Read-aloud is synthesized speech. Keep the app open while recording or listening.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bible Study Together at none against Bible Study's 1. Bible Study Together also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bible Study sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bible Study Together asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bible Study Together ships an update weekly, Bible Study monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bible Study Together versus Bible Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBible Study TogetherBible Study
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (433 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings433 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCreate Disciples IncHerb Trevathan

Bugs and requests

Bible Study Together

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Quota limit issues causing disruptions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more Bible translations
  • Improve group communication features
  • Implement a dark mode option

Bible Study

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bible Study Together

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bible Study

One-time1
  • Bible Study Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Bible Study Together free?
Bible Study Together is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bible Study free?
Bible Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bible Study Together or Bible Study have ads?
Neither Bible Study Together nor Bible Study shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bible Study Together or Bible Study?
Bible Study Together ships an update weekly, and Bible Study monthly. Most recently, Bible Study Together was updated on November 12, 2026 and Bible Study on November 10, 2026.

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