Logos Bible
A Bible-study app connecting passages with digital libraries, notes and research tools.
For Bible students, teachers, pastors and readers using study libraries.
By Logos
App StoreOfficial websiteAudience source
- Platform
- iOS
- Category
- Reference
- First release
- 1 November 2009
- Store ratings
- 176,480 (US)
- Research captures
- 52
Design review
Observed choices, what they mean, and what still needs checking.
Access & cost
After 1 month free: Plus $4.99/month or $49.99/year; Premium $9.99/month or $99.99/year.
Captured flow · 27 October 2026Attention & control
Reminder defaults, pause and missed-day recovery have not been verified.
Controls not yet verifiedTrust & care
Source boundaries, privacy and safeguards need further review. No app-wide assurance is implied.
Evidence incompleteOffers are dated iOS observations in USD where captured. Eligibility, country and platform can differ. Existing settings are not installation defaults.
Where the observed choices sit
Each row is one scoped observation of a specific flow, not a grade for the whole app.
No practice has been placed on the scale yet.
1 area reviewed, not yet placed7 areas not reviewed yetReview notes
Works against: a choice subverts the person’s agency. Respects: it respects people and safeguards. Restores: a practice restores at a cost freely borne by the builder. Price, Christian branding or a free tier alone do not place an area. How we review.
Screens
52 reviewed screensCaptured app states, distinct from the publisher’s promotional images. Dates and versions belong to each screen; this is not a complete app walkthrough.
Features and patterns
What the reviewed screens show this app doing. A missing entry does not mean a feature is absent.
Plus and Premium plans
A one-month trial is offered: Plus USD4.99/month or USD49.99/year; Premium USD9.99/month or USD99.99/year. These are offers, not tests of every included capability.
First use4 supporting screens
Actions on AI answers
Logos offers Add to Favorites and View Settings in the Study Assistant menu.
Actions on AI answersOther apps with actions on ai answers (10)
Citations in AI answers
Logos attaches numbered citations and Scripture links to an answer about John 1:1. Logos opens a cited book card with author, publisher, price and See Inside. Logos shows the title and copyright page inside the cited book preview. Logos ends its John 1:1 answer with linked bibliographic entries and locations.
Citations in AI answersOther apps with citations in ai answers (16)4 supporting screens
Spiritual acts and AI
Logos’ Study Assistant says it cannot engage in prayer and offers to research prayer traditions. Logos responds to a blessing request by restating its library-research role alongside a subscription invitation.
Spiritual acts and AIOther apps with spiritual acts and ai (14)2 supporting screens
Saying “I don’t know”
Logos introduces its Study Assistant with example questions, an AI caution and an account gate. Logos presents assistant examples and a sign-in requirement before conversation. Logos presents example questions, a source promise, an AI caution and an account requirement.
Saying “I don’t know”Other apps with saying “i don’t know” (10)3 supporting screens
What the assistant talks about
Logos introduces its Study Assistant with example questions, an AI caution and an account gate. Logos presents assistant examples and a sign-in requirement before conversation. Logos exposes a conversation composer with an All books source control and a preview notice. Logos’ Study Assistant says it cannot engage in prayer and offers to research prayer traditions. Logos responds to a blessing request by restating its library-research role alongside a subscription invitation. Logos presents example questions, a source promise, an AI caution and an account requirement. The More tab opens with "You've used < 1% of your monthly AI Credits – Credits refill: Today", then the account (name and email masked), preferences (Top Bible ESV, citation settings, default notebook) and a Promotional Notifications switch (off).
What the assistant talks aboutOther apps with what the assistant talks about (20)7 supporting screens
Also observed
- Download
- Free download · US store
- Access
- Some free use available
Cost, access & publisher model Sources and details
Practical facts, separate from the design assessment. Checked 25 October 2026. A free download does not establish free access to all content.
- App download
- Free download · US · Store source
- Subscriptions
- Subscription declared · Source
- Store in-app products
- In-app products listed
- Donations
- Not verified
- Advertising
- Not verified
What access does payment cover?
Free access is available alongside optional paid content or features.
Scope: optional paid scope · publisher statement · Source · 25 October 2026
Anyone may use the mobile app free. A limited version works without an account; a free account adds books and features. Purchased library resources can be accessed in the app.
Scope: mobile free tier · publisher statement · Source · 25 October 2026
Free samples, a free tier and the complete library are different scopes. Store and publisher evidence is separate from the dated captured-flow review in Design review. Coverage varies by offer and platform.
