# Catholic New American Bible RE — Revised Edition  (NABRE)

> Offline Catholic New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) for iOS. (iPhone/iPad app by greg fairbrother.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-new-american-bible-re/id423443665 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [greg fairbrother](https://appshunter.io/developer/372987622)
- Category: Reference
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 3.30/5 from 85 App Store ratings · 74 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 55 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2011-08-25
- Data updated: 2026-09-02
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-new-american-bible-re/id423443665/reviews.md

## What is Catholic New American Bible RE?

This iPhone/iPad app has been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

This app does not require an internet connection to read the bible.  The entire bible will be on your device after you download the app.   App features include:
- Easily switch between books 
- Move between chapters via swipe left/right gesture
- Increase/decrease font size  by pinch in/out gesture
- Search verses, filter by chapter, book, old, new, entire bible
- Bookmark verses by touching a verse
- Copy multiple verses
- Highlight verses
- Tweet verses
- Book introductions
- Hypertext footnotes
- Hypertext endnotes
- Hypertext references
- Daily Readings
- History of Last 50 Verses Visited
- Stories, Parables, Miracles, Prayers found in the Bible
- Read the Bible in a Year

Released on March 9, 2011, the New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) is the culmination of nearly 20 years of work by a group of nearly 100 scholars and theologians, including bishops, revisers and editors. The NABRE includes a newly revised translation of the entire Old Testament (including the Book of Psalms) along with the 1986 edition of the New Testament.

The NABRE is a formal equivalent translation of Sacred Scripture, sponsored by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, using the best manuscripts available. Work on most books of the Old Testament by forty revisers and a board of eight editors began in 1994 and was completed in 2001. The 1991 revision of the Psalter, the work of thirty revisers and six editors, was further revised by seven revisers and two editors between 2009 and 2010. 

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised New American Bible Old Testament
THE PENTATEUCH Introduction

    The Book of Genesis
    The Book of Exodus
    The Book of Leviticus
    The Book of Numbers
    The Book of Deuteronomy

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS Introduction

    The Book of Joshua
    The Book of Judges
    The Book of Ruth
    The First Book of Samuel
    The Second Book of Samuel
    The First Book of Kings
    The Second Book of Kings
    The First Book of Chronicles
    The Second Book of Chronicles
    The Book of Ezra
    The Book of Nehemiah

BIBLICAL NOVELLAS Introduction

    The Book of Tobit
    The Book of Judith
    The Book of Esther
    The First Book of Maccabees
    The Second Book of Maccabees

THE WISDOM BOOKS Introduction

    The Book of Job
    The Book of Psalms
    The Book of Proverbs
    The Book of Ecclesiastes
    The Song of Songs
    The Book of Wisdom
    The Wisdom of Ben Sira

THE PROPHETIC BOOKS Introduction

    The Book of Isaiah
    The Book of Jeremiah
    The Book of Lamentations
    The Book of Baruch
    The Book of Ezekiel
    The Book of Daniel
    The Book of Hosea
    The Book of Joel
    The Book of Amos
    The Book of Obadiah
    The Book of Jonah
    The Book of Micah
    The Book of Nahum
    The Book of Habakkuk
    The Book of Zephaniah
    The Book of Haggai
    The Book of Zechariah
    The Book of Malachi

Preface to the New American Bible New Testament
THE GOSPELS Introduction

    The Gospel according to Matthew
    The Gospel according to Mark
    The Gospel according to Luke
    The Gospel according to John

The Acts of the Apostles
THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS Introduction

    The Letter to the Romans
    The First Letter to the Corinthians
    The Second Letter to the Corinthians
    The Letter to the Galatians
    The Letter to the Ephesians
    The Letter to the Philippians
    The Letter to the Colossians
    The First Letter to the Thessalonians
    The Second Letter to the Thessalonians
    The First Letter to Timothy
    The Second Letter to Timothy
    The Letter to Titus
    The Letter to Philemon
    The Letter to the Hebrews

THE CATHOLIC LETTERS Introduction

    The Letter of James
    The First Letter of Peter
    The Second Letter of Peter
    The First Letter of John
    The Second Letter of John
    The Third Letter of John
    The Letter of Jude

The Book of Revelation

## Key features

- Offline Bible access
- Search and filter verses
- Bookmark and highlight verses
- Copy and tweet verses
- Book introductions and footnotes
- Daily readings
- Read Bible in a Year plan

## Chart rankings

- #179 in Top Paid · Reference (US App Store)

