Study by A1 vs Cross

Study by A1:8 is a free Bible study app for people who want to go deeper than a verse of the day. Read in five translations side by side. Pull up nineteen classic commentaries — Matthew Henry, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, Adam Clarke, Albert Barnes, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Scofield and more — on the passage in front of you, without leaving it. Look up a word in any of twenty-five dictionaries. Follow a reading plan. Keep what you find. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Read five Bible translations, with parallel view • Study nineteen commentaries, verse by verse • Search twenty-five-plus Bible dictionaries and word studies • Take notes on any verse, and keep them • Highlight in multiple colours, and organise highlights into collections • Write longer thoughts and full messages in a proper editor • Bookmark passages and build collections • Follow reading plans and track your progress • Search across everything you have written WORKS OFFLINE Download translations, commentaries and dictionaries to your device and use them with no connection at all — on a plane, in a basement, anywhere. Notes, highlights and messages you write offline are saved on the device and sync the moment you are back. Nothing waits on a signal. EVERYTHING SYNCS Sign in once and your notes, highlights, bookmarks and messages follow you between your phone, your tablet and the web. Start a thought on your phone and finish it on a laptop. FREE, WITH NO PAYWALL The app is free. There is no subscription, no trial, no locked chapters and no ads. Everything described above is included. Study is part of the A1:8 family of tools for churches and the people in them. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses... to the end of the earth." — Acts 1:8

Cross-Examine is the all-in-one home for serious Bible study, apologetics, sermon preparation, and church life. Whether you're a preacher building this week's message, a student wrestling with hard questions, or a leader shepherding a congregation, Cross-Examine gives you grounded tools that respect the Word and sharpen your thinking. STUDY THE WORD • Read and search Scripture in a clean, distraction-free space • Free Strong's lexicon word studies — see the original Hebrew and Greek • AI-assisted study that stays grounded in the text and cites its sources • Save studies, notes, and journals to your personal library TEST EVERY CLAIM • Examine doctrines and objections with a rigorous, source-grounded process • Build a savable Claim Library and Objection Library • Get balanced, cited answers — not hand-waving PREPARE TO PREACH — HONESTLY • A full sermon workspace: prayer, study, outline, manuscript, and a Pulpit Mode teleprompter • Cross-Examine helps you do the work — it never writes your sermon for you • Turn a sermon into shareable clips and congregation handouts GROW & TEACH • Real, completable courses and lessons • Interactive, guided tutorials • A curated library of trustworthy sources LEAD YOUR CHURCH • Member directory, families, attendance, and giving records • A public church page and simple congregant intake • Live-stream to your congregation and out to YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch MEET LENSE Your conversational study companion — ask a question out loud and Lense studies right alongside you. COMMUNITY Connect with other believers, share what you're learning, and message friends — with privacy and moderation built in. Start free. Upgrade anytime for more AI, more saves, and full church tools. Study the Word. Test every claim. Prepare to preach. LEGAL Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.cross-examine.app/privacy