# SourceView Bible — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of SourceView Bible by SourceView Publishing LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 51 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sourceview-bible/id1114617271/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sourceview-bible/id1114617271.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of SourceView Bible? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💡 Unique Bible reading experience - 👍 Great for understanding context - 🌟 Innovative and groundbreaking - 🚀 Powerful tool for study - ✨ Visually appealing design - 🎯 Clear insights and overviews - 🗣️ Identifies speakers clearly - 📚 Rich in background information - 🤝 Beneficial for group studies - 🌐 Fits the digital age **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🛒 In-app purchases confusing - 🤔 Difficult to navigate initially - 🚫 Not all content is free - 📱 Requires newer iOS versions - ❓ Lack of clear tutorials **Commonly reported bugs** - App closes when in a book - Spheres component not accessible - Crashes when reading Psalms - App freezes during navigation - Crashes when tapping spheres **Most requested features** - iPad version - Screen rotation support - Korean language support - Video tutorial for app usage - Improved UI and tutorial - More languages ## Newest reviews (12 of 57) ### 5/5 — This is INCREDIBLE *2018-10-06, version 1.3.1* highly recommend for anyone who loves God and loves his word also really beneficial for group bible studies or reading the bible long term ### 5/5 — Love the Features and Overviews! *2018-02-23, version 1.2.3* The overviews are so good! Thinks like who is speaking is one of the best features to me. My go to e-Bible. My only improvement comment is the navigation does take some practice. A detailed video or walk through in the app itself would be helpful for new users. ### 5/5 — BEST BIBLE APP EVER!!! *2018-01-16* This is the best bible app out there! There is nothing else out there. Countless hours of research and work went into this app. Its extremely user friendly and makes reading the bible a hole new immersive experience. ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2017-08-18, version 1.2.2* Thanks a lot for this wonderful App ### 5/5 — Unreal *2017-02-15, version 1.2.2* Like google and the bible had a baby!!!! Thank you for this app ### 5/5 — Mr. *2017-01-23, version 1.2.2* Amazing software for spiritual growth...may God bless you all who worked behind... ### 5/5 — It's great *2016-12-31, version 1.2* This bible is great and it will change people lives. God bless ### 5/5 — Not since Gutenberg! *2016-09-28, version 1.0.1* This is a groundbreaking Bible app- never before have I seen this kind of access to Biblical data. ### 5/5 — Powerful! *2016-09-19, version 1.0.2* This app really unlocks the power of the word through getting a specific picture of ____(whatever you want)! ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2016-09-17, version 1.0.2* Can't wait for a video tutorial to be created for this app so I can fully understand it. Have spent a good amount of time on it so far. I feel like I still have a lot to learn. Love what I am getting out of it so far! ### 5/5 — For His Glory *2016-09-17, version 1.0.2* Great App! The people who put this together worked very diligently on this and made sure it was done well. Their heart and vision behind it is great, they are dedicated to end Bible poverty! Praise God ### 5/5 — Wow. *2016-09-16, version 1.0.2* God is moving!! This bible app surpasses any that I have yet to come across! Straight from the mind of the Lord! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — In-app purchases *2020-07-21, version 1.3.1* I’m fairly capable with technology but can find no way to add in-app purchases. My husband is the tech guy for our school system and he’s brilliant but he can’t find in-app purchases!!! ### 2/5 — Great potential but disappears *2018-10-15, version 1.3.1* I really enjoy the translation but the app constantly closes on me when I’m in a book and when I open again I can’t get back to that book without it closing the app. I have to delete and download again in order to get back to the book I’m reading. It’s a hassle. Can’t wait for the next version with less bugs. ### 2/5 — Poorly planned *2018-09-16, version 1.3.1* This app requires iOS 11.3, which is pretty dumb considering that it is a react native app and doesn’t actually