# New Living Translation NLT. — user reviews > 82 indexed App Store user reviews of New Living Translation NLT. by Balasubramaniyan Thambusamy, rated 4.70/5 from 2,506 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-living-translation-nlt/id6459818399/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/new-living-translation-nlt/id6459818399.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,182 · 4★ 148 · 3★ 61 · 2★ 29 · 1★ 86 ## What do users think of New Living Translation NLT.? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Aesthetically pleasing - 👍 Pleasing text appearance **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes entire phone - 🐛 Runs at 5fps - 🐛 Blocks access to New Testament - 🐛 Restores purchase not working - 🐛 Mentioned audio book feature not available - 🐛 Freezes phone during use - 🐛 Obtrusive advertising - 🐛 No internet access for audio and ads removal **Commonly reported bugs** - Blocked access to New Testament books after completing the Book of John - Blocked access to New Testament books after completing the Book of Matthew - Ads still shown despite paid subscription **Most requested features** - Ability to highlight multiple verses at once - Text-to-audio in New Living Translation - Capitalize 'Lord' when referring to God - Improve text-to-audio quality ## Newest reviews (13 of 82) ### 3/5 — My view *2026-09-05, version 1.0.128* The app is good, the only thing that gets me is it takes forever to open the app, by the time it opens my Pastor reading another book. Then if I’m at work that does not make it better. The % is off, I have completed reading some books and it say either 50% 99% or 100%. Other than that it’s great. Update: even after the update I’m still waiting like two-3 minutes just for it to open🥺. It’s very frustrating, when you at work and you want to share a verse with someone and you can’t because the app takes forever to open. That’s a little disappointing ### 4/5 — Great Devotions & Prayers but… *2026-08-23, version 1.0.128* The app takes forever to load & it glitches out & freezes sometimes. Other than that, it has beautiful side quests that encourage readers to dig deeper into their faith, daily habits & emotions. ### 4/5 — Ver 1.0.121 *2026-08-05, version 1.0.121* Issues with new version: “Jumps to next chapter before finishing reading the chapter”. ### 3/5 — My view *2026-08-04, version 1.0.121* The app is good, the only thing that gets me is it takes forever to open the app, by the time it opens my Pastor reading another book. Then if I’m at work that does not make it better. The % is off, I have completed reading some books and it say either 50% 99% or 100%. Other than that it’s great ### 4/5 — Matthew *2026-07-22, version 1.0.119* I would you skip a verse that says “ without prayer and fasting something’s will not happen “ ### 5/5 — I LOVE JESUS *2026-07-19, version 1.0.119* Jesus is good and this app but I don’t like how it gave me a pop up add that said your pdf is not up to date and i recognize those it will steal your information don’t click on it if you do get this app (WARNING) ### 5/5 — W app *2026-07-02, version 1.0.101* This is a great app to read the bible on and it’s easy to read it also gives you bible verses to remember. ### 4/5 — I’ve tried a few *2026-06-30, version 1.0.101* This one is great when praying and looking for key words. ### 4/5 — Takes time to open *2026-06-30, version 1.0.101* It takes ages to open, other than thats its very useful ### 5/5 — Good God *2026-06-11, version 1.0.101* God Is Great And Mighty ### 3/5 — love it *2026-06-06, version 1.0.101* Only issue is that it takes so long to open the app. i dont know why but everytime it takes at least 4 minutes just to open the app. ### 5/5 — Review *2026-06-02, version 1.0.101* I absolutely love this app! My spouse & I use it daily to read the word of God! It's incredible & I am now exploring all that it has to offer with devotions/prayers! I'm impressed with everything with the only exception of being how long it takes to load. Very minor problem or it would've received 5 star review easily ### 5/5 — My review *2026-05-29, version 1.0.101* I love this Bible. It’s amazing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not needed! *2026-07-23, version 1.0.119* All it took for me to just open the app to listen to the Bible was not what I wanted. I just wanted to open the app and read, but I couldn’t because of ALL the steps to get to it! God will show me what I need and