Store-listed products and prices (10)
US App Store · checked 25 October 2026. Names and prices describe listed products, not a personal checkout quote. Other platforms, web offers and eligibility can differ.
- Logos Plus (Monthly)$4.99
- Logos Premium (Monthly)$9.99
- Connect the Testaments$0.00
- Logos Plus (Yearly)$49.99
- Faithlife Study Bible$0.00
- English Standard Version (ESV)$9.99
- The Amplified Bible (AMP)$9.99
- Logos Premium (Yearly)$99.99
- The Message Bible$9.99
- Christ, Our Righteousness$19.99
Publisher funding and business model
Current publisher App Store description lists optional auto-renewing Logos Plus and Premium subscriptions for additional AI usage and resources. This does not establish Faithlife/Logos company revenue.
Logos app · Current webpage checked 25 October 2026 · Publisher source · checked 25 October 2026
The organization’s complete current funding mix and revenue are not established here. App payments, donations and capital raised describe different things; they do not determine an ethical assessment.
Organization profile and funding sourcesStore facts checked 25 October 2026 (version 54.0.2). Ratings are not downloads or active users. App-specific revenue and active users have not been verified; see the organization profile for separately scoped figures.
Store reviews
Store reviews offer useful questions to investigate. These retrieved samples are self-selected, vary by platform and do not establish the experience of every user.
Illustrative reading
One example credits support with restoring a split-screen workflow; another objects to commercial prompts. User control deserves direct review.
Based on 2 selected review excerpts, which may be historical; not a full thematic analysis. Review source
Review samples, reading and sources
- Google PlayEnglish / US requested
50 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 413 stars: 31–2 stars: 6
View Google Play listing- Google PlayGerman / DE requested
24 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 163 stars: 51–2 stars: 3
View Google Play listing- Apple App StorePublic review page · default order
10 selected excerpts returned; these may be older and are not a recent or random sample.
Returned dates: 26 December 2017 – 15 October 2026.
View Apple reviews
Collected 28 October 2026. Up to 50 newest Play reviews per requested language/storefront before the date filter. Requested locale does not establish residence; streams may overlap and must not be added together. Star counts describe ratings, not text sentiment or ethical quality. Methods and limitations.
App Store screenshots
View the store listingPublisher-supplied images from the US App Store, checked 25 October 2026. Promotional artwork may include captions or composites; it shows how the publisher presents the app.
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Review notes
Reviewed, not yet placed
Evidence was gathered for these areas, but it does not yet support placing a choice on the frame.
Money and access
One month free followed by Plus USD4.99/month or USD49.99/year; Premium USD9.99/month or USD99.99/year. The inspected account had no subscription. Apple Plus monthly confirmation was dismissed. Paid AI and resource benefits are offer claims, not executed feature tests.
Still to check:Test any still-unexecuted restore, entitlement and cancellation paths separately. Check other platform/storefront and offer eligibility before generalising these dated prices.
Not reviewed yet: Attention and agency, Truth and spiritual authority, Privacy and dignity, Formation and relationships, Care and inclusion, Craft and repair, Stewardship and accountability.
The ten principle questions For your own design review
These questions guide discernment; they are not ten scores for this app.
- Keep the Word distinct, and teach it truly
- Can a reader always tell Scripture from our words, and our words from a machine’s?
- Never speak for God
- Would we put our own name under this sentence, or are we borrowing God’s?
- Design for the most vulnerable first
- Who is the most vulnerable person likely to use this today, and what will they see?
- Welcome before you ask, and guard what is told in confidence
- If a friend read everything we keep about this person, would the person be glad?
- Feed the flock, not on it
- Does this serve growth in faith, or only the usage numbers?
- Make room for rest, and say when it is enough
- Where does our product stop, and does it ever tell someone they have done enough?
- Send people to God and to one another
- When someone closes what we built, are they closer to God and to other people?
- Plant and water; leave the growth to God
- What would we stop measuring if we believed growth is God’s?
- Make it well, as an offering
- Would we offer this to God as it is, and could the person with the least sight, time or reading ease use it?
- Hold it with joy and trembling, before God and others
- Who outside the team holds us to account, and who prays for the people who use this?
Use this in your own work
Start with the observed choice, then ask how your own implementation serves people. The evidence is a design example, rather than an app-wide recommendation.