KJV vs Study Bible Reference
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KJV
Access the King James Version of the Bible with extensive cross-references and Strong's Concordance. Enhance your study with features like verse highlighting, note-taking, and text-to-speech. Customize your reading experience with adjustable font sizes, themes, and colors.
- King James Version Bible text
- Over 380,000 cross-references
- Strong's Concordance with Hebrew/Greek word lookup
- Verse highlighting and note-taking
- Text-to-Speech functionality
- Adjustable font size and themes
- Offline access
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Application built for iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch that contains King James Version Bible with ability to bookmark particular chapters of the Bible and later come back to them. King James Version Bible application contains KJV Bible in English as well as over 380,000 cross-references, which will allow a greater understanding during your Bible Studies. KJV Bible includes Strong's Concordance with ability to select particular text and be able to look up what particular Hebrew or Greek word is used. In most recent update, you will also be able to hear pronunciation of the word. Moreover, KJV Bible will allow you to easily highlight particular verses or multiple verses at the same time with options of multiple different highlighters to choose from. Add notes to selected verses or phrases. You can then review your notes under "My Notes" section. Review all your Highlighted verses in one section. Now your Mobile KJV Bible also brings you functionality of a Dark Theme, highly requested feature among its users. Mark verses as favourites and access all them from a single place. Text-To-Speech is now part of your Mobile KJV Bible. Let your Mobile App to read selected text for you, or start reading the chapter from selected verse. Other features that would be of benefit to you is ability to adjust Font Size of the reading text as well as background color on which you are reading the text. And that is not everything, many people like different colours, so KJV Bible application brings to you a way of customising primary color, that will affect the way design is presented to you. --- The application KJV Bible does NOT require connection to the internet in order to read the Bible
Study Bible Reference
Explore biblical texts with cross-referencing and comparison between versions. Customize font styles and enjoy offline access to scripture. Search Old Testament texts and utilize dark mode for comfortable reading.
- Cross-reference Bible texts
- Compare Bible versions
- Offline access
- Dark mode
- Font customization
- Text searching
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Study Bible with Cross Reference offers users the ability to navigate to related Bible texts, compare interpretations between two Bible versions, use dark mode and toggle the related texts. Currently the Bibles versions supported are the Amplified Bible Version and the King James Version. Text Searching is possible for either old Testaments. Further customisation like Changing the Font Style and Font Type is available and all features can be used completely offline,
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Study Bible Reference at every 9 days against KJV's every 4 months. Study Bible Reference also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). KJV's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 67%) and ratings volume (36 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Study Bible Reference holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KJV has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of KJV's written reviews are positive against 67% of Study Bible Reference's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
KJV ships an update every 4 months, Study Bible Reference every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KJV | Study Bible Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | InterJusT | Paul Ezaga |
Customer experience
KJV
Study Bible Reference
In-app purchases
KJV
No in-app purchases
Study Bible Reference
No in-app purchases
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