Study by A1 vs Manna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Study by A1
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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
Manna
This Bible app offers daily verses and in-depth study tools. Explore cross-references, original language meanings, and commentary. Access offline readings and guided studies without needing an account.
- Daily Bible verses
- In-depth verse study
- Original language lookup
- Offline reading
- Guided study plans
- Saved verses and notes
- Home screen widgets
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Manna is a Bible app for reading a little every day, and going deeper when you want to. Open it and there is a verse. Keep scrolling and there is another. Filter what comes by what you need: love, joy, peace, patience, nine in all. Tap any verse to open its whole chapter, and from there a study sheet that shows you what the verse quotes, where it is quoted later, the passages that tell the same event again, cross-references, the Greek or Hebrew behind a word, a dictionary article, and twenty-three public-domain commentators and devotional writers who have something to say about it. Six translations, always free World English Bible, Berean Standard Bible, American Standard Version, Young's Literal, Darby, and Douay-Rheims. All of them read offline. Saved verses keep the translation you saved them in. Your library stays yours There are no accounts and nothing to sign in to. Saved verses, highlights and notebooks live on your device and go nowhere else. Sixteen guided studies Foundations, Psalms and Life: 108 days of five to fifteen minutes. Each day has a passage, a key verse, a reflection, a word study, commentary to follow, a question, a practice and a prayer. No streaks, no daily lock, nothing to lose by missing a morning. On the Home Screen Widgets that turn over at midnight and noon: today's bread, morning and evening readings, and where you left off. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://criticalconnections.github.io/manna-site/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Study by A1 at none against Manna's 2. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Manna sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Study by A1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Study by A1 | Manna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 231 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Sanders | WTS Apps |
In-app purchases
Study by A1
No in-app purchases
Manna
- Manna Plus$4.991 Month
- Manna Plus Yearly$49.991 Year









