Werd vs Orrery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Werd
Engage with scripture through fun, adaptive challenges and themed study tracks. Earn rewards, unlock content, and switch between Bible translations to deepen your understanding. Upgrade for an ad-free experience with unlimited learning.
- Adaptive scripture challenges
- Themed study tracks (e.g., Fruit of the Spirit)
- Reward system with gems and hearts
- Multiple Bible translations (ESV, KJV, NIV)
- Progressive difficulty scaling
- Unlockable content
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Werd — Scripture Study Made Fun Werd is a fresh, interactive way to dive into God’s Word through fun challenges that grow with you. Whether you're brushing up on familiar verses or digging into a new translation, Werd makes Scripture study engaging, rewarding, and easy to stick with — wherever you are in your walk. Choose from 10 unique study tracks themed around the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22–23) — like Love, Joy, Peace, and more. Each track helps you focus on one area while learning and memorizing related Scripture. --- Challenge Yourself Tackle Scripture challenges that adapt to your skill level, powered by our in-house algorithm As you get better, the challenges become more difficult to keep you sharp and growing --- Get Rewarded Earn gems based on how well you do—save them to unlock items, and in the future, new characters! Got one wrong? You’ll lose a heart —but don’t worry, your daily treasure chest might just refill your hearts or boost your gem stash Power up with Gem Potions to double gem rewards for 30 minutes --- Go Pro Upgrade to Werd Pro for the ultimate Scripture study experience: Unlimited hearts — keep playing, keep learning, no limits Zero ads — pure focus, uninterrupted --- Switch It Up Change between ESV, KJV, and NIV—each translation has its own difficulty level. Already mastered verses in KJV? Try them again in ESV or NIV and challenge yourself anew! More translations are on the way, so stay tuned for even more ways to engage with Scripture in your preferred version. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://werdapp.com/legal/privacy-policy/
Orrery
Explore a dynamic 3D model of the solar system with real-time planetary motion and historical events. Features narrated stories, AR capabilities, and educational mini-lessons. Unlock the full solar system with a one-time purchase.
- 3D solar system model with real motion
- Augmented Reality (AR) mode
- Narrated stories and vital statistics
- Historical time travel events
- Interactive educational mini-lessons
- Home screen widget
- Cosmic quiz
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An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system. This is yours, alive in light. Open the app and fly: all eight planets, Pluto, the Moon, and a working asteroid belt orbit a glowing Sun in real relative motion. One finger orbits the camera, a pinch zooms, and a tap on any world glides you to its sunlit side. Earth, Moon, and Sun are free to explore in full. One purchase unlocks the whole solar system. No subscription, no ads, no accounts, ever. EXPLORE Every world has a full page: a spinnable globe, NASA-sourced vital statistics, an animated size comparison, and a "Did you know?" carousel. LISTEN A narrated story for every world, written from NASA sources. THE GRAND TOUR An eleven-stop guided cruise from the Sun to Pluto. TIME TRAVEL One switch sets every world where it truly is right now, computed on device from JPL planetary theory. Then visit the moments that made history: Neptune's discovery night (1846), Apollo 11 (1969), Voyager 2 at Neptune (1989), New Horizons at Pluto (2015). YOUR SKY Choose a day that matters and the whole orrery travels to it. The planets move to where they truly stood, and the day becomes a card you can keep or share: the phase of the Moon, the constellation the Sun was crossing, and two lines written for that sky alone. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A living miniature orrery widget, every planet in its true position, plus a world of the day with a fresh fact each morning. STARGAZER SCHOOL Seven illustrated mini lessons on the big questions. Why days and years happen, why Pluto isn't a planet anymore, the farthest we have ever traveled, how telescopes see back in time, living in space, Hubble and Webb, and the Space Station overhead. Interactive diagrams and real NASA photography. THE COSMIC QUIZ Five fresh questions every run, drawn from sixty. IN YOUR ROOM Place the solar system on your table with AR. Toggle true distances and walk to Neptune. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese. Follow your device language or switch right in the app; every story is narrated in every language. TRUE SCALE One switch spreads the orbits to real relative distances. Space is unimaginably empty; feel it. Built for curious kids and the adults who point at the sky with them. Fully supports VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion. Collects nothing, tracks nothing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Orrery at none against Werd's shown. Orrery also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Werd's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Werd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.79 per month and Orrery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Werd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orrery has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Werd ships an update every 2 weeks, Orrery every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Werd | Orrery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Holy Werd LLC | Thu Van Ngo |
Customer experience
Werd
Orrery
In-app purchases
Werd
- Werd Pro - Monthly3 Days trial$4.791 Month
- Werd Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$33.991 Year
Orrery
- The Whole Solar System$4.99






