Week vs FastBible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Week
This app displays the current week number directly on its icon as a badge, updating automatically in the background. It also offers a widget for your home or lock screen and an Apple Watch app with complications for quick access to the week number.
- App icon badge displays current week number
- Background updates via local events
- Notification Center widget
- Apple Watch app with complications
- Calculate week number for any date
- Universal app for all Apple devices
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The week app you don't even have to launch to use! Week shows you the current week number on the app icon as a badge. It will update it's badge number to the current week in the background using iOS local events. From version 4.1 you can also use the built-in Notification center widget to swiftly get the current week on your lock screen or home screen. Version 4.2 also includes an app for your Apple Watch. Now you can add week complications to your watch faces and never miss the current week again. Inside the app you can calculate the week number for any arbitrary date just like before. Week is also a universal app so you can run it on any of your devices, like the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. So if you're looking for THE week app you found it.
FastBible
This app provides a fast and simple Bible concordance without requiring an internet connection. It allows users to easily navigate to any verse, search for word combinations, and access cross-references. It also includes commentary and a harmony of the Gospels.
- Offline Bible concordance
- Search any word combination
- Jump to any verse
- Cross-references
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Gospel Harmony index
- Dark Mode and Dynamic Type support
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A simple, no-frills bible concordance - easy to use, fast and no wireless connection needed! Designed to be quick and easy to use without all the complexity of more feature rich offerings. Easily jump to any verse in the bible and search for any combination of words. Cross-references to related verses are easy to find, just touch the verses with an asterisk (*). Includes the Matthew Henry Concise Commentary - gain valuable insight and a concise overview of each chapter of the bible with just a simple touch. Also includes Gospel Harmony - a handy index to 185 events, teachings, miracles and parables found in the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The events are organized in sequential order and you can easily search for any term in the list. The list shows you the event description, category (miracle, parable, etc.) and the bible references for that event which you can quickly jump to simply by touching the bible reference. Supports Dark Mode as well as Dynamic Type so the font size changes to match the Dynamic Type settings on your device. The bible texts are stored on your device, no need for a wireless connection. Contains two versions of text, the King James Version (KJV) and the World English Bible (WEB). The World English Bible is a public domain Modern English update of the American Standard Version of 1901 and can be found at http://ebible.org/web/
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Verdict
Week and FastBible both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of FastBible's written reviews are positive against 52% of Week's. FastBible also leads on ratings volume (111 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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
Week costs $0.99 and FastBible $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Week against 4.9 for FastBible. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FastBible has 111 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Week's written reviews are positive against 94% of FastBible's.
Week ships an update every 6 months, FastBible every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Week | FastBible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 93.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bitfield AB | George Dimidik |
Customer experience
Week
FastBible
Bugs and requests
Week
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FastBible
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cannot copy individual verses
- Copy function sometimes appears on second try
- Accidental chapter switching in older versions
Requested features
6 requests- New King James Version
- NIV version
- Alphabetical sort option for books
- More translations
- Spelling check
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- Bookmark feature
In-app purchases
Week
No in-app purchases
FastBible
No in-app purchases
