# New Jerusalem Catholic Bible. — user reviews

> 15 indexed App Store user reviews of New Jerusalem Catholic Bible. by RAVINDHIRAN SUMITHRA, rated 4.63/5 from 347 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-jerusalem-catholic-bible/id1518553677/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-jerusalem-catholic-bible/id1518553677.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 283 · 4★ 31 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 13

## What do users think of New Jerusalem Catholic Bible.?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Great Catholic Bible
- 👍 Good NJB

**Cons**

-  irritates audio voice
- 🐛 Wrong table of contents
- 🐛 Poor translation
- 🐛 Ads during reading
- 🐛 Clumsy navigation
- 🐛 Verses in balloons
- 🐛 Yahweh not in Catholic liturgy
- 🐛 Index shows no book names
- 🐛 Old/New Testament lists incorrect
- 🐛 Hard to save place
- 🐛 Study version downloads annoying

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Won't search
- Won't move between books
- Index is screwed up
- Old Testament books listed as New Testament
- Old / New Testament lists are incorrect
- Voice is not working for many readings
- Audio part is full of mistakes

**Most requested features**

- Use Catholic Church approved translations
- Orientate to landscape mode on iPad
- Fix index to show book names

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Real bad

*2025-12-15, version 1.0*

Worst app I’ve ever seen. Won’t search, won’t move between book.  

Worthless

### 1/5 — Audio

*2025-01-11, version 1.0*

The voice is so irritating….discourages you from wanting to hear the Word of God.

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2024-08-20, version 1.0*

The table of contents is wrong and the translation is poor.

Please use Catholic Church approved translations.

### 1/5 — New Jerusalem Bible

*2024-01-12, version 1.0*

The index is screwed up. And there’s ads. I really want to see an advertisement for “Candy Crush Saga “ during my Lectio time. Really puts me in a spiritual mood!

### 1/5 — Yahweh is not used in Catholic liturgy

*2023-04-23, version 1.0*

If you’re looking for a Catholic Bible you should know the Vatican doesn’t approve the use of Yahweh in our liturgy, songs, nor prayers. I have the Jerusalem Bible in two languages. Yahweh isn’t in either one and for a reason. Uninstalled the app as soon as I saw it didn’t match my physical Bible.

### 1/5 — The audio part is full of mistakes

*2021-01-10, version 1.0*

God bless you

### 3/5 — Please fix index

*2023-01-19, version 1.0*

The index does not show the name of the books. If this were fixed, this would be a 5 star app.

### 3/5 — Requested modifications

*2022-05-03, version 1.0*

It would be fantastic if it orientated to landscape mode when I use my IPad. 

The study version requests that I download extra stuff as I change chapters.  Very annoying.

### 3/5 — Review

*2022-03-25, version 1.0*

Hard to save my place.

### 3/5 — Voice is not working

*2021-04-18, version 1.0*

Voice is not working for many readings.

## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Psalms and Genessis

*2023-11-03, version 1.0*

I have read almost all of these portions. My objection is the Tebu ads that are so persistent. It is very difficult just to get into the reading without the Tebu ad interfering.

### 5/5 — Great bible.

*2022-06-07, version 1.0*

Best catholic bible to read.

### 4/5 — Jerusalem Bible App

*2023-05-06, version 1.0*

I find this app to be less user friendly than a previous app.  It is clumsy when going from one book of the Bible to another.  I do not care for the way the individual verses are isolated in balloons. While it is true that original Holy Writings were not divided into paragraphs, modern readers are use to that style of reading.  Paragraphs also help in maintaining the continuity of the Biblical narrative, especially in reading the historical accounts.

### 4/5 — Good

*2022-11-02, version 1.0*

This is a good app, however, there are a few Old Testament books that are listed as New Testament!

### 4/5 — Good NJB, but Old / New Testament lists are incorrect

*2021-09-12, version 1.0*

Old / New Testament lists are incorrect.  The Old Testament list should start with Genesis and end with Malachi, and the New Testament list should start with Matthew and end with Revelation.  Otherwise, this is a great NJB with lots of features.

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