Protos vs Ballast

Understand the Bible better. The Bible can feel confusing. Protos puts the explanation, the history, and the context right next to the verse, so you finally get what you are reading. For anyone who has read a passage and thought "wait, what does this mean?" New to the Bible, coming back to it, or years in and still hitting verses that don't add up. WHAT MAKES PROTOS DIFFERENT Most Bible apps give you the text and stop there. Protos explains it. - Verse-by-verse commentary from Tyndale and JFB, scholars Christians have trusted for over a century. Real explanations, not AI guesses. - A built-in Bible dictionary. Tap any name, place, or word to see what it meant. - Historical and cultural context, so the verse makes sense in its own world. - A short guided study every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Reflect with SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer), or go deeper with Analysis: context, key insights, original-language meaning, and related verses. - 74 plain-English guides that explain the big topics in one place. Who Jesus is, what salvation means, what the church is for, how to read the Bible well. No seminary degree required. - 8 guided reading paths for new readers and anyone working through doubt. - The Berean Standard Bible built in, plus KJV, ASV, WEB, NET and more to download free. - Word study tools that make Greek and Hebrew approachable. - Sermon Notes with one-tap verse insertion and auto-save. - Highlights and notes that sync across your devices. - A reading tracker that helps the habit stick. FREE AND PREMIUM Reading the full Bible, your highlights, notes, the daily SOAP study, and the reading tracker are free. Premium unlocks unlimited commentary, the deeper Analysis view, all 74 guides, sermon notes, and unlimited word study. Your own notes and highlights are always yours to read and keep. IF YOU TEACH OR LEAD Leading a small group, teaching Sunday school, or prepping a message? The same commentary, guides, and sermon notes help you prepare with confidence. Scripture first. Context always. Download Protos and experience Bible study that’s clear, contextual, and faithful. SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS Protos offers an optional auto-renewing subscription that unlocks the full experience, including all learning materials, guided notes, progress tracking, and more. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or turn off auto-renewal anytime in your App Store account settings after purchase. Prices may vary by region. Terms of Service: https://protos-app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://protos-app.com/privacy

A daily program of scripture for men. Ten readings free, and complete. No ads, no account, nothing to sign into. Ballast is a program, not a feed. You open it and today's passage is there, with one factual line in front of it: the book, who wrote it, who it was written to. You read it, or you listen to it read aloud. It closes with a short prayer that is itself scripture, a psalm or a benediction, not something written for you. You mark it complete and see where you are. ONE READING EACH WEEKDAY The plan suggests one reading each weekday, Monday to Friday, and the weekend is there for catching up. Every day of your plan is open: read ahead, listen again or go back, in any order. The streak counts weekdays, and you can turn it off. Each plan has an end, and the program shows how far you are. THE PLANS These Words. Ten readings, two weeks. Free, and it stays free. A complete plan, not a sample of a longer one. Mark. Fifteen readings, three weeks. The shortest Gospel, read in order. Joseph. Ten readings, two weeks. The last fourteen chapters of Genesis. Romans. Ten readings, two weeks. Paul's letter to the church in Rome, read in order. Proverbs. Fifteen readings, three weeks. All thirty-one chapters, in order. The Songs of Ascent is being built. It sits on the shelf marked Coming soon until it is ready. READ OR LISTEN Every reading is narrated. Play it with the screen off, from the lock screen, in the truck before work. Finishing the audio marks the day complete. HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES Highlight a verse, write a note, find it again in the Ledger. Export the whole ledger as plain text whenever you like. Share a verse as a card that shows the book, chapter and verse. WHAT IT IS NOT No account. Your progress, highlights and notes stay on your device, and sync privately through your own iCloud if you use it. No ads. None in the app, none planned. No commentary. The passage, a line of context, a prayer. No free trial. These Words is free outright; nothing turns into a charge. THE SUBSCRIPTION These Words is free for everyone. Every other program comes with one subscription, monthly or yearly. A subscriber has every program while it runs, including the ones added after he joins. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings at any time. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://ironsidelabs.io/ballast/privacy/ Ballast is made by Ironside Labs.