Read Scripture vs Discover the Bible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Read Scripture
This app guides users through a year-long Bible reading plan, enhanced by explanatory videos. It aims to help individuals discover the truth and beauty of God's Word through a curated experience.
- Year-long Bible reading plan
- Creative explanatory videos
- Book of the Bible explanations
- Gospel theological themes
- Tips for Bible reading
- Community or solo experience
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The goal of Read Scripture is that everyone would read the Bible for themselves and discover the truth and beauty of God’s Word. To this end, we are curating a year-long Bible reading plan and supplementing the reading with amazingly creative videos (produced by our friends at the Bible Project) that explain every book of the Bible, major theological themes of the gospel, and tips on how to read the Bible. We house all of this content in a beautifully designed app that is available to download in the App Store. We encourage you to experience Read Scripture in community but it is set up so that you can go through it on your own. Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Discover the Bible
This app offers a guided approach to understanding the Bible through simple, memorable studies. It's designed to help users engage with scripture personally, especially in group settings, and is available in multiple languages with text and audio options.
- Thirty simple studies from Creation to Christ
- Text and audio for all studies
- Offline download facility
- Available in 25 languages
- Group study focus
- Facilitates Disciple Making Movements
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In thirty simple studies from Creation to Christ, Discover the Bible enables you to encounter the Bible for yourself. Best used in a group context, these studies help you to ask simple questions of the text, which are easily remembered and easily applied - but are surprisingly powerful in enabling you to understand God's word for your life. Features • Available in twenty five languages including English, Arabic, Somali, Dari, Pashto, Turkish, Urdu, Devanagari and Indonesian • Text and audio available for all studies • Download facility to enable offline use • Sharing allows app audio files to be passed on easily A Discovery Bible Study (DBS) app which allows users to explore the Bible for themselves. Ideal for catalysing Disciple Making Movements (DMM) in remote contexts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Scripture at 4.8 against Discover the Bible's 4.4. Read Scripture also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 24) and review sentiment (87% vs 69%). Discover the Bible's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read Scripture holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read Scripture has 1.8K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Read Scripture's written reviews are positive against 69% of Discover the Bible's.
Read Scripture ships an update every 5 weeks, Discover the Bible every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | Discover the Bible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 69.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | Ian Coleman |
Customer experience
Read Scripture
Discover the Bible
Bugs and requests
Read Scripture
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos sometimes fail to load or play
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
- Reading position not always saved correctly
Requested features
6 requests- Add ability to highlight, take notes, and bookmark passages
- Incorporate audio narration of the Bible text
- Provide a dark mode option for easier reading
- Allow syncing of reading progress across devices
- Integrate more Bible Project theme videos
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- Add option to select different Bible translations
Discover the Bible
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
Discover the Bible
No in-app purchases
Questions
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