Read Scripture vs PINES (Georgia)
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.
PINES (Georgia)
Access over 275 libraries across Georgia with your library card. Search the catalog, place holds on items, and renew checked-out materials directly from your device.
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on items
- Renew checked-out items
- Access 275+ Georgia libraries
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PINES gives you access to more than 275 libraries across Georgia. To use this app, you must have a library card with a PINES member library and know your password. PINES lets you: * Search the catalog * Place a hold on an item * Renew items you have checked out Problem? Send email to kenstir.apps@gmail.com Development of this software has been sponsored by Georgia PINES. This app is open source! If you have the means and the interest to contribute, head on over to https://github.com/kenstir/hemlock-ios
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read Scripture at 4.8 against PINES (Georgia)'s 4.2. Read Scripture also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 20) and review sentiment (87% vs 66%). PINES (Georgia)'s advantage is chart position (#204 vs unranked). 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read Scripture has 1.8K ratings behind it against 20, 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 66% of PINES (Georgia)'s.
Read Scripture ships an update every 5 weeks, PINES (Georgia) every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | PINES (Georgia) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.2 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews — better | 65.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #204 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | Kenneth Cox |
Customer experience
Read Scripture
PINES (Georgia)
User reviews
Read Scripture
From 1.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Helpful videos provide context and overview of each book
- 👍 Organized reading plan with Psalms
- 🚀 Streamlined and intuitive interface
- 👍 Visually appealing design and animations
- 💡 Ability to set your own start date
Room to improve
- 🐛 Progress and reading position sometimes gets reset after updates
- 🔋 Videos can't be downloaded for offline viewing
- 🔍 Lack of verse numbers makes it harder to reference specific passages
- 🔍 Limited translation options (only ESV)
PINES (Georgia)
From 20 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient for searching and placing holds
- 👍 Easy to renew books
- 👍 Developer responsiveness noted
- 👍 App works smoothly otherwise
- 👍 Useful for searching across the Pines system
Room to improve
- 😞 Cannot pay fines through the app
- 😞 No longer able to pay fines
- 😞 Removed option to pay fines
- 😞 Inconvenient to delete messages
- 😞 Lists missing on iOS
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
PINES (Georgia)
Reported bugs
9 issues- Cannot sign in (Error message)
- Error decoding OSRF object
- Won't delete messages
- App no longer opening
- System down (app or browser)
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- Crashes when viewing holds or checkouts
- Login issues after password change
- App crashes constantly
- Ebook feature not working on Apple
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to pay fines through the app
- Fix message deletion bug
- Add 'Lists' feature to iOS app
- Support for ebooks and audiobooks
- Ability to renew multiple books at once
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- Reinstating color alert for due dates
- Add barcode for scanning at checkout
- Improve book description display
- Make app more like Android version
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
PINES (Georgia)
No in-app purchases
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