Bible Explorer vs The Listener's Commentary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Explorer
This app helps users deepen their Bible study by allowing them to create journal entries for specific passages. It provides tools to explore parallel verses, original language meanings, and commentaries to enrich understanding.
- Journal entries for Bible passages
- Explore parallel passages
- Study original languages
- Read commentaries
- Deepen Bible understanding
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As you study a passage in the bible, one of the most helpful ways to make it come alive is to write down your thoughts on what you are reading. The Bible Explorer app allows you to create journal entries for bible passages. It allows you to explore parallel passages to the passage being studied, explore the passage in the original languages, and read commentaries on the passage to better inform your thoughts and your journal entries. It is designed for bible lovers who want to do more than just read the bible - this is for bible explorers.
The Listener's Commentary
Access clear and accessible audio commentaries on New Testament Bible books. Study scripture with down-to-earth teaching designed to help you live a life inspired by Jesus. Download episodes for offline listening and organize your study with playlists and favorites.
- Audio commentaries on New Testament
- Browse by Bible book
- Download episodes for offline listening
- Search content
- Filter episodes
- Add to favorites
- Create playlists
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Clear, accessible Bible teaching. Audio commentaries on the New Testament. Browse by book to easily find what you are looking for. Download episodes for offline listening. Search content, filter episodes, add to favorites, create a playlist and more! Down to earth Bible teaching, designed to help you live life Jesus' way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Listener's Commentary at every 5 weeks against Bible Explorer's every 6 months. The Listener's Commentary also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 1). Bible Explorer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Bible Explorer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Listener's Commentary has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bible Explorer ships an update every 6 months, The Listener's Commentary every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Explorer | The Listener's Commentary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 95.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Nelson | Bible in Life, LLC |
Customer experience
Bible Explorer
The Listener's Commentary
In-app purchases
Bible Explorer
No in-app purchases
The Listener's Commentary
No in-app purchases
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