Comparison

Bible vs The Bible.

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

Head to head
About

Bible

Access and understand scripture with a beautifully designed app. It offers multiple Bible translations, an AI study companion, reading plans, and audio playback. Key features like offline access, notes, and widgets are available for free.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible access
  • Licensed NIV and KJV translations
  • AI study companion (Discuss)
  • 80+ reading plans
  • Audio Bible playback
  • Verse of the Day widgets
  • Notes and bookmarks
Features
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Read, listen, and understand Scripture. Beautifully designed, with the licensed NIV™, the classic KJV, and Discuss, an AI study companion that answers from the Bible itself. EVERYTHING TO READ THE BIBLE, FREE - The entire Bible offline, with fast full-text search in your chosen translation - Licensed NIV™ plus KJV, BSB, WEB, ASV and translations in 10+ languages - Bible Atlas: 900+ biblical places and the great journeys of Scripture on an interactive map - Ask Siri for today's verse, any passage, or a Scripture search - Highlights, notes, and bookmarks that sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud - Verse of the Day widgets for your home screen, in your chosen translation - Audio Bible with system voices, including your own Personal Voice - An Apple Watch app, and daily reminders at the time you choose - Tap any verse to highlight, note, compare, listen, or share it as verse art - Built accessibility-first: VoiceOver, unlimited text size, color themes PLANS & DEVOTIONS - 80+ reading plans: the whole Bible in a year (canonical or M'Cheyne's calendar), the New Testament in 90 days, every New Testament book a chapter a day, the Psalms, the prophets, and short plans for a busy week - Daily classics: Spurgeon's Morning and Evening, one reading for every morning and evening of the year - Seasonal journeys: 25 days of Advent from the first promise in Eden to the manger, and the Twelve Days of Christmas - Follow several plans at once, on a schedule or at your own pace, and pick up today's readings from Home - The reader shows where you are in the plan, lights up the verses, and marks the day complete - Every reflection reads in your chosen font and text size - Listen to any day read aloud: the passages, then the reflection and prayer LISTEN - A Listen tab: today's reading, Bible audio, podcasts, worship music and classic audiobooks in one place - Podcasts in the app, with a sleep timer and resume; worship songs with previews, favourites and services you can share DISCUSS: ASK THE BIBLE ANYTHING (AI) Discuss is our AI Bible-study chat: ask in plain language and get Scripture-grounded answers with verses you can open in context. Try a built-in example, then subscribe or add credits to ask your own. FREE AND PREMIUM Reading the full Bible offline, search, highlights, notes, the daily verse, the Bible Atlas, audio, widgets, and the Watch app are free. Bible Premium unlocks the Plans & Devotions library and Discuss, and it is how a small independent team funds the licensed NIV™. Discuss is powered by AI, which costs real money to run, so it works on credits: a weekly or monthly subscription includes a generous allowance that refreshes each period and rolls over, or you can buy a one-time credit pack whenever you need more. Subscriptions are charged to your Apple ID account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.accessibleresources.com/privacy/bible-privacy-policy Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used with permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Learn more at biblica.com

About

The Bible.

Access and read the King James Bible version with ease. Features include reading plans, verse highlighting, bookmarking, and quick navigation. Sync your progress across devices and utilize widgets for convenient access.

Highlights
  • Reading plans
  • Verse highlighting
  • Bookmarking
  • Search functionality
  • iCloud syncing
  • Widgets
Features
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An easy to use Bible app to read the Word of God anywhere. Features: - Reading plans - Bookmarks - Ability to highlight verses - Search - View recent history - Tag verses - Easily copy selected verses - Quick navigation to books/chapters/verses - watchOS App - iCloud Syncing for bookmarks, highlighted verses, history, and reading plans - Lock screen and Home screen widgets. This app contains the King James version of the Bible.

Screenshots

Bible4 screens
The Bible.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Bible. at 100% against Bible's 40%. The Bible. also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Bible's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (307 vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bible sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. The Bible. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bible holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 307 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Bible.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bible ships an update every 5 days, The Bible. monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bible versus The Bible.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBibleThe Bible.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (307 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews40.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings307 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAccessible Resources LtdMatthew Hiles

Customer experience

Bible

All ratings305 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative55.8%

The Bible.

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Bible

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App locks MacBook
  • Cannot close or restart app
  • Cannot force close app
  • Links go to 404 page
  • No option to cancel subscription
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  • Verse of the day widget stuck
  • Chapter numbers disappear when text enlarged
  • Verse numbers too small and disappear
  • Missing 1 John 4
  • Blank screen after download

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow access before sign-up
  • Clear cancellation instructions
  • More Bible translations
  • NIV translation
  • Full app theme change
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  • Add verse to reference lookup
  • Remove or make footnotes optional
  • Translate app to Portuguese

The Bible.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bible

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly1 Year trial$19.991 Year
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  • Unlimited7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • AI Credits (100)$0.99
  • Premium 1-Year Pass$19.99
  • Bible Premium – Lifetime$29.99
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  • Lifetime Access$49.99
  • Lifetime Access$69.99
None

The Bible.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bible free?
Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Bible. free?
The Bible. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bible or The Bible.?
Bible is rated higher. Bible averages 4.4 out of 5 from 307 ratings, while The Bible. averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Bible or The Bible. have ads?
Neither Bible nor The Bible. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bible or The Bible.?
Bible ships an update every 5 days, and The Bible. monthly. Most recently, Bible was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Bible. on November 3, 2026.

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