## What do users think of Catholic New American Bible RE?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 👍 Good for study
- 👍 Footnotes and cross-references
- 👍 Daily readings access
- 👍 Catholic approved translation
- 👍 Fast performance
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Smooth operation
- 👍 Good value
- 👍 Affordable price
- 👍 Adjustable font size
- 👍 Works offline
- 👍 Search capabilities
- 👍 Bookmarking and highlighting
- 👍 Copy and share verses
- 👍 Developer responsiveness
- 👍 Quick table of contents
- 👍 Forward/backward buttons
- 👍 Read Bible in a year feature
- 👍 Offline access

**Cons**

- 🐛 Dated interface
- 🐛 No dark mode
- 🐛 Missing verses
- 🐛 Difficult to find citations
- 🐛 Not flexible for vigil readings
- 🐛 Not like a book
- 🐛 Privacy policy concerns
- 🐛 Not the Revised Edition
- 🐛 Date is a day behind
- 🐛 Daily readings missing
- 🐛 Convoluted and not user friendly
- 🐛 Cannot skip pages easily
- 🐛 Blank index
- 🐛 Incompatible with iOS 13
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Sunday readings incomplete
- 🐛 Terrible navigation
- 🐛 Hard to use
- 🐛 Unable to delete highlights
- 🐛 Read in a year bug
- 🐛 No way to contact developer
- 🐛 Not compatible with split screen
- 🐛 Cannot highlight footnotes
- 🐛 No table of contents
- 🐛 New update doesn't highlight
- 🐛 No way to find books
- 🐛 Search does nothing
- 🐛 Hard to use like a written bible
- 🐛 2017 Psalms missing
- 🐛 New Testament repeats
- 🐛 Gospel reading incorrect
- 🐛 Psalms not showing
- 🐛 Daily readings sometimes don't appear
- 🐛 Cannot access Sunday readings for Saturday vigil
- 🐛 Footnotes not hot-linked
- 🐛 No text options
- 🐛 Cannot search entire bible
- 🐛 Doesn't work with multitasking
- 🐛 Ugly interface
- 🐛 Loading time for books
- 🐛 Footnotes at end of chapter
- 🐛 Cannot change color scheme
- 🐛 Lost bookmarks/highlights on upgrade
- 🐛 Bible in a year broken
- 🐛 Old Testament won't advance

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Some verses are missing
- Weekday solemnities: difficult to find citation/link for Resp. Psalm and Second Reading
- Cannot change the date to select Sunday readings at Saturday Vigil
- Preface to Old Testament comes up when opening app
- Privacy policy leads to explicit pornography
- Date is a day behind
- Daily readings are missing for 2021
- Cannot access daily readings from within the app
- Daily Mass readings no longer work
- The Bible is no good anymore
- Index is blank
- Does not work with new iOS update when in dark mode
- Index is all but useless with iOS 13
- App crashes with iOS 13 update
- Cannot access highlights of scriptures
- Latest update deleted option for Sunday readings (only first reading and Responsorial)
- Read in a year feature doesn't work
- Cannot bookmark or share verses
- Cannot skip back or forward to next page without going back to menu
- Read in a year feature has a bug (New Testament chapter repeats)
- No way to provide feedback or contact developer
- New update doesn't highlight with a color
- 2017 Psalms missing
- New Testament readings repeat themselves
- Gospel reading does not agree with correct Sunday reading
- Psalms still aren't showing up
- Readings of the day doesn't appear
- Cannot read past Day 1 of 'read the Bible in a year'
- Cannot access Sunday readings for Saturday vigil
- Footnotes are useless (no hot linking)
- Footnotes are denoted by asterisk, difficult to match
- Each book is subdivided, cannot search entire bible
- Doesn't work with multitasking
- Loading time of each book seems to take 10 seconds or more
- Footnotes at the end of the chapter are not user friendly
- Lost all bookmarks and highlights on upgrade
- Bible in a year is broken
- Old Testament will not advance past Genesis 1
- The Gospel reading does not agree with the correct Sunday reading
- Psalms still aren't showing up on iPhone 7
- Readings of the day doesn't appear
- Cannot read past Day 1 of 'read the Bible in a year'

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Display option for dark mode
- Format weekday solemnities like Sunday readings
- Option to change date for readings (vigil option)
- Make app like a book
- Update to 2021 readings
- Update daily readings
- Audio capability
- Make asterisk for footnotes bigger
- Improve daily mass readings for travel/time zones
- Allow user to choose date for daily readings
- Improve highlighting of broken sentences
- Make audio version available
- Compatible with split screen view on iPad
- Highlight footnotes
- Make footnotes bigger
- Option to turn intro on/off
- Search entire bible
- Load chapter at a time
- Search interface like other bible readers
- Split view interface for footnotes
- Change color scheme
- Backup bookmarks and highlights to iTunes
- Integrate daily Mass Readings
- Christ's words in red
- Break down interface to verses
- Option to search whole bible not just each book
- Fetch as needed
- Type in book, chapter, verse directly
- Search for words and see entries
- Option to search new or old testament or highlighted books only
- Make footnotes bigger
- Improve daily mass readings
- Allow user to choose date for daily readings
- Improve highlighting of broken sentences
- Make audio version available
- Compatible with split screen view on iPad
- Highlight footnotes
- Make footnotes bigger
- Option to turn intro on/off
- Search entire bible
- Load chapter at a time
- Search interface like other bible readers
- Split view interface for footnotes
- Change color scheme
- Backup bookmarks and highlights to iTunes
- Integrate daily Mass Readings
- Christ's words in red
- Break down interface to verses
- Option to search whole bible not just each book
- Fetch as needed
- Type in book, chapter, verse directly
- Search for words and see entries
- Option to search new or old testament or highlighted books only

