Traverse Bible vs Saved
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traverse Bible
This app offers an in-depth Bible study experience with multiple translations, original language tools, audio Bibles, and extensive cross-references. It allows users to explore commentaries, biblical figures, and topics, all while working offline. Features include note-taking, bookmarking, and powerful search capabilities.
- Twelve Bible translations
- Audio Bible narrations
- Original Hebrew and Greek languages
- Strong's concordance and lexicons
- Verse-by-verse commentaries
- Extensive cross-references
- Biblical people, places, and maps
- Offline functionality
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Read Scripture closely. Explore the writings around it. Keep a full study library with you, even offline. Traverse Bible brings twelve English translations, Hebrew and Greek study tools, and connected reference works into one free iPhone app. Follow a word, compare a passage, or save a note without losing your place. NEW IN 1.2.0 • Early Christian Writings — Read 28 entries from the Apostolic Fathers and Early Apologists in a separate historical library. Search them alongside Scripture, with clearly labeled results and context about authorship, dating, and reception. • Surviving Evidence — Explore what survives for all 116 Bible-book and historical-writing entries. Read a survival summary and known limits for each entry, including manuscripts, languages, textual forms, and gaps in the evidence. Greek Septuagint, Hebrew, and other witnesses are distinguished from modern editions and translations. • Book Introductions — Open a book's guide from the reader for introductions and surviving evidence. Introductions share a consistent reading style, with links for explicit verse references. READ AND COMPARE • Twelve translations, including KJV, ASV, WEB, the 1599 Geneva Bible, and the Berean Standard Bible. Compare passages across translations that contain them. • Apocrypha and Ethiopian books, including 1 Enoch and Jubilees, whose complete forms are preserved in Ge'ez, and the Rest of the Words of Baruch with Greek text. Book collections vary by edition and tradition. • Eleven study guides covering the Bible, canon traditions, manuscripts, languages, translations, and study tools. FOLLOW THE CONNECTIONS • Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament texts with transliterations and glosses, plus the Greek Septuagint and two Greek New Testament editions. • Strong's, Abbott-Smith, Thayer's, Brown-Driver-Briggs, and Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicons, with links to word occurrences. • More than 340,000 cross-references, available in both directions. • Over 4,000 biblical people and places, with family links, name meanings, reference articles, and map locations. • Topics from Nave's and Torrey's, connected to the verses they cite. • Nine commentaries and study-note collections, available as a free optional download. MAKE IT YOUR STUDY LIBRARY • Color-coded bookmarks, formatted notes, custom tags, and reading history. Private iCloud sync when available, with backup export. • Search across translations, historical writings, lexicons, names, topics, and your notes. • Seven free downloadable recordings: KJV, ASV, WEB, Douay-Rheims, Berean, 1 Enoch, and Jubilees. Follow the highlighted verse, adjust playback speed, use lock-screen controls, or set a sleep timer. On-device text-to-speech is also available. No ads, purchases, subscriptions, or Traverse account. Bundled texts and study tools work offline. Optional audio, commentaries, and place photos require a download before offline use. iCloud sync and opening external links require a connection.
Saved
Find relevant scripture passages based on your current life experiences. Select from Christianity, Islam, or Judaism to receive verses with context and attribution in a reader-style format. Offers personalized matches and a daily verse experience.
- Personalized scripture matches
- Bible, Quran, and Torah reading
- Book-style page reader
- Save favorite verses
- Daily verse experience
- Five free matches
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Saved helps you find scripture for the season you are in. Type what you are going through and Saved matches your moment to real passages from your chosen sacred text. Choose Christianity, Islam, or Judaism, then receive scripture with attribution, context, saving, and a book style reader. Saved does not write scripture. Verse text comes from real public domain or authorized scripture sources. AI is used only to match your request to relevant references. Features: Personalized scripture matches Bible, Quran, and Torah reading Beautiful book style page reader Save favorite verses Daily verse experience Five lifetime free matches Monthly, annual, and lifetime access options Saved is for reflection and study. It is not a substitute for religious leadership, medical care, therapy, or emergency support. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Traverse Bible at 5 against Saved's 1. Saved's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Traverse Bible against 5.0 for Saved. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Traverse Bible has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Traverse Bible ships an update every 9 days, Saved every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Traverse Bible | Saved |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ktisis Web, LLC | Montclair Holdings & CO |
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Traverse Bible
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No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









