# NIV Bible (Audio & Book) — user reviews > 25 indexed App Store user reviews of NIV Bible (Audio & Book) by 莹 李, rated 4.60/5 from 359 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/niv-bible-audio-and-book/id931178984/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/niv-bible-audio-and-book/id931178984.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 283 · 4★ 39 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of NIV Bible (Audio & Book)? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Simple and straightforward - 👍 No ads - 👍 Worth the cost - 👍 Follows word for word - 👍 Good for comprehension - 👍 Best of many tried - 👍 Accessible for blind users - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Offline listening - 👍 Easy to listen to - 👍 Narrator is good - 👍 Love the narrator - 👍 Simple app interface **Cons** - 😞 No voice/speed adjustments - 😞 Hard to understand accent - 😞 Voice talks too fast - 😞 No text displayed - 😞 Wasted money - 😞 Missing top bar - 😞 App not NIV - 😞 Skipping chapters - 😞 Playing random chapters - 😞 Stops playing audio - 😞 Difficult to navigate - 😞 Words don't match Bible - 😞 Annoying voice - 😞 Speech too fast - 😞 Cannot focus on word - 😞 Doesn't remember audio position - 😞 No bookmarking - 😞 Scripture not appearing - 😞 Chapters out of sequence - 😞 Audio sound not good quality - 😞 Audio not sorted correctly - 😞 Most functions not working - 😞 Screen lock issues - 😞 Headset controls fail **Commonly reported bugs** - App stops when phone goes to password mode - Doesn't consistently keep last verse - Missing bar at top with book and verse - App often is missing the bar at the top - App wants to say chapter completed when browsing - Cannot get out of chapter completion prompt - Skipping chapters - Playing random chapters - Stops playing audio - Doesn't remember audio position - Keeps resetting back to Genesis - No way to bookmark last listening position - Scripture does not appear when tapped - Chapters are out of sequence - Audio sound is not good quality - Audio portion is not sorted correctly by chapters - Jumps from chapter 1 to 14 to 7 etc. - Most functions fail to work - Lock phone screen and want to change chapters or pause fails - Using headset or tapping screen fails to work - Scriptures are missing a word on the end **Most requested features** - Change voice, speed - Add text display - Instructions for use - Allow turning app long ways - Different voice choices ## Newest reviews (5 of 25) ### 3/5 — It’s been good but *2019-08-04* This app has been really good to me up until the last 2-3 months? It’s been skipping chapters & playing random chapters. Now it just stops playing?? So I’m Not sure! I love the app but idk what to say now? May have to delete and redownload? If that doesn’t work? I’ll have to look for another ### 3/5 — Difficult *2019-07-11* Okay, so I have had a stroke but my intelligence is still there. This program seems to want to say you have completed a chapter when you were just browsing and I cannot get out of it unless I say ok. I need easier access, a true NIV Study Bible similar to the one in my Bible classes in a Wesleyan University. ### 4/5 — Mrs. B. *2019-03-17* I found it difficult to navigate. To get the audio and the visual on at the same time should have been easier. The words didn’t match completely with my NIV Bible. Sometimes I thought the word chosen in my Bible was better to understand and sometimes it was better on the app. Narrators were good. Would buy again if there wasn’t another choice but the navigation really was a problem. ### 3/5 — Good app *2018-12-19* Great cause you don’t have to have a internet connection but could use different voice choices. ### 3/5 — Where are instructions for use *2018-01-01* I can’t figure out how to play audio while reading the text and moving to verses other than the beginning verse 1. Please provide instructions ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Helpful but buggy *2019-10-23* Good audio but it doesn’t consistently keep the last verse you were on when using the audio player and when reading, the app often is missing the bar at the top with the book and verse. (It appears after going to the player and then back) So, helpful but buggy. ### 1/5 — Isn’t niv *2019-10-19* Very disappointed nothing can use anymore ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2019-03-23* This version has most annoying voice ever, a Charlton Heston wannabe. His speech is way too fast in the New Testament as well. I should have stuck with the free audio Bible app I already had. I can’t focus on Gods word when I have to hear it like this! ### 1/5 — Not organized *2018-05-03* The audio portion is not sorted correctly by chapters. It jumps from chapter 1 to 14 to 7 etc. ### 2/5 — Accent drive me crazy *2023-05-13* This app does not have any adjustments. You cannot change the voice, the speed. That voice’s accent hard to understand. I live in US and accent sounds like British. And it is talking so fast with that accent. Hard to understand. Also there is no text. I think I just wasted my $5. ### 2/5 — Doesnt remember audio position *2019-03-05* The app keeps resetting back to Genesis, so I have to manually find my place each day. ### 2/5 — 😕 *2019-01-03* You have no way to bookmark where I left off from the last time I listened to the man reading...😕 When I tap on Luke 8, the man starts reading, but the scripture does not appear! If I was trying to follow along with Psalms 130, it would take me 10 minutes to flip through 129 chapters to get to Psalms 130...😕 ### 2/5 — Dissatisfied *2018-06-25* I rated this with two stars because the chapters are out of sequence and the audio sound is not good quality. Hope an update will resolve the issues. ### 2/5 — NIV Bible review *2016-03-06* A lot of the scriptures are missing a word on the end. ### 2/5 — Most function not working *2014-11-21* A lot of function fails to work on this app For eg if you lock your phone screen and you want to change chapters or even pause it with your headset or even tapping on the screen it fails to work ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best *2024-12-28* This is the best NIV bible app you can get. No ads, all straight forward. Simple and useful features ### 5/5 — Love this Bible app *2023-03-30* This is the best bible application. I have tried several even the small cost is well worth it. ### 5/5 — Wow *2019-11-04* Great app Tried others and when phone went to password mode app would stop, this one is best of many I tried. You wont be disappointed. ### 5/5 — Awesome and accessible *2019-05-11* The Bible is awesome it is accessible which I love and it’s not hard to access since I am blind everything needs to be accessible from the games I play to the apps are you’s in IV Bible is just it thanks for turning God‘s holy Word acceptable and an audio ### 5/5 — Great usuability *2019-04-07* I find this app very easy to use. ### 5/5 — Turning *2018-12-05* I would like to know if the app be turned long ways on the phone or iPad ### 5/5 — Niv audio Bible *2018-11-02* This Bible app reader is so easy to listen to and he speaks slowly enough to really digest what is being said. It’s a big blessing to me. ### 5/5 — Bible app *2017-01-10* Great app. I really like that you can listen to any Bible book offline. Cheers Richard ### 5/5 — Awesome *2016-01-26* I love the narrator and the simplicity of the app!!!! Changed how I read and ingest the bible ### 4/5 — Fantastic *2020-06-08* I also have the hardcover copy that I had first. This follows along word for word. Great for when my eyes are tired. I also get a better comprehension of reading it after listening to it. --- *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 2026-09-08.*