Coptic Commentaries vs Coptic Orthodox Calendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coptic Commentaries
Explore biblical explanations from the ancient Coptic Orthodox Church. This app provides verse-by-verse insights, including commentary from St. Markos Church and Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, making Scripture accessible. Read, listen to, and understand the Bible with ease.
- Verse-by-verse Bible explanations
- Commentary from Coptic Church scholars
- Read Bible with deuterocanonical books
- Listen to Bible chapters with audio
- Highlight verses and add notes
- Search Bible books
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*English and French Bible Explanation by the Coptic Church* Discover the timeless wisdom of the 2000-year-old Coptic Orthodox Church, rooted in deep biblical understanding and unwavering faith through centuries of trials. This app offers verse-by-verse explanations, featuring insights from the renowned St. Markos Church commentary in Cairo and the works of Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, making Scripture easy to understand and explore. Features: - Read the Bible, including the deuterocanonical books. - Listen to any chapter in the Bible with high quality audio. - View simple explanations for any verse you select. - Switch between Bible reading and commentary modes. - Highlight favorite verses or add personal notes. - Search quickly across all Bible books. For feedback or issues, please use the 'Report' button in the side menu.
Coptic Orthodox Calendar
Follow the daily commemorations, feasts, and fasts of the Coptic Orthodox calendar. Access daily readings, search for saints, and set reminders for important church events. Supports both Gregorian and Coptic dates with additional features like read-aloud playback and calendar sync.
- Daily commemorations, feasts, and fasts
- Synaxarion readings
- Saint search
- Feast and fast details
- Customizable reminders
- Calendar sync
- Read-aloud playback
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Coptic Synaxarion helps you follow the daily commemorations, feasts, fasts, and church seasons of the Coptic Orthodox calendar. Browse by Gregorian or Coptic date, read the daily Synaxarion, search for saints, view feast and fast details, and create reminders for saints, feasts, fasts, or the daily Synaxarion. The app also includes calendar sync, widgets, Arabic and English support, read-aloud playback, appearance settings, and fasting information where available. Created by St. Mary & St. Demiana Convent.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Coptic Commentaries at 494 against Coptic Orthodox Calendar's 9. Coptic Commentaries also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Coptic Commentaries against 5.0 for Coptic Orthodox Calendar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coptic Commentaries has 494 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Coptic Commentaries ships an update every 2 weeks, Coptic Orthodox Calendar every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coptic Commentaries | Coptic Orthodox Calendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (494 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 494 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 239 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | George Moussa | ST. MARY AND ST. DEMIANA COPTIC ORTHODOX CONVENT, INC |
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Coptic Commentaries
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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