Bible vs Study Bible Reference
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible
This straightforward Bible reader helps you stay consistent with your reading goals through progress tracking and chapter date recording. It features a powerful search, verse bookmarking, audio playback, and customizable display options across four public domain versions.
- Reading progress tracking
- Powerful search function
- Verse bookmarking and copying
- Audio playback for verses
- Customizable font and display
- Multiple Bible versions (KJV, ASV, WEB, YLT)
- Light and dark modes
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This bible app is straight forward and easy to use. The goal is to help you insist on reading bible. There are progress bars that show reading completeness. The dates of reading each chapter are also recorded. The search function is very powerful, intelligent and real-time. You can add bookmark for any verse, including searched verses. You can copy one verse, multiple verses or whole chapter to clipboard. You can play one verse or multiple verses to listen. You can adjust font, color, word space, line space and so on. You can switch light or dark mode within the app. You can choose to show quick index while reading or center selected verse automatically. You can easily switch to different versions. Four versions of bible are provided. ASV - American Standard-ASV1901 KJV - King James Version WEB - World English Bible YLT - Young's Literal Translation All these versions come from the public domain without Copyright issues. I make this bible app after trying lots of bible apps on Appstore because they are not good enough or much too complicated. There are tips that will help you use the app for each page. If you want to support the app, become a subscriber. Subscription Pricing and Terms: Auto-renewing subscriptions at $0.99 a month or $5.99 a year. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. You can manage your subscriptions in Account Settings or iOS AppStore. Terms of Use : https://aidict.cn/terms.html Privacy Policy : https://aidict.cn/privacy-policy.html
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
Bible and Study Bible Reference both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Study Bible Reference's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bible's. Study Bible Reference also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Bible's advantage is ratings volume (122 vs 2). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bible sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Study Bible Reference asks for nothing beyond the download.
Study Bible Reference holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 122 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 67% of Study Bible Reference's.
Bible ships an update every 2 months, Study Bible Reference every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Study Bible Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (122 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 122 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 艳霞 王 | Paul Ezaga |
Customer experience
Bible
Study Bible Reference
In-app purchases
Bible
- subscribe for one month$0.991 Month
- subscribe for one year$5.991 Year
Study Bible Reference
No in-app purchases
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