need 11.3. Shortsighted on the developers’ part, considering how many phones are stuck on iOS 10 because of age. Also the in-app purchase scheme is frowned upon for religious apps. Most Bible/Torah/Quran/etc apps are free and rely on donors, since there’s no hard material costs. The spheres themselves are alright, though not worth the purchase. The only redeeming values are the speaker/search capabilities. ### 2/5 — Excellent Concept But Buggy *2018-08-07, version 1.3.1* Full of potential but I’ve never used the app and not had it crash when I tap on anything to do with the “spheres”. No app support and no obvious way to purchase the spheres feature, an apparent necessity. Some dead links. Looking forward to version 3.Next. ### 2/5 — Good concept, likely source errors *2016-09-14, version 1.0.2* The overall concept of the app is nice. I'm wondering if their data source is where I'm having issues. For instance, the Tetragrammaton is never translated as Gods name, even in the most basic of places such as Psalm 83:18. If this supported improved data sources, it might be more interesting to me. ### 2/5 — Mr. Mountain *2016-09-08, version 1.0.2* Tough app to learn. Needs a tutorial and better UI. Amazing idea though and can't wait to see improvements. ### 3/5 — Please fix the spheres component! *2025-06-25, version 1.3.1* I’m dying to read through the spheres, and traveling with the physical book is a struggle. I purchased the spheres but nothing happened when I did, I still can’t seem to access that feature 😫😭 ### 3/5 — Not all is free *2018-09-07, version 1.3.1* I don’t understand why everything is not free now because when it first came out it was ... ### 3/5 — Love it but buggy *2016-10-13, version 1.0.2* Great concept, but it keeps freezing when I try to navigate, or else it just crashes. Not once have I opened it and been able to complete my study session without either or both of those issues multiple times, meaning I have to restart it for it to work, then search for my place again. Annoying! That said, I do keep opening it... ### 4/5 — Needs update *2018-06-27, version 1.2.3* Whenever I try to read psalms the app crashes ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent Resource *2025-10-16, version 1.3.1* If you are looking to understand the Bible, this tool makes things very clear in knowing God’s purpose for all nations and all areas of society. ### 5/5 — Good but need help! *2021-02-02, version 1.3.1* I love this spheres of society l but don’t know how to purchase it ### 5/5 — Love it! *2020-12-15, version 1.3.1* Totally a unique and innovated Bible reading experience. ### 5/5 — Please make it *2020-12-02* Thank you for creating a great app. 1) Please make it an iPad version. 2) Please make it possible to rotate according to the direction of the machine. 3) Please allow me to speak another language.(Korean) ### 5/5 — Phenominal *2020-11-07* I love how you put it into different spheres of society, and how it gives context to all the books ### 5/5 — Sehr hilfreiche App! *2020-01-10, version 1.3.1* Eine Bibel die voll in das digitale Zeitalter passt. Interaktiv, alles mögliche an Hintergrund Informationen die man sich selber herausfiltern kann und auch optisch ansprechend ist. Sehr zufrieden! ### 5/5 — How do use spheres *2019-07-16, version 1.3.1* I love this!!! Im a theatrical person. I read job and pictured a stage and all the characters henceforth. I really would love to know how I can unlock and get the spheres portion ? I can’t find where to have the in app purchases. I tried looking for the app sphere view but no such thing. I really really love all of this and hope I can get the spheres too. But for now I click on them and it’s just reading what the spheres as a whole represent and a mention of in app unlocked purchases ### 5/5 — Very helpful, providing great indights *2019-06-02, version 1.3.1* Great app to discover biblical truth in a new way. Enables a perfect overview as starting point for own deep dives ### 5/5 — Helpful app *2019-03-31, version 1.3.1* I recently just downloaded this and began reading the scriptures on this app, and I am benefitting a lot from how it is setup to engage readers and highlight things in a new way. ### 5/5 — Creates a new view of the bible *2019-01-16, version 1.3.1* Great for understanding context of books, and which parts to apply using the spheres is an interesting addition --- *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 2026-08-22.*