Āthepedia vs Decanon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Āthepedia
This app provides resources and strategies for individuals who live without religious beliefs. It features inspiring quotes, biographies, arguments for reason, and reference material on various religions and atheism. Users can also share their own content and download shareable meme images.
- Inspiring quotes and biographies
- Arguments for faith and reason
- Reference material on religions and atheism
- Downloadable meme images
- Offline reading
- Share user-generated content
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Āthepedia was created to help people promote living without gods. Explore content and strategies for respectfully challenging the faith of friends and family members. The app contains inspiring quotes, biographies of influential people, arguments for faith and recommended responses, and reference material on world religions, atheism, and reason. The app also features downloadable meme images for quotes, arguments, and terms, ready for sharing on social media. You can search for content using keywords or filter content by topics including "community most liked", "newest 100", "Female Voices", and more. And once you find content that interests you, "like" it to push it higher on the "community most liked" list, or just bookmark it for reading later. Best of all, you can share your own quotes with the community, including an optional biography page and photo. App features include: - An elegant, readable typeface - Dynamic type support - Dark mode support - Powerful contextual search - Featured content - Share your own quotes and biography - Downloadable meme images - Offline reading
Decanon
This app offers a scholarly analysis of the Protestant Bible, breaking down each book into sections with academic annotations. It focuses on critical biblical scholarship, addressing historical, ethical, and textual issues rather than devotional reading.
- Scholarly annotations for all 66 Protestant Bible books
- Analysis of issues like violence, misogyny, and slavery
- Full-text search across books and annotations
- Filter by specific issue categories
- Offline functionality
- No account or tracking required
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The canon, deconstructed. Decanon is a critical reading guide to all 66 books of the Protestant Bible. It breaks each book into concise, approachable sections and highlights passages that raise questions about violence, misogyny, slavery, anti-LGBTQ teaching, harm to children, science, history, internal consistency, racism, morality, and logic. EXPLORE THE CANON • Browse all 66 books by testament and category • Search book names, section titles, passage references, summaries, and annotations • Filter the catalog by any of 11 issue types • Expand each flag to read the full critical annotation • Use the passage reference to check the text in any Bible • Share sections or copy references CONTEXT, NOT MOCKERY Decanon is written for people examining or deconstructing claims of biblical inerrancy. Its goal is direct, respectful criticism—not mockery of religious people or the many ways people understand these texts. SOURCES AND SCOPE A general bibliography identifies works that informed the app’s editorial approach, including biblical scholarship and critical reference works. These are not item-level citations for every annotation. Decanon is a guide, not a Bible translation. It contains summaries, annotations, and passage references rather than the complete text of scripture. ACCESS Genesis and Exodus guides are included free. A one-time, non-consumable Full Access purchase unlocks the remaining 64 book guides. There is no subscription. Purchases and restores use Apple’s StoreKit. PRIVACY No account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Reading content is bundled and available offline. App Store purchases, restores, support links, sharing, and review prompts may use Apple or services you choose. Content note: Decanon discusses violence, abuse, discrimination, sexuality, and other mature themes in text.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Decanon at Free against Āthepedia's $1.99. Decanon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Āthepedia's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On ads 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
Decanon is free to download; Āthepedia costs $1.99 up front. Decanon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Āthepedia asks for nothing beyond the download.
Decanon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Āthepedia has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Āthepedia ships an update every 5 weeks, Decanon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Āthepedia | Decanon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michael Argentini | OMAR DANIEL GRAZIANO |
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Āthepedia
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In-app purchases
Āthepedia
No in-app purchases
Decanon
- Full Access$9.99








