Daily Verse vs Bible Explained
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Verse
Receive a daily Bible verse with a clean, minimalist interface. Share verses easily and access them quickly with a Today Widget. No ads or complex settings.
- Daily Bible verse
- Minimalist design
- Verse sharing
- Today Widget
- No ads
- Simple settings
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Simple clean minimal daily bible verse app, that simply gives you just the word of God each day. No ads, no complex settings, no obtrusive UI. Simple share functionality to provide options to extend the verse to other people. Provides simple "Today Widget" for fast full viewing.
Bible Explained
Understand the entire Bible story in a single hour of reading. Content is divided into five-minute segments, ideal for quick study sessions. Features helpful diagrams to illustrate God's plan from creation to New Creation.
- Bible story in one hour
- Five-minute reading chunks
- Helpful diagrams
- Creation to New Creation overview
- No sign-up required
- Data privacy
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Want to understand the Bible, but just don’t know where to start? Our Bible in an Hour notes will take you through the whole Bible story, in just one hour of reading. We’ve broken it up into five-minute chunks, perfect for reading on your commute, over a morning coffee, or during your quiet time! With helpful diagrams, we walk through the whole Bible story: God’s plan for our world, from creation to New Creation. The app is entirely free of charge, and you don’t need to sign up or sign in to anything. We don’t collect any of your data either. We simply want you to discover God’s big plan! Got feedback? We’d love to hear it, especially if it’s something we need to improve. Please feel free to get in touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bible Explained at every 6 days against Daily Verse's every 3 months. Daily Verse's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Daily Verse ships an update every 3 months, Bible Explained every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Verse | Bible Explained |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NineTenEleven Limited | SIMON ANDREW RAFFERTY |
Customer experience
Daily Verse
Bible Explained
In-app purchases
Daily Verse
No in-app purchases
Bible Explained
No in-app purchases
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