Comparison

PARALLEL PLUS Bible vs Our Great Redeemer's Praise

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

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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
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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

Our Great Redeemer's Praise

Access a digital hymnal with page scans, powerful search, and detailed song information. Explore various musical arrangements and customize scores for your needs. Organize songs into setlists for seamless worship planning.

Highlights
  • Page scans of hymnal
  • Powerful song search
  • Song and author information
  • Multiple song versions (pew, lead sheet, chord, instrumental)
  • Customizable FlexScores (transpose, change size)
  • Setlist creation and management
  • Foot pedal page turning support
Features
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This is the official iPad edition of Our Great Redeemer's Praise (2022) authorized by Seedbed Publishing. The app includes page scans of the hymnal, powerful search capabilities, information about songs and their authors, and the ability to access several different versions of songs including pew, large print, lead sheet, chord sheet, and instrumental (strings, brass, and woodwinds). This free app includes the public domain songs in Our Great Redeemer's Praise. Through in-app purchases, you can add the following editions which includes all public domain and most copyrighted hymns: • Pew edition for the complete hymnal* ($29.99) • FlexScore edition for the complete hymnal** ($99.99) • Individual FlexScores – one version of one song ($2.99) • Individual FlexScores – all versions of one song ($11.99) * Hymns and services only ** Hymns only, no services or readings Many songs include links to resources for background information and for worship planning, such as related scripture passages, topics, worship notes on the text and tune, and available choral and instrumental arrangements. The search box allows you to search for songs by first line, author, composer, topic, or scripture passages quoted or alluded to. You can also jump immediately to a hymn by number. Our revolutionary FlexScores are available for most songs. Through FlexScores you can adjust the music and text size of the scores, transpose the key, and change capo. The versions offered for FlexScores include pew, lead sheet, chord sheet, lyrics only, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, alto saxophone, soprano or tenor saxophone, horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba. For instrumental versions, the music is transposed into an appropriate range and displayed in an appropriate clef for the instrument (based on the same part arrangement of the printed hymnal). You may use the "setlist" feature to pre-arrange hymns in your preferred order (for example, the song sequence in a worship service). When you "play" the "setlist" you can go to the next pre-determined songs with one flip! Flip the page with a foot pedal! With an optional, Bluetooth enabled, foot pedal (bought separately) you may turn pages back and forth using a compatible foot pedal. A great convenience for instrumental players! IMPORTANT NOTES: - A network connection is required to access hymn background information, and view most FlexScores. - While editions (such as the Pew Edition or FlexScore Edition) of the hymnal can be transferred to other devices, individual FlexScores -- both the $2.99 and $11.99 versions -- cannot be transferred to other devices.

Screenshots

PARALLEL PLUS Bible4 screens
Our Great Redeemer's Praise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PARALLEL PLUS Bible at none against Our Great Redeemer's Praise's 4. PARALLEL PLUS Bible also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (15K vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Our Great Redeemer's Praise sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. PARALLEL PLUS Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PARALLEL PLUS Bible against 5.0 for Our Great Redeemer's Praise. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PARALLEL PLUS Bible has 15K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of PARALLEL PLUS Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of Our Great Redeemer's Praise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PARALLEL PLUS Bible ships an update monthly, Our Great Redeemer's Praise every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PARALLEL PLUS Bible versus Our Great Redeemer's Praise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPARALLEL PLUS BibleOur Great Redeemer's Praise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size381 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScripture NetworkChristian Classics Ethereal Library

Customer experience

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

All ratings14,947 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.6%

Our Great Redeemer's Praise

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Our Great Redeemer's Praise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Our Great Redeemer's Praise

One-time4
  • One FlexScore Version$2.99
  • FlexScore Edition$11.99
  • Pew Edition$29.99
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  • FlexScore Version$99.99

Questions

Is PARALLEL PLUS Bible free?
PARALLEL PLUS Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Our Great Redeemer's Praise free?
Our Great Redeemer's Praise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PARALLEL PLUS Bible or Our Great Redeemer's Praise?
Our Great Redeemer's Praise is rated higher. PARALLEL PLUS Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Our Great Redeemer's Praise averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do PARALLEL PLUS Bible or Our Great Redeemer's Praise have ads?
Neither PARALLEL PLUS Bible nor Our Great Redeemer's Praise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PARALLEL PLUS Bible or Our Great Redeemer's Praise?
PARALLEL PLUS Bible ships an update monthly, and Our Great Redeemer's Praise every 11 months. Most recently, PARALLEL PLUS Bible was updated on November 7, 2026 and Our Great Redeemer's Praise on November 5, 2026.

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