Holy Bible vs The Holy Scriptures Bible
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!
The Holy Scriptures Bible
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The Holy Scriptures provides a clean, focused way to read and study Scripture wherever you are. Browse books and chapters, highlight meaningful passages, save bookmarks, write personal notes, and quickly return to verses you've been studying. The Follow Along feature also lets you enter a Scripture reference and immediately bring up the passage—useful for following along during sermons, Bible studies, or personal study. Your highlights, bookmarks, and notes are saved on your device so you can build your own personal study experience. Features include: • Read the Holy Scriptures by book and chapter • Follow Along by entering Scripture references • Highlight individual verses or passages • Choose from multiple highlight colors • Add personal notes to verses • Bookmark passages for quick access • Copy individual verses or verse ranges • View your saved highlights, notes, and bookmarks • Keep track of recently viewed Scripture • Simple, distraction-free reading experience Read. Study. Follow Along.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Holy Bible at Free against The Holy Scriptures Bible's $2.99. Holy Bible also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). The Holy Scriptures Bible's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Holy Bible is free to download; The Holy Scriptures Bible costs $2.99 up front. Holy Bible sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Holy Scriptures Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Holy Bible | The Holy Scriptures Bible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (14K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Paul Avery | matthew mitchell |
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
The Holy Scriptures Bible
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Holy Bible
- Study Tools$0.99
The Holy Scriptures Bible
No in-app purchases
Questions
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