Kalmas vs Colophon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kalmas
Learn and memorize six essential Islamic Kalmas with this app. It offers Arabic text in a golden font, along with English translations and transliterations. Enjoy clear, slow-paced recitations with simple one-tap playback controls.
- Six Kalmas with Arabic, English, and Transliteration
- Clear and slow-paced recitation
- One-tap play and stop
- Easy to use interface
- Lightweight application
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Read, listen and memorize 6 Kalmas in Islam. The app contacting Arabic text in beautifully designed golden font. English translation and transliteration is available for all six Kalmas. Easily play and stop the recitation with one tap. Key features: + All six Kalmas with Arabic, English and Transliteration. + Clear and slow paced recitation for clear understanding. + One tap play and stop recitation. + Easy to use and light weight. For support, suggestion, bug report or feature request, please email us at support@quarterpi.com.
Colophon
Explore the original Greek and Hebrew words behind English text in this offline study Bible. Tap any word to see its definition, transliteration, and usage frequency. Your notes and highlights are private and saved locally.
- Reverse-interlinear word lookup
- Offline access to translations
- Private notes and highlights
- Search and cross-references
- Distraction-free reading
- Optional Pro features
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Colophon is an offline study Bible built on one idea: there are older words under your English, and now you can touch them. Reverse-interlinear style — tap any English word to see the Greek or Hebrew behind it: the original word, its transliteration, its sense, and how often it appears across Scripture. No account. No feed. No ads. Nothing you read or write ever leaves your device. Just the text and its languages. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Tap any word in the KJV for its Strong's Greek or Hebrew entry — right inside your reading, without losing your place • Read public-domain translations (KJV, WEB, BSB) fully offline • Keep notes and highlights that survive every update — your study is never lost • Search the text, follow cross-references, and read in a calm, distraction-free page • Free at the core — every translation, Strong's, search, notes, and export NO ONE'S INTERPRETATION Colophon carries the text and its original languages, not a doctrinal slant. Public-domain sources, transparently attributed. Your notes and highlights stay on your device — Colophon has no servers and collects nothing about your study. COLOPHON PRO (optional, one-time) A single unlock — never a subscription, never a nag — adds the study desk (two translations abreast, verse by verse), notebooks that gather scattered notes into a study, print-ready study sheets, note import, the reading backgrounds beyond the plain page, your own text size, and Backup & Restore: your whole study in one file you keep, on any device, with no account. The study itself is always free. The words under the words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Colophon at 5.0 against Kalmas's 2.0. Kalmas's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Kalmas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Colophon sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Colophon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Kalmas | Colophon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quarter Pi | Mustafa Salim Erek |
Customer experience
Kalmas
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In-app purchases
Kalmas
- Remove Ads$0.99
Colophon
- Tip: Ink$1.99
- Tip: Quill$4.99
- Colophon Pro$9.99
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- Tip: Patron$9.99







