My Sword & Shield vs Bible Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Sword & Shield
This app provides a comprehensive King James Bible study experience with features like offline access, audio playback, and a comparison database of modern versions. It aims to strengthen faith and enhance understanding of scripture through interactive tools and study aids.
- Ad-free reading
- Offline access
- Audio Bible playback
- Bible version comparison
- Interactive study notes
- Memory verse notifications
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My Sword & Shield is a freely available, ad-free, and feature-rich King James Bible app that is designed to build your faith in Jesus Christ as the savior of the world and to significantly enhance your Bible study experience! My Sword and Shield also promotes and defends the King James Bible as the word of God for English speakers. It does so by providing you with a growing database of the major changes in modern Bible versions in comparison to the KJV. All Bibles do not say the same thing and often say opposing things. This means that it matters which Bible you use! The app improves your Bible study experience by offering a suite of features at your fingertips, some of which are only currently available in My Sword & Shield. The main features of the app are as follows: FREE FEATURES: - Ad-Free: Don't get distracted by inappropriate ads while reading Scripture. - Offline Mode: Read the KJV and save your study notes while offline. - Cloud Sync: Sync your study data securely and feely to the cloud. - Audio Bible: Listen to the KJV by verse or chapter with different voice options. - Dictionary: Access the meaning of most words in the KJV with a built-in dictionary. - Change Indicators: Interactive indicators of verses of the KJV that have been altered or removed by modern versions. - Bible Versions Comparison Database: Access to a growing database of differences between the King James Bible and modern versions. - Compare Versions: Compare the King James Bible to modern English versions in the Public Domain. Almost all modern versions are copyrighted. Apparently, the words of God are owned by the publishers of modern versions, not God. - Sermons & Studies: Timely sermons and deep studies to strengthen your faith in Jesus as the only saviour. You can interact with these sermons by commenting, liking or disliking them. - Quizzes & Leaderboards: Improve your knowledge of Scripture by taking quizzes from a growing database of questions! - Memory Verses: Save verses and passages you would like to memorize. - Folders & Subfolders: Organise your passages in your personal folders for a structured study experience. - Bookmarks: Bookmark passages that are important to you. - Notes: Save your own notes on verses and passages. - Underline: Underline key words you would like to emphasize. - Highlight: Highlight words or entire verses. - Bold: Bold words for another means of emphasis. - Cross-References: Make your own cross-references between passages. - Copy: Copy verses that you can easily use in discussions and posts. - Share: Share passages from the KJV with other apps and contacts. - Search: Search the KJV for key words and phrases. - Red Letters: The words of Jesus in red letters. - Themes & Styles: Several options for theme colours and text sizes. PREMIUM FEATURES: - Personal Memory Verse Notifications: Improve your recollection of Scripture by subscribing to receive device notifications of your saved memory verses at your desired schedule. These notifications are interactive with challenges designed to help you retain the Scripture. You will also be supporting the development and maintenance of My Sword & Shield so that it can remain free. - Access a larger and growing database of additional questions for quizzes. This is also a means of supporting the development and maintenance of My Sword & Shield so that it can remain free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.myswordandshield.com/privacy-policy Please contact us at info@myswordandshield.com if you have any feedback, suggestions, or questions. Please visit our website at https://www.myswordandshield.com/ for more information.
Bible Study
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Read Scripture with your personal study notebook close at hand. Bible Study includes complete offline World English Bible, American Standard Version (1901), King James Version, and Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 texts. Select a verse and write a note attached to that passage. On iPad or a wide window, read Scripture beside your notebook. On iPhone, switch panes without losing your place. READ AND STUDY — FREE • Navigate by book, chapter, and verse, or search the offline texts. • Bookmark and highlight passages, compare translations on wide screens, and choose sepia, white, or dark themes. • Adjust reading text size and use compact navigation that leaves more room for Scripture. • Return to recent passages and a daily verse. • Explore original summaries of the five solas and reading references for Gordon H. Clark and John W. Robbins. KEEP YOUR OWN NOTES — FREE • Write passage-linked notes with titles, tags, and collections. • Search your notebook and export individual notes. • Record private voice notes or yourself reading Scripture, then save, play, rename, export, or delete them. READ AT YOUR PACE — FREE • Follow nine original offline reading plans and track completion at your own pace. • Open 18 Bible Gateway reading plans on their website. Their schedules and progress are managed separately online. • Listen to a chapter with the installed system speech voice. BIBLE STUDY PREMIUM — OPTIONAL ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Archive notes as dated stages of your study and learning. • Reapply an earlier stage while preserving the archive and saving your current note. • Manually sync text notes and archives between Apple devices through your private iCloud account. Archived notes remain readable and exportable without Premium access. iCloud sync requires an available iCloud account and network connection. Audio, bookmarks, reading progress, history, and settings are not synced. Local deletion does not remove cloud snapshots; a separate cloud-deletion control is provided. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No app account, advertising, analytics SDK, tracking, or automatic uploads. Content stays local unless you explicitly sync or share it. Apple processes Premium purchases and provides iCloud storage; its terms and privacy practices apply. The included texts use the 66-book Protestant canon. Publisher notices appear in Settings. Study references link to further reading; books by Clark and Robbins are not bundled. The chronological overview is selected passages rather than a complete historical chronology. Read-aloud is synthesized speech. Keep the app open while recording or listening.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: My Sword & Shield at 15.0 against Bible Study's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. My Sword & Shield sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Bible Study sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
My Sword & Shield ships an update every 2 weeks, Bible Study monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Sword & Shield | Bible Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Albert Gilharry | Herb Trevathan |
In-app purchases
My Sword & Shield
- Memory Verse Notifications$0.991 Month
- My Sword & Shield Gold Patron$4.991 Month
- My Sword & Shield Ruby Patron$9.991 Month
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- My Sword & Shield & Diamond Patron$14.991 Month
- My Sword & Shield Gold Supporter$4.99
- My Sword & Shield Platinum Support$9.99
- My Sword & Shield Sapphire Support$24.99
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- My Sword & Shield Emerald Supporter$49.99
- My Sword & Shield & Diamond Support$99.99
Bible Study
- Bible Study Premium$9.99
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