Comparison

PARALLEL PLUS Bible vs LDS Scripture Focus

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

Head to head
About

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

Explore biblical texts with multiple translations side-by-side. Deepen your understanding with integrated Greek and Hebrew word studies, grammatical analysis, and translation tips. Search for verses using keywords across all versions.

Highlights
  • Parallel Bible versions (up to 8 columns)
  • Greek and Hebrew word studies
  • Lexical entries and word families
  • Verse-by-verse exegetical helps
  • Search for verses by keywords
  • Multiple language support
Features
Currently charting
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The PARALLEL PLUS® Bible-study app is for pastors, lay leaders, and others actively seeking a deeper understanding of the Scriptures. PARALLEL: up to 8 columns, 200+ versions. PLUS Greek and Hebrew word studies (verse lists, unabridged Thayer/BDB/Schleusner, word families). PLUS exegetic helps (parsings, translation tips). Free, install now. EXPERIENCE IT: As you read down the column in one version, when you encounter a verse you'd like to better understand, just move your eyes left-and-right to see how other versions express that verse in its context, and then continue reading the chapter. The idea is to introduce as little eye movement as possible, so you can get into the Scriptures and stay there for a while. BIBLICAL LANGUAGES: See Hebrew and Greek in parallel with other versions. Plus tap any word to lookup the corresponding Hebrew or Greek word and its occurrences. Plus tap any verse to lookup Hebrew or Greek details in a verse: phonetics, parsings, parts of speech, translation tips. GO DEEPER: Tap any word, then tap “word study” to see: verse lists, lexical entries, and word families. Tap any verse, then tap “verse study” to see verse-at-a-time helps: color-coded parts-of-speech, word forms, phonetics, syllables, and translation tips. It also helps you find familiar Bible verses, even when you only remember a few words; enter "God so loved" in the search box and see where that phrase occurs in every Bible version in your parallel Bible. PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC: This app automatically aligns verses—by verse content—and displays corresponding verse numbers when different. COMMENTARY FREE: The act of reading versions in parallel helps readers to understand more deeply. Even without commentary. We feel this is so important that we do not include commentary in our app. LANGUAGES: Biblical Hebrew and Greek plus English, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and about 50 others. ABOUT: TheBible.org is a US charitable organization (official name: The Bible Works). Its mission is helping ministers make known Christ; in support of that mission, it develops apps to help people experience more effective Scripture reading. Peter Coad leads his small team in this work. The organization's content partners include Biblica (NIV), Crossway (ESV), Lockman (NASB), and Bible League International. Parallel Plus® is a registered trademark of TheBible.org ©2026 TheBible.org. All rights reserved.

About

LDS Scripture Focus

Enhance scripture study by focusing on one word at a time, improving comprehension and retention. This app offers a clean interface to track reading progress and provides reminders for daily engagement.

Highlights
  • Single-word reading focus
  • Accelerated reading rate
  • Clean layout
  • Reading progress tracking
  • Daily study reminders
Features
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Have you ever read a chapter of scripture, only to discover that you don’t remember a word of what you just read? You start again at the beginning, squint your eyes and discipline your mind, attempting to drink in the meaning of the text. What if you could study by focusing on one word at a time, like taking a magnifying glass to the word of God? LDS Scripture Focus helps you capture the grand narrative of the scriptures as it clears away the noise that exists on a page of text. By reading one word at a time at an accelerated rate you eliminate the natural tendency to subvocalize and instead center your mind on the meaning of what you read. In addition, the clean layout of LDS Scripture Focus makes it easy to chart your reading progress, with reminders to help motivate you to engage in daily personal scripture study. LDS Scripture Focus is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Screenshots

PARALLEL PLUS Bible4 screens
LDS Scripture Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PARALLEL PLUS Bible at 4.9 against LDS Scripture Focus's 4.3. PARALLEL PLUS Bible also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (15K vs 45). LDS Scripture Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads 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. LDS Scripture Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PARALLEL PLUS Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PARALLEL PLUS Bible holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PARALLEL PLUS Bible has 15K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of PARALLEL PLUS Bible's written reviews are positive against 79% of LDS Scripture Focus's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PARALLEL PLUS Bible versus LDS Scripture Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPARALLEL PLUS BibleLDS Scripture Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15K ratings) — better4.3 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews — better78.9% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better45
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#187 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.29.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size381 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScripture NetworkLDS Mobile Apps LLC

Customer experience

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

All ratings14,555 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews418 reviews
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.4%

LDS Scripture Focus

All ratings45 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.8%

Bugs and requests

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Tried to change from NASB20 to NASB 95 and everything has gone haywire

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add the Passion translation as another choice
  • Allow highlighting individual words or sections of verses
  • Change the font color to black for better readability

LDS Scripture Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LDS Scripture Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is PARALLEL PLUS Bible free?
PARALLEL PLUS Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LDS Scripture Focus free?
LDS Scripture Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PARALLEL PLUS Bible or LDS Scripture Focus?
PARALLEL PLUS Bible is rated higher. PARALLEL PLUS Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while LDS Scripture Focus averages 4.3 from 45 ratings.
Do PARALLEL PLUS Bible or LDS Scripture Focus have ads?
Neither PARALLEL PLUS Bible nor LDS Scripture Focus shows ads.

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