Comparison

Exegesis vs Exegesis

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

Head to head
About

Exegesis

Explore scripture with extensive commentaries, lexicons, and historical texts. This app offers tools for deep study, including verse-by-verse analysis and cross-references. Personalize your reading with notes, highlights, and daily devotionals.

Highlights
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • Greek, Hebrew, and Latin lexicons
  • Classic commentators (1st-19th century)
  • Creeds, confessions, and catechisms
  • Verse cross-references and topic connections
  • Notes, highlights, and sermon journal
  • Offline-first library
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

Exegesis

Features
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Exegesis is a quiet, beautiful Bible reading tracker — a candlelit checklist for working through all 1,189 chapters of Scripture at your own pace. CHOOSE YOUR PATH • Straight Through — Genesis to Revelation in canonical order • Guided Chronological — the story of Scripture in the order it happened Your progress is shared between both plans: a chapter read is a chapter read. TRACK WITH DELIGHT • Tap a chapter to gild it gold — satisfying, glanceable progress • Overall, Old Testament, and New Testament stats at the top of every visit • Mark a whole book read (or clear it) in one tap • A full history of every chapter, with timestamps READ WITHOUT LEAVING • Read the English Standard Version (ESV) right in the app • Prefer the NIV? One tap opens your chapter on Bible Gateway • "Continue" always knows the next unread chapter in your plan YOURS, WITH OR WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Exegesis works completely offline with no account — your progress lives on your device. Create a free account only if you want to sync with the Exegesis web app and read alongside family and friends. You can delete your account (and all its data) from inside the app at any time. No ads. No analytics. No subscriptions. Just you and the text. Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Exegesis at none against Exegesis's 8. Exegesis's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Exegesis asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Exegesis versus Exegesis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterExegesisExegesis
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCV Concierge A.I., LLCObed Works LLC

In-app purchases

8 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-time4
  • 50 AI Credits$2.99
  • Exegesis Study Pass$9.99
  • 200 AI Credits$9.99
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  • Exegesis Lifetime$49.99
None

Exegesis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Exegesis free?
Exegesis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Exegesis free?
Exegesis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Exegesis or Exegesis have ads?
Neither Exegesis nor Exegesis shows ads.

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