Bible Matters vs SOCO Armoury
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Matters
Access thousands of Bible teaching resources to deepen your understanding and love for the Bible. This app focuses on listening to Jesus and knowing His Word more intimately.
- Thousands of Bible teaching resources
- Deepen Bible knowledge
- Focus on listening to Jesus
- Spiritual growth
- Financial partnership options
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Bible Matters from St Helen’s Bishopsgate brings thousands of Bible teaching resources to you. We believe one thing matters: listening to Jesus. This app will help you to know and love the Bible more. If you enjoy using our resources, please consider partnering with us financially. You can do that through the app or by visiting our website for more information.
SOCO Armoury
This app provides street evangelism resources focused on the doctrine of the Trinity. Access SOCO-created content to share the Gospel in conversations with others.
- Street evangelism resources
- Doctrine of the Trinity focus
- SOCO-made content
- Gospel sharing tool
- Conversation aid
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The SOCO network is proud to release the street evangelism app - with the first release being centered on the doctrine of the Trinity. Using this app you will have SOCO made content ready at your fingertips in your conversations with family, friends or on the streets to help spread the Gospel to as many people as we can.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bible Matters at 29 against SOCO Armoury's 7. Bible Matters also leads on device support. SOCO Armoury's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bible Matters against 5.0 for SOCO Armoury. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Bible Matters | SOCO Armoury |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Pcc Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Helen, Bishopsgate | Benitta Manuel |
Customer experience
Bible Matters
SOCO Armoury
Bugs and requests
Bible Matters
Reported bugs
3 issues- Clunky between audio/video
- Downloads sometimes time out and aren't completed
- Downloading stops if you leave the app
Requested features
18 requests- Ability to save/tag/file particular talks
- Ability to submit questions via the app
- Ability to search talks via themes/topics
- Allow multiple downloads
- Sortable lists by categories (speaker, book, etc.)
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- Group sermon series together
- Categorize talks
- Enhance search function
- Sermon series named on the app
- Much bigger collection of sermons available
- Multi-download option
- New library option
- See the talk outline
- Move pause button away from Done button
- Enable talk to resume where left off
- Use iOS audio control for skip back/forward
- Access to older talks via the app
- Filter talks (service, speaker etc.)
SOCO Armoury
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible Matters
No in-app purchases
SOCO Armoury
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Bible Matters free?
Is SOCO Armoury free?
Which has better reviews, Bible Matters or SOCO Armoury?
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