Comparison

Filament Bible vs SourceView Together Bible

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Filament Bible

Enhance your physical Bible with digital content. Scan any page to instantly access study notes, videos, audio, maps, and more, all connected to your reading.

Highlights
  • Scan print Bible pages for instant digital content
  • Access study notes, articles, and devotionals
  • Stream audio and watch informative videos
  • Explore interactive maps
  • Build daily reading habits with reading plans
Features
Currently charting
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This app is designed to work with Filament-enabled print Bibles. It is not a Bible app—it is a unique print + digital Bible experience. Filament enhances your print Bible with the powerful capabilities of your iPhone or iPad. You get the comfortable reading experience a print Bible can offer along with instant access to more meaningful content than you’ll find in any one study Bible or devotional Bible. Native digital content like streaming audio, informative videos, and interactive maps are directly connected to your Bible reading experience in a way never before possible! With your physical Bible open, use the Filament Bible app to simply scan the page you are reading with your device’s camera. Your iPhone or iPad recognizes the page and instantly connects you to content centered around that passage. You'll get access to in-depth study notes, profiles of key people mentioned on the page, articles about important themes, devotionals, streaming audio, videos, and interactive maps that will help you really get a feel for the world of the Bible. Filament also includes the opportunity to build your daily Bible reading habit with reading plans, designed to give you a simple list of the pages you need to read to keep on track with your Bible reading goals, whether it is to read through the entire Bible or just to get a sense for what the Bible says about a key topic. Our prayer is that Filament will be a faithful companion as you engage with God through the Bible!

About

SourceView Together Bible

Engage with scripture through an interactive speech bubble format, perfect for group discussions and personal reflection. Features include study questions, notes with emoji reactions, and multiple reading plans. Available in English and French.

Highlights
  • Speech bubble Bible format
  • 400+ study questions
  • Personal notes with emoji reactions
  • Group reading sessions
  • Multiple reading plans
  • Progress tracking & achievements
  • Offline access
Features
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SourceView Together turns Scripture into a thread you can actually follow. Every line is colored by who is speaking - narrator, divine speech, named principals, and everyone else - the same way you already read a group text. At a glance, you know who's talking and how the conversation moves, across 774 distinct voices and 365 stories. The Bible is laid out as 365 complete narrative stories, not chapter-and-verse fragments. Each story is a whole arc - Creation read start to finish in one sitting, about fifteen to twenty minutes, with nothing lost to an artificial chapter break. Follow the year on a visual thread, open a division, pick a story, and keep going. Meet the cast of voices as you go - Cast tracks who you've heard, how often, and where. Read alone, or gather a few people and read it like a script: each person takes a source color and reads that voice aloud, so the story plays out as a conversation. After the story, Talk about it offers discussion questions for family, a class, or a small group. Keep a daily streak, react and leave notes on the words that land, and see your reading history as a heatmap on the You tab. Search by verse when you need a specific place in Scripture. Follow a catalog plan or a shorter challenge, or open Your Plans and build your own reading plan as a playlist of stories. English. New Living Translation. Reading progress, notes, and reactions stay on your device. Optional daily reminders are scheduled on this device only. French returns in a later update.

Screenshots

Filament Bible4 screens
SourceView Together Bible4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SourceView Together Bible at 5.0 against Filament Bible's 3.8. Filament Bible's advantage is ratings volume (431 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SourceView Together Bible holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filament Bible has 431 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filament Bible ships an update every 3 weeks, SourceView Together Bible every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Filament Bible versus SourceView Together Bible: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilament BibleSourceView Together Bible
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (431 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings431 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#92 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB84 MB
Age rating9++4
DeveloperTyndale House PublishersSourceView Publishing LLC

Customer experience

Filament Bible

All ratings431 ratings
Positive65.4%
Neutral10.7%
Negative23.9%
Written reviews270 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral15.9%
Negative39.6%

SourceView Together Bible

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Filament Bible

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Camera not recognizing QR code or page numbers
  • App freezing or crashing on launch
  • Incorrect page number mapping
  • Sync issues causing loss of reading progress
  • Inconsistent performance across different devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to take notes and bookmark passages
  • Integrate full Bible text within the app
  • Improve reading experience with customizable text settings
  • Expand audio Bible and worship song options
  • Provide more personalized reading plans and devotionals

SourceView Together Bible

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Filament Bible

No in-app purchases

None

SourceView Together Bible

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Filament Bible free?
Filament Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SourceView Together Bible free?
SourceView Together Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Filament Bible or SourceView Together Bible?
SourceView Together Bible is rated higher. Filament Bible averages 3.8 out of 5 from 431 ratings, while SourceView Together Bible averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Filament Bible or SourceView Together Bible have ads?
Neither Filament Bible nor SourceView Together Bible shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filament Bible or SourceView Together Bible?
Filament Bible ships an update every 3 weeks, and SourceView Together Bible every 4 months. Most recently, Filament Bible was updated on November 6, 2026 and SourceView Together Bible on November 5, 2026.

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