Comparison

Truth For Life vs When You Study

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Truth For Life

Access daily Bible teaching and devotionals from Alistair Begg. Explore a free sermon library, follow a Bible reading plan, and read articles on various topics. The app also includes the ESV Bible with audio playback.

Highlights
  • Daily Bible teaching programs
  • Daily devotional readings
  • Bible reading plan
  • Free searchable sermon library
  • ESV Bible with audio
  • Save favorite content
Read full description

The Truth For Life app brings you daily Bible teaching from Alistair Begg. Learn how to apply God’s Word to your everyday life by listening to the daily program, reading or listening to the daily devotional, and learning from the free sermon library. Features: • Easily listen to today’s program from Alistair Begg. • Begin or end your day reading or listening to Alistair Begg’s daily devotional. • Follow the daily Bible reading plan to read or listen to the entire Bible in one year. • Read articles from Alistair Begg that explore what Scripture teaches on a wide variety of topics. • View or listen to nearly 3,000 sermons in the free searchable sermon library. • Access the complete ESV Bible, and even choose to have the text read to you. • Save your favorite devotions or sermons in your personal library. For more information about Truth For Life or Alistair Begg, please visit https://www.tfl.org/about. To submit a bug or feature request, visit https://www.tfl.org/contact.

About

When You Study

Features
Read full description

When You Study is a Bible study log and journal that helps you actually sit down with God's Word — and remember what you read. Log every study session with the passage, your notes, and up to three photos of your Bible page or notebook. Browse a calendar that shows which days you studied, review your full session history, and watch your statistics grow as a habit forms. NEW IN 1.2 — BIBLE REFERENCE SCANNER Point your camera (or pick a photo) at a Bible-study book page. On-device Vision OCR finds every Scripture reference (Eph 5:22-33, John 3:16, 1 Cor 13, chapter ranges, abbreviations) and looks up the verse from the bundled KJV — no network needed for verse text. Tap any highlighted reference for a translucent verse popup with: - Prev/next chevrons on the popup edges - Tri-state format button: paragraph / one-verse-per-line / context (±2 surrounding verses) - One-tap copy - Resizable height NEW IN 1.2 — BOOKS Group scanned pages into a book with a cover photo. Cover OCR auto-fills title and author. The Look-up-online button queries Google Books (with OpenLibrary fallback) and shows you the official cover side-by-side with yours so you can decide which to keep. OTHER FEATURES - One-tap session logging with passage, duration, and notes - Attach up to three photos per session - Built-in offline KJV - Calendar, history, and statistics views - Custom colors, gradient backgrounds, and study reminders - Privacy-first: all data stays on your device - iPhone, iPad, and Mac (via Catalyst) - All features free "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15

Screenshots

Truth For Life4 screens
When You Study4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Truth For Life at 15.1 against When You Study's 17.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Truth For Life versus When You Study: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTruth For LifeWhen You Study
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (414 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings414 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTruth For LifeJames Kinsman

Bugs and requests

Truth For Life

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes when resuming previously played sermons
  • Blank white screen when selecting sermons
  • Favorites page freezes and becomes unresponsive
  • Audio playback stops after a few minutes of listening
  • App loops back to archive when selecting wallpaper types
Show 6 more
  • Landscape mode not functioning properly on iPad
  • Downloads won't play offline
  • App won't connect to downloads using cellular data
  • Audio continues playing over Bluetooth after app closure
  • Lock screen causes audio to pause unexpectedly
  • App crashes on older iOS versions

Requested features

10 requests
  • Playback speed options (1.5x, 2x speed)
  • Play all option for sermon series
  • Listening history/resume feature
  • Landscape mode support for devotionals
  • Audio narration for daily Bible readings
Show 5 more
  • Easier access to downloaded sermons
  • Continuous playback without returning to devotional page
  • Ability to go back to previous app version
  • Improved search and filter functionality
  • Offline access to past daily programs

When You Study

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Truth For Life

No in-app purchases

None

When You Study

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Truth For Life free?
Truth For Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is When You Study free?
When You Study is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Truth For Life or When You Study have ads?
Neither Truth For Life nor When You Study shows ads.

Other comparisons