Stand to Reason vs Colson Educators
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stand to Reason
This app provides Christians with resources to deepen their understanding of faith and articulate a reasoned defense of classical Christianity. Access podcasts, blogs, articles, and letters to build confidence in your beliefs.
- Weekly radio and video podcasts
- Daily blog
- Featured articles
- Solid Ground and mentoring letters
- Key articles on defending Christianity
- Social media sharing
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Get equipped anywhere, anytime with Stand to Reason’s free app. Stand to Reason trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values. Get Greg Koukl’s weekly radio and video podcasts, STR’s daily blog, the weekly featured article, a selection of Solid Ground and mentoring letters, and a some of the essential articles on topics key to defending Christianity and building your own faith and confidence. Connect with STR on Facebook and Twitter, and share the podcasts with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. For more training tools, visit www.str.org The Stand to Reason App was created with The Church App by Subsplash. Mobile app version: 6.21.3
Colson Educators
Access free courses, earn continuing education units, and connect with fellow educators. This app allows you to manage your learning on the go and stay engaged with a community of professionals.
- Explore and enroll in free courses
- Earn CEUs for completed courses
- Access courses on the go
- Connect with other educators
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Inside the Colson Educators app, you can: Explore and enroll in our suite of free courses Earn CEUs for any completed courses Access all of your courses at home and on the go Connect with other educators END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Colson Educators at fortnightly against Stand to Reason's every 4 months. Colson Educators also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 87%). Stand to Reason's advantage is ratings volume (59 vs 2) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). 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.
Stand to Reason holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stand to Reason has 59 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Stand to Reason's written reviews are positive against 100% of Colson Educators's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stand to Reason ships an update every 4 months, Colson Educators fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stand to Reason | Colson Educators |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (59 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stand to Reason | The Colson Center for Christian Worldview |
Customer experience
Stand to Reason
Colson Educators
Bugs and requests
Stand to Reason
Reported bugs
7 issues- Garbled audio playback
- Errors on all devices when watching videos
- Cannot play audio
- Broken links in resources section
- Blog section yields error message
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- Audio playback issues after update
- Podcast restarts from the beginning after a phone call
Requested features
11 requests- Search bar for easy navigation
- Offline access to written content
- Ability to search for material like on the website
- Include a search box for easy navigation
- Add J. Warner Wallace's podcast to the lineup
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- Dark mode option
- Offline availability of information with refresh
- Include a search box for easy navigation of material
- Zoom or font size increase
- Fix audio playback issues
- Fix podcast restarting problem
Colson Educators
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stand to Reason
No in-app purchases
Colson Educators
No in-app purchases
Questions
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