Read Scripture vs JoyShare
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.
JoyShare
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【This is an app that makes you joy both physically and mentally】 JoyShare is a platform for sharing joy and positive energy. You can find many articles on this platform that will make you happy and progress. At present, we often have unpleasant things in our daily lives, which cause certain harm to our souls. Accumulation of these negative energies over time will seriously affect our physical and mental health. Here, you can feel joy, gratitude, kindness, spiritual progress and other positive energies when you open the app. We hope these can help you experience life better. 【What Joyshare can provide】 - A large number of articles about joy, gratitude, humor, etc. posted by real users, some from real life, some from classic culture, and some are interesting stories. Reading can relax our nervous hearts and make us happier. Just like many beautiful stories in the Bible, sharing the truth, goodness, and beauty - A simple creation platform, where you can create your own articles about fun, joy to share your joy and positive energy, help others, and improve yourself. The content of the article can be as simple as a few words of blessing. Or an interesting story around you. Or the funny scenes between you and your children, etc. These pleasant energies can be shared. - Strict review mechanism, Joyshare does not allow the publication of information with negative energy. It is a clean place here. Joyshare is a funny app. 【I believe Joyshare will definitely bring you joy, give it a try now!!】
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Read Scripture at none against JoyShare's shown. JoyShare's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read Scripture ships an update every 5 weeks, JoyShare every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | JoyShare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | 妙琼 关 |
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
JoyShare
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
JoyShare
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Read Scripture free?
Is JoyShare free?
Do Read Scripture or JoyShare have ads?
Which is updated more often, Read Scripture or JoyShare?
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