Comparison

Blue Letter Bible vs HelloCrowd

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Blue Letter Bible

This app offers a personalized Bible reader with powerful study tools. Explore over 30 Bible versions, commentaries, and original language lexicons. Customize your reading with themes, fonts, and note-taking features, all backed up to the cloud.

Highlights
  • 30+ Bible versions
  • Original language lexicon
  • Commentaries and dictionaries
  • Advanced word searches
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Cloud backup
Features
Currently charting
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Powerful Bible study tools linked to every verse in an easy-to-use, personalized Bible reader! Dig deep into God’s Word with over 30 Bible versions, audio Bibles, text and audio commentaries, Hebrew / Greek lexicon, concordances, dictionaries, advanced word searches, and more. Customize your reading experience with rich color themes, fonts, auto scrolling, and parallel version views. Personalize your study with highlighting, underlining, and note taking options – all with Cloud back up.   Join our 7.5 million+ annual website users and 1 million+ app users who choose to dig deeper into God’s Word with Blue Letter Bible!  POWERFUL FREE BIBLE STUDY TOOLS  • Study the Hebrew & Greek with our original language lexicon  • Perform advanced word study searches using the many available dictionaries and encyclopedias  • Use the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge for an in-depth study • Read from the many available text commentaries  • Listen to the Bible and audio commentaries  CUSTOMIZED BIBLE READER  • Christian Standard Bible (CSB) comes free & installed as part of the core Bibles! • English Standard Version (ESV) is a free download • Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) is a free download • NASB and NASB2020 are free to download • Choose from over 30 Bible translations available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, German, Russian, French, Hebrew, and Greek  • Choose from various color themes, adjustable fonts and sizes with an automatic option • Read different Bible versions side-by-side  • Read the Bible with the variable speed auto-scroll feature    PERSONALIZED BIBLE STUDY  • Share verse passages to iMessage, Email, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and more  • Bookmark your favorite chapters with visual indicators in the app and organize them in custom folders  • Highlight and underline your favorite verses in customizable colors  • Backup, restore, and share your preferences locally from iCloud QUESTIONS?  Questions or issues with the BLB app after updating? We’re here to serve! First, visit our FAQs by clicking on the link to our support site to see if your question can be answered there. If not, please leave your feedback on the support page and a member of our staff will get back to you  as soon as possible. For those leaving iTunes Customer Reviews, please know that we have no way of contacting you unless you leave your feedback on the support page. Please review and rate the Blue Letter Bible app! Ratings and feedback will help us to improve the Blue Letter Bible app.

About

HelloCrowd

This mobile event app keeps attendees informed and engaged with tools like live polling, Q&A, and a detailed agenda. It provides comprehensive information on sessions, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors, facilitating networking and event navigation.

Highlights
  • Event Feed
  • Live Polling
  • Session Q&A
  • Push Messaging
  • Multi-track Agenda
  • Attendee & Speaker Lists
  • Exhibitor Information
Features
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Explore our fantastic new Mobile Event App, with great engaging tools to keep you informed and up-to-date with the event. App Features: - Event Feed, Live Polling, Session Q&A, Push Messaging, Contact Swaps - Info Booth (General Information Pertaining to your Event) - Multi-track Agenda (A detailed easy to navigate multi-track agenda) - Attendees (A list of event attendees with individual details) - Speakers (A list of speakers with individual details) - Sponsors (A list of sponsors, in categories, with individual details) - Exhibitors (A list of exhibitors with individual details and directions to their stand)

Screenshots

Blue Letter Bible4 screens
HelloCrowd3 screens

Verdict

The call

Blue Letter Bible and HelloCrowd both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Blue Letter Bible's written reviews are positive against 0% of HelloCrowd's. Blue Letter Bible also leads on ratings volume (359K vs 29) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). HelloCrowd's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Blue Letter Bible against 4.9 for HelloCrowd. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blue Letter Bible has 359K ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Blue Letter Bible's written reviews are positive against 0% of HelloCrowd's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blue Letter Bible ships an update every 5 weeks, HelloCrowd every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Blue Letter Bible versus HelloCrowd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlue Letter BibleHelloCrowd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (359K ratings) — better4.9 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews94.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings359K — better29
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#48 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB76 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBlue Letter BibleHelloCrowd

Customer experience

Blue Letter Bible

All ratings358,845 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews2,967 reviews
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.0%

HelloCrowd

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Blue Letter Bible

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Searching in Greek produces irrelevant results
  • Highlighting feature is inconsistent
  • App crashes frequently
  • Loses user's place in the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more Bible translations (e.g. NLT, Message)
  • Improve search functionality and retain search history
  • Add ability to download audio commentaries
  • Improve navigation and ability to stay on current verse/passage
  • Add more customization options for highlighting and notes

HelloCrowd

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Blue Letter Bible

No in-app purchases

None

HelloCrowd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blue Letter Bible free?
Blue Letter Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HelloCrowd free?
HelloCrowd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blue Letter Bible or HelloCrowd?
Blue Letter Bible is rated higher. Blue Letter Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 359K ratings, while HelloCrowd averages 4.9 from 29 ratings.
Do Blue Letter Bible or HelloCrowd have ads?
Neither Blue Letter Bible nor HelloCrowd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blue Letter Bible or HelloCrowd?
Blue Letter Bible ships an update every 5 weeks, and HelloCrowd every 2 weeks. Most recently, Blue Letter Bible was updated on October 16, 2026 and HelloCrowd on October 2, 2026.

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