Comparison

Exegesis vs Colophon

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

Head to head
About

Exegesis

This app provides a comprehensive Bible study experience, offering multiple translations, original language tools, and extensive commentaries from historical Christian figures. It includes features for in-depth analysis, personal note-taking, and offline access to your library.

Highlights
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • Original language lexicons
  • Historical commentaries
  • Creeds and confessions
  • Verse cross-referencing
  • Personal notes and highlights
  • Offline access
Features
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Exegesis is a Bible study app built on a conviction: Scripture is best read with the church — the Fathers, the Reformers, and the Puritans at the table. READ • Multiple Bible translations, with Strong's-tagged text for original-language word study • Continuous scrolling, serif reading fonts, stained-glass themes, and chapter audio with a synced verse cursor • Greek, Hebrew, and Latin lexicons, plus a classic Bible encyclopedia STUDY WITH THE CHURCH • Classic commentators spanning the 1st to the 19th century — Chrysostom, Augustine, Calvin, Matthew Henry, Spurgeon, and more — keyed to the verse in front of you • Creeds, confessions, and catechisms with side-by-side comparison and narrated audio • Letters from authors across traditions — from Augustine to John Newton — with narrated audio • A hymn library organized by topic and tradition GO DEEPER • Cross-reference maps and topic connections for every verse • Analytical tools that weigh topics, interpretive traditions, and cross-references, with clear visual breakdowns • A study assistant for your questions, grounded in your library MAKE IT YOURS • Notes, highlights, verse marks, and a sermon journal with review quizzes and flashcards • Daily devotional with streaks, reading plans, home-screen widgets, and gentle reminders • Offline-first: your library lives on your device, and sync keeps every device in step Exegesis is free to use. An optional Premium and Max subscription unlocks the analytical suite and AI assistance; manage it anytime in your account settings. Questions? support@exegesisbible.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://exegesisbible.com/privacy

About

Colophon

Explore the original Greek and Hebrew words behind English text in this offline study Bible. Tap any word to see its definition, transliteration, and usage frequency. Your notes and highlights are private and saved locally.

Highlights
  • Reverse-interlinear word lookup
  • Offline access to translations
  • Private notes and highlights
  • Search and cross-references
  • Distraction-free reading
  • Optional Pro features
Features
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Colophon is an offline study Bible built on one idea: there are older words under your English, and now you can touch them. Reverse-interlinear style — tap any English word to see the Greek or Hebrew behind it: the original word, its transliteration, its sense, and how often it appears across Scripture. No account. No feed. No ads. Nothing you read or write ever leaves your device. Just the text and its languages. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Tap any word in the KJV for its Strong's Greek or Hebrew entry — right inside your reading, without losing your place • Read public-domain translations (KJV, WEB, BSB) fully offline • Keep notes and highlights that survive every update — your study is never lost • Search the text, follow cross-references, and read in a calm, distraction-free page • Free at the core — every translation, Strong's, search, notes, and export NO ONE'S INTERPRETATION Colophon carries the text and its original languages, not a doctrinal slant. Public-domain sources, transparently attributed. Your notes and highlights stay on your device — Colophon has no servers and collects nothing about your study. COLOPHON PRO (optional, one-time) A single unlock — never a subscription, never a nag — adds the study desk (two translations abreast, verse by verse), notebooks that gather scattered notes into a study, print-ready study sheets, note import, the reading backgrounds beyond the plain page, your own text size, and Backup & Restore: your whole study in one file you keep, on any device, with no account. The study itself is always free. The words under the words.

Screenshots

Exegesis4 screens
Colophon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Exegesis and Colophon both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Exegesis's written reviews are positive against 67% of Colophon's. Exegesis also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). Colophon's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Exegesis sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Colophon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Exegesis against 5.0 for Colophon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exegesis has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Exegesis's written reviews are positive against 67% of Colophon's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Exegesis ships an update every 2 days, Colophon monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Exegesis versus Colophon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExegesisColophon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size291 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCV Concierge A.I., LLCMustafa Salim Erek

Customer experience

Exegesis

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Colophon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Exegesis

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Max (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$34.991 Year
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  • Max (Yearly)$89.991 Year
One-time2
  • 50 AI Credits$2.99
  • 200 AI Credits$9.99
4 purchases

Colophon

One-time4
  • Tip: Ink$1.99
  • Tip: Quill$4.99
  • Colophon Pro$9.99
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  • Tip: Patron$9.99

Questions

Is Exegesis free?
Exegesis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Colophon free?
Colophon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Exegesis or Colophon?
Exegesis and Colophon are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Exegesis or Colophon have ads?
Neither Exegesis nor Colophon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Exegesis or Colophon?
Exegesis ships an update every 2 days, and Colophon monthly. Most recently, Exegesis was updated on October 7, 2026 and Colophon on October 3, 2026.

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