# He Reads Truth

> Daily Bible reading and study tool for men with customizable features. (iPhone/iPad app by She Reads Truth.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/he-reads-truth/id1009532934 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [She Reads Truth](https://appshunter.io/developer/892128366)
- Category: Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.10/5 from 185 App Store ratings · 98 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.4 · 170 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-08-21
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/he-reads-truth/id1009532934/reviews.md

## What is He Reads Truth?

The He Reads Truth app is a Bible-reading tool designed for men — to meet men where they are and encourage them to read God’s Word daily.

App Features:
- New gorgeous, user-friendly layout and design
- Full-text Bible in multiple translations
- Bible-reading plans, with new content added daily & full-access, monthly auto-renewable subscription available
- Ability to highlight, bookmark, share, and take notes as you read
- User accounts allow you to customize your experience and keep your notes and highlights safe
- Real-time commenting that syncs with the He Reads Truth web site
- Beautiful, shareable images featuring content from the daily readings
- Free, downloadable lock screens for your phone (an excellent tool for Scripture memorization!)
- Customizable notifications to remind you to read Truth at your ideal time of day
- Free "Bible In A Year" reading plan that tracks your progress as you go
- Bible search function
- Settings for font size, preferred Bible translation, red letter function, and dark mode

He Reads Truth exists to help men become who we were made to be, by doing what we were made to do, by the power and provision God has given us to do it, for the glory of Jesus Christ.

About the Monthly Subscription
He Reads Truth's Monthly Subscription is an auto-renewing subscription which will renew automatically each month, unless you cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes Account will be charged upon purchase. The subscription can be managed or cancelled at any time through the user's iTunes Account settings. Your subscription will be billed to your iTunes account within 24 hours before the end of the current period and the renewal charge will be your monthly charge. The He Reads Truth Monthly Subscription provides access to all Reading Plans during an active subscription, and He Reads Truth reserves the right to curate plans at will.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for the He Reads Truth and She Reads Truth family of apps can be found at: https://shereadstruth.com/privacy-policy/

## Key features

- Full-text Bible in multiple translations
- Daily Bible reading plans
- Highlight, bookmark, and take notes
- Customizable notifications
- Bible search function
- Dark mode and font settings

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| HRT Monthly Subscription | $1.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Resurrected Life | $1.99 | one-time |
| The Life of Moses | $1.99 | one-time |
| Mourning & Dancing | $1.99 | one-time |
| Worthy of Praise | Free | one-time |
| The Beatitudes | $1.99 | one-time |
| The Bible In A Year | Free | one-time |
| Hymns | Free | one-time |
| Psalms of Rest | Free | one-time |
| Trust in the Lord | Free | one-time |
| Everything New | $1.99 | one-time |
| Advent 2025 | $1.99 | one-time |
| The Parables of Jesus | $1.99 | one-time |
| Lent 2017: You Are Mine | $2.99 | one-time |
| Lent 2025: He Will Save Us | $3.99 | one-time |
| Advent 2024 | $3.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of He Reads Truth?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 📖 High-quality devotional content and reading plans
- 🎨 Clean, modern, and aesthetically pleasing interface design
- ✨ Well-written commentary and spiritual insights
- 📚 Variety of Bible translations available
- 🙏 Helpful devotions for spiritual accountability
- 💰 Affordable pricing for content (pay-per-plan option)
- 🎯 Focused, distraction-free reading experience

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 🌙 Incomplete or inconsistent dark mode implementation
- ⚙️ Persistent software bugs and glitches
- 📱 Poor iPad optimization and no landscape mode support
- 🔄 Settings reset after app closure
- ⏱️ Slow app performance and loading times
- 🔗 Broken navigation and confusing user experience
- 📧 Limited customer support responsiveness
- 💳 Expensive subscription pricing ($20/month)
- 🗂️ Limited Bible translation selection

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on launch or during use
- App crashes when opening Bible section
- App crashes when downloading plans
- Settings (text size, red letters, dark mode) reset after reopening
- App doesn't maintain reading position when closed
- Verse action menu appears in wrong location
- Dark mode doesn't apply to entire app interface
- Toolbar doesn't auto-hide or match dark theme
- Lock screen feature fails to load
- Profile photo displays as grey circle instead of initials
- Devotional intro summary appears after text instead of before
- Comment posting triggers unintended submission on return key
- Second comment reposts first comment and deletes new text
- Passage picker randomly selects wrong chapter/verse
- Red letters toggle doesn't work in Message translation
- Auto-scroll doesn't work when taking notes
- Reading plans missing content (August 31, September, October)
- Mark as Read button doesn't function properly
- App loses purchased reading plans from account
- Devotional notes cut short at the end
- Swiping to next chapter is glitchy
- Study selection page gets stuck in endless loop
- Instagram feed doesn't display on home screen
- Tapping reading plan takes user to previous day instead of next
- Reading plans randomly reorganize in list
- Slow response time for highlighting and note features
- App takes long time to launch
- Verse selection too easy, deselection too difficult
- Table of contents tab closes halfway and doesn't show full content
- Blank commentary section despite scripture loading

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode as persistent app-wide setting
- iPad landscape mode and multitasking support
- Offline reading plan downloads
- Better note-taking and highlighting features
- Multiple highlight colors
- Verse sharing with book/chapter information
- Auto-hide toolbar during reading
- Split-screen functionality for iPad
- Apple Pencil handwriting support
- More diverse Bible translations (NRSV, CEB, etc.)
- Better community/comment functionality
- Landscape support for tablets
- Lock screen customization features
- Sticky dark mode preferences
- True black OLED theme option
- Improved reading plan navigation
- More men-focused content and podcasts
- Marriage-focused study plans

## Recent user reviews (10 of 98)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/he-reads-truth/id1009532934/reviews.md

### 4/5 — Some things be better

*2026-03-11, version 3.56*

I like the mission, I like the reading, I even love the dovosoins but if we could be able to listen to it and there are some bugs but why can’t we search up verses?

