Comparison

How 2 Pray vs The Bible Study App

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

Head to head
About

How 2 Pray

This app guides personal prayer time using the Lord's Prayer as a template. Customize your prayers with notes and Bible verses, set reminders for consistent habits, and track prayer requests for yourself and your community.

Highlights
  • Lord's Prayer template
  • Customizable prayer content
  • Prayer reminders
  • Prayer requests tracking
  • Bible verse integration
  • Note-taking
Features
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In Matthew 6:9, the beginning of the Lord's Prayer starts by Jesus saying "Pray then like this:". How 2 Pray was designed with the Lord's Prayer as a template for helping you make the most out of your personal prayer time with the Lord. This app is designed to be simple, to help you slow down during prayer, and to be customizable to tailor your prayer time to what you need in your life right now. Start with the Lord's Prayer template and add your own content, notes, and Bible verses to customize your prayer time. The reminders section is included to support consistent prayer habits and helpful notifications when life gets busy and your mind is full. A prayer requests section is also included so you can prayer for and track requests for the people and community around you, with reminders to support consistency and follow-through over time. May your praying slow down, become more consistent and more full and may your relationship with the Lord and your community grow deeper as a result.

About

The Bible Study App

Explore scripture through focused, in-depth, or devotional study. Access original language tools, historical context, and scholarly insights. Features verifiable sources and a conversational interface for deeper understanding.

Highlights
  • Quick study for focused answers
  • Deep study with original languages
  • Devotional mode for personal reflection
  • Verifiable scholarly sources
  • Conversational follow-up questions
  • Offline history storage
  • Multiple public-domain translations
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Three ways to open the Bible, and one standard behind them all. QUICK STUDY gives you a focused, sourced answer in minutes: the key passage in context, what the original words carry, and where scholars agree or differ. DEEP STUDY goes as far as you want to go: original-language word cards with lemma and parsing, cultural and historical setting, geography, archaeology, comparative ancient context. Six layers you control, every claim attributed to named scholars and reference works. DEVOTIONAL is different on purpose. It uses the depth scholars know to help you feel what the text cost the people in it. A passage, its weight, one honest question, a prayer shaped like the prayers of Scripture, and a small invitation for your day. EVERY STUDY IS A LIVING PAGE Tap any verse reference to read the full passage in your translation and add it to the study. Greek and Hebrew words sit under each quoted verse; tap one for its meaning and range, or view every word in the passage. Grow a passage for more context, remove what you don't need, and shape the study as you go. PLANS AND LISTENING PRAYER Multi-day devotional plans for grief, gratitude, and beginnings, or ask for a plan on any topic and read its days in whatever order you like. Listening Prayer gives you a passage, one line to hold, and a few quiet minutes before God. BUILT FOR TRUST - Real Scripture to check against: fourteen translations. Six public-domain Bibles (KJV, BSB, WEB, ASV, YLT, Darby) live inside the app; eight licensed translations (NASB 2020, NLT, NKJV, The Message, CSB, Amplified, Good News, CEV) are served word-for-word from their publishers' authorized libraries, with their copyright lines shown. Tap "Check this passage" under any referenced quote to compare it with the actual text. - Every interpretive claim is sourced. Uncertainty is marked, never hidden. - Broadly orthodox and honoring of different traditions, never pushing one. - AI-generated commentary is a starting point for study, and the app says so. YOUR CONVERSATION, CONTINUED Ask follow-ups and go deeper; the thread remembers where you've been. History stays on your device. No account required, ever. FAIR, SIMPLE PRICING Four studies every week, free, for life: Quick, Deep, or Devotional, whatever that week asks for. No trial countdown. Follow-up questions ride with their study instead of counting as new ones; a very long conversation counts as another study. Daily Devotional unlocks unlimited devotionals, plan days, and Listening Prayer. Everything unlimited comes as a monthly or a yearly plan. Founders Lifetime is a one-time purchase, yours forever, limited to the first 500. Every price is shown in your own currency in the In-App Purchases list on this page. All subscriptions auto-renew and cancel anytime in App Store settings. Built to grow your time in Scripture. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://trythebiblestudy.app/privacy.html · App terms: https://trythebiblestudy.app/terms.html

Screenshots

How 2 Pray4 screens
The Bible Study App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: How 2 Pray at none against The Bible Study App's 3. The Bible Study App's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Bible Study App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. How 2 Pray asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for How 2 Pray against 4.9 for The Bible Study App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Bible Study App has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How 2 Pray ships an update every 3 months, The Bible Study App every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
How 2 Pray versus The Bible Study App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow 2 PrayThe Bible Study App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (34 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings134 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTanner TownsLuke Burger

Customer experience

How 2 Pray

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Bible Study App

All ratings34 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

How 2 Pray

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Bible Study App

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founders Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is How 2 Pray free?
How 2 Pray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Bible Study App free?
The Bible Study App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, How 2 Pray or The Bible Study App?
How 2 Pray is rated higher. How 2 Pray averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while The Bible Study App averages 4.9 from 34 ratings.
Do How 2 Pray or The Bible Study App have ads?
Neither How 2 Pray nor The Bible Study App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How 2 Pray or The Bible Study App?
How 2 Pray ships an update every 3 months, and The Bible Study App every 5 days. Most recently, How 2 Pray was updated on October 11, 2026 and The Bible Study App on October 10, 2026.

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