Comparison

PARALLEL PLUS Bible vs Revised Version Bible

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

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About

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

Explore biblical texts with multiple translations side-by-side. Deepen your understanding with integrated Greek and Hebrew word studies, grammatical analysis, and translation tips. Search for verses using keywords across all versions.

Highlights
  • Parallel Bible versions (up to 8 columns)
  • Greek and Hebrew word studies
  • Lexical entries and word families
  • Verse-by-verse exegetical helps
  • Search for verses by keywords
  • Multiple language support
Features
Currently charting
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The PARALLEL PLUS® Bible-study app is for pastors, lay leaders, and others actively seeking a deeper understanding of the Scriptures. PARALLEL: up to 8 columns, 200+ versions. PLUS Greek and Hebrew word studies (verse lists, unabridged Thayer/BDB/Schleusner, word families). PLUS exegetic helps (parsings, translation tips). Free, install now. EXPERIENCE IT: As you read down the column in one version, when you encounter a verse you'd like to better understand, just move your eyes left-and-right to see how other versions express that verse in its context, and then continue reading the chapter. The idea is to introduce as little eye movement as possible, so you can get into the Scriptures and stay there for a while. BIBLICAL LANGUAGES: See Hebrew and Greek in parallel with other versions. Plus tap any word to lookup the corresponding Hebrew or Greek word and its occurrences. Plus tap any verse to lookup Hebrew or Greek details in a verse: phonetics, parsings, parts of speech, translation tips. GO DEEPER: Tap any word, then tap “word study” to see: verse lists, lexical entries, and word families. Tap any verse, then tap “verse study” to see verse-at-a-time helps: color-coded parts-of-speech, word forms, phonetics, syllables, and translation tips. It also helps you find familiar Bible verses, even when you only remember a few words; enter "God so loved" in the search box and see where that phrase occurs in every Bible version in your parallel Bible. PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC: This app automatically aligns verses—by verse content—and displays corresponding verse numbers when different. COMMENTARY FREE: The act of reading versions in parallel helps readers to understand more deeply. Even without commentary. We feel this is so important that we do not include commentary in our app. LANGUAGES: Biblical Hebrew and Greek plus English, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and about 50 others. ABOUT: TheBible.org is a US charitable organization (official name: The Bible Works). Its mission is helping ministers make known Christ; in support of that mission, it develops apps to help people experience more effective Scripture reading. Peter Coad leads his small team in this work. The organization's content partners include Biblica (NIV), Crossway (ESV), Lockman (NASB), and Bible League International. Parallel Plus® is a registered trademark of TheBible.org ©2026 TheBible.org. All rights reserved.

About

Revised Version Bible

Access the Revised Version of the holy Bible, a British revision of the King James Version from the late 19th century. This edition was authorized and recognized in Britain, with input from scholars across denominations.

Highlights
  • Revised Version (RV) of the Bible
  • English Revised Version (ERV) included
  • Late 19th-century British revision
  • Authorized and recognized edition
  • Scholarly translation
Features
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The holy bible revised version (RV) or English Revised Version (ERV) of the Bible is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version. It was the first and remains the only officially authorised and recognised revision of the King James Version in Britain. The work was entrusted to over 50 scholars from various denominations in Britain. American scholars were invited to co-operate, by correspondence. The new revised standard version bible Testament was published in 1881, the Old Testament in 1885, and the Apocrypha in 1894. The best known of the translation committee members were Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort; their fiercest critic of that period was John William Burgon.

Screenshots

PARALLEL PLUS Bible4 screens
Revised Version Bible4 screens

Verdict

The call

PARALLEL PLUS Bible and Revised Version Bible both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 98% of PARALLEL PLUS Bible's written reviews are positive against 0% of Revised Version Bible's. PARALLEL PLUS Bible also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 1) and chart position (#204 vs unranked). Revised Version Bible's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.2). 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 PARALLEL PLUS Bible against 5.0 for Revised Version Bible. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PARALLEL PLUS Bible has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of PARALLEL PLUS Bible's written reviews are positive against 0% of Revised Version Bible's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
PARALLEL PLUS Bible versus Revised Version Bible: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPARALLEL PLUS BibleRevised Version Bible
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#204 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.28.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size381 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScripture NetworkYonlada Nambutdi

Customer experience

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

All ratings14,555 ratings
Positive97.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews418 reviews
Positive97.8%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.4%

Revised Version Bible

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Tried to change from NASB20 to NASB 95 and everything has gone haywire

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add the Passion translation as another choice
  • Allow highlighting individual words or sections of verses
  • Change the font color to black for better readability

Revised Version Bible

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PARALLEL PLUS Bible

No in-app purchases

None

Revised Version Bible

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PARALLEL PLUS Bible free?
PARALLEL PLUS Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Revised Version Bible free?
Revised Version Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PARALLEL PLUS Bible or Revised Version Bible?
Revised Version Bible is rated higher. PARALLEL PLUS Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Revised Version Bible averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PARALLEL PLUS Bible or Revised Version Bible have ads?
Neither PARALLEL PLUS Bible nor Revised Version Bible shows ads.

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