Comparison

Bible vs LDS Scripture Focus

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

Head to head
About

Bible

Engage with scripture and deepen your faith through in-depth commentary and daily readings. This app offers tools for prayer, study, and personal reflection, supporting your spiritual journey.

Highlights
  • Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
  • Daily Mass Readings
  • Structured Reading Plans
  • Advanced Study Tools
  • Offline Access
  • Night Mode
Features
Currently charting
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The Catholic Study Bible App is your all-in-one resource for prayer, study, and Scripture engagement. With this update, you can now access the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments, known for its faithful, in-depth commentary by Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. Top Features: – Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments (in-app purchase) – Study-rich content with verse-by-verse explanation – Daily Mass Readings – Stay in step with the Church year – Reading Plans – Choose a structured plan or create your own – Advanced Study Tools – Highlight, bookmark, take notes, and search with ease – Offline Access & Night Mode – Designed for convenience and comfort The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments is available only as an in-app purchase. Whether you're preparing for Mass, leading a study group, or diving deeper on your own, the Catholic Study Bible App supports your journey in faith.

About

LDS Scripture Focus

Enhance scripture study by focusing on one word at a time, improving comprehension and retention. This app offers a clean interface to track reading progress and provides reminders for daily engagement.

Highlights
  • Single-word reading focus
  • Accelerated reading rate
  • Clean layout
  • Reading progress tracking
  • Daily study reminders
Features
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Have you ever read a chapter of scripture, only to discover that you don’t remember a word of what you just read? You start again at the beginning, squint your eyes and discipline your mind, attempting to drink in the meaning of the text. What if you could study by focusing on one word at a time, like taking a magnifying glass to the word of God? LDS Scripture Focus helps you capture the grand narrative of the scriptures as it clears away the noise that exists on a page of text. By reading one word at a time at an accelerated rate you eliminate the natural tendency to subvocalize and instead center your mind on the meaning of what you read. In addition, the clean layout of LDS Scripture Focus makes it easy to chart your reading progress, with reminders to help motivate you to engage in daily personal scripture study. LDS Scripture Focus is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Screenshots

Bible4 screens
LDS Scripture Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bible at 4.9 against LDS Scripture Focus's 4.3. Bible also leads on ratings volume (6K vs 45) and chart position (#162 vs unranked). LDS Scripture Focus's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bible sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and LDS Scripture Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bible holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 6K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Bible's written reviews are positive against 79% of LDS Scripture Focus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Bible versus LDS Scripture Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBibleLDS Scripture Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (6K ratings) — better4.3 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews78.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6K — better45
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size183 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTruthGuard, Inc.LDS Mobile Apps LLC

Customer experience

Bible

All ratings5,973 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews217 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative19.4%

LDS Scripture Focus

All ratings45 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative15.8%

Bugs and requests

Bible

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Underlined notes/highlights disappearing
  • Audio playback issues after updates
  • Inability to restore previous purchases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add audio for Old Testament
  • Improve audio player controls
  • Allow copying/highlighting of text
  • Sync purchases across devices
  • Provide more free content

LDS Scripture Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Bible

One-time15
  • Which Came First - The Bible or the Church?$1.99
  • The Bible Made Me Do It$1.99
  • How to Bring Fallen Away Catholics Back$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Lectio Divina$1.99
  • The Fourth Cup$1.99
  • The History of Salvation$2.99
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls$2.99
  • Abba or Allah$2.99
  • Angels Explained: What You Should Know About the Nine Choirs$2.99
  • I’m Not Being Fed$2.99
  • Abraham: Revealing the Historical Roots of Our Faith$2.99
  • New Testament Audio Package$19.99
  • Ignatius Study Bible Add-on$19.99
  • Study Bible Add-on with New Testament Audio$29.99
  • Ignatius Catholic Study Bible$49.99
1 purchases

LDS Scripture Focus

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is Bible free?
Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LDS Scripture Focus free?
LDS Scripture Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bible or LDS Scripture Focus?
Bible is rated higher. Bible averages 4.9 out of 5 from 6K ratings, while LDS Scripture Focus averages 4.3 from 45 ratings.
Do Bible or LDS Scripture Focus have ads?
Neither Bible nor LDS Scripture Focus shows ads.

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