Comparison

New Tibetan Bible vs Analects Reader

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

Head to head
About

New Tibetan Bible

Access the New Tibetan Bible translation in modern literary Tibetan, with audio options for Central, Amdo, and Kham dialects. Study scripture with detailed notes, a glossary, and parallel English, Chinese, Hindi, and Nepali versions. Share verses and receive daily notifications for spiritual growth.

Highlights
  • Modern literary Tibetan translation
  • Central, Amdo, Kham audio Bibles
  • Parallel English, Chinese, Hindi, Nepali versions
  • Book introductions, footnotes, glossary
  • Keyword search
  • Verse highlighting and notes
  • Daily verse notifications
Features
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Modern literary Tibetan Bible with Central, Amdo and Kham Tibetan Audio Bibles. Read, listen to and study the Bible in modern literary Tibetan, with the New Tibetan Bible (NTB) translation. The NTB is useful for all Tibetans from all regions. The NTB is an essentially literal translation of the Bible. It has been produced by Tibetan translators to the highest standards of quality through the process of drafting, multiple revisions, community testing, and consultant checking against the original languages. The NTB is suited for personal reading, in-depth study, public worship, and scripture memorization. Read the entire Bible in a quality modern Tibetan translation. Two English versions, as well as Chinese, Hindi and Nepali versions are included and can be viewed together with the NTB. This NTB app makes available 2 different Tibetan scripts. Listen to the New Tibetan Bible using the NTB Central, Amdo or Kham Audio Bibles. Study the Biblical text with the help of a book introductions, multiple footnotes, and a glossary.  Understand the history of Tibetan Bible translation described in the introduction.  Search the Bible in Tibetan for keywords or phrases. Write your ideas and thoughts for later reflection. Highlight favorite verses. All notes, favorites, highlights and history can be easily accessed from one location in the app. Share verses with friends and family via text, email, or social media. Receive daily verse notifications for personal encouragement and spiritual growth. This app works on both the iPhone and iPad. New Tibetan Bible (NTB) - Modern Literary Tibetan (cc) 2016-2024 **CC BY-NC-ND 4.0** New Tibetan Bible translation committee. The Holy Bible in Modern Literary Tibetan, New Tibetan Bible translation. This translation is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

About

Analects Reader

Explore Confucius's Analects with interactive features. Read in original Chinese and English, with tappable characters for detailed meanings, readings, and usage. Offers multiple reading modes and integrated podcast commentary.

Highlights
  • Original Chinese and English text
  • Tappable characters with detailed meanings
  • Multiple reading modes (Study, Translation, Chinese, Classical)
  • Integrated podcast commentary with episode guides
  • Notes saved as Markdown in iCloud Drive
  • Offline access to Chinese text
Features
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The complete Analects of Confucius: all twenty books and 512 passages, in the original Chinese and in English, built for actually reading it. Every character is tappable. The card that opens shows what the character means here, in this passage — not a dictionary's one-size answer — along with its reading, the terms it belongs to, and how it is used across the whole book. Pinyin sits over the characters when you want it and disappears when you don't. READ IT YOUR WAY • Study — the full apparatus: text, translation, pinyin, tappable words, per-passage tone coloring. • Translation — the English as a book. The original waits one tap away under each passage. • Chinese — the received text alone, unglossed, with the English one tap away. • Classical — the text as old editions set it, in columns right to left. Four pages to choose from: one typeset, and three photographed from real copies held in Tokyo, Taipei, and Kyoto — a Qing manuscript, a Ming block print, and a 1550 scholar's copy — with every character mapped, so the glosses work even on a photograph. Scroll the book as one column, or turn it one passage per page, like a printed book. THE COMMENTARY GROWS WITH THE PODCAST The app carries the episode guides from the Exploring the Analects podcast — passage by passage: the philosophical discussion, the historical context, the language notes, with the audio a tap away. New episodes arrive as they are published. YOURS, IN THE FULLEST SENSE Notes you take live in your own iCloud Drive as Markdown — readable anywhere, and they outlive the app. The Chinese text is built in and always works offline. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking: nothing about your reading is collected. Everything is free — the text, both translations, the glosses, the classical pages, the commentary. A tip jar exists for those who want to keep the project going; nothing is unlocked, because nothing is locked.

Screenshots

New Tibetan Bible3 screens
Analects Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: New Tibetan Bible at none against Analects Reader's 3. New Tibetan Bible also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.1). Analects Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads 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. Analects Reader sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. New Tibetan Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for New Tibetan Bible against 5.0 for Analects Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

New Tibetan Bible ships an update every 3 months, Analects Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
New Tibetan Bible versus Analects Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNew Tibetan BibleAnalects Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.2 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB276 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAscendo Solutions, IncElliott Bernstein

Customer experience

New Tibetan Bible

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Analects Reader

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

New Tibetan Bible

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Analects Reader

One-time3
  • Through the Gate$3.00
  • Up to the Hall$10.00
  • Into the Chamber$30.00

Questions

Is New Tibetan Bible free?
New Tibetan Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Analects Reader free?
Analects Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, New Tibetan Bible or Analects Reader?
New Tibetan Bible and Analects Reader are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do New Tibetan Bible or Analects Reader have ads?
Neither New Tibetan Bible nor Analects Reader shows ads.
Which is updated more often, New Tibetan Bible or Analects Reader?
New Tibetan Bible ships an update every 3 months, and Analects Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, New Tibetan Bible was updated on November 3, 2026 and Analects Reader on October 31, 2026.

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