Bible Matters vs CrossPreach
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.
CrossPreach
Subscribe to multiple church sermon podcast feeds to stream or download talks. Supports video format where available for a comprehensive listening experience.
- Subscribe to sermon podcast feeds
- Stream sermon talks
- Download sermon talks
- Supports video format
- Manage multiple feeds
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This app lets you subscribe to multiple church sermon podcast feeds so that you can stream/download talks (in video format where available).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bible Matters at 5.0 against CrossPreach's 4.7. Bible Matters also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). CrossPreach's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Bible Matters holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible Matters has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Bible Matters's written reviews are positive against 80% of CrossPreach's.
Bible Matters ships an update every 5 weeks, CrossPreach every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Matters | CrossPreach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Pcc Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Helen, Bishopsgate | David Butler |
Customer experience
Bible Matters
CrossPreach
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.)
CrossPreach
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible Matters
No in-app purchases
CrossPreach
No in-app purchases
