Bible vs Holy Bible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible
This app offers a straightforward way to read and study the Bible, featuring three popular translations. It includes helpful tools like auto-scrolling, text-to-speech, daily reading plans with reminders, and a fast search function. Customize your reading experience with theme settings, font adjustments, and day/night modes.
- Three Bible translations (KJV, ASV, BBE)
- Auto-scrolling for hands-free reading
- Text-to-speech for audio reading
- Daily reading plans with reminders
- High-speed keyword search
- Customizable themes and font sizes
- Day & night mode
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Glory to God! If a simple Bible is what you are looking for, Simple Bible is just for you! ~~ Three translations in one app ~~ • King James Version (KJV) • American Standard Version (ASV) • Bible in Basic English (BBE) ~~ Version Features ~~ • Free your hands, try auto-scrolling. • Need someone to read the Bible for you? You got it! • Reading Bible everyday is hard to do? Try reading plan with a daily reminder. • High speed search let’s you find keywords in a sec. • Double-Tap on the selected verse to open up more features! • Other features: Theme setting, font size, chapter selection, day & night mode… Psalms 144:1 Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my "fingers" the art of fighting. Notes: If you are disturbed by the Ads below, you can turn off the device internet connection to disable the Ads. The author of Simple Bible is a home developer with no fund support and also with no fix income, just dedicated to this app full time, so please be sure to click the Ads to support, thank you! Hope everyone can make good use of this app, and always read your Bible, use your "finger" to fight.
Holy Bible
Access the King James Version of the Bible on your phone for daily study. This app features both the Old and New Testaments, making scripture study more convenient.
- King James Version Bible
- Daily Bible study
- Old Testament
- New Testament
- Mobile access
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Holy bible app is the King James version of the bible and gives readers access to the Bible from their phones, making it much easier for daily Bible study activities. This app includes the old testament and new testament. Let's study the bible every day!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Holy Bible at monthly against Bible's every 7 months. Holy Bible also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and ratings volume (47 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Holy Bible holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Holy Bible has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of Holy Bible's.
Bible ships an update every 7 months, Holy Bible monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Holy Bible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu-Sheng Wong | APPS BAY LIMITED |
Customer experience
Bible
Holy Bible
Bugs and requests
Bible
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search always says '0 results'
- App freezes sometimes
- Wrong verse given as answer
- Pop-up messages (unclear how to turn off)
Requested features
7 requests- Option to remove ads
- Bookmark functionality
- Ability to keep Bible on last page read
- Fix search functionality
- Words of Messiah in red
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- Read scriptures out loud
- Auto-scroll feature
Holy Bible
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible
No in-app purchases
Holy Bible
No in-app purchases
Questions
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