Comparison

Sojourn 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

Sojourn

Explore scripture by asking questions about specific topics or verses. The app provides context and allows you to delve deeper into passages, creating a personal trail of your studies. It's a private, ad-free space for reflection and inquiry.

Highlights
  • AI-powered question answering
  • Contextual verse exploration
  • Personal study trails
  • Live scripture links
  • Ad-free and private experience
  • World English Bible translation
Features
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Stay awhile in scripture. Most Bible apps treat verses as footnotes. Sojourn treats them as places. Bring a question — envy, anxiety, forgiveness, anything — and be answered gently, with every verse a door into the passage itself. Sojourn is completely free. 100% private. No subscription, no ads, no account. Bring a question, a topic, or just curiosity. Sojourn's AI meets you there, listens, and surfaces the passages worth sitting with. It opens the conversation. You decide where it goes. Every verse it cites is a live link. Tap one to see it in context. Go deeper and the passage becomes a place you've been, waiting in your trail when you return. Ask a question inside a passage and it flows back into your conversation, marked with where it came from. Nothing you wonder about gets stranded. EXPLORE Every citation is a door, not a footnote. Open a verse, read the words around it, and step into the whole chapter with one gesture. CONVERSE One thread that follows you. Questions belong to your topic, not to wherever you happened to ask them. RETURN A place, not a ping. Your trail is always waiting, exactly where you left off. All scripture comes from the World English Bible, a trusted public-domain translation. The AI is the way in, never the source of the text. It points you to scripture; it never writes it for you. No notifications. No streaks. No badges. You come back because you want to. Sojourn is a quiet place to read, ask, and stay awhile.

About

King James Explained

Features
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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

Sojourn4 screens
King James Explained4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: King James Explained at 3 against Sojourn's 1. King James Explained also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sojourn ships an update every 6 days, King James Explained every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sojourn versus King James Explained: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSojournKing James Explained
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB211 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLuke Twelve Thirteen, LLCRawlight Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Sojourn

No in-app purchases

None

King James Explained

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sojourn free?
Sojourn 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 Sojourn or King James Explained have ads?
Neither Sojourn nor King James Explained shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sojourn or King James Explained?
Sojourn ships an update every 6 days, and King James Explained every 3 days. Most recently, Sojourn was updated on October 31, 2026 and King James Explained on October 31, 2026.

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