Comparison

Bible vs Holy New Jerusalem Bible

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

Holy New Jerusalem Bible

Access the Roman Catholic New Jerusalem Bible with a user-friendly interface. Features include audio playback, bookmarking, highlighting, note-taking, and easy navigation between books and chapters. Read and share verses offline.

Highlights
  • Old and New Testament
  • Audio playback
  • Bookmarking
  • Highlighting
  • Note-taking
  • Verse search
  • Offline access
Features
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We are excited to launch the Holy New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) - an iOS application with a user-friendly UI design. This app consists of both the Old Testament and the New Testament. We have included several features such as Audio, Bookmark, Highlights, Notes, Search for a verse, and move to another book or chapter with ease. Now you can read the Catholic New Jerusalem Bible anywhere at any time without the internet. Read and share the verses every day. We will add more features in the bucket list as early as possible. Enjoy your Bible journey! Download the Holy New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) app now! We would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions at balaklr@outlook.com Support us by rating the app. May God bless you all!

Screenshots

Bible4 screens
Holy New Jerusalem Bible4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bible at 99% against Holy New Jerusalem Bible's 0%. Bible also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Holy New Jerusalem Bible's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bible holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 14M ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 99% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 0% of Holy New Jerusalem Bible's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Bible versus Holy New Jerusalem Bible: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBibleHoly New Jerusalem Bible
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14M ratings) — better4.3 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews98.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14M — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#4 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB79 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLife.ChurchBalasubramaniyan Thambusamy

Customer experience

Bible

All ratings13,837,716 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews40,322 reviews
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.7%

Holy New Jerusalem Bible

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Holy New Jerusalem Bible

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bible

No in-app purchases

None

Holy New Jerusalem Bible

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bible free?
Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Holy New Jerusalem Bible free?
Holy New Jerusalem Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bible or Holy New Jerusalem Bible?
Bible is rated higher. Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14M ratings, while Holy New Jerusalem Bible averages 4.3 from 17 ratings.
Do Bible or Holy New Jerusalem Bible have ads?
Holy New Jerusalem Bible shows ads; Bible does not.

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