Comparison

Bible vs Bible Reading Plan

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

Head to head
About

Bible

Access a vast library of Bible versions in multiple languages, listen to audio Bibles, and engage in daily study with friends. Create prayers, add notes, and customize your reading experience with themes and verse images.

Highlights
  • 3,500+ Bible versions
  • Audio Bibles
  • Thousands of Reading Plans
  • Create and organize Prayers
  • Study with Friends
  • Offline Bible access
  • Customizable themes and notes
Features
Currently charting
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Take God’s Word with you wherever you go with the free YouVersion Bible App. Listen to Audio Bibles, create Prayers, study with Friends, watch engaging Videos, explore 3,500+ Bible versions, and much more. Download now! Downloaded over 700M times around the world, people are reading, listening to, watching, and sharing the free YouVersion Bible App. 3,500+ Bible versions, in 2,300+ languages. Thousands of Reading Plans in 100+ languages. Add your own Prayers, Verse Images, Highlights, Bookmarks, and public or private Notes. Customize your Bible App experience. Access everything when connected, or download specific versions to use offline. Explore the Bible with your closest friends. Share honest conversations about Scripture with a trusted community. Grow together and share what you discover. MAKE PRAYER A DAILY HABIT * Use Prayer cards to keep track of your Prayers in the Bible App * Easily organize Prayer lists * Make your Prayers private or share with Friends * Celebrate answered Prayer requests with your Bible App Friends DISCOVER THE BIBLE * Easily select from thousands of Bible versions, in 2,300+ languages * Over 100 languages to choose from for your Bible App interface * Choose from popular versions like the NIV, NASB, ESV, NKJV, NLT, KJV, The Message, and more. * Offline Bibles: Read without network access (available for select versions) * Listen to audio Bibles and enjoy skip, playback speed, and timer controls. (Audio Bibles available for select versions and are not downloadable.) CONNECT WITH FRIENDS * Center your friendships around Scripture in the Bible App * See a stream of Bible activity that shows what you and your Friends are noting, bookmarking, and highlighting * Comment to ask questions and enjoy meaningful conversations in the app as you study God’s Word together STUDY THE BIBLE * Thousands of Plans: Devotionals and Plans that lead you through specific topics, portions of the Bible, or the entire Bible in a year (both Bible in One Year and One Year® Bible) * Watch and share video clips from, The Chosen, The Bible Project, the “JESUS” film, “The Lumo Project,” and more * Search the Bible CUSTOMIZE YOUR BIBLE * Themes let you select a color palette for your entire Bible App experience * Verse Images turn Bible verses into shareable art * Highlight with custom colors—just like a paper Bible * Bookmark passages: Share, memorize, or keep track of your favorites * Share verses with friends using social networks, email, or SMS/text * Add Notes: Keep them private so only you can see them, or make them public to share with friends * Cloud syncing: With a free YouVersion account, see all your Notes, Highlights, Bookmarks, and Reading Plans on any supported device * Easy Reading: Adjust settings like fonts, spacing, and text size, and even read in Dark Mode CONNECT WITH YOUVERSION * Contact Support from inside the Bible App * Join the @youversion community on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok & Pinterest * Catch up on the latest at blog.youversion.com * Access the Bible online at bible.com Download the world’s most downloaded Bible App and enjoy the Bible experience loved by millions!

About

Bible Reading Plan

This app offers daily, in-depth devotions and Bible study guides designed to help users deepen their faith. It features interactive reading, trusted teachers, and various reading plans to suit different needs and schedules.

Highlights
  • Daily devotional content
  • Interactive Bible study structure
  • Trusted teacher insights
  • Multiple reading plans (full Bible, thematic)
  • Side-by-side Bible text and notes
  • Dark Mode for reading comfort
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Explore offers deep, thought provoking, beautifully crafted daily devotions written by trusted teachers, but brief enough to fit into your busy life. Explore makes forming a daily devotion habit easier. Whether you’re a new Christian or have followed Jesus for decades, Explore meets you where you are at and helps you go deeper. REVEALING JESUS IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE Explore is Gospel-rooted, cross-centered and Christ-focussed — revealing Jesus in all of Scripture. Each interactive Explore Bible study follows the same special structure unique to Explore, helping you reflect, apply and pray. Every Explore teacher is trusted for faithfully handling the Word of God, including well-known teachers such as Timothy Keller, Dr R. Albert Mohler and Ligon Duncan. Each Bible study helps you meditate on the profound truths of scripture through expositional teaching and sound commentary. Explore offers you a whole Bible journey through a plan that covers the entire Bible in six years. Alternatively, Explore offers 100+ thematic and Bible book based plans. FEATURES DESIGNED FOR REAL LIFE ■ Interactive Reading Experience Two-column reading on your iPhone and iPad keeps the Bible text and daily notes side-by-side for seamless Bible study. ■ Dark Mode for Comfort Enjoy reading day or night with Dark Mode to reduce eye strain as you dig into scripture. ■ Sync Across Devices Keep your purchases linked across your Apple devices. ■ Flexible Options Pay-as-you-go for each reading plan, or start with a free 28-day introduction (Time with God). With dated plans released every month, and new plans added periodically, there’s always fresh material to explore. WHAT APP STORE USERS ARE SAYING "Stellar God-Centered Devotional App!!" — Chowd (US) "I find the Bible hard to read on a good day, but this app is a lifeline." — Daniel (AU) "For the fallen… this turned my life around." — Anyumouse2360 (US) "Solid gospel teaching in functional form." — Mo33i3 (US) START TODAY Download Explore and join countless believers who've trusted Explore to shape their daily devotions and their Christian journey. Let this devotional serve you as you make every day an opportunity to grow in faith, encounter God’s truth, and enjoy a richer, deeper relationship with Him. ---------------------------------------- ABOUT THE PUBLISHER ---------------------------------------- All of us at The Good Book Company are passionate about the Lord Jesus, His Word, His church and His gospel of grace. Motivated by this passion and our involvement in local churches, it is our privilege to produce biblical, relevant and accessible resources that will encourage you and your church family to keep going, keep growing and keep sharing your faith. As an international Christian publisher, our Bible studies, books, devotionals, videos, tracts, evangelistic courses and training materials are used throughout the English-speaking world, and in translation to over 35 languages worldwide. BROTHERS & SISTERS SERVING ALONGSIDE YOU The Good Book Company started in 1991, and has grown to be an international provider of Christian resources, with offices in Charlotte, USA and London, UK as well as partner offices in Sydney, Australia. We're a diverse collection of believers with Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational and Free Church backgrounds who are united in our aim to support and encourage the spread of the gospel by providing resources that help Christians grow in their understanding and love of the Lord Jesus Christ. We also support gospel ministry further afield.