## Recent user reviews (10 of 74)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-new-american-bible-re/id423443665/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Just go buy the book on your Books app

*2025-07-06*

Pretty dated, and there’s somehow no dark mode to read at night. Meanwhile there’s a much easier way—go get the book for $4.99 on your Books app. Far better interface.

### 5/5 — Great NABRE app, except…

*2025-03-02*

Love the app! But need display option for iphone/ipad dark mode at night. Black background. Grey is too bright. Please.

### 3/5 — Some verses are missing

*2024-08-30, version 24.2*

Hello,
I don’t see Hosea 14:8 as how it is in the Bible, why it is missing?

### 5/5 — NABRE

*2024-02-06*

Awesome features.  Continue to update as much as possible.  Thanks.

### 4/5 — Weekday solemnities, you need to correct the reading, Resp Psalm Citations

*2023-12-22*

When there is a solemnity or a feast day on a weekday, it can be difficult or impossible to find the citation /link for the Resp. Psalm and Second Reading. If there are 2 readings on a weekday, I suggest you format that day like you format Sunday readings, with a dedicated line for each reading citation and also for the Responsorial Psalm. Thank you! Sr. Arlene Kohut, OSF

### 4/5 — Weekday solemnities, you need to correct the reading, Resp Psalm Citations

*2023-11-30*

When there is a solemnity or a feast day on a weekday, it can be difficult or impossible to find the citation /link for the Resp. Psalm and Second Reading. If there are 2 readings on a weekday, I suggest you format that day like you format Sunday readings, with a dedicated line for each reading citation and also for  the Responsorial Psalm. 
Thank you!
Sr. Arlene Kohut, OSF

### 1/5 — Not flexible

*2023-10-30, version 23.2*

My parish does not offer a missal. I use apps to read the scripture as the lectors speak. I cannot change the date in the app to select the Sunday readings at rhe Saturday Vigil.  Frustrating that the app does not offer a vigil option.

### 1/5 — Features

*2022-04-11, version 22.1*

The preface to Old Testament comes up when I open the app and in order to read any of it I have to use the search feature. is there a way to make it like a book instead of looking up plonk piece at a time?T

### 1/5 — Be Careful of Privacy Policy

*2022-01-24, version 22.1*

When clicking on "developer's privacy policy" you are presented with Chinese writing accompanied by small video images of explicit pornography.

### 5/5 — My go to bible app…

*2022-01-05*

Great features, love:
daily readings, highlighting and verse history
Been using for over 10 yrs
Occasionally a bug but developer on it quickly

## Frequently asked questions about Catholic New American Bible RE

### What is the Catholic New American Bible RE app?

This app provides the complete Catholic New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) for offline use on iPhones and iPads. It has been approved by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and offers a comprehensive set of tools for reading and studying scripture.

### What are the key features of this Bible app?

Key features include offline access to the entire bible, easy navigation between books and chapters, adjustable font sizes, verse searching and filtering, bookmarking, highlighting, copying, and sharing verses via tweet. It also includes book introductions, hypertext footnotes and references, daily readings, and a 'Read the Bible in a Year' plan.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, this application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, allowing for an uninterrupted reading and study experience.

### What devices is this app compatible with?

The app is designed for iPhone and iPad devices. It requires the entire bible to be downloaded onto your device after installation, enabling offline access.

### Who is the New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE) for?

The NABRE is a formal equivalent translation of Sacred Scripture, sponsored by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. It is the result of nearly 20 years of work by scholars and theologians, featuring a revised translation of the Old Testament and the 1986 edition of the New Testament, making it suitable for in-depth study and devotional reading.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 26.2 — 2025-12-23

Couple of fixes for iOS 26.2

### 26.1 — 2025-12-05

Added 2026 Liturgical Calendar

### 25.3 — 2025-07-16

The app now features three "Read the Bible in a Year" plans were include sequential, chronological and a mix of old/new testament each day.

### 25.2 — 2025-02-28

Added a new Liturgical Calendar view.

### 25.1 — 2024-12-06

Added 2025 Liturgical Calendar and Daily Readings

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