Bible Ventures vs Bible Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Ventures
Explore biblical history and context with immersive studies and interactive resources. Understand scripture from Genesis to Revelation with reliable scholarship and distinctive illustrations. Discover your place in His-story with this comprehensive tool.
- Interactive Bible studies
- Immersive ancient world settings
- Premium interactive resources
- Reliable scholarship
- Simple explanations
- Distinctive illustrations
- Scripture context exploration
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Understand the Bible in context with interactive maps, timelines, and guided studies. See how its people, places, and events connect in one unfolding story. Bible Ventures is Your Digital Passport to Scripture. Understand God’s Word and discover how it shapes your life today. SEE WHERE AND WHEN SCRIPTURE HAPPENED Explore the Bible’s setting with our Compass Tools. The Bible Compass brings Scripture, an interactive map, and a timeline together. Follow biblical journeys, discover exhibits about people, places, and events, and see photographs and illustrations of the biblical world. Continue into church history with the Church Compass. UNDERSTAND AND APPLY GOD’S WORD Our Bible Studies guide you through Philippians, Galatians, James, Obadiah, and Haggai. Explore each book’s setting and message, grow in your understanding of what you read, and learn how to put it into practice. FOLLOW GOD’S STORY AND GROW IN FAITH Explore Bible Courses from Sacra Script Academy. Journey from Genesis to Revelation with Tracing His Story, and build your understanding of Scripture and the Christian life with Our Bible, Our Faith, Our Life, and Our Call. Learn through video teaching that connects what you believe with how you live. LEARN FROM PEOPLE IN SCRIPTURE Explore Bible Characters through their faith, failures, and choices. See how their lives fit into God’s purposes and what their experiences teach us about following him today. START FREE. GO DEEPER AT YOUR OWN PACE. Read the Bible and explore selected content for free. Add the premium resources you choose through one-time in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Created by Sacra Script Ministries, Bible Ventures combines careful biblical scholarship, clear explanations, and visual teaching for personal study, small groups, and Bible teachers. Downloaded in over 100 countries. Download Bible Ventures and begin your journey through Scripture today. Questions or suggestions? Contact app@sacrascript.org
Bible Map
Explore the biblical world with an interactive and comprehensive map application. Visualize the lands and discover artifacts that bring biblical stories to life.
- Interactive biblical maps
- Visualize biblical lands
- Discover supporting artifacts
- Engage with biblical stories
- Easy to use interface
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"The most interactive, exhaustive, easy to use, and thorough Bible Map app in the app store." The Bible comes to life as you see the land of the Bible and realize the artifacts we have today supporting the story of the Bible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bible Map at 88% against Bible Ventures's 43%. Bible Map also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 14) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 Ventures sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Bible Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bible Map holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible Map has 221 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Bible Ventures's written reviews are positive against 88% of Bible Map's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Ventures | Bible Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 4.6 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sacra Script Ministries | Tim Kimberley |
Customer experience
Bible Ventures
Bible Map
Bugs and requests
Bible Ventures
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bible Map
Reported bugs
3 issues- Search function crashes the app
- Certain location pins not working correctly
- Compatibility issues with latest iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for multiple Bible translations
- Implement a dark mode option
- Allow users to add/edit location information
- Improve search capabilities and filters
- Provide offline access to maps and data
In-app purchases
Bible Ventures
- El Compás Bíblico$1.99
- Abdías$4.99
- The Gospel in James$9.99
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- Bible Compass$9.99
- Church History Compass$9.99
- Haggai Bible Study$9.99
- 婚姻核心$9.99
- 雅各書$9.99
- 雅各书$9.99
- UnderStudy - Bible Characters$9.99
- The Gospel in Obadiah$9.99
- Our Faith$9.99
- Our Call$9.99
- Philippians Bible Study$9.99
Bible Map
No in-app purchases
