Coptic Audio vs Tsome Dgua
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coptic Audio
Access a vast library of Coptic Orthodox Christian audio content, including audiobooks, sermons, hymns, and liturgies. Explore works by prominent Coptic figures and enjoy continuously updated material.
- Audiobooks by Coptic leaders
- Sermons
- Hymns
- Liturgies
- Continuous content updates
- New features added regularly
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Listen to Audio content from the Coptic Orthodox Church: audiobooks, sermons, hymns and liturgies. The application currently has audiobooks for Pope Shenouda III, Late Bishop Youannes, Bishop Youssef (Southern USA), Bishop Macarius (El Menia), Bishop Raphael and Fr Tadros Malaty. More content will be added continuously. The application will continue to update with more features.
Tsome Dgua
This app provides the "Tsome Dgua" hymnbook, a collection of songs for the Great Fast composed by Saint Yared. It includes musical notation and audio to help Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido scholars and followers learn the hymns on the go.
- Tsome Dgua hymnbook
- Musical signs included
- Audio recordings
- Learn on the go
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido content
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The Lent or Great Fast (Abiy Tsom) has eight weeks. Saint Yared of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, wrote the hymnbook known as “Tsome Dgua” (Hymn of Fasting). In this Holy book Saint Yared composed songs for each days of the Great Fast, which is named after the song for that Sunday. Tsome Dgua is a part of a larger hymnbook - Dgua. This application includes Tsome Dgua along with the musical signs and audio for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido scholars and followers who would like to easily learn Tsome Dgua on the go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tsome Dgua at none against Coptic Audio's shown. Tsome Dgua also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Coptic Audio's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (499 vs 27). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
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 Coptic Audio against 4.7 for Tsome Dgua. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coptic Audio has 499 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Coptic Audio's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tsome Dgua's.
Coptic Audio ships an update monthly, Tsome Dgua every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coptic Audio | Tsome Dgua |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (499 ratings) — better | 4.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 499 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 420 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KemetTech | Fekadesilassie Ayenew |
Customer experience
Coptic Audio
Tsome Dgua
In-app purchases
Coptic Audio
No in-app purchases
Tsome Dgua
No in-app purchases
