Comparison

Bible Alarm vs ShiftBuddy

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

Head to head
About

Bible Alarm

This app helps you follow your Bible listening schedule with customizable reminders. It allows you to play audio on demand, resume where you left off, and includes optional music before readings. Enjoy background playback and CarPlay support.

Highlights
  • Customizable Bible listening schedule reminders
  • On-demand audio playback
  • Resume playback by chapter and verse
  • Optional music before readings
  • Background playback
  • CarPlay support
Features
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Make your New World Translation (NWT) Bible listening schedule easy: set it as a reminder or play on demand when you have time. Optionally start with music before the scheduled Bible reading. Chapters and verses resume where you left off. Features: • Recurring reminders with your choice of Bible publication and language • Optional "begin with music" (Kingdom Melodies or vocal music) • Playback continues in the background • CarPlay support: play and control Bible and music from your car • System media controls and lock-screen controls • Resume by chapter and verse • No ads; non-commercial and free Audio is available in many languages, downloaded from jw.org. Only the New World Translation (NWT) is available for Bible reading. This app is non-commercial and free, with no advertisements; the publisher gains nothing monetarily. The app adheres to the terms of use for third-party apps as stated on jw.org (Jehovah's Witnesses) (https://www.jw.org/en/terms-of-use), which allows the distribution of free non-commercial apps designed to download mp3 and mp4 files from public areas of the site. Bible audio is available (partially or fully) in the following languages: Abkhaz, Acholi, Afrikaans, Aja, Albanian, Altai, Alur, Amharic, Armenian, Aukan, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Basque, Bassa (Cameroon), Batak (Karo), Batak (Toba), Belize Kriol, Bengali, Bicol, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Catalan, Changana (Mozambique), Chichewa, Chin (Hakha), Chinese Cantonese (Simplified), Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), Chinese Mandarin (Traditional), Chitonga (Malawi), Chitonga (Zimbabwe), Chitumbuka, Chiyao, Chol, Chopi, Chuabo, Chuvash, Cibemba, Cinamwanga, Cinyanja, Croatian, Czech, Dangme, Danish, Dutch, Edo, English, Estonian, Ewe, Fante, Finnish, Fon, French, Ga, Galician, Garifuna, Georgian, German, Greek, Guadeloupean Creole, Guarani, Gujarati, Gun, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Herero, Hiligaynon, Hindi, Hindi (Roman), Hmong (White), Hungarian, Iban, Igbo, Iloko, Indonesian, Isoko, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kabiye, Kabuverdianu, Kamba, Kannada, Kanyok, Karen (S'gaw), Kazakh, Kazakh (Arabic), Kekchi, Kikuyu, Kiluba, Kinande, Kinyarwanda, Kirghiz, Kirundi, Kisi, Kisonge, Kituba, Kokola, Kongo, Konkani (Roman), Korean, Kwangali, Kwanyama, Lari, Lendu, Lhukonzo, Liberian English, Lingala, Lithuanian, Lolo, Lomwe, Low German, Luganda, Luo, Macedonian, Macua, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makhuwa-Shirima, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Mam, Manyawa, Mapudungun, Marathi, Mauritian Creole, Maya, Mbunda, Mingrelian, Mixe (North Central), Mixtec (Guerrero), Mizo, Moore, Motu, Myanmar, Nahuatl (Central), Nahuatl (Guerrero), Nahuatl (Huasteca), Nahuatl (Northern Puebla), Ndau, Ndebele, Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Ndonga, Nepali, Ngabere, Nias, Nicobarese, Norwegian, Nsenga (Mozambique), Nsenga (Zambia), Nyaneka, Nyungwe, Nzema, Oromo, Otetela, Papiamento (Curaçao), Persian, Phimbi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Punjabi (Roman), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Quechua (Ancash), Quechua (Ayacucho), Quechua (Bolivia), Quechua (Cuzco), Quechua (Huallaga Huánuco), Quiche, Quichua (Chimborazo), Quichua (Imbabura), Romanian, Romany (Eastern Slovakia), Romany (Macedonia), Romany (Macedonia) Cyrillic, Romany (Southern Greece), Ronga, Russian, Samoan, Saramaccan, Sena, Sepedi, Sepulana, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Roman), Sesotho (Lesotho), Sesotho (South Africa), Setswana, Seychelles Creole, Shona, Sidama, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Sranantongo, Sunda, Swahili, Swahili (Congo), Swati, Swedish, Taabwa, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tamil, Tamil (Roman), Tandroy, Tankarana, Tarascan, Tatar, Telugu, Tetun Dili, Tewe, Thai, Tigrinya, Tlapanec, Tojolabal, Tongan, Totonac, Toupouri, Tshiluba, Tshwa, Tsonga, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uruund, Uzbek, Valencian, Venda, Vezo, Vietnamese, Wallisian, Wayuunaiki, Wolaita, Xhosa, Yacouba, Yoruba, Zapotec (Isthmus), Zulu.

About

ShiftBuddy

Easily create and send invoices for your freelance work. Track your shifts with simple clock-in/clock-out functionality. Generate professional PDF or Excel invoices to get paid quickly.

Highlights
  • Invoice creation
  • Shift tracking
  • Clock-in/clock-out
  • PDF & Excel export
  • Gig work invoicing
Features
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ShiftBuddy is a simple app that allows you to send invoices easily. For Free. Simply enter your shifts as you work them. Clock-in and clock-out with just a tap. Once you're ready, create a new invoice and add your shifts. Simply send your PDF or Excel sheet to your employer and get paid.

Screenshots

Bible Alarm4 screens
ShiftBuddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bible Alarm at 4.4 against ShiftBuddy's 1.0. Bible Alarm also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 1). ShiftBuddy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). 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

Bible Alarm holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible Alarm has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bible Alarm ships an update every 3 weeks, ShiftBuddy every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bible Alarm versus ShiftBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBible AlarmShiftBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (31 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJehonathan ThomasSameid Usmani

In-app purchases

None

Bible Alarm

No in-app purchases

None

ShiftBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bible Alarm free?
Bible Alarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShiftBuddy free?
ShiftBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bible Alarm or ShiftBuddy?
Bible Alarm is rated higher. Bible Alarm averages 4.4 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while ShiftBuddy averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Bible Alarm or ShiftBuddy have ads?
Neither Bible Alarm nor ShiftBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bible Alarm or ShiftBuddy?
Bible Alarm ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShiftBuddy every 5 months. Most recently, Bible Alarm was updated on October 24, 2026 and ShiftBuddy on October 7, 2026.

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