Comparison

My Adventist Library vs King James Explained

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

Head to head
About

My Adventist Library

Features
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My Adventist Library brings the writings of Ellen G. White, this quarter's Sabbath School lessons, a community book library and your local church together in one free app. No ads, and nothing to pay. ELLEN G. WHITE WRITINGS Read the complete EGW library in a clean, comfortable reader. Set the font and text size, read in dark mode, highlight what you want to keep and write your own notes. Everything syncs across your devices when you sign in. SABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS Study day by day in a properly formatted reader. Follow today's reading, bookmark where you stopped, tap any Bible reference to see the verse straight away. MY CHURCH Find your local Seventh-day Adventist church and join it. - Announcements and events from your own church - Group chat with the members, and a private conversation with a leader - Sabbath check-in by scanning the church's QR code, counted for each programme: Sabbath School, Divine Service, Adventist Youth - Prayer requests, read only by the person who wrote them and the church's admin team - Departments for each ministry, each with its own head - A member directory your church can open to its members, behind switches that start closed Churches can see attendance and membership reports and export them as a workbook. TEAMS Publish under one name. Start a team for a media ministry, a Bible-study group or a department, invite the people in it, and upload books under the team's name instead of your own. Teams write journals about what they have been doing - an outreach, a study, a trip - with a picture and as much or as little text as they want. The latest from every team appear on the Home page. Anyone can read them, love them and join the conversation, and a journal can be shared with a link that opens for anybody. COMMUNITY BOOK LIBRARY Browse, read and download Adventist books shared by other readers, or upload your own. Every book opens in a built-in PDF reader, works offline once downloaded, and can be loved, saved and discussed. MADE FOR OFFLINE Download lessons and books once and read them anywhere with no connection. Your highlights, notes and reading progress are kept on the device and synced when you are back online. ALSO INCLUDED - Sign in with Google, Apple, or an email address - A daily devotional on the Home page - Reading progress, bookmarks and a personal library - Notifications you control - Dark mode throughout - Report and block, on every place people can write My Adventist Library is free. There is a Help Center inside the app, and a contact link if you would like to tell us something.

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King James Explained

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Read the King James Bible with a plain-English explanation for every single verse and chapter. Everything is on your device, no account, no ads, works offline. • Full KJV, Old and New Testament • Tap a verse for a short explanation • Search by word or a reference like John 3:16 • Bookmarks, reading plans, and verse of the day • Share or copy a passage The KJV text is public domain in the United States. Explanations are AI-generated and may contain errors. They are a study aid, not a substitute for scholarly commentary.

Screenshots

My Adventist Library4 screens
King James Explained4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: King James Explained at every 3 days against My Adventist Library's every 2 weeks. 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

My Adventist Library ships an update every 2 weeks, King James Explained every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
My Adventist Library versus King James Explained: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Adventist LibraryKing James Explained
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB211 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDam MangRawlight Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

My Adventist Library

No in-app purchases

None

King James Explained

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Adventist Library free?
My Adventist Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is King James Explained free?
King James Explained is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do My Adventist Library or King James Explained have ads?
Neither My Adventist Library nor King James Explained shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Adventist Library or King James Explained?
My Adventist Library ships an update every 2 weeks, and King James Explained every 3 days. Most recently, My Adventist Library was updated on October 31, 2026 and King James Explained on October 5, 2026.

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