Quiet Time Today vs Portion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quiet Time Today
Enhance your spiritual practice with structured reading plans, scripture memorization tools, and integrated prayer and journaling features. Connect with a community through prayer groups and discipleship, all while customizing your experience with themes and offline access. Sync your data securely across devices.
- Structured reading plans
- Integrated prayer and journal tools
- Scripture memorization
- Prayer groups and discipleship
- Customizable themes (dark/light mode, colors)
- Offline and online functionality
- Cross-device data synchronization
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Use structured reading plans, Strong’s numbers, scripture songs, and integrated prayer and journal tools to make your time with God more meaningful and consistent. Connect with others through prayer groups or discipleship relationships. Customize dark/light mode and available in 20 different colors. Works offline and online. Sync your data across multiple devices through quiettime.com. Highly secure, and includes ESV audio version and Bible cross references. Available in English and Telugu.
Portion
A peaceful Bible reading and journaling app that offers structured reading plans and offline scripture access. Reflect on passages and write your thoughts in a distraction-free Markdown journal, with entries stored locally in iCloud.
- Structured reading plans
- Offline scripture access (KJV, Berean Standard)
- Distraction-free Markdown journaling
- Plain text file storage in iCloud
- Verse-by-verse read aloud
- Color-coded bookmarks
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Portion is a calm, local-first Bible reading and journaling companion. Open it each morning to your reading plan. Read. Reflect. Write. Reading Plans Choose from three structured plans — M'Cheyne's classic one-year plan, Three Streams, or NT in 90 Days. Stay aligned to the calendar or anchor to your own pace. Scripture KJV and Berean Standard Bible are bundled — no internet required. Logos Bible Software users can open any passage directly in Logos with one tap. Journaling A distraction-free journal opens alongside your reading. Write in Markdown. Entries are stored as plain text files in iCloud — yours to keep, easy to export. Open Bible Browse any book and chapter freely. Five color-coded bookmarks let you mark passages and return instantly. Read Aloud Listen to any passage with verse-by-verse text-to-speech. Tap any verse to seek. Themes A growing library of themes — warm desk textures, nature backgrounds, and more. Free. No ads. No account required. "The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him." — Lamentations 3:24
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Portion at daily against Quiet Time Today's every 3 days. Portion also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Quiet Time Today's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quiet Time Today against 5.0 for Portion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Quiet Time Today ships an update every 3 days, Portion daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quiet Time Today | Portion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quiet Time (United States) | Peter Parise |
Customer experience
Quiet Time Today
Portion
In-app purchases
Quiet Time Today
No in-app purchases
Portion
No in-app purchases
