Coptic Bible vs Coptic Commentaries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coptic Bible
Access the complete Coptic Bible in various dialects, alongside Greek and English translations. Explore academic features for in-depth word analysis and enjoy offline access to all texts. Customize your reading experience with themes and personal notes.
- Side-by-side Coptic, Greek, and English texts
- Academic mode for word analysis
- Fast, comprehensive Bible search
- Full offline functionality
- Bookmark, highlight, and take notes
- Light and dark themes
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The Coptic Bible app is a comprehensive reader app featuring all the surviving Coptic texts in every known dialect. This app showcases the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society's efforts to digitize and promote the use of the Coptic Bible, which forms the foundation of all Coptic literature. For reference, Greek and English texts have also been included. App features • Read the Coptic texts of the Bible side by side with Greek and English — up to five columns on iPad, three on iPhone • Academic mode: tap any Bohairic word to see its parts, meaning and grammar, and step word by word through the verse • Fast search across the whole Bible, including phrases that run across verses, filters by book and dialect, and ALL FORMS to find every form of a word from its root • The entire Bible is built into the app and works fully offline • Old Testament English from the Lexham English Septuagint • Bookmark, highlight, take notes, copy or share any verse, all kept in your Library • Jump to any verse in a chapter from the verse rail • Light and dark themes • Never before published texts
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 update cadence: Coptic Commentaries at every 2 weeks against Coptic Bible's every 4 months. Coptic Commentaries also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Coptic Bible's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 4.9 for Coptic Bible against 5.0 for Coptic Commentaries. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 227 and 495 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Coptic Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coptic Commentaries's.
Coptic Bible ships an update every 4 months, Coptic Commentaries every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Coptic Bible | Coptic Commentaries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (227 ratings) | 5.0 (495 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 227 | 495 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mina D. Makar | George Moussa |
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Coptic Bible
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Coptic Bible
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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