Read Scripture vs GodTalk
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.
GodTalk
Receive automatic Bible verses throughout the day via notifications for inspiration and motivation. Share verses to encourage others or save them for personal reflection. This app offers a focused experience with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Daily Bible verse notifications
- King James Version verses
- Share verses with others
- Save favorite verses
- iPhone and Apple Watch notifications
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Get Bible verses in notifications, automatically, throughout the day. A Bible verse can serve as an inspiration to read the Bible more, help you to become more confident, or motivation to resist temptation. No ads. No In-App purchases. Just the Word. - Get verses from the King James Version to help bring you balance and conviction - Share verses to spread encouragement, motivation, or self-awareness - Save verses to your Favorites collection to reflect, memorize, or dive deeper into the Word - Rich notifications on iPhone and Apple Watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Read Scripture at 1.8K against GodTalk's 48. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Read Scripture against 4.8 for GodTalk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read Scripture has 1.8K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Read Scripture's written reviews are positive against 80% of GodTalk's.
Read Scripture ships an update every 5 weeks, GodTalk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | GodTalk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 48 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | Shirmond Conway |
Customer experience
Read Scripture
GodTalk
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
GodTalk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
GodTalk
No in-app purchases
Questions
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