Lux Bible vs Medetatio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lux Bible
A modern Bible study app offering offline access to original language texts, interlinear translations, and powerful search tools. It provides in-depth study features like Strong's numbers, cross-references, and commentary, all within a user-friendly interface.
- Interlinear Greek and Hebrew texts
- Strong's lexicon and numbers
- Cross-references and commentary
- Side-by-side translation comparison
- Advanced scripture search
- Offline access to multiple translations
- Original language Bibles
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Lux Bible brings in-depth Bible study into a calm, modern reading experience. Read Scripture, take notes, explore Greek and Hebrew, dig into study notes, maps, and videos, and follow reading plans without ads, subscriptions, purchases, or an account. Powerful enough for serious study and clean enough for everyday reading. READ Choose from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), Majority Standard Bible (MSB), Christian Standard Bible (CSB), King James Version (KJV), American Standard Version (ASV), and World English Bible (WEB), available offline. AMP, NIV, NASB95, NLT, and NKJV are also available online. Additional Dutch, French, Spanish, German, Romanian, Russian, and Tagalog translations are available. Read the original texts offline with the Greek Septuagint, Textus Receptus, Byzantine Textform, Statistical Restoration Greek New Testament, and Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. Listen to the BSB or KJV with playback speed controls, a sleep timer, and background playback. Begin each day with Verse of the Day, also available as a Home Screen widget, and set daily reminders for it or any active reading plan. Choose an included plan or create your own from passages or selected books and a duration. Import and share plans as files, follow more than one plan, and track your progress. NOTE Highlight verses, words, or phrases with color, an outline, or one of several underlines, and mark them with icons. Add notes, create your own highlight styles, and organize everything into notebooks you can share as files. Filter your annotations or hide a notebook when you want a cleaner reading view. STUDY THE TEXT Tap any word to see its Greek or Hebrew root, Strong's number, morphology, and inflection. Lux makes original-language study approachable without making the rest of the app feel like academic software. - Explore a full Greek and Hebrew interlinear - Search words, phrases, or Strong's numbers - Compare translations side by side - Follow cross-references powered by OpenBible - Look up Greek and Hebrew words in Strong's Lexicon EVERYTHING ON THE PASSAGE Open Linked Resources on any chapter or verse to see what connects to it: the people and themes it involves, dictionary articles, maps, videos, and the creeds and catechisms that cite it. Pin it as a study panel and it follows along as you read. - Read Tyndale Study Notes, with book introductions and "at a glance" summaries, alongside commentary from Matthew Henry, John Calvin, and Jamieson-Fausset-Brown - Look up people, places, and topics in the Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary - Zoom into 70 Bible maps of journeys, battles, and regions - Watch 264 BibleProject videos, each linked to the passages it explains - Read 35 historic creeds, confessions, and catechisms with their Scripture proofs MAKE IT YOURS Start with a Reader, Note-taker, or Studier setup, then customize your toolbars and shortcuts. Keep parallel Bibles, interlinear study, commentary, cross-references, and notes open in swipeable study panels while you read. On iPad, panels sit right beside the text. FREE, PRIVATE, AND OFFLINE-FIRST Bundled Bibles, original-language texts, notes, and study resources work without a connection, while BibleProject videos stream online. Your content stays on your device. Lux has no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, or accounts. Privacy-respecting analytics and crash reports help improve features and reliability, and are never used for ads, personalization, or cross-app tracking. Lux is free and committed to staying that way.
Medetatio
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Go deeper in God’s Word. Medetatio helps you ask biblical questions, examine passages, and turn your study into lessons to teach or share. For personal study, small groups, classes, and sermon preparation. STUDY THE TEXT Ask a question and examine the Scripture referenced in the response. Compare translations, follow cross-references, and explore Greek and Hebrew word studies. BUILD THE LESSON Bring what you discover into an organized lesson for a group, class, or sermon. DELIBERATE LIMITS. SCRIPTURE FIRST. Built to resist leading questions: safeguards are designed to keep responses anchored in Scripture rather than shaped to fit a preferred conclusion. A limited reference library: the Bible and a concordance not open-ended internet sources. A defined role: help with examining Scripture, not authority over doctrine or theology. Medetatio supports study; it does not replace prayer, careful reading, or human judgment. Check responses against Scripture. A product of Firstborns North America.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lux Bible at every 4 days against Medetatio's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lux Bible ships an update every 4 days, Medetatio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lux Bible | Medetatio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 333 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | JLogical LLC | First Borns |
In-app purchases
Lux Bible
No in-app purchases
Medetatio
No in-app purchases







