StMarySeattle vs Coptic Commentaries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StMarySeattle
Stay connected with your church community. Receive important announcements, service schedules, and access live streams directly from the church. Future updates will bring even more features to enhance your experience.
- Congregation announcements
- Service schedule updates
- Access to live streams
- Push notifications
- Feedback submission
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The goal of this app is to centralize announcements directed to the congregation of Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Lynnwood Washington. Download and enable notifications to get the latest service schedule information, announcements, and access to Livestreams from the altar of St Mary and the altar of St Joseph. More features will be forthcoming in future updates. Meanwhile we would appreciate your feedback. Please send your suggestions, comments, or concerns to administration@stmaryseattle.org
Coptic Commentaries
Explore biblical explanations from the ancient Coptic Orthodox Church. This app provides verse-by-verse insights, including commentary from St. Markos Church and Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, making Scripture accessible. Read, listen to, and understand the Bible with ease.
- Verse-by-verse Bible explanations
- Commentary from Coptic Church scholars
- Read Bible with deuterocanonical books
- Listen to Bible chapters with audio
- Highlight verses and add notes
- Search Bible books
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*English and French Bible Explanation by the Coptic Church* Discover the timeless wisdom of the 2000-year-old Coptic Orthodox Church, rooted in deep biblical understanding and unwavering faith through centuries of trials. This app offers verse-by-verse explanations, featuring insights from the renowned St. Markos Church commentary in Cairo and the works of Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, making Scripture easy to understand and explore. Features: - Read the Bible, including the deuterocanonical books. - Listen to any chapter in the Bible with high quality audio. - View simple explanations for any verse you select. - Switch between Bible reading and commentary modes. - Highlight favorite verses or add personal notes. - Search quickly across all Bible books. For feedback or issues, please use the 'Report' button in the side menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Coptic Commentaries at 400 against StMarySeattle's 16. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for StMarySeattle against 5.0 for Coptic Commentaries. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coptic Commentaries has 400 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
StMarySeattle ships an update every 11 days, Coptic Commentaries every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StMarySeattle | Coptic Commentaries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (400 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 400 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faith Software, Inc. | George Moussa |
Customer experience
StMarySeattle
Coptic Commentaries
In-app purchases
StMarySeattle
No in-app purchases
Coptic Commentaries
No in-app purchases
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