### 2/5 — Great app, although there could be some improvements

*2025-12-26*

I love the look of this Bible app but y’all...it’s Al,ost 2026. Can you please make the app so it adjusts in “dark” mode? Most apps nowadays have been doing this for years. I also have some issues with the software of it, I’m not sure if they’re glitches or not but I hope they can be fixed in the future. The first bug I’ve seen is when I reopen the app after I change the settings of the text, i.e the size, the red letters, etc. it’s almost as if the app forgets what I set it to and resets. The second thing I’ve found difficult is that it doesn’t always stay at the book/verses I was reading when I leave the app. Again, perhaps a resetting bug that causes the problem. The third is that when I tap on a verse, the options to highlight, bookmark, etc. are not always next to the verse I tapped and it gets a little confusing. And finally, when I want to send verses to people through text, it only has the number of the verse but doesn’t include the book & chapter it came from. It’d be really nice if that was included in the text that I can send to people. 

All of that being said, I love the amount devotions offered in this app. It really helps me stay accountable with time in the Word and gives me more motivation to dive deeper into it. Thank you so much for making this app, it’s helped me in many more ways than you could know but please please make some actual modern updates to it.

### 3/5 — Simple bible reader but…

*2024-03-02*

Night mode, ie dark mode doesn’t cut the mustard at all! Makes the bible pages dark but not the whole app! Should at least be an option to match the phone profile, or not depending contrast mode settings

### 1/5 — Partially unusable

*2024-02-19, version 3.39*

App will not allow me to download plans

### 1/5 — App Crashes Device Every Time

*2024-01-27, version 3.39*

Love the idea of the content but can’t pay the subscription for something I can’t use.  Hope you can remedy the issue!

### 1/5 — Rough App

*2023-12-24, version 3.39*

Can’t sign in or subscribe. App doesn’t respond at all.

### 1/5 — App crashes every 1-2 minutes

*2023-10-17, version 3.39*

Unfortunately, I never really got to explore the app because it crashes constantly. Hopefully, they’ll fix it at some point.

### 2/5 — App always crashes

*2023-07-28, version 3.39*

My wife loved She Reads Truth so I’ve wanted to try He Reads. But every time I try to open the app, it freezes or crashes. She Reads is basically the same so I guess I’ll use that one.

### 3/5 — Some bugs + limited translations

*2023-07-19*

This has been my Bible app of choice for the past several years because it has a super clean aesthetic and generally works well. I can’t give it more than three stars though for two reasons. The first star was lost because I have an unresolved issue with my profile photo having become a grey circle instead of the original initials. I reached out to the developers a few years back but they said they couldn’t do anything. I recall reaching back out a year or so after that to see if there had been any advancements and got no reply. The second star was lost because the translations offered are very limited, and they only include the translations you are likely to see in conservative evangelical circles. To be fair to the developers, those circles are probably the majority of their customer base, but the results is that other translations like the NRSV or CEB aren’t included. A more ecumenical assortment of  translations would benefit everyone involved in my opinion.

### 3/5 — Good devo, bad chat board

*2023-07-06*

The devotional is very good. The intro summary shows up after the text which seems weird because it tells to read the text that you just read. The other weird thing is posting comments onto the chat board is very dysfunctional. I hit the return to go to a new line and majority of the time it posts the comments when I didn’t want it too. The other thing is when a post a second comment it reposts the first comment and deletes what I wrote.

## Frequently asked questions about He Reads Truth

### What is the He Reads Truth app?

The He Reads Truth app is a digital tool designed to help men engage with the Bible on a daily basis. It provides access to the full text of the Bible in various translations, along with curated reading plans and features to enhance the study experience.

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

Key features include a user-friendly design, multiple Bible translations, daily reading plans with new content, the ability to highlight and bookmark verses, take notes, and a Bible search function. It also offers customizable notifications and settings for font size and translation.

### Is the app free to use?

The app offers a free 'Bible In A Year' reading plan and free downloadable lock screens. However, full access to all reading plans requires a monthly auto-renewable subscription.

### How does the subscription work?

The monthly subscription is auto-renewing and will charge your iTunes account. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time through your iTunes Account settings. The subscription provides access to all Reading Plans.

### What are common use cases for this app?

Common use cases include daily personal Bible study, following structured reading plans to cover scripture over a year, memorizing verses using lock screens, and taking notes on passages for deeper reflection. It's also useful for men looking for a community aspect through real-time commenting.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.56 — 2024-08-21

Bug fixes

### 3.55 — 2024-06-21

Bug fixes

### 3.53 — 2024-05-01

Improvements and bug fixes.

### 3.39 — 2022-06-01

Bug fixes

### 3.38 — 2022-03-30

Design enhancements and bug fixes

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