Comparison

MiniScriptures vs Gnosis

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MiniScriptures

Features
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MiniScriptures is the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, all in a single easy to use program, which brings the standard works to all your devices.

About

Gnosis

Access a vast digital library of spiritual, philosophical, and mystical texts from diverse traditions. An AI companion can explain passages, provide context, and explore connections across different teachings. Features include narrated audio, in-depth lessons, and editorial commentary.

Highlights
  • Extensive spiritual text library
  • AI-powered companion for explanations
  • Narrated audio for texts
  • In-depth thematic lessons
  • Editorial commentary and context
  • Private and ad-free experience
Features
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Nearly all of the world's spiritual knowledge, in one library. 431 complete spiritual, philosophical, and mystical texts from 39 traditions — every one of them free to read. Plus a Guide that has read every page. EVERY BOOK IS FREE TO READ Not a sample, not a preview, not one book of your choosing. Open anything in the library and read it start to finish, without an account and without paying. New titles arrive free too. THE LIBRARY The Bible — and the books that didn't make it in. The Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical Books). The Septuagint. The Book of Enoch. The Book of Jubilees. The Lost Books of the Bible. The Forgotten Books of Eden. The full Gnostic gospels — Thomas, Mary, Philip, Judas, Truth, the Pistis Sophia. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Jacob Boehme. Vedic and Eastern traditions — The Bhagavad Gita. The Upanishads. Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The Pali Canon and the Dhammapada. The Heart Sutra. The Tao Te Ching, the I Ching, and Chuang Tzu. Confucius and Mencius. The Guru Granth Sahib. Autobiography of a Yogi. Islam and the Sufi masters — The Quran. Rumi. Attar. al-Ghazzali. Hafiz. Sa'di. Omar Khayyam. Greek philosophy and the Stoic canon — Plato's dialogues. Plotinus's Enneads. Aristotle's Ethics. Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Seneca, Cicero. The Hermetic and esoteric traditions — The Corpus Hermeticum, the Emerald Tablet, The Kybalion. The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Epic of Gilgamesh. The Zohar. Blavatsky, Steiner, Manly P. Hall. The complete New Thought movement — Neville Goddard, Wallace Wattles, James Allen, Thomas Troward, Ralph Waldo Trine, Florence Scovel Shinn, Charles Fillmore, William Walker Atkinson, Prentice Mulford. Modern mystics and classics — William James. Evelyn Underhill. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Thoreau's Walden. Emerson's Essays. Beautiful typography. Complete texts, unabridged. No ads. No feed. No clutter. THE GUIDE Tap any passage and ask what it means. The Guide has read every book in the library — it can give you the original context, show where the same teaching surfaces in another tradition, or just talk through what you're working with. Or say it out loud and have a live voice conversation. It keeps a notebook of what you share, so it gets more useful the more you talk, and you can read, change or clear it anytime. Give it a name if you like. Each day it can make you a small practice shaped by what you're working on this week. NARRATED AUDIO Hundreds of hours of narration. Tap any paragraph to start listening from that exact place — on a walk, on a drive, before sleep. ILLUSTRATED READINGS Short, painted readings from more than 180 books. Browse by book or by what's on your mind, and let your daily reading follow the book you're in. LESSONS 69 in-depth lessons, each following a single thread — meditation, manifestation, prayer, surrender, contemplation — across dozens of books at once. COMMENTARY 60,000+ editorial notes give you origin context, parallels to other traditions, and quiet companions to the harder passages. MEMBERSHIP Reading is free. Optional membership pays for the tools: narrated audio, commentary, Clarify, chapter summaries, every lesson, the daily practice, the full daily reading, and Guide chat and voice. Plans and prices are shown in the app. Or pay once for an individual lesson. A lesson unlock is yours for good; it does not include Guide chat or voice. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://getgnosis.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://getgnosis.app/terms

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MiniScriptures at none against Gnosis's 13. Gnosis's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gnosis sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. MiniScriptures asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MiniScriptures ships an update every 3 months, Gnosis every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MiniScriptures versus Gnosis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiniScripturesGnosis
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (70 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—70 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB204 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperConnectIT Technologies, LLCSpirit Buddy LLC

In-app purchases

None

MiniScriptures

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Gnosis

Subscriptions5
  • Gnosis Membership — Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Gnosis Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Gnosis Membership — Monthly$6.991 Month
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  • Gnosis Membership — Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Gnosis Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • The Way of Lao Tzu$2.99
  • Infancy Gospel of Thomas Tools$2.99
  • Vibration$4.99
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  • Wisdom$4.99
  • Work / Vocation$4.99
  • What Can Derail You$4.99
  • The Stages of the Path$7.99
  • Gnosis Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is MiniScriptures free?
MiniScriptures is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gnosis free?
Gnosis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MiniScriptures or Gnosis have ads?
Neither MiniScriptures nor Gnosis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MiniScriptures or Gnosis?
MiniScriptures ships an update every 3 months, and Gnosis every 2 weeks. Most recently, MiniScriptures was updated on October 28, 2026 and Gnosis on October 31, 2026.

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