Screenshots

Bible4 screens
Bible Reading Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bible at none against Bible Reading Plan's 37. Bible also leads on ratings volume (14M vs 22) and review sentiment (99% vs 86%). Bible Reading Plan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Bible Reading Plan sells 37 one-off in-app purchases. Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bible against 4.9 for Bible Reading Plan. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 14M ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 99% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 86% of Bible Reading Plan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bible ships an update every 2 weeks, Bible Reading Plan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bible versus Bible Reading Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBibleBible Reading Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14M ratings)4.9 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews98.9% of reviews — better86.1% of reviews
Number of ratings14M — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB28 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLife.ChurchThe Good Book Company

Customer experience

Bible

All ratings13,769,339 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews38,775 reviews
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.7%

Bible Reading Plan

All ratings22 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative11.4%

User reviews

Bible

From 14M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Brings me closer to God
  • 💡 Convenient access to the Bible
  • 🚀 Seamless user experience
  • 🤝 Connects me with a community of believers
  • 📚 Vast selection of Bible versions and reading plans

Room to improve

  • 🔄 Frustrating streak reset issue
  • 🕰️ Slow performance on older devices
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding specific verses or passages

Bible Reading Plan

From 22 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful and thought-provoking Bible studies
  • 📚 Excellent content from reputable authors
  • 🔍 Insightful commentary and questions
  • 🌐 Easy access to Bible passages
  • ⏱️ Concise and manageable daily devotions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔗 Issues with Bible verse links not working
  • 💰 Paywall for most content
  • 🔀 Difficulty maintaining progress across devices
  • 🔍 Lack of customization options (e.g., Bible translation)

Bugs and requests

Bible

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • Syncing issues with reading plans and notes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline Bible access without needing internet
  • More customization options for the user interface
  • Improved search and navigation functionality
  • Integration with other Bible study tools and resources

Bible Reading Plan

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch for some users
  • Bible verse links not working as expected
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to save progress and resume studies
  • Provide more free content or trial options
  • Implement syncing across devices
  • Include audio/narration for devotions
  • Add more Bible translation options

In-app purchases

None

Bible

No in-app purchases

37 purchases

Bible Reading Plan

One-time37
  • Explore Ruth$0.99
  • Explore April 2012$1.99
  • Explore August 2012$1.99
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  • Explore September 2012$1.99
  • Explore Isaiah$1.99
  • Explore Galatians$1.99
  • Explore January 2013$1.99
  • Explore Judges$1.99
  • Explore James$1.99
  • Explore Romans$2.99
  • Explore (February 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (May 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (September 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (August 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (July 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (June 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (May 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (March 2026)$2.99
  • Explore (December 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (August 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (July 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (May 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (April 2025)$2.99
  • Explore 1 Corinthians$2.99
  • Explore (March 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (February 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (January 2025)$2.99
  • Explore (December 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (November 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (October 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (September 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (August 2024)$2.99
  • Explore Psalms: Book 1$2.99
  • Explore (July 2024)$2.99
  • Explore (June 2024)$2.99
  • Explore Revelation$3.99
  • Explore John$5.99

Questions

Is Bible free?
Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bible Reading Plan free?
Bible Reading Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bible or Bible Reading Plan?
Bible and Bible Reading Plan are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14M and 22 ratings respectively.
Do Bible or Bible Reading Plan have ads?
Neither Bible nor Bible Reading Plan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bible or Bible Reading Plan?
Bible ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bible Reading Plan every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bible was updated on September 25, 2026 and Bible Reading Plan on September 21, 2026.

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