Comparison

KJV Bible Now vs Daily Scripture Reader

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

Head to head
About

KJV Bible Now

This app offers a free, offline Bible study experience with tools for reading, listening, and prayer. Customize your study with private notes, highlights, and bookmarks. Access daily devotionals and Bible answers to deepen your understanding.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible reading
  • Private notes and highlights
  • Daily devotionals
  • Bible Answers feature
  • Verse bookmarking
  • Night mode
Features
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Bible Now provides an offline Bible study tool that people use every day to read, listen to, and prayerfully support your daily Bible reading and prayer with a completely free Bible app. Customize your Bible with focused, private notes. Access everything online, or download to read offline. Our app is a fast, lightweight, offline Bible for your daily study. To customize your Bible software experience, it allows you to quickly locate Bible verses with a simple click and create your own Bible verse highlights, notes.More access to the Bible Answers feature makes you a knowledgeable Bible scholar. Devotion provides you with daily Bible verses and keeps you company throughout the day! Daily Bible Verse with notification Keep in touch with God by reading the daily scriptures Bible Answers Better access to Bible quizzes, making you a knowledgeable Bible scholar Bookmark Holy Bible scriptures Catch up where you left off with a simple bookmark Notes Take as many notes as you can from the Bible. Take notes in church and attach the same to multiple verses for future reference. We are students of the word so lets spread God's word in Jesus. Bible Videos Watch inspiring Bible videos, explore faith-based content, and share your own Bible moments with believers around the world. Highlight Mark favorite verses with all sorts of colors that gives it more meaning. Feature ▪ Carefully selected Bible verses are offered in daily prayer. ▪ Create your own Bible verse notes. ▪ Keep a prayer journal. ▪ We help you live a faithful life every day through quiet time. ▪ Offline Bibles: Read and study Bible verse WITHOUT internet access. ▪ Quickly locate verse. ▪ Highlight verses you like for future Bible study. ▪ Note your inspirations. ▪ Night mode: change to night mode when you read the Bible at night. ▪ Bible quiz feature to make you a knowledgeable Bible scholar. ▪ All of the above features are provided free of charge. Bible devotion to make your day great! Subscription Service Description: (1) Service: Enjoy an ad-free experience with our In-App Purchase (IAP) monthly subscription. (2) Price: Our IAP monthly subscription is available at $4.99 per month. (3) Payment: Once the purchase is confirmed and payment is complete, it will be billed to your iTunes account. (4) Auto-renewal: Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Upon successful deduction, the subscription will automatically continue for another period. (5) Cancelling renewal: If you wish to cancel auto-renewal, you can disable it manually in the iTunes/Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends.

About

Daily Scripture Reader

Features
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Read the whole Bible at a pace that fits your life. Pick a reading plan, mark each chapter as you finish it and see your progress grow, book by book. PLAN YOUR READING • Read the Bible in 6 months, 1, 2 or 3 years, or build your own plan • Today’s reading shows which chapters come next • Open each chapter in JW Library or on jw.org MARK WHAT YOU READ • All 66 books at a glance, grouped into Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Scriptures • Tap a chapter to mark it, or drag across several at once • Correct your progress at any time STAY IN RHYTHM • Choose your reading days and a reminder time, with a fallback reminder • A weekly overview and your average against the plan • A streak and achievements as you finish books • Home Screen widgets for your streak and progress MAKE IT YOURS • A reading companion, accent colors and Dark Mode • 15 languages • iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad, plus data export Daily Scripture Reader is free and works without an account. It is an independent app and is not affiliated with JW Library or jw.org.

Screenshots

KJV Bible Now4 screens
Daily Scripture Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Scripture Reader at none against KJV Bible Now's 11. Daily Scripture Reader also leads on ads (none vs shown). KJV Bible Now's advantage is chart position (#18 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KJV Bible Now sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Daily Scripture Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KJV Bible Now ships an update every 6 days, Daily Scripture Reader every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
KJV Bible Now versus Daily Scripture Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKJV Bible NowDaily Scripture Reader
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (98K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings98K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#18 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRocketshield Browser Technology LimitedGiuseppe Maffeo

Bugs and requests

KJV Bible Now

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Incorrect answers in Bible quizzes
  • Loss of highlights, bookmarks, and notes after updates
  • App crashes and freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Remove ads or provide ad-free paid version
  • Improve ad quality and placement
  • Fix bugs and glitches

Daily Scripture Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

KJV Bible Now

Subscriptions5
  • month_vip$2.991 Month
  • Bible Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Week Subscribe3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • year_sub_discount$29.991 Year
  • year_subscribe$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • 100coins$0.99
  • coins$2.99
  • coins$4.99
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  • coins$9.99
  • 2100coins$19.99
  • coins$29.99
None

Daily Scripture Reader

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KJV Bible Now free?
KJV Bible Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Scripture Reader free?
Daily Scripture Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KJV Bible Now or Daily Scripture Reader have ads?
KJV Bible Now shows ads; Daily Scripture Reader does not.
Which is updated more often, KJV Bible Now or Daily Scripture Reader?
KJV Bible Now ships an