PARALLEL PLUS Bible vs Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Explore the King James Bible with an integrated concordance and Strong's Greek and Hebrew dictionaries. This tool allows for in-depth word study, verse lookup, and personalized reading plans. Features include audio playback, daily verses, and note-taking capabilities.
- Bible concordance with word index
- Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries
- Clickable Strong's numbers in verses
- Audio Bible playback
- Daily verses
- Customizable reading plans
- Bookmarks, notes, and highlights
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It's great bible study tool. Here you will find: Bible Concordance: Alphabet index of all words from the King James Bible (total in app 12839) ("the, and, of" are excluded - don't use them in search query) Strong's Concordance: Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries with information from Hebrew and Greek Lexicons. Use numbers in search query to find them. Ex."2424" or "G2424" Excluded some Greek words which not used in the Bible - G1400, G1418, G2717, G3203-G3302, G4452 and G5104 All Bible Verses in concordance with clickable Strong's Numbers KJV Bible with Strong's: Clickable Strong's Numbers (show/hide mode) Audio Bible Daily Verses Canonical, historical and chronological Reading Plans for 1 Year, 180 and 90 Days Bookmarks/Notes/Highlights Multiple verses selection Synchronization between different devices (in your apple account via iCloud)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PARALLEL PLUS Bible at none against Bible and Strong’s Concordance's shown. PARALLEL PLUS Bible also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.9 for PARALLEL PLUS Bible against 4.8 for Bible and Strong’s Concordance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15K and 20K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of PARALLEL PLUS Bible's written reviews are positive against 91% of Bible and Strong’s Concordance's.
PARALLEL PLUS Bible ships an update monthly, Bible and Strong’s Concordance every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | PARALLEL PLUS Bible | Bible and Strong’s Concordance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (15K ratings) — better | 4.8 (20K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.7% of reviews — better | 90.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 381 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scripture Network | Oleg Shukalovich |
Customer experience
PARALLEL PLUS Bible
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
User reviews
PARALLEL PLUS Bible
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient and powerful
- 🚀 Excellent way to see what gets added/deleted from KJV
- 👍 Well done
- 👍 This Bible App Exceeded My Expectations
- 👍 Wonderful and easy-to-use app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frustrated with issues when trying to change Bible versions
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick access to concordance
- 💡 Helpful for deeper Bible study
- 🤩 Excellent study tool
- 🙌 Invaluable for understanding original language meanings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with navigation and page switching
- 💸 Ads can be disruptive
- 🔍 Limited search functionality compared to physical concordance
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
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
Reported bugs
2 issues- Concordance definitions sometimes truncated
- Difficulty moving between consecutive chapters
Requested features
3 requests- Add 'back' button to easily return to previous screen
- Hyperlink concordance numbers within definitions
- Improve search capabilities to include case-insensitive searches
In-app purchases
PARALLEL PLUS Bible
No in-app purchases
Bible and Strong’s Concordance
No in-app purchases
Questions
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