Comparison

RE Scriptures vs CEPHER Abridged Edition

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

Head to head
About

RE Scriptures

Access and study the complete Restoration Edition scriptures offline. Customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts, text sizes, and color schemes. Quickly navigate content by volume, book, and chapter.

Highlights
  • Offline scripture reading
  • Customizable text and appearance
  • Easy navigation by volume, book, chapter
  • Includes Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price
  • Restoration Edition text
Features
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Read and study the complete text of the Restoration Edition of the scriptures in this new app. The app makes it easy to quickly locate scripture content by volume, book and chapter. The reading experience is fully customizable, allowing the user to select fonts and text sizes, choose margin width and line spacing, and select from several color schemes. The full text of the scriptures is included in the app for offline reading. Contains the following volumes of Restoration scriptures: * Old Testament * New Testament * Book of Mormon * Doctrine and Covenants * Pearls of Great Price The Restoration Edition text represents thousands of hours of careful work by a committee of volunteers. Their purpose is to compile the most accurate and complete set of scriptures based on the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ that began in the early 1800’s through Joseph Smith, Jr. The Restoration Edition, the committee responsible for its compilation, and the developer of this app are not affiliated in any way with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or any other church or organization. This effort serves a loose association of fellowships of believers in the Doctrine of Christ. This version of the app contains the March 2017 version of the text. Many changes have been made since that date, and the editing work continues at this time. When the final print edition has been finalized by the scriptures committee, a new version of this app will be released containing the updated text.

About

CEPHER Abridged Edition

This app offers a unique translation of scriptures, transliterating Hebrew names and places with definitions and pronunciations. It corrects errors in existing translations and restores original book order and missing texts. Features include daily prayers, scripture readings, and search functionality.

Highlights
  • Transliterates Hebrew names and places
  • Provides definitions and pronunciations
  • Restores original book order
  • Corrects translation errors
  • Includes daily Hebrew prayers and scriptures
  • Keyword, book, chapter, and verse search
Features
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• Sets forth a transliteration, rather than a substitution, of the names of the Father (Yahuah), Son (Yahusha) and Holy Spirit (Ruach Ha'Qodesh). • Transliterates over 3,100 other Hebrew names and places, which are all clickable to provide the definition and pronunciation in English. • Restores the stand alone Aleph Tav את throughout the text (previously omitted in other English translations) • Includes the 66 books found in most modern English Bibles. • Restores an accurate order to the books as they were originally written. • Corrects many notorious errors found in virtually all previous English translations, such as Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 14, Zakaryahu (Zechariah) 5, and Mattithyahu (Matthew) 23. • Restores Chapters 151-155 of Tehilliym (Psalms) and the Acrostic Psalms 35 and 145, together with the Acrostic format of Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) are marked with Ivriyt (Hebrew) indicators. • Restores the Missing Fragment of 70 verses in 4 Ezra Chapter 7. • Restores the 29th chapter of Ma’asiym (The Acts of the Apostles) chronicling Pa’al’s (Paul’s) journey to Spain and Britain. The Cepher Abridged allows you to easily search the scriptures by keyword, book, chapter or verse, and is loaded with extra features including: • The Daily Hebrew Prayers and/or Daily Scriptures on the home page. • Support for light and dark mode. • Links to our Weekly Torah Portion, Dr. Stephen Pidgeon’s blog, articles and other free downloads available our website. • Ability to copy up to five verses at a time. Upgrade to the paid version of The Cepher App to get the following features: • Note-taking and highlighting available in seven different colors. • Ability to sync personalization (notes, bookmarks, etc.) across devices by opting into cloud storage. • A Lexicon of all the transliterated Hebrew words found in the את CEPHER.

Screenshots

RE Scriptures4 screens
CEPHER Abridged Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RE Scriptures at 4.6 against CEPHER Abridged Edition's 4.1. RE Scriptures also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 14.2). CEPHER Abridged Edition's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (105 vs 19). On price, review sentiment, 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

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

RE Scriptures holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CEPHER Abridged Edition has 105 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 66% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RE Scriptures ships an update every 16 months, CEPHER Abridged Edition every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RE Scriptures versus CEPHER Abridged Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRE ScripturesCEPHER Abridged Edition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19 ratings) — better4.1 (105 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better65.9% of reviews
Number of ratings19105 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.3 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB58 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLorien CreativeCepher Publishing LLC

Customer experience

RE Scriptures

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

CEPHER Abridged Edition

All ratings105 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive65.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

RE Scriptures

No in-app purchases

None

CEPHER Abridged Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RE Scriptures free?
RE Scriptures is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CEPHER Abridged Edition free?
CEPHER Abridged Edition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RE Scriptures or CEPHER Abridged Edition?
RE Scriptures is rated higher. RE Scriptures averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while CEPHER Abridged Edition averages 4.1 from 105 ratings.
Do RE Scriptures or CEPHER Abridged Edition have ads?
Neither RE Scriptures nor CEPHER Abridged Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RE Scriptures or CEPHER Abridged Edition?
RE Scriptures ships an update every 16 months, and CEPHER Abridged Edition every 2 months. Most recently, RE Scriptures was updated on September 19, 2026 and CEPHER Abridged Edition on September 21, 2026.

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