Comparison

Swedenborg Reader vs Read the Bible 5

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

Head to head
About

Swedenborg Reader

Access and search the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg and the Holy Bible. Offers multiple translations and interfaces in 25 languages for in-depth study.

Highlights
  • Read theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Search Holy Bible texts
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • 25 language interfaces
  • Cross-reference texts
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The Swedenborg Reader is an app for reading and searching the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg and the Holy Bible. It provides user interfaces in 25 languages and offers multiple translations of both Swedenborg’s works and the Bible for each supported language.

About

Read the Bible 5

Features
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With this application, you can download from its website completely free of charge, without ads and in app purchases, 17 translations of the Bible in different languages – 9 editions in Bulgarian, 2 in English and more – in Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian and in classical languages – Latin and Greek. You can search for verses word by word and compare translations by opening them in side-by-side windows. When searching by word, you see a list of all the words in the opened translation, the number of occurrences of each word, and a list of the verses in which it was used. You can mark a place where you have consistently read each translation and continue reading it from the same place.

Screenshots

Swedenborg Reader4 screens
Read the Bible 54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Read the Bible 5 at weekly against Swedenborg Reader's every 2 months. Swedenborg Reader's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swedenborg Reader ships an update every 2 months, Read the Bible 5 weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Swedenborg Reader versus Read the Bible 5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwedenborg ReaderRead the Bible 5
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB16 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSkyMark CorporationVanyo Georgiev

In-app purchases

None

Swedenborg Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Read the Bible 5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swedenborg Reader free?
Swedenborg Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read the Bible 5 free?
Read the Bible 5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swedenborg Reader or Read the Bible 5 have ads?
Neither Swedenborg Reader nor Read the Bible 5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swedenborg Reader or Read the Bible 5?
Swedenborg Reader ships an update every 2 months, and Read the Bible 5 weekly. Most recently, Swedenborg Reader was updated on October 24, 2026 and Read the Bible 5 on October 24, 2026.

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