Holy Bible vs GraceTBC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Holy Bible
Access dozens of Bible translations with powerful search and study tools. Customize your reading experience with features like parallel reading, verse markup, and notes. Stay organized with daily reading plans and secure syncing.
- Dozens of Bible translations
- Parallel reading
- Powerful searching
- Study tools
- Daily reading plans
- Verse markup and notes
- iCloud syncing
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The simplest, best looking, and most customizable Bible app you will ever use!
GraceTBC
Access church event calendars, read the latest blog posts, and view recent media. Download important documents directly from your device. Stay connected with your church community.
- Event calendars
- Blog posts
- Recent media
- Document downloads
- Church community connection
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The official app for Grace Tabernacle Baptist Church. Browse event calendars, blogs, recent media, document downloads, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GraceTBC at none against Holy Bible's 2. GraceTBC also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Holy Bible's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months) and ratings volume (14K vs 3). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Holy Bible sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GraceTBC asks for nothing beyond the download.
GraceTBC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Holy Bible has 14K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Holy Bible ships an update every 6 weeks, GraceTBC every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Holy Bible | GraceTBC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Avery | Finalweb Corporation |
Customer experience
Holy Bible
GraceTBC
Bugs and requests
Holy Bible
Reported bugs
7 issues- The chronological daily reading and the calendar where you check off the completed reading are out of sync by one day
- The app keeps telling me it can't connect to the server to download my study aids
- The scripture list displayed to read are out of synch with the scriptures listed above calendar
- All my previous notes and highlights disappeared after the update
- The 'jump to verse' feature does not work after updating on my iPhone 6 Plus
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- The NET version is missing a verse: John 1:5
- Won't open on my 4s
Requested features
8 requests- Highlighting of selected text, in addition to whole verses
- Add NIV version
- Dark Mode
- Better bookmarking
- Reading plans
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- Verse bookmarks
- Berean Standard Bible
- Paste photos in notes
GraceTBC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Holy Bible
- Study Tools$0.99
- NET Notes$0.99
GraceTBC
No in-app purchases
