Lucerna Bible vs Colophon

Lucerna Bible brings the depth of seminary-level study tools to your fingertips with a beautiful, intuitive interface designed for how your mind actually works. TAP ANY WORD TO GO DEEPER Tap any word in the text to instantly see its original Greek or Hebrew, Strong's number, morphology, and full lexical entry. No more flipping between apps and reference books. WORD STUDY INSIGHTS Ask questions about any passage or word and receive thoughtful, scholarly responses grounded in the biblical text. Study conversations are saved so you can pick up right where you left off. INTERLINEAR VIEW Read Scripture with word-by-word alignment between English and the original languages. See parsing, glosses, and Strong's numbers inline — available for every book. MULTIPLE TRANSLATIONS Compare across translations including BSB, KJV, ASV, WEB, and YLT side by side. See how different translators handle the same passage. FULL LEXICON Access 31,000+ lexical entries from BDB (Hebrew) and Abbott-Smith (Greek) with a single tap. Every Strong's number links to its complete dictionary entry. HIGHLIGHTS & NOTES Mark up your Bible with color-coded highlights and attach personal study notes to any verse. READING PLANS Stay on track with built-in reading plans: Gospels (30 days), Psalms (30 days), Genesis (14 days), New Testament (90 days), or the entire Bible in a year. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN A distraction-free reading experience with elegant typography, a warm dark theme, and careful attention to every detail. Lucerna is free to read with all translations and basic features. Upgrade to Pro or Scholar for word study insights, notes, all highlight colors, audio voices, and iCloud sync. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdfula/

Colophon is an offline study Bible built on one idea: there are older words under your English. Read the King James Version (KJV), Berean Standard Bible (BSB) and World English Bible (WEB) offline. Bible reading needs no account. No feed, no ads. Your notes and highlights stay on your device. INCLUDED WITHOUT A PURCHASE • All three Bible translations, fully offline • Scripture search, notes, highlights, bookmarks, tags and Markdown note export • The plain reading page, with your device's text size • Word of the Day widget: an English headword and verse reference COLOPHON PRO — ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE Bought once; it never renews. Colophon Pro opens: • Word Study: tap tagged words in KJV or BSB for the Greek or Hebrew behind them — Strong's, Abbott-Smith and Brown–Driver–Briggs entries where available, word families, renderings and occurrences (WEB is not tagged) • Lexicon search, cross references, and Your Words: a local history of the words you have studied • Listen: BSB narration by Barry Hays, downloaded per book from GitHub and kept offline; KJV and WEB use your device's voice • Word of the Day in Greek or Hebrew, with a link into Word Study • Sunday Worship: an hour of Scripture and prayer each Sunday at your time, in 12 short parts, as notifications and in the app; prayers written weekly with the help of AI, passages from the BSB • Confession: a private, guided examination with Scripture's assurance; nothing you write is saved or sent anywhere • Study Desk: two translations, verse by verse • Notebooks and backlinks, PDF Study Sheets, and note import from Markdown or CSV • Backup & Restore: your study in a portable file you control • More reading backgrounds and the in-app text size; eligible existing readers keep the choices they had FELLOWSHIP — OPTIONAL, WITH SIGN-IN A place for Colophon readers to pray for one another. It needs Sign in with Apple and is for adults (18+); nothing in it is needed to read or to use Colophon Pro. • Prayer Wall: read requests, comment and tap "I prayed" for free. Posting a request is part of Chat+ (up to 10 a week); post without details or hide your name. Requests are deleted after 30 days. • The Fellowship room: 5 messages a day free. • Private messages with people from the room: a first message is a request until it is accepted or answered. 5 sent and 5 received a day free. • Safety first: phone numbers, links, social accounts and requests for money are not allowed; posts and messages are checked by AI (Anthropic); report or block anyone; anyone writing about a crisis is shown where to find help. CHAT+ — OPTIONAL AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION $3.99 a month or $24.99 a year (prices can differ by country). Chat+ includes posting prayer requests (up to 10 a week), unlimited room and private messages, and every Colophon Pro feature while it is active. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Colophon Pro bought once stays yours either way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mustafasalimerek-bit.github.io/colophon-privacy/ YOUR STUDY, ON YOUR DEVICE Notes, highlights and word history stay on your device unless you export them. Reading needs no account; there is no analytics or advertising SDK. Sunday Worship downloads each week's service from Erek Studio's server, which sees your IP address and the date; Fellowship uses it only once you sign in. Optional BSB audio downloads contact GitHub, which can see your IP address and requested files; during continuous listening, the next book can download automatically. Purchases are handled by the App Store. The texts and study sources are public-domain or openly licensed, with credits in the app. The words under the words.