# New International Version — user reviews > 101 indexed App Store user reviews of New International Version by RAVINDHIRAN SUMITHRA, rated 4.70/5 from 7,479 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-international-version/id988481891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-international-version/id988481891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 6,460 · 4★ 575 · 3★ 191 · 2★ 87 · 1★ 166 ## What do users think of New International Version? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to read and understand - 🙏 Helps with daily Bible reading - 💡 Ability to highlight and bookmark verses - 🎨 Refreshing and modern format **Cons** - 🐛 Verses/chapters displayed incorrectly - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find books/chapters - 💸 Ads disrupt reading experience - 🔄 Resets to Genesis when reopening app **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect verse/chapter content displayed - App crashes or freezes when opening certain books - Purchased ad-free version still shows ads **Most requested features** - Display book names instead of chapter numbers - Add option to disable ads or purchase ad-free version - Improve bookmarking and resume reading functionality - Provide more intuitive navigation between books and chapters ## Newest reviews (12 of 101) ### 2/5 — Huge verse numbers and boxes dominate the text *2025-12-28* I’m sure the text itself is fine, but the dominating verse numbers and having every individual verse in a box is incredibly distracting from simply reading the text. It lowers what is called, in typography, readability. ### 3/5 — Index *2025-01-01* It would be much better if the titles of the books were used instead of the number of chapters in the books. **Developer response:** Dear User, thank you for your kind words! Our mission is to provide the best experience for our users, and we’re always working to improve our app. We truly appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind as we make future enhancements. ### 2/5 — Waste *2024-10-11, version 3.5* Have no idea how to navigate this site! Not intuitive. At a loss ### 2/5 — Pop up ads during Bible class. *2024-10-05, version 3.5* Used to be an excellent Bible. Now, ads and game ads pop up while reading in Bible study. That’s disgraceful. ### 4/5 — NIV BIBLE *2024-05-29, version 3.5* I love this app, but, after a certain time of use, like maybe 3 - 4 weeks, I have to delete and reinstall bc it just opens to a white screen and then goes out. 05/29/2024 ### 2/5 — Copy paste *2024-01-12, version 3.5* Can’t do copy paste more than one verse. ### 3/5 — Suggestions *2023-10-14* Why aren’t the Names of the Books of the Bible on the main menu? Why doesn’t the app stay on the page I left it on? Why do I have to continuously find where I left off? **Developer response:** Dear User, Our mission is to provide the best experience for our users, and we’re always working to improve our app. We truly appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind as we make future enhancements. ### 1/5 — Susanne *2023-01-05, version 3.5* Not easy to navigate. I just want to navigate from various books and still can’t figure out how to do it. I keep pushing buttons to find what I want and get very frustrated ### 2/5 — Too many ads *2022-12-07, version 3.5* Too many adds. ### 2/5 — Table of contents *2022-11-27, version 3.5* Table of contents is now white font on whit and light gray background. Impossible to use. ### 1/5 — Bad! *2022-11-18, version 3.5* It was not the best bible app, whenever I close the app it always sends me to the first page of genesis. I have nothing more to say but I would not recommend this. ### 2/5 — Incessant Ads - kills if for me *2022-11-04* Love the bubble format for ease of reading verses, but the frequent and hard-to-close ads at opening and closing really take away from the experience! Also this appears to be a former version of the NIV— possibly 1978 version, that precedes the 1985 and 2011 versions as best I can tell from my brief effort to distinguish. **Developer response:** Dear User, Sorry for the inconvenience you had to face. We have updated the Bible app. Please update it on your end, and this should prevent any further issues. