# Holy Bible — user reviews > 922 indexed App Store user reviews of Holy Bible by Paul Avery, rated 4.70/5 from 14,120 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/holy-bible/id291877741/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/holy-bible/id291877741.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 12,066 · 4★ 1,283 · 3★ 326 · 2★ 129 · 1★ 316 ## What do users think of Holy Bible? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great Bible App - 🚀 Best Bible on iOS - 👍 My go to bible app - 👍 Love it! - 👍 The Best - 👍 Non biased! Excellent - 👍 Brilliant and accessible - 👍 Great tool - 👍 Best Bible app - 👍 Swiss Army Knife in Bible Study - 👍 Simple and Complete - 👍 Reliabley authored (both app and text) - 👍 Much better than Life Church - 👍 All-in-one Bible library - 👍 Fantastic app - 👍 Elegant and superbly executed - 👍 Fantastic Functionality - 👍 Consistently a blessing! - 👍 Really great bible app **Cons** - 🐛 John Calvin Commentary Missing - 🐛 Settings tab closes out the app completely - 🐛 Crashes - 🐛 Needs bug fix - 🐛 Crashes - 🐛 Sadly, app settings is no longer working - 🐛 Not user friendly - 🐛 Can't Get It To Run - 🐛 Was good till last update - 🐛 Navigational Difficulties - 🐛 The Bible is not opening correctly and it is incomplete - 🐛 Omitted verse problems - 🐛 Doesn't work?? - 🐛 Crashes while searching - 🐛 Crashes - 🐛 Crashing **Commonly reported bugs** - The chronological daily reading and the calendar where you check off the completed reading are out of sync by one day - The app keeps telling me it can't connect to the server to download my study aids - The scripture list displayed to read are out of synch with the scriptures listed above calendar - All my previous notes and highlights disappeared after the update - The 'jump to verse' feature does not work after updating on my iPhone 6 Plus - The NET version is missing a verse: John 1:5 - Won't open on my 4s **Most requested features** - Highlighting of selected text, in addition to whole verses - Add NIV version - Dark Mode - Better bookmarking - Reading plans - Verse bookmarks - Berean Standard Bible - Paste photos in notes ## Newest reviews (13 of 922) ### 4/5 — Simple *2026-08-09, version 13.11.2* Great tool for reading ### 2/5 — Missing verses *2026-08-08, version 13.11.2* Matthew 17:21 has been removed from my Bible. Why have you removed this verse? What other verse(s) have you removed? I am deleting your app and getting another Bible I can trust! ### 2/5 — I hate updates *2026-06-18, version 13.11.2* I liked the old format , now I can’t do my daily readings. It’s not as simple as it was before. Why change something when it was already good. ### 4/5 — New Bible Version *2026-05-24, version 13.11.2* Please include The Passion Translation (TPT) Bible Version as this version is more easy to understand especially for new believers but too sad this version is currently not available. ### 3/5 — Bookmarks ? *2026-04-04, version 13.11.2* I love that the app provides me with the opportunity to bookmark pages (it would be perfect to bookmark the verse not the page) and, I can’t find where to go in order to see a list of the page’s bookmarked. ### 3/5 — Such a this as too simple? *2026-01-23, version 13.11.2* Love the simplicity. So how do you get other translations or the in app purchases? ### 5/5 — Bug report: *2026-01-11, version 13.11.2* I was just searching for the term ‘666’ in the app and realized i had accidentally done so through the book look-up search bar subsequently crashing my app. The app no longer opens and crashes on open. Ive had to reinstall to fix the issue. Thought you should know! Great app (: ### 5/5 — Best Bible App *2026-01-04, version 13.11.2* Love this app- especially all of the study tools AAAA+++++ Thank you ### 3/5 — January 1st reset *2025-12-31, version 13.11.2* Can you please remove the automatic reset every January 1st? Sometimes I start the reading plan in late December only to have my progress reset on January 1st. It’s annoying and unnecessary. No one needs this feature as I’m sure most people can manage their reading themselves. ### 4/5 — Excelente, mas… *2025-12-26* O app é incrivelmente limpo, bem estruturado e com muita opção de customização, mas infelizmente só possui uma versão da bíblia em português. Pra ficar perfeito deveria ter mais versões (ARA, NVI, KJV) em pt-br ### 3/5 — No left handed option *2025-12-20, version 13.11.2* I generally like this app - it’s good for referencing and personal interpretation. However it isn't accessible to left-handed users who wish to take notes. Without the option to switch the notes column to the left side of the screen (“primary column cannot be switched to notes”) it’s difficult to take notes with an Apple Pencil on the iPad and requires crossing over the screen. ### 5/5 — Best Bible Only App *2025-12-09, version 13.11.2* I really like that this is mainly a bible. I also really like that you can customize the colors of text, background, etc. ### 5/5 — Daseldorffadi *2025-12-06, version 13.11.2* Great ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Can’t bookmark specific verses *2026-07-07, version 13.11.2* Seems like a pretty basic feature that’s missing. ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-05-20, version 13.11.2* The last update, when you go into the app, it is frozen. Nothing is working. Very frustrating! ### 1/5 — Very Bad Update *2026-05-01, version 13.11.2* Come on Paul I left a review and got no feedback so I’ve gotta rate 1 star. I paid for this app and liked it but now I can’t find the settings button. I’ve asked AI and kept sending it images to show it what I see as it tried many times to guide me to me settings and menus that can’t be found. Bro Gemini can’t even figure out how to disable the 2nd column & I have it images 🤷🏻‍♂️ Also I’m legally blind and need to increase text size. Without it and the 2nd column I could just use it as a quick reference but with things squeezed to fit 2 translations and no ability to increase text sizes this app is literally useless for me. ### 1/5 — Ease ability *2026-04-13, version 13.11.2* I can’t get to a particular verse very easily ### 1/5 — Study tools stopped *2026-03-21, version 13.11.2* I’ve tried many times to get the study tools to work to no avail despite following instructions set by developer. I’ve re- installed HB after having to wipe my phone clean to be able to install latest IOS. ### 1/5 — Misspellings *2025-12-09, version 13.11.2* There are several misspellings in this version. I’ve had to refer to my printed Bible. Need better proofreaders. ### 1/5 — Scam *2025-11-25, version 13.11.2* I love reading the Bible but this is just a problem. When I first open the app all there is is one single page I can’t do anything or scroll to move pages I’m stuck in Genesis 1. I’m not saying I don’t like the Bible but this app is a complete scam! ### 1/5 — I don’t know what happened? *2025-08-21, version 13.11.2* I had previously purchased this app with parallel Bibles (my favorite feature) and had made many notes. Now it seems many Bible versions are missing? Along with years of note taking. I’m broken hearted. I tried to navigate to Help but it works through some standardized form and email. There should be a way to message the developer more easily. I was assured that if I’d already purchased the app I would not be charged again. It’s not so much the recharge as the loss of all the notes I took. I’ve never had a problem with the app before. I’m so surprised. ### 1/5 — Erro ao ler informações *2025-07-31* No meu app a tela fica parada. Não muda o layout. ### 1/5 — Bad *2025-06-29, version 13.11.2* so good ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2026-08-11, version 13.11.2* I love this Bible App and praise God for it. What I LOVE most about it is the ability to conduct preliminary “linguistic recoveries” using the concordance/Bible dictionary, before I get to my Strong’s Concordance. This way I can do a decent in-depth study anywhere & anytime. I thank God so much for this and praise God for Paul Avery. May the Lord continue to strengthen and bless you in Jesus Christ name - Amen ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-08-06, version 13.11.2* This is going to be an awesome bible app for when I’m not reading my physical bible I can choose what version I want I love exploring new versions ### 5/5 — Better than YouVersion *2026-06-11, version 13.11.2* It’s a pity YouVersion has a monopoly on so many obscure language versions. Because for the basic versions (Hebrew, Greek, English, W. European languages) the usability and interface of this app is way beyond YouVersion in design and functionality. Thanks for working on what matters when reading the Bible, not on goofy games, greetings, and challenges that get in the way. ### 5/5 — The best *2026-04-25, version 13.11.2* For me, this is my absolute favorite. We regularly read in three language languages, including English, Spanish and Portuguese and it offers a wide variety of versions and parallel side-by-side reading. Easy to use and adjust. No-frills. Excellent! ### 5/5 — Love this app!✝️ *2026-04-13, version 13.11.2* This app is amazing I love it so much, you can highlight verses, underline them, and mark them. The best part is if you do any of those thing you can go to a part and look at all the thing you highlighted marked or underlined! Overall this is a great app and I haven’t seen any improvement things yet so it’s all good! ### 5/5 — Best bible app *2026-02-21, version 13.11.2* Has a audio bible which is great! It also doesn’t collect any data. The user interface is very customizable. You can’t beat this app! ### 5/5 — The best app for studying the Bible *2026-02-12, version 13.11.2* This app have the best visual in my opinion and is completely free without asking to do any subscription. I can focus properly meantime I’m using it. ### 5/5 — First downloaded in 2009 *2026-02-10, version 13.11.2* Back then it was for an iPod. Then went to Android for years. I forgot all about this until I was looking at my old apps. Reinstalled on my iPad and wow, I am impressed by the sheer simplicity. Many Bible apps force so much, even ads! in a Bible app. There are just a couple things which would be nice if possible. Font size and red letters could be blue. Outside of that, this is my absolute go to Bible. Many thanks for the great work of keeping the Bible pure. ### 5/5 — Love the app *2026-01-31, version 13.11.2* Never mind this issue! I did find what I was looking for! I wish there was a way to see a list of verses in any one color that I have used. Example: I highlighted verses by topic I’m studying and I want to see the list of all the blue highlights, yellow highlights, etc. How, is probably right in front of me! Help. Thank you ### 5/5 — Main reference *2026-01-22, version 13.11.2* Works great use it most of the time. Commentaries are great! --- *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 2026-08-25.*