Read Scripture vs Fully Forming
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.
Fully Forming
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Fully Forming is a year-long Christian devotional designed to help you practice your relationship with God. Each day includes Morning, Midday, and Evening reflections that invite you to engage Scripture and practice rhythms of spiritual formation in everyday life. Over the course of the year, Fully Forming explores practices including prayer, meditation, submission, fasting, confession, service, simplicity, celebration, study, and more. The goal is not simply to learn about spiritual disciplines, but to use them as practices that help us know God more deeply, love others more fully, and become increasingly formed into the life of Christ. Features include: • 365 days of devotional content • Morning, Midday, and Evening readings • Scripture references that open directly to the biblical passage • Optional reminders for each daily reading • Easy navigation between days and reading times • Resume automatically where you left off • Works offline for the devotional content • No ads and no account required Fully Forming is based on the devotional originally written by Nick Acker and is designed for personal spiritual growth, reflection, prayer, and practice.
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Verdict
Read Scripture and Fully Forming are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Read Scripture | Fully Forming |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Crazy Love Ministries | Nick Acker |
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
Fully Forming
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Read Scripture
No in-app purchases
Fully Forming
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Read Scripture or Fully Forming have ads?
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