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — too many ads *2026-07-15, version 4.5* It was fine at the beginning then out of nowhere there were 500 ads you switch chapters, ad, you change books, ad, you finish a chapter, ad you breathe wrong ,ad, i’m no professional but a BIBLE app shouldn’t be asking for money. And the ads are very odd temu ads about nonsense shirts. AI BIBLE CHAT BOTS. GOD IS REAL YOU SHOULDNT NEED AI TO TALK TO GOD. FIX YOUR APP. ### 1/5 — Bad interface *2025-07-19, version 4.1* I used to love this bible app but recently they push a lot of ads, I’m not sure what happened the verses are not accurate, there’s code included in some verses. Some verses are not in chronological order. ### 1/5 — I don’t see chapters is invisibles *2025-01-03, version 3.5* Open the chapters are in visible ### 1/5 — Directions Missing *2024-10-05, version 3.5* How to find the Bible Verse. I search Several Scriptures at one sitting. I am not studying One book at a time. ### 1/5 — Chapters *2024-02-13, version 3.5* How in the world do you find the chapters? I have spent an hour trying to find the chapters. It shows how many verses are in a chapter but no names 🤷🏽‍♀️!!! ### 1/5 — Font Color is white *2023-09-28, version 3.5* When you try to look at the books to chose which book to go to the font is white on a white background. Unusable. ### 1/5 — It didn’t impress me. *2023-08-12, version 3.5* It didn’t impress me. When I went the the audio it was the KJV. ### 1/5 — Not great *2023-07-19, version 3.5* Is to much just to change books ### 1/5 — chapter's appearance *2023-06-05, version 3.5* the books are washed out against a white background and i cannot see them! ### 1/5 — Can’t see which book to read *2023-03-06, version 3.5* The words are in very light grey to white when trying to find what book. Example Luke is impossible to find because the words are white with a white background ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Audio *2025-09-28, version 4.1* Man, I really love the audio sound, nice 👍🏽 ### 5/5 — Amen *2024-11-27, version 3.5* Amen ### 5/5 — NIV *2024-02-03, version 3.5* I love NIV ### 5/5 — ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ♥️🙏🏽 *2023-07-21* I Absolutely Love this NIV Bible because it’s so much easier to read without a lot of Advertising breaking in while you’re reading the Word Of God, This is Absolutely Beautiful!, Thank You So Very Much! God Bless The Creator of This NIV Bible App.♥️♥️🙏🏽 **Developer response:** Dear User! We truly appreciate your 5-star rating and kind words. Thank you so much for your support! ### 5/5 — Gods message *2023-06-20* I like how it gives you the option to plan out daily readings to accomplish reading your Bible in a year or shorter time. I don’t particularly like reading but I know reading Gods word and understanding the message is very important for living a fulfilling life. **Developer response:** Dear User, That is so sweet of you! We truly appreciate your 5-star rating and kind words. Thank you so much for your support! ### 5/5 — JESUS Saves *2023-03-18, version 3.5* JESUS is the light of the WORLD. ### 5/5 — Takes me back to Genesis *2023-01-06* I Love the this version of the Bible, but when I’m done with a chapter that I read several chapters at a time in one book. When I go back to start back where I left off it takes me right to Genesis chapter 1 Then I have to find where I left off. I’m reading the New Testament I’m on Galatians. It also doesn’t mark the chapters I read in that book. I hit on chapters read. I can’t find an update! Please help! Thank you, in Christ Jesus **Developer response:** Thank you for your positive review of the NIV Bible App and for sharing your feedback with us. We're glad to hear that you love this version of the Bible and we apologize for the inconvenience you've experienced with resuming your reading where you leftoff. Our team is working on improving the app's bookmark feature to help you easily pick up where you left off in your reading process. As for the issue with marking the chapters you've read, you can try tapping and holding on the chapter you've finished reading and selecting the "Mark as read" option. If you continue to experience any issues or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our support team at email: contact@olybible.com. We appreciate your 5-star rating and hope you continue to find inspiration and guidance in God's word through our app. ### 5/5 — NIV app *2022-12-16, version 3.5* I find this Bible easy to read and easy t ### 5/5 — Now No Excuse ! *2022-10-14* Reading God’s Holy Word is now easier to do ! The New International Version Bible is in a more modern day language. Sure, some of the names are difficult to pronounce but give them your best shot and read on. Start with the book of John . Enjoy. This book tells you about God’s Son . Really - all the Bible books do. **Developer response:** Hi Anthony C! We truly appreciate your 5-star rating and kind words. Thank you so much for your support! ### 5/5 — Review *2022-08-24* Wonderful **Developer response:** Hi seuntmidey, Thank you for the 5-star rating and your kind support! --- *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 2026-09-15.*