Bible vs Votional
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.
Votional
Capture and organize sermon notes with automatic transcription and scripture linking. Receive personalized daily devotionals and review key verses with flashcards. Deepen your understanding and build a searchable library of church messages.
- Automatic sermon transcription
- Auto scripture linking
- Personalized daily devotionals
- Scripture flashcard review
- Deep dive sermon insights
- Searchable sermon library
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Never forget another sermon again. Votional helps Christians record sermons, capture meaningful notes, connect Scripture, and keep growing long after Sunday is over. Record & Transcribe Tap record when service starts. Votional listens, transcribes, and suggests likely scripture references for review. Add your own notes during the sermon. Suggested Scripture References Votional suggests likely scripture references from the sermon for you to review. Tap a confirmed reference to open it in the built-in Bible reader. Daily Bread Devotionals Each morning, receive a personalized devotional drawn directly from your own sermon notes. Not generic content - your pastor's message, resurfaced for your day. Scripture Bites Flashcard-style review cards built from your transcriptions. Master the verses your church is studying, week after week. Deep Dive Sermon Insights Turn a full sermon into takeaways, cross-references, study questions, and next steps you can actually use. Your Sermon Library Every message is saved, searchable, and organized. Search by pastor, church, book, or keyword. Your notes travel with you. Who It's For - Weekly churchgoers who want to remember and apply what they heard - Bible study leaders who want deeper study notes - Christians building a consistent devotional habit - Families who want to discuss sermons together Plans Free: up to 3 sermon notes, 3 shared capture or Deep Dive sessions per month, standard microphone recording, Daily Bread, and 6 Bible translations. Votional Plus Monthly: $7.99/month. Includes unlimited sermon notes, unlimited live capture, Phone Audio where supported, Scripture Bites, Deep Dive sermon insights, and 10+ Bible translations. Votional Plus Annual: $69.99/year. Includes the same Votional Plus features at the best yearly price. Subscription Terms Votional Plus subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://votional.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://votional.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Votional at every 4 days against Bible's every 7 months. Votional also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bible's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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.
Votional holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of Votional's.
Bible ships an update every 7 months, Votional every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Votional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu-Sheng Wong | Elizabeth Schaefer |
Customer experience
Bible
Votional
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
Votional
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible
No in-app purchases
Votional
No in-app purchases