direct my reading. Please give the ‘SKIP’ option to be able to just go to scripture! You could be losing a lot of readers and souls, with all the steps. ### 1/5 — Flawed app *2026-07-23, version 1.0.119* Any time I want to open the app it stays on the loading screen saying it’s 100% loaded but never actually loads up. I literally have to delete the app and reinstall it every time I want/need to use it. It does it no matter if I am using WiFi or my cellular data. ### 1/5 — Loading Bible *2026-07-19, version 1.0.119* Takes super long to load bible content ### 1/5 — New update doesn’t work *2026-07-18, version 1.0.119* After reading a chapter I tap the button to go to next chapter and it won’t go. Even the title on the top is gone only the scripture I just read is there ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-07-15, version 1.0.101* The app does not play audio and when opening a window it freezes. No good. Do not purchase ### 1/5 — It’s Okay… *2026-06-22, version 1.0.101* Great translation of the word from the KJV but the app itself has many issues. It takes forever to load to just open the app! Then once it’s open the pages skip easily to the next. The percentage isn’t always accurate when reading through chapters. The audio is from the KJV not the actual apps NLT and you cannot follow along down the page while the audio is speaking. I like the notes,highlight, and bookmark features. I chose to finish the whole Bible on this app and will find another one to read it again. ### 1/5 — Adds in a Bible app is gross. *2026-03-29, version 1.0.101* Pop up adds in a Bible app is awful. ### 1/5 — Does not work after updates *2026-03-18, version 1.0.93* I updated it for the first time and ever since then it hasn’t worked. Makes me so sad because I do all of my bible studies on this app and I have lost them all. I wish I can get the app back to working but it is what it is now. ### 1/5 — It’s not that had to make an app… *2026-03-02, version 1.0.68* All I wanted was to read a NLT version of the bible. This app makes it was to complicated to read the bible. You all need to figure it out. And all the ad placements suck. I know we need ads to keep it free , but really? I’m out. Sorry. ### 1/5 — App is glitching *2025-11-02, version 1.0.65* Ever since the recent update, the Bible app has been extremely slow. It takes 1–2 minutes just to open, and it doesn’t work like it used to. I love this app, but if these constant issues aren’t resolved soon, I’ll have no choice but to delete it. Update app still doesn’t nor work properly I cannot see all the books smh ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Enhance your spiritual journey *2026-09-07, version 1.0.128* Easy reads. Daily devotional and prayer keep you in touch with the Savior. ### 5/5 — Loving it spending reading the word ofGOD *2026-08-27, version 1.0.128* Beautiful day loving spending time with Jesus ### 5/5 — Great for on the go God time *2026-08-10, version 1.0.121* This is my favorite Bible app, hands down. ### 5/5 — I Love this Bible App *2026-08-08, version 1.0.121* Thank you for providing this app ### 5/5 — Easy transition *2026-07-28, version 1.0.121* Able to understand clearly what I’m learning. The description and key note makes it easier ### 5/5 — God of wonder *2026-07-25, version 1.0.121* Excellent ### 5/5 — Believe *2026-07-24, version 1.0.120* To the ones that don’t see what’s going on in our own world please start with yourself because the truth doesn’t begin on the outside of us in comes from within ### 5/5 — Bible *2026-07-23, version 1.0.119* Great with devotional and it also has the Bible old and New Testament. It also had daily prayers to help you in your relationship with God. I love it!! It definitely deserves a 5 star review! ### 5/5 — The Word of God *2026-07-22, version 1.0.119* The Word of God imparts both peace and wisdom to those who read it with sincerity and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The NLT translation further supports this by offering a clear and accessible interpretation of Scripture, enabling deeper understanding. ### 5/5 — Beautiful start to my day *2026-07-20, version 1.0.119* I enjoy this app a lot. It’s a great way to start your day. It’s easy to navigate and it’s well organized into helpful sections. You can read just few sentences or a quick devotional and a prayer each day or you can read the word anywhere in the Bible. --- *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 2026-09-09.*