Bible Gateway User Reviews

Bible Gateway
Bible Gateway
HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc.

Customer Experience

Positive experience18.2% of reviews
Neutral12.4% of reviews
Negative experience69.4% of reviews

~ Based on 806 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Bible Gateway Safe?

Bible Gateway appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Bible Gateway is 74/100.

This assessment is based on 10,071 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.7/5.

Safety Analysis

61.8% of ratings point to a safe experience
8.5% of ratings suggest some concerns
29.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 10,071 App Store ratings for Bible Gateway.

Is Bible Gateway Legit?

Bible Gateway appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Bible Gateway is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Bible Gateway:

I hate that you don’t have a way we can look up books or chapters and better to go to where we want to go. It’s inaccessible. I’m totally blind. I can’t use this app. I really hate this! Can you please fix this! Thanks!

So Frustrating!

I can’t get into the app because of gatekeeper game ads! There is usually no X to click so I can move on. I like to listen to scriptures as I go to sleep, but I try multiple times to enter and usually just give up. Why is there such a block to be able to get to scriptures?

Great App!

Bible Gateway has everything you need to read God’s word. It’s a great app!

Practically Unusable

Use to be a great app. With the ads now, this app is practically unusable.

Login

Can’t login on the app but no troubles on the web browser. It’d be nice to sync my plans to the app.

Bad

Horrible app literally has ads when you open it. Bad greedy devs

Exodus from

I was looking up Exodus chapter 3 today on Gateway (NIV) and the chapter was missing. I read chapter 2 and then it was followed by chapter4.

Jesus, but with ads

Huge variety of translations and good interface marred by constant ads

Great for quick reference

This is my go to when I want specific passages and verses that a small concordance in the back of my Bible can’t offer

Update??

Can’t click on verse of the day to launch into bible and read surrounding scripture. Please fix. Thanks.

Can’t Click on Daily Verse to Favorite it or make a Note

Recently on 8/4/26 to current..Can’t Click on Daily Verse to Favorite it or make a Note, please fix

What did you do to my app!

I’m not one to hate change, and so I’ve been trying really hard to appreciate the new format, but you’ve ruined it! It’s hard to navigate, hard to search, the ads are really annoying, and I cannot find the audio bible anywhere. Even after the changes, my audio worked, until tonight. Apparently, audio is no longer available in the free version. Guess I’ll go find another online bible app.
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Ads/Scams

I was getting tired of the ads, but then I had one ad that came up and it had a pop-up that made it look like my iPhone was asking me to sign into iCloud. It was obviously a scam built into the ad. I deleted this bible gateway app after that.

Use lifechurch app instead

I've used BibleGateway.com website for years, but the app has a few issues: the audio player doesn't work well, and the app has ads for gambling.
They should be selective in who they allow to run ads

Aggravated

Been using for about year . Read daily verse then start reading what i wanted to , lately read daily verse can’t go back to were I was app takes me were it want to,not happy. Can deal with add not dealing with when I look something up and it goes were it wants .

Advertisements.

I’ve had this app for several years. I like it because it’s easy to find the verse I’m looking for. But I find it hard to navigate past the advertisements. User error I’m sure.

Hard to get in

For some time when I open this app, an ad for some game appears. Tonight I could not make it go away so never got into the app. So frustrating! I like to listen all night to scripture, but tonight that couldn’t happen.

I really dislike this update

Can you all
Please change the app back. Sometimes simple is better and in this case it is !! The audio doesn’t work the same any more and the search is weird. If you change the version to AMP , you can’t listen to the audio Bible at the same time . When you scroll to a new chapter , the audio turns off . I hate the update and according to the comments a lot of other users do as well. Please change it Back !!!!!!!!!! Get your money back from who ever did the new design for you all. Could you fix the app to where you can literally scroll other verses in different books and chapters and the audio not go to different books and chapters. You literally can’t study other chapters and listen at the same time because whatever yall did to the audio messed it up
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Frustrating

This app frustrates me over and over again. I will be working through the resources on a verse and the app suddenly changes to a different book, chapter and verse; what I am researching stays in place but when I return to the Bible it has changed to a different book and verse.
The audio feature is another frustration as it will change from where I left off and even show the place I stopped previously and take me to a completely different book and chapter.
When paying for a subscription I would expect better. In the past when I have submitted my concerns the team has been responsive but fixes not quick or workable. The resources are great on the plus side of things.
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Disappointed in the new app

This app used to function well. The new design is not user friendly. I’m not able to get information from the commentaries even though I have ‘plus’. The layout is cumbersome.