Deep Study Bible (No Ads) vs Ballast

Deep Study Bible puts the original Greek and Hebrew beneath every verse of the King James text — a true interlinear, on the very page you're already reading. Pronunciations sit above each word, and the meaning of any word is a single tap away. Everything lives on your device, so it all works offline. THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES, BUILT IN • The Greek of the New Testament and the Hebrew of the Old, beneath every verse • Hebrew rendered right-to-left with transliterations above each word • Tap any word for its lexicon definition — word study without leaving the chapter • Show or hide the original languages with a single tap STUDY TOOLS FOR A DAILY HABIT • Unlimited annotations, organized with colored labels you define • Unlimited bookmarks in eight colors — whole chapters or individual verses • The words of Jesus in red, a classic red-letter edition (toggle it off if you prefer) • Reading goals — the whole Bible, the Old Testament, or the New — with progress on your Home screen • Copy and share any verse, or create a shareable link that imports your notes and bookmarks straight into a friend's app LISTEN, OFFLINE • Download narrated audio bibles and build a listening playlist of whole books • Auto-advances chapter to chapter and keeps playing with your screen locked EVERY TRANSLATION, TO READ OR TO HEAR • KJV is bundled and ready the moment you open the app • Hundreds of available versions like NKJV, NLT, NIV, ESV, ASV, AMP, GNV, BSB and more • Browse and download more text and audio versions in the built-in store; some premium translations are available as one-time purchases • Swipe between chapters with a real page-turn feel PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No ads. No tracking. • Everything is stored on your device and works fully offline — the internet is only used when you choose to download a version.

A daily program of scripture for men. Ten readings free, and complete. No ads, no account, nothing to sign into. Ballast is a program, not a feed. You open it and today's passage is there, with one factual line in front of it: the book, who wrote it, who it was written to. You read it, or you listen to it read aloud. It closes with a short prayer that is itself scripture, a psalm or a benediction, not something written for you. You mark it complete and see where you are. ONE READING EACH WEEKDAY The plan suggests one reading each weekday, Monday to Friday, and the weekend is there for catching up. Every day of your plan is open: read ahead, listen again or go back, in any order. The streak counts weekdays, and you can turn it off. Each plan has an end, and the program shows how far you are. THE PLANS These Words. Ten readings, two weeks. Free, and it stays free. A complete plan, not a sample of a longer one. Mark. Fifteen readings, three weeks. The shortest Gospel, read in order. Joseph. Ten readings, two weeks. The last fourteen chapters of Genesis. Romans. Ten readings, two weeks. Paul's letter to the church in Rome, read in order. Proverbs. Fifteen readings, three weeks. All thirty-one chapters, in order. The Songs of Ascent is being built. It sits on the shelf marked Coming soon until it is ready. READ OR LISTEN Every reading is narrated. Play it with the screen off, from the lock screen, in the truck before work. Finishing the audio marks the day complete. HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES Highlight a verse, write a note, find it again in the Ledger. Export the whole ledger as plain text whenever you like. Share a verse as a card that shows the book, chapter and verse. WHAT IT IS NOT No account. Your progress, highlights and notes stay on your device, and sync privately through your own iCloud if you use it. No ads. None in the app, none planned. No commentary. The passage, a line of context, a prayer. No free trial. These Words is free outright; nothing turns into a charge. THE SUBSCRIPTION These Words is free for everyone. Every other program comes with one subscription, monthly or yearly. A subscriber has every program while it runs, including the ones added after he joins. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings at any time. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://ironsidelabs.io/ballast/privacy/ Ballast is made by Ironside Labs.