Comparison

Study by A1 vs Examine

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

Head to head
About

Study by A1

Features
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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

About

Examine

A scripture-focused Bible reader designed for in-depth study and careful thought. It provides multiple translations, tools for analyzing text, and a Greek interlinear, all without AI paraphrasing or ads.

Highlights
  • Multiple Bible translations (NIV, NLT, Message, ESV)
  • Contextual chapter view
  • Verse highlighting in four colors
  • AI-powered question answering with source passages
  • Teaching analysis against scripture
  • Phrase tracing across the entire Bible
  • Greek New Testament interlinear
Features
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Examine is a quiet, scripture-first Bible reader for people who want to read closely and think carefully. Named for the Bereans of Acts 17:11 who "examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so", Examine is built for that kind of reading, and it holds one firm line: the AI never writes or paraphrases Scripture. Every verse comes straight from a published translation, shown exactly as published. READ • NIV, NLT, The Message, and ESV • A calm, typographic reader that opens any verse in its full chapter, never stripped of context • Highlight verses in four colors; highlights follow the verse across translations • Everything saved on your device with no account required STUDY • Ask: pose a question and get a grounded answer that points to the passages it rests on • Weigh: test any teaching, lyric, sermon, or quote against Scripture; Examine surfaces the passages for and against, and lets you judge • Trace: follow a phrase across the whole canon, Genesis to Revelation, verified verse by verse • Greek interlinear: read the New Testament word by word, with lemmas, parsing, and every place a word appears PRINCIPLES • Scripture is never generated, paraphrased, or summarized by AI • No ads, no tracking, no account • The reading, and the conclusions, are yours Examine points you to the Word. The rest is between you and it.

Screenshots

Study by A14 screens
Examine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Study by A1 at daily against Examine's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Study by A1 ships an update daily, Examine every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Study by A1 versus Examine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy by A1Examine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex SandersWill Nelson

In-app purchases

None

Study by A1

No in-app purchases

None

Examine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Study by A1 free?
Study by A1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Examine free?
Examine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Study by A1 or Examine have ads?
Neither Study by A1 nor Examine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Study by A1 or Examine?
Study by A1 ships an update daily, and Examine every 10 days. Most recently, Study by A1 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Examine on October 7, 2026.

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