Exegesis vs MannaLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exegesis
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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.
MannaLog
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Track every chapter. Build a reading habit. See your progress through the entire Bible. MannaLog is a clean, focused Bible reading tracker for logging what you read, building streaks, saving reflections, and seeing your progress across all 66 books and 1,189 chapters. Log what you read, build daily streaks, and see exactly where you stand across the entire Bible with the Canon Grid, a color-coded visual map of every book from Genesis to Revelation. Each tile updates as you go: unread, partial, complete, or reread. It's the kind of overview that makes you want to keep going. Your home screen shows everything that matters at a glance: percentage complete, chapters read out of 1,189, books covered out of 66, and how many days you've been reading in a row. One tap to log a reading. That's it. Use the Journal to save reflections and personal notes on what you've read. Follow a structured plan in the Plans section or read at your own pace. Look back at your reading history in the Calendar to see how far you've come. MannaLog isn't trying to replace your Bible app. It's the companion that keeps you accountable, tracks your progress, and helps you build the kind of consistency that actually gets you through the whole Bible. Whether you're starting Genesis for the first time or rereading your favorite books, MannaLog gives you a simple, satisfying way to see every chapter count.
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Exegesis and MannaLog are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Exegesis | MannaLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Obed Works LLC | Mikiyas Astatke |
In-app purchases
Exegesis
No in-app purchases
MannaLog
No in-app purchases









