Comparison

1Bible vs Heavenly Light

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

1Bible

Features
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Open your Bible. Make time for God’s Word. 1Bible includes the English NIV and the Simplified Chinese Union Version. Read, search, and revisit your bookmarks offline, with no ads or distracting feeds. Mark a passage. Return to it in color. Highlight a verse or a continuous passage in eight colors. Browse your saved verses as colorful cards, search them, arrange them, and filter by color to find what you want to read again. Read your way. Choose vertical scrolling or page-by-page reading, a comfortable font and text size, and a light or dark theme. Thoughtful typography gives English prose and poetry room to breathe, with careful spacing for Chinese punctuation, quotation marks, and paragraphs. Find a verse in its context. Search in English, Chinese, or both in the same field. Open a result in the passage around it. Matching words stay highlighted as you read; clear the query to remove the search highlights. A visual map of all 66 books and saved navigation history help you return to familiar passages. More room for Scripture. Use a sidebar for books, search, or bookmarks, or put it away for immersive two-page reading. Read English and Chinese side by side, with synchronized or independent scrolling. On supported foldable displays, your reading position carries between the outer display and the active right-hand reading area when you fold or unfold the device. System split-screen and multiple windows are supported. Take Scripture into your day. Copy a verse or paragraph, or create a passage card to share. At home, on your commute, or in airplane mode, your Bible is ready to read. Requires iOS 18 or later.

About

Heavenly Light

Access a collection of Bible study resources, including publications in English, Chinese, and Japanese. This app supports in-depth study of the Harvest Message from The Studies in the Scriptures series.

Highlights
  • Bible study publications
  • English, Chinese, Japanese languages
  • Harvest Message support
  • Studies in the Scriptures series
Features
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This is a Bible Study app that includes Bible Student Bible Student publications in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) and Japanese. It is a collection of resources from which support the Harvest Message recorded in The Studies in the Scriptures publication series.

Screenshots

1Bible4 screens
Heavenly Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Heavenly Light at Free against 1Bible's $3.99. Heavenly Light also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). 1Bible's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 32 months). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Heavenly Light is free to download; 1Bible costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1Bible ships an update every 8 months, Heavenly Light every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
1Bible versus Heavenly Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1BibleHeavenly Light
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 months — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB24 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer丁坤 姜Kreber Graphics, Inc

In-app purchases

None

1Bible

No in-app purchases

None

Heavenly Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1Bible free?
1Bible costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heavenly Light free?
Heavenly Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1Bible or Heavenly Light have ads?
Neither 1Bible nor Heavenly Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1Bible or Heavenly Light?
1Bible ships an update every 8 months, and Heavenly Light every 32 months. Most recently, 1Bible was updated on November 11, 2026 and Heavenly Light on November 3, 2026.

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