Touch Bible vs ScriptSearch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Touch Bible
Access and study the Bible offline with multiple translations and integrated study notes. Features include audio playback, Apple Watch compatibility, and advanced search capabilities. It's designed to be accessible for all users, including those with visual impairments.
- Offline Bible access
- Audio Bible playback
- Integrated study notes
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Advanced search
- Customizable readability
- Verse highlighting and bookmarks
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Touch Bible gives you the Bible no internet ◆ Study Material + Multitasking ◆ Audio Bible that works with Apple Watch ◆ It's free because the Bible should be freely available to all! It includes Modern english Bibles and the KJV! •Audio Bible - now on Touch Bible! The audio bible doesn't use your data! There are settings for multiple accents and read speeds. You'll be using the Bible a lot more. •Bible without using Data - This means the app will not access the internet when you read or search the bible. You get to use the Bible, even in areas where there is no internet access. •Touch Bible includes 10,000+ inline study notes in the New English Translation for free. Find more study materials under the Extra button. •Your Apple Watch read any book and chapter, pause and play, or just read right off your watch. •Share verses and notes many more ways using the "Share" button: Text, email, Airdrop and more! •Accessing the Bible without a keyboard. "Dial-a-Verse" makes finding passages easy. Pick the exact version / book / chapter / verse combo right on the screen. Switch versions but keep your place. Shake Touch Bible with Dial-a-Verse open and watch it pick a random passage for you. ** Overview Features ** Touch Bible is not a limited app. All of the following app features are fully functional: ◆ Yearly Reading Plan in the Extras button ◆ Voice Over - Touch Bible has features for Voice Over to read the Bible to the visually impaired. ◆ Fast & intelligent keyword search with verse preview and OT and NT restrictions ◆ Highlight verses - Use 4 Colors! ◆ Readability - spread out words, adjustable font sizes ◆ Bookmarks - Click the verse number and that verse is bookmarked for quick access later. ◆ Set font sizes. ◆ Keep study notes, even while you read! - Supports "margin notes" on verses. ◆ "Extras" for more Study Tools and News - this no longer needs the internet. Touch Bible has many fantastic english translations built in, including the incredible New English Translation and the trusted King James! Featuring: • NET - New English Translation (modern english) with 10,000 study notes • KJV - King James Version • WEB - World English Bible • ASV - American Standard Version • PLUS MORE Take a powerful collection of bibles and study tools anywhere you go! Perfect free app for missions to remote areas! ** ACCESSIBLE ** From its early days, Touch Bible has included features to make it easier for anyone with a visual impairment to access the most blessed book, the Bible. Set large font sizes, or audio features; Use typing to speaking for a search or verse lookup. Voice Over is accessed. **More Study Content Touch Bible** The Bible is already great. Touch Bible Free makes reading it so fun and easy. You'll love showing it to your friends and using it to witness. The added time you'll spend reading the Bible will be a true blessing. But here, free means free. There are no 3rd party ads or in app purchases. If you want more study, get Touch Bible Loaded. Visit TouchBible.com/GetLoaded for more details about more notes, a concordance, and more! On a personal note, I have found myself reading scripture more often in Touch Bible than any other media. I hope Touch Bible is a blessing to you.
ScriptSearch
Explore Scripture deeply with advanced search, cross-references, and biblical language tools. Access classic commentaries and prophetic charts. Automatically save study notes and collaborate with others.
- Advanced scripture search
- Greek and Hebrew word study
- Cross-reference exploration
- Integrated commentaries
- Prophetic charts
- Automatic study notes
- Study group collaboration
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ScriptSearch is a powerful all-in-one Bible study and search app designed to help you explore Scripture faster, deeper, and more intuitively. Whether you're tracing a theme, chasing a cross-reference, studying biblical languages, or reading classic commentary, ScriptSearch helps you get there in seconds. Now export in PDF or docx. SEARCH SMARTER Go beyond a basic Bible concordance. Search a verse or passage and instantly see every match, highlighted right in the text. Run a theme search to discover related Scripture you didn't know to look for. Use connection search to follow any verse across the entire Bible through cross-references, synonyms, and thematic links - and see why each connection surfaced, with clear tags for Scofield references, community-affirmed cross-references, and shared themes. One unified results list ranks the strongest connections first, with an optional "text matches only" filter. SCOFIELD REFERENCE BIBLE & GAEBELEIN COMMENTARY Study with two commentaries - C. I. Scofield's Reference Bible (1917) and Arno C. Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (1913–1922) - woven throughout the app. Verses show an inline marker: tap to read without leaving your reading - Scofield's concise notes with their classic catchword lead, or Gaebelein's passage-by-passage exposition. Every book opens with an introduction from your chosen source. Scofield's cross-references also power connection search as full, two-directional passages. Add any commentary to a study note in a single tap. CLARENCE LARKIN'S PROPHETIC CHARTS All 90 charts from Clarence Larkin's Dispensational Truth (1920), the drawings generations of Bible students learned the ages from. More than 1,450 Scripture references printed on the charts are tappable: Study it or read it in context. Verses that appear on the charts link back to them from the Bible reader, commentary, reading plans and connection search. WORD STUDY - GREEK & HEBREW Tap any verse to explore it word by word in biblical Greek and Hebrew. Powered by the Textus Receptus (New Testament) and the Masoretic Text (Old Testament), each word includes its definition, transliteration, pronunciation, and grammatical form explained in plain English. Search the Strong's Concordance to find every occurrence of any word across the entire Bible, filtered by book. AUTO STUDY NOTES ScriptSearch automatically (and optionally) keeps track of the searches you run, the connections you explore, the passages you read, and the commentary you consult - then offers to save it all as a study note when you're done. Scofield references are saved as tappable links you can reopen or import inline. Every session becomes a record of where your study took you. BUILD A WEB OF INTERCONNECTED STUDIES Through automated study tracking, build a web of interconnected ideas and link your studies together through bi-directional notes. STUDY TOGETHER Create or join a private study group and explore Scripture alongside others. Share your studies and favorite verses to the group, then talk them through in real-time group chat and comment on what others post. HIGHLIGHT & BOOKMARK PASSAGES Mark Scripture with color highlights. Bookmark any verse so you can find it instantly. Everything you mark is saved, organized, and backed up to your account. DAILY DISCOVERY Start each day with a verse and connected passages curated around a theme - now drawn from richly annotated Scripture, so there's always commentary to explore. A fresh starting point for your Bible study, every morning. ScriptSearch is the Bible study app for anyone who wants to go deeper - one connection at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ScriptSearch at 5.0 against Touch Bible's 4.4. ScriptSearch also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Touch Bible's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. ScriptSearch sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Touch Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.
ScriptSearch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Touch Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of ScriptSearch's.
Touch Bible ships an update every 2 months, ScriptSearch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Touch Bible | ScriptSearch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Franklin | Chad Sives |
Customer experience
Touch Bible
ScriptSearch
In-app purchases
Touch Bible
No in-app purchases
ScriptSearch
- Give A Small Gift$4.99
- Support with a Medium Gift$9.99
- Support with a Generous Gift$49.99
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