Bible vs Pocket Gospels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Ignatius Catholic Study Bible
- Daily Mass Readings
- Structured Reading Plans
- Advanced Study Tools
- Offline Access
- Night Mode
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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.
Pocket Gospels
A straightforward app for reading the Gospels, offering both English and Latin translations. Focus on your spiritual journey with tools like highlighting and bookmarking. It provides a clean interface to engage with scripture.
- Gospel readings
- English and Latin translations
- Latin Vulgate
- Douay–Rheims translation
- Highlighting
- Bookmarks
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Reading the Gospels? With Pocket Gospels you have a simple and sleek way to read the Gospels. Nothing fancy, just the readings and the tools you need to focus on God. Includes the Latin Vulgate and the English Douay–Rheims translations. You can save highlights, and create bookmarks to help your reading experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bible at monthly against Pocket Gospels's every 32 months. Bible also leads on ratings volume (6.2K vs 2) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Bible sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Gospels sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bible against 5.0 for Pocket Gospels. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible has 6.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bible ships an update monthly, Pocket Gospels every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Pocket Gospels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (6.2K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 221 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TruthGuard, Inc. | Tercaet LLC |
Customer experience
Bible
Pocket Gospels
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
Pocket Gospels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible
- 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
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- 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
Pocket Gospels
- Generous Tip$1.99
- Amazing Tip$5.99
- Massive Tip$9.99
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