Bible vs Scriptorio
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.
Scriptorio
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Everything about the books you read in one place. The passages you keep, and the reading itself. What you read should become part of your thinking, not a fading memory. Scriptorio is a reading companion for people who take books seriously. Point your camera at a page, and the passage is yours. No typing, no retyping, no losing the thread of what you were reading. But saving a passage is only the beginning. Scriptorio helps your ideas come back, connect with what you've read before, and gradually become part of the way you think. CAPTURE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION Photograph a page from the physical book in front of you and text recognition lifts the passage out. Save from Safari, Books, or anywhere else through the share sheet. Everything lands on the same shelf. BRING YOUR KINDLE HIGHLIGHTS Sign in to your Kindle notebook and every highlight you have ever made comes across, book by book, with locations intact. Publishers cap how much of a book may be exported. Where that happens, Scriptorio says so per book, instead of quietly dropping lines. ONE IDEA, MANY BOOKS Theme Collections gather passages across books, so writers who never met end up side by side on the same question. CONNECTIONS YOU DIDN'T LOOK FOR Passages you never thought to pair surface on their own, each with one line on the idea they share. An explanation, not a summary. And when you see a link the app missed, you draw it yourself and write down why. Your reasoning stays with the pair. IT COMES BACK TO YOU Spaced repetition built on your own highlights. The shelf checks in with you, gently, until the ideas stay. Rate a card in one tap and the schedule adapts to how you actually remember. YOUR READING, MEASURED A reading timer, page progress, streaks and goals. For the books you are in the middle of, not the ones you meant to start. Finish a book and rate it, note the one thing that stays, and who you would hand it to. BUILT TO STAY PRIVATE Text recognition runs entirely on your device. The semantic understanding behind the connections graph is computed on your device too, using Apple's own frameworks. Your notes are never sent to a third-party AI service to be indexed. What syncs between your devices is yours alone. SUBSCRIPTION Scriptorio is a subscription. Every new reader starts with a 14-day free trial, no card required. After the trial, full access requires a monthly or yearly subscription, available in the app. The first 100 yearly subscribers receive a founding-member badge. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://scriptorio.app/app-terms Privacy Policy: https://scriptorio.app/app-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Bible at #197 against Scriptorio's unranked. Bible also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Scriptorio's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, 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 Scriptorio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bible ships an update monthly, Scriptorio fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible | Scriptorio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (6.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 221 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TruthGuard, Inc. | Impelechy LLC |
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
Scriptorio
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
Scriptorio
- Scriptorio Monthly$9.991 Month
- Scriptorio Yearly$79.991 Year









