Bible Promises vs Scripture Helps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Promises
Access over 500 popular Bible verses organized by topic to find strength and encouragement. Features daily verses, multiple translations, and sharing options. Submit your own favorite verses for inclusion in future updates.
- Over 500 topical Bible verses
- Daily inspirational verses
- Multiple Bible versions and translations
- Search for specific verses
- Share verses via email, SMS, and social media
- Favorite verses for quick access
- Suggest new verses and topics
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"There are so many occasions when the promise appears on the front of my iPod at just the right time and with the message to give me strength" -- Bible Promises user Bible Promises is the principal Bible topical reference guide on the App Store, containing more than 500 of the most popular verses organized by meaningful topics such as Perseverance, Work, Fear, and Courage to help you in times of need. Regular monthly updates contain new verses and categories, with many submitted by users like you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Complete list of topics: Addiction, Aging, Anger, Belief, Boredom, Charity, Children, Christmas, Contentment, Courage, Death, Depression, Easter, Education, Encouragement, Envy, Faith, Family, Fasting, Fear, Financial Hardship, Forgiveness, Friendship, Gossip, Grace, Grief, Guilt, Healing, Health, Heaven, Hope, Humility, Joy, Loneliness, Love, Lust, Marriage, Meekness, Money, Obedience, Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Praise, Prayer, Pride, Protection, Redemption from Sin, Repentance, Righteousness, Sabbath, Salvation, Seeking God, Self-esteem, Strength, Stress and Anxiety, Success, Suffering, Temptation, Thanksgiving, Tithes and Offerings, Trust, Truth, Wisdom, Work, Worry, Worship == Features == * Universal support for all of your devices: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad * Daily verse: get a different inspirational verse every day. * Multiple Bible versions and translations: -- New International Version (NIV) -- English Standard Version (ESV) -- King James Version (KJV) -- New King James Version (NKJV) -- New Living Translation (NLT) -- Reina Valera (Spanish) -- La Bible de Jerusalem (French) -- La Bibbia CEI 74 (Italian) -- Luther 1545 (German) * Search: quickly find verses using a keyword. * Sharing options: share verses with your loved ones easily through Email, SMS (requires device that supports SMS), Facebook, Twitter, or copy to the clipboard to use in another application. * Popular section displays the most popular Bible verses for each week. * Star your favourite verses for quick reference later. * Beautiful design and presentation. * New backgrounds * Change the text size * Have a favorite verse or topic you don’t see? Just use our “Suggest a promise” feature to let us know, and we’ll try to include it in a future update. * New Community Pages - follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr * Join our mailing list: http://biblepromisesapp.com/mailinglist == User testimonials == “Brilliant, simple application – perfect for daily encouragement and ideally suited to the iPhone.” “Great app. I seriously use it every day as a quick reality check.” “This is by far the best app I have downloaded and I don’t know how I lived without it. Awesome says it all. God bless you!” “This is so handy for looking up verses that correspond to God’s promises for us. Being able to share verses readily with others has been a meaningful tool in my life. I highly recommend this!” “This is a blessing for all iPhone and iPod touch users.” == Reviews == “Quick interface to find topics and verses; Great looking background; A good amount of topics.” —- The Gadget Pastor “It is a powerful app to quickly browse through scriptures according to your need on your iPhone/iPod touch.” “Bible Promises gives us a great way to be encouraged daily and stay strong no matter what we might go through.” —- Touch Reviews “The updated application allows users to “favourite” their most inspiring passages from Scripture.” —- Christian Today Australia
Scripture Helps
Explore Bible scriptures related to over 210 topics. Discover God's plan of salvation and find relevant verses for personal faith or assisting others. Available on iPhone and iPad.
- 210+ topic-based scripture searches
- Detailed scripture views
- Gospel tab for salvation plan
- Personal faith guidance
- Assistance for others' faith journey
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Using your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, discover Bible Scriptures that relate to 220+ assorted topics. Select a topic of interest from the main topics list and you will be presented with a detail view showing Scriptures from the Bible that relate to your choice. There is also a "Gospel" tab that presents God's plan of salvation for those who are interested individually or who want a guide for assisting others to come to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Scripture Helps at 4.7 against Bible Promises's 4.1. Scripture Helps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Bible Promises's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Bible Promises sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scripture Helps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scripture Helps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Bible Promises's written reviews are positive against 93% of Scripture Helps's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Promises | Scripture Helps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (54 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.3% of reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ReignDesign | Doug Miannay |
Customer experience
Bible Promises
Scripture Helps
Bugs and requests
Bible Promises
Reported bugs
3 issues- Popular verses section crashes the app
- Unable to restore ad-free purchase on new devices
- Daily verse notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add more Bible translations
- Allow customizing background images
- Implement a search function
- Enable editing and organizing saved verses
- Improve sharing options (e.g., SMS, social media)
Scripture Helps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible Promises
- Remove Ads$2.99
Scripture Helps
No in-app purchases
Questions
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