# Orthodox Study Bible

> Orthodox Study Bible with ancient Christian commentary and daily readings. (iPhone/iPad app by VDUB Software, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orthodox-study-bible/id583706254 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [VDUB Software, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/284947384)
- Category: Reference, Books
- Price: $10.00
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 155 App Store ratings · 90 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 14.0 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-12-10
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orthodox-study-bible/id583706254/reviews.md

## What is Orthodox Study Bible?

The Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. This first-of-its-kind study Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian perspective that speaks to those Christians who seek a deeper experience of the roots of their faith.

- Old Testament newly translated from the Greek text of the Septuagint, including the Deuterocanon ("St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint")
- New Testament from the New King James Version
- Commentary drawn from the early Church Christians
- Book Introductions and Outlines

SPECIAL TO THE OSB APP:
- Daily Epistle & Gospel per Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Baltimore (Old Calendar) and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (New Calendar)
- Morning & Evening prayers with appropriate day's Psalm inserted

FEATURES:
- Share selected verses via Messages, Mail, Facebook, Twitter & more
- Highlight verses
- Easily copy verses (with reference) to clipboard
- Create bookmarks and organize using tags
- Search for one or more words, assisted by word completion and search history
- View history (up to 100 of your last readings) for easy back-and-forth navigation between books
- Convenient and smooth side-scroll for previous/next chapter navigation
- Reading Plans

Go to our product web site @ https://vdub.software for more details.

## Key features

- Old Testament from Septuagint Greek
- New Testament from NKJV
- Commentary from early Church Fathers
- Daily Epistle & Gospel readings
- Morning & Evening prayers
- Verse sharing and highlighting
- Search and bookmarks

## What do users think of Orthodox Study Bible?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 📖 Complete Orthodox Study Bible with all deuterocanonical books
- 📚 Comprehensive study notes and Church Father commentaries
- 🎯 Well-organized navigation and easy verse lookup
- 📅 Daily reading plans (1-year and 2-year options)
- 🙏 Integrated morning and evening prayers
- 📝 Highlight and bookmark functionality
- 🌙 Dark mode support
- 💾 Offline access to all content
- 📱 Portable alternative to physical book
- ✨ Clean, modern, intuitive interface
- 📄 Topical articles and study resources
- 🔄 iCloud sync capability for highlights
- 💰 Good value compared to physical book and other ebook versions

**Cons**

- 🐛 App crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Poor iPhone X/newer screen size optimization
- 🔆 Limited display customization (light/dark mode only)
- 📖 Missing book introductions available in physical edition
- 🎨 No icon illustrations from physical book
- ⚠️ Inconsistent app support and updates
- 🔗 Broken daily readings feature (reported in 2020)
- 💬 Limited note-taking capabilities
- 🎯 Highlighting limited to full verses only
- 🔄 iCloud sync crashes between devices
- 🚫 No Android version available

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App freezes frequently requiring reinstall
- Information icon crashes app on leap year dates
- Daily readings feature broken
- Facebook sharing not working
- iCloud sync crashes between devices
- Poor rendering on iPhone X and newer models
- Menu bar takes up excessive screen space on iPad
- Book of Proverbs displayed blank
- App not properly supported on newer iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- Audio/text-to-speech functionality
- Multiple highlight colors (especially softer yellow)
- Personal note-taking and margin notes
- Midday prayer addition (morning, midday, evening)
- Daily notifications for reading plans
- Saints of the day information
- Sepia display mode
- Multiple font options and sizes
- Book introductions like physical edition
- Clickable cross-references in footnotes
- Old calendar option for today's readings
- Toggle bookmark on/off functionality
- Better bookmark organization and tagging
- Android app version
- iPad-optimized version
- Landscape mode support
- Lenten Triodian and Holy Week Book content

## Recent user reviews (10 of 90)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orthodox-study-bible/id583706254/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Love the app!

*2025-04-23, version 7.0.6*

Love love love!!! I have the physical and app version so I can have His Word wherever I go. Might I suggest a note taking feature?

### 4/5 — Audible

*2025-02-23*

This orthodox bible app is almost perfect you need to install an audio function. I found another Orthodox Bible app and it has audio except the way they formatted it is annoying every time a new verse. It said it says for example, “ verse one in the beginning God created… verse two the Earth was invisible and unfinished…” that’s annoying. I couldn’t even listen to a whole minute of that. It should only do that per chapter anyways other than that, this is a pretty good app.

### 5/5 — Amazing but one issue

*2025-02-21*

This app is amazing as a Orthodox convert I use it all the time and I love it, although I wish they would add back to the app the option for light or dark most and now just following the system setting. But besides that this app is absolutely amazing!

### 5/5 — the app is great

*2025-01-19*

the app is great, idk if this idea will be seen but i noticed the reading the Bible study plan in a year feature (where you can read 1-2 years chronologically or mixed. it would be really cool if that feature can be in notification form like there would be daily notifications for which Bible reading we should do based on the plan. Just a suggestion would be cool if this review would be seen and the thought can be considered as a way to improve user experience.

### 5/5 — Midday Prayers?

*2024-12-29, version 7.0.5*

I absolutely love this app, but I am curious if it is possible that the app can be updated to support a midday prayer as well? That way it encompasses morning, midday, and evening.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2024-11-21*

This app is a great tool when you do not have an OSB right in front of you. The only thing that could make this better is the ability to have an audio reading of both the scripture and the commentary.

### 2/5 — Dark mode only?

*2024-11-12, version 7.0.5*

Unusable to me due to only allowing dark mode on the screen. Shame.

### 5/5 — THE BEST APP EVER!!!!

*2024-11-04, version 7.0.4*

Guys, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for making this app!! Seriously it is such a blessing to have such a beautiful well put together a Orthodox app that we can use to study the Bible! 
I love the fact that it has actually the full Orthodox Bible, including all of the old testament books, and the fact that it has all of the expansion articles on certain themes, and all of the study notes.
I also really love the highlights portion and how well it’s been approved overtime. 
I also really love on top of that the reading plans with both one year to year mixed and chronological. 
The daily readings are absolutely phenomenal and one of my favorite parts. Just amazing way to start the day. 
I also love the organization of each section of the Bible and have that part is organized. I love organization in general, and this is just music to my ears. I love, especially how all of Paul’s epistles our grouped together.
And the Torah, history, wisdom, major and minor prophets, all of that stuff. I really love the organization. 

If you guys are reading this, here’s a couple of things that would be really great to see in future updates 
1. Would be great to add the introduction at the beginning of every book the same way, the original Orthodox study Bible has. I personally really loved reading the overview and getting a better idea for what I’m about to start reading at the beginning of every book.
2. It would be nice if you can add different colors for the highlight and a yellow color that is a little bit softer. The current yellow color is a little bit harsh and it would be nice if there were more colors just so that you can identify different things when you highlight them.   
3. It would be nice to add toggle bookmark on and off instead of current process. (I appreciate all of the last few updates that you guys have done with the highlights. It’s become a lot better.)
4. This is a big one, but if you can eventually add a voice reader, that would be incredible. 
5. This is another big one, but would be really great if there were also the Saints of the day in addition to readings for the day both maybe old and new calendar. (I know it’s hard because it varies based on church in terms of which saints they celebrate but maybe a general one would be great). Or maybe if you guys can just make a separate app for that as well that would be amazing. 

I just really appreciate how clean simple and modern this app is. We definitely need more of that with more orthodox apps. 
And I’m recommending this app to everyone! The $10 bucks is totally worth it and you guys again just did a wonderful job. 
Seriously Glory to God! And thank you for all your incredible and dedicated hard work!

### 5/5 — My favorite Bible on iPad.

*2024-10-17, version 7.0.3*

The problems I had were resolved with the latest update. Thanks.

### 2/5 — New update made reading it worse.

*2024-09-19*

The new update has made reading worse. Holding the iPad vertical, like a book, a third of the screen is now taken up by an obnoxiously large menu bar that can’t be minimized. I wish I never downloaded the update.

## Frequently asked questions about Orthodox Study Bible

### What is the Orthodox Study Bible?

The Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible with commentary from the perspective of early Church Christians. It features a unique translation of the Old Testament from the Greek Septuagint and includes the New Testament from the New King James Version.

### What are the key features of the app?

The app offers daily Epistle and Gospel readings, morning and evening prayers, and commentary from ancient Christian sources. You can also share verses, highlight text, create bookmarks, and search the scriptures.

### Is the Orthodox Study Bible app free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in the provided description.

### What kind of content does the Old Testament translation include?

The Old Testament is newly translated from the Greek text of the Septuagint. This translation includes the Deuterocanon, often referred to as the "St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint".

### How can I navigate through the Bible and readings?

The app provides convenient side-scrolling for easy chapter navigation. You can also access your reading history, which stores up to 100 of your last readings for quick back-and-forth movement between books.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.0.7 — 2025-06-24

Fixed access to two articles in Romans: "The Law" and "Is God Faithful to Israel?"

### 7.0.6 — 2025-02-18

A number of little fixes!

- Reading plan last/next cells are now properly updated
- Fixed lectionary issue where wrong reading could be displayed (e.g. Saturday after Nativity was displaying Sunday's reading)
- App now properly returns to Morning or Evening prayers (and other "content" screens) on start-up
- Fixed a number of other "state restoration" and History issues (blank content, not scrolling to correct place, etc.)
- Fixed Footnotes crash that happened on February 13 (New Calendar)

### 7.0.5 — 2024-11-10

- Fixed Table of Contents selection in Additional content
- Verses screen returns to correct verse number when app is restored
- Adjust Verses screen to not redraw excessively (causing blinking)

### 7.0.4 — 2024-10-24

- Fixed a crash that could occur on start-up when returning to a Reading Plan
- Fixed highlight issue in Psalms (and other verses formatted as poetry)
- Other minor fixes

### 7.0.3 — 2024-10-01

- Added button to show/hide left pane on iPad
- Added margins to right pane on iPad
- Updated logic for added and removed Bookmarks and toggled-off Highlights
- Text again immediately responds to size changes
- Fixed "share the app with someone"

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