Bible vs Simply.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.
Simply.Bible
Access the King James Version of the Bible, along with apocryphal texts, completely offline and without advertisements. Organize your study with features like note-taking, highlighting, and folder sorting. Customize your reading experience with themes and light/dark modes.
- Offline access
- Ad-free experience
- Apocrypha books included
- Note taking and highlighting
- Folder sorting
- Light/Dark mode
- Bible search
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Simply.Bible represents an ad-free, offline application housing the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible along with Jubilees, Jasher, and 1 Enoch. Its primary objective is to offer a user-friendly and uncomplicated experience for individuals seeking access to the scriptures. Features: - Completely OFFLINE with no ads. - Apocrypha books (Jubilees, Jasher, and 1 Enoch) - Light/Dark mode - Bible search - Folder sorting - Note taking - Highlighting - History tracking - Theming
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bible at none against Simply.Bible's 11. Simply.Bible's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and device support 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. Simply.Bible sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Bible against 4.6 for Simply.Bible. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simply.Bible has 43 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 89% of Simply.Bible's.
Bible ships an update every 7 months, Simply.Bible every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Simply.Bible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 89.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu-Sheng Wong | Malachi Partlow |
Customer experience
Bible
Simply.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
Simply.Bible
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible
No in-app purchases
Simply.Bible
- $3$3.00
- $5$5.00
- $10$10.00
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- $15$15.00
- $20$20.00
- $35$35.00
- $50$50.00
- $100$100.00
- $250$250.00
- $500$500.00
- $1000$1000.00
Questions
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