Bible Study & Commentary vs Bible Explained
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Study & Commentary
Explore the Bible with multiple translations and over 70,000 verse explanations. Personalize your study by marking verses, saving favorites, adding notes, and saving explanations and prayers for easy access.
- Multiple Bible translations
- 70,000+ verse explanations
- Verse marking with colors
- Save favorite verses
- Add personal notes
- Save verse explanations
- Save prayers
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BibleLogic - Your app for in-depth Bible study Rediscover the Bible - anytime and anywhere. BibleLogic gives you access to numerous Bible translations and more than 70,000 verse explanations to help you better understand God's Word. Features that enrich your Bible study: Bible in multiple languages - English: King James Version, American Standard Version, World English Bible, Geneva Bible - German: Schlachter, Elberfelder 1905, Luther - Arabic: SVD - Italian: Diodati - Chinese: Chinese Union (Simplified) - Russian: Synodal - Dutch: Staten Vertaling - Spanisch: Reina Valera 1909 - French: Louis Segond 1910, La Bible de l'Épée Personalized functions for your study - Mark verses in five colors and name them individually - Save your favorite verses and find them again at any time - Add personal notes to verses and verse explanations - Save verse explanations to look them up later - Save prayers to look them up later BibleLogic makes your Bible study interactive, in-depth and personal. Download BibleLogic now and discover the Bible in a new way.
Bible Explained
Understand the entire Bible story in a single hour of reading. Content is divided into five-minute segments, ideal for quick study sessions. Features helpful diagrams to illustrate God's plan from creation to New Creation.
- Bible story in one hour
- Five-minute reading chunks
- Helpful diagrams
- Creation to New Creation overview
- No sign-up required
- Data privacy
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Want to understand the Bible, but just don’t know where to start? Our Bible in an Hour notes will take you through the whole Bible story, in just one hour of reading. We’ve broken it up into five-minute chunks, perfect for reading on your commute, over a morning coffee, or during your quiet time! With helpful diagrams, we walk through the whole Bible story: God’s plan for our world, from creation to New Creation. The app is entirely free of charge, and you don’t need to sign up or sign in to anything. We don’t collect any of your data either. We simply want you to discover God’s big plan! Got feedback? We’d love to hear it, especially if it’s something we need to improve. Please feel free to get in touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bible Explained at every 6 days against Bible Study & Commentary's every 2 weeks. Bible Study & Commentary's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Bible Study & Commentary ships an update every 2 weeks, Bible Explained every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Study & Commentary | Bible Explained |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Markus Elias | SIMON ANDREW RAFFERTY |
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No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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