Scripture Helps vs Patterns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scripture Helps
Explore Bible scriptures related to over 210 topics. Discover God's plan of salvation and find relevant verses for personal faith or assisting others. Available on iPhone and iPad.
- 210+ topic-based scripture searches
- Detailed scripture views
- Gospel tab for salvation plan
- Personal faith guidance
- Assistance for others' faith journey
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Using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, discover Bible Scriptures that relate to 220+ assorted topics. Select a topic of interest from the main topics list and you will be presented with a detail view showing Scriptures from the Bible that relate to your choice. There is also a "Gospel" tab that presents God's plan of salvation for those who are interested individually or who want a guide for assisting others to come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Patterns
Explore scripture by focusing on specific themes. This app allows you to create custom topics, mark relevant verses, and view them all together to identify patterns and principles within the text. Export your findings for safekeeping.
- Topic-based scripture study
- Mark and aggregate verses
- Identify common themes
- Review marked verses
- Export references to CSV
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Study the scriptures by focusing on one topic at a time. Patterns App helps you see common themes and principles in the scriptures. Create a topic to study. Then mark any verse you find that relates to the topic. Patterns will aggregate all your marked verses into one screen. Review all your marked verses to easily find patterns. Export your marked references to CSV for backup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Patterns at 5.0 against Scripture Helps's 4.7. Patterns also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Scripture Helps's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scripture Helps has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Scripture Helps ships an update every 3 months, Patterns every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scripture Helps | Patterns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doug Miannay | Kasey Baughan |
Customer experience
Scripture Helps
Patterns
In-app purchases
Scripture Helps
No in-app purchases
Patterns
No in-app purchases
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