Bible vs Abrahamic Reader
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
Abrahamic Reader
Explore the Bible, Torah, and Quran in a single, distraction-free reader. Discover shared verses and themes across these sacred texts with curated cross-references and optional study tools. Read offline with no ads or tracking.
- Unified reader for Bible, Torah, and Quran
- Verse cross-referencing
- Original language display (Hebrew, Arabic)
- Offline reading
- Highlighting and bookmarking
- Optional study tools (flashcards, recitation grading)
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Three sacred texts. One conversation. Abrahamic Reader brings together the Christian Bible, the Hebrew Torah, and the Quran in a single distraction-free reader — and helps you discover the verses that echo across them. The reader is free. An optional one-time $0.99 unlock adds the Parallels & Divergences explorer and the Study deck. Read any text in English. Toggle on the original-language verse — Hebrew for the Torah, Arabic for the Quran — and watch them appear side by side with their translation. Tap any verse to reveal curated cross-references: the creation, the first humans, the Garden, the patriarchs, the prophets, the moments shared across traditions. FREE — EVERYTHING WORKS OFFLINE • Full King James Bible — all 66 books, 31,102 verses • Full Torah — 5 books in JPS English with the original Hebrew • Full Quran — all 114 surahs in Pickthall English with the original Arabic • No account, no signup, no internet required to read FREE — CURATED CROSS-REFERENCES A growing library of hand-picked parallels between the three texts. Tap a verse marked with a link icon to see related passages from the other traditions — with a brief note on what connects them. FREE — AI PARALLELS (BRING YOUR OWN KEY) Bring your own Anthropic API key and use Claude to discover additional thematic and linguistic parallels for any verse, on demand. Your key stays on your device. You pay Anthropic directly for what you use — no middleman. FREE — HIGHLIGHT AND RETURN Long-press to highlight any verse. The app remembers where you left off and gives you one tap back to your last chapter. STUDY TOOLS UNLOCK — $0.99 ONE-TIME • Parallels & Divergences explorer — browse hundreds of curated parallels and divergence points, grouped by theme (Creation, Prophets, Law, and more) • Study mode — flashcards and recitation grading for any verse or prayer you've bookmarked, with per-item mastery tracking DESIGNED FOR FOCUSED READING A warm parchment-on-dark palette that's easy on the eyes day or night. Adjustable text size. No ads, no tracking, no telemetry, no analytics — ever. One optional one-time purchase, no subscriptions. WHO IT'S FOR • Interfaith students and scholars • Comparative-religion classes • Anyone curious about what these three traditions actually share • Readers who want one app instead of three ABOUT THE TRANSLATIONS • Bible: King James Version (1769) — public domain • Torah: Jewish Publication Society translation (1917) and the Masoretic Hebrew text, via Sefaria — both public domain • Quran: Marmaduke Pickthall's English translation (1930) and the Tanzil Arabic text — both public domain This app does not promote any tradition over another. It is a reading tool that lets the texts speak for themselves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Abrahamic Reader at none against Bible's shown. Abrahamic Reader also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Bible's advantage is ratings volume (142 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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. Bible sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Abrahamic Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bible against 5.0 for Abrahamic Reader. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 142 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bible ships an update every 2 months, Abrahamic Reader every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Abrahamic Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (142 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 142 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 艳霞 王 | SEDX LLC |
Customer experience
Bible
Abrahamic Reader
In-app purchases
Bible
- subscribe for one month$0.991 Month
- subscribe for one year$5.991 Year
Abrahamic Reader
- Study Tools$0.99
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