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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Experience the ultimate way to construct and connect the events of Scripture. Finally, understand His-story and your place in it. This app contains several Bible studies that immerse you in the ancient world and our premium interactive resource which brings the setting of Scripture to life. Never has so much been available in the palm of your hand. Reliable scholarship, simple explanations, and distinctive illustrations are the hallmark of these unique studies. Uncover the ancient context to better grasp God's intent and meaning of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. Downloaded in over 100 countries around the world. + ENDORSEMENTS + "If you want quality biblical content presented with quality creativity, then the biblical and theological materials being produced by our friends at Sacra Script should be on your desks or available at your fingertips through electronic media. Your Bible will become more meaningful and your confidence in its divine Author will be enhanced at every turn." Mark L. Bailey President, Dallas Theological Seminary + CONTACT + If you have any questions, suggestions, or problems contact us as 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 4.3). 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible Map has 221 ratings behind it against 7, 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 August 18, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Ventures | Bible Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 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
