# Catholic New American Bible RE — user reviews > 74 indexed App Store user reviews of Catholic New American Bible RE by greg fairbrother, rated 3.30/5 from 85 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-new-american-bible-re/id423443665/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catholic-new-american-bible-re/id423443665.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 38 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 26 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (12 of 74) ### 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. ### 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? ### 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 ### 2/5 — WAS my Go To😳 *2021-01-10, version 20.1* Was my go to... Key word, WAS! The Date is a Day Behind and Where are the Daily Readings?!?🙀 I am going through withdrawals... Please Update this app!🙏🙏🙏 To Earn a 5 Star Rating, get this Fixed! ### 3/5 — Looking for update for 2021 *2021-01-08* I’m disappointed that the Liturgical Readings for each day ended with January 31, 2020. I use that feature every day. I hope you plan to update this feature, because this app is my “go to” for my scripture reflections. I appreciate the cross-referencing and footnote comments. Please let us know what we can do to get this update. Thank you. ### 3/5 — 2021 readings *2021-01-03, version 20.1* The app is useless without the updates and it’s already 2021. Are you continuing? Otherwise this is pretty good ### 4/5 — Need 2021 update *2021-01-02, version 20.1* Where is the update for 2021? If not available will have to look for a new Bible app. ### 1/5 — Blank Index - app unusable *2019-10-24, version 8.7* Index is blank even after re-installing and restarting. Solved: Does not work with new iOS update when in dark mode. Switched to light, and it’s all readable again! ### 2/5 — I used to love this app but now... *2019-10-18* This app worked fine for me until I upgraded my iPad (gen 5) to the largest system software (iOS 13.1.3). Now the text is fine, but the index is all but useless; as a result, I can no longer easily navigate from one book or chapter to another. All the lines in the index are blank. When I tap on one line in the index, the book name or chapter number appears, but only one book or chapter number at a time. So of course if you tap on a line, you go to the hidden book or chapter you selected - whether it’s the one you wanted or not. And yes, the app was updated to the version that’s supposed to be updated for the new iOS. And deleting the app and reinstalling it doesn’t help. Any suggestions? Marge ### 1/5 — IOS 13 update makes app crash *2019-09-22, version 8.6* I can’t access my highlights of scriptures please update ### 2/5 — Sunday Readings *2019-09-15* I used this app to quickly find the Sunday readings and share. The latest update deleted that option , only giving me the first reading and the Responsorial. What a disappointment. I would like the option of choosing what want to see. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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. ### 1/5 — Not the NAB Revised Edition *2021-04-08, version 21.1* This app is not the New American Revised Edition that is used by the Divine Office of the Catholic church. This is some other translation. I hope to cancel this order. ### 1/5 — Daily Mass readings no longer work *2021-01-06, version 20.1* Cannot access them from within the app. Seriously diminishes the utility of this application. ### 1/5 — Bible is no good anymore *2021-01-06, version 20.1* I don’t know what is going on, but it no longer provides the Bible reading of the mass of the day. Please fix this. ### 1/5 — 2021 daily readings? *2021-01-06, version 20.1* The daily readings are missing for 2021 ### 1/5 — Updates 2021? *2021-01-03, version 20.1* Are you going to up date the daily readings???? ### 1/5 — No readings for today *2021-01-01, version 20.1* The last daily reading is for yesterday 12/31/20. There is nothing for today 1/01/21. Up until today the app has worked fine. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy! *2020-08-22* This is not at all what I expected. Read the Bible in a year feature doesn’t work, nor do I see ways to bookmark or share verses as the description claimed can be done. Convoluted and not user friendly. You cannot skip back or forward to the next page without going back to the menu and choosing a page number. I would like to delete the app and have a refund. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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. ### 5/5 — NABRE *2024-02-06* Awesome features. Continue to update as much as possible. Thanks. ### 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 ### 5/5 — Good Bible *2021-12-01* I have used this app for a number of years and I find it to follow my printed version exactly ### 5/5 — New American Bible *2021-01-10, version 20.1* Do you plan to update to the 2021 readings???? ### 5/5 — I read daily needs update for 2021 *2021-01-02* I hope this will update to 2021 liturgical calendar readings. I like this app it has easy access to the daily readings and gospel. Simple. Thank you ### 5/5 — Navigation works well *2020-01-13* Very nice revision. Navigation to footnotes and future daily readings is greatly improved. ### 5/5 — Today’s readings broken in 13.1 iOS *2019-09-22* Please get that fixed This really makes the app not so helpful ### 5/5 — Favorite mobile bible *2017-11-11* This is my favorite bible app. Now that the psalms from the daily readings are back I'll be using this daily. I'm a huge fan of seeing the daily readings within the context of the rest of the text. ### 5/5 — Love the app *2017-11-10* Easy to navigate and find scriptures for study. Keeps your favorite quotes handy. Has a read the Bible in a year function but I haven’t been able to discover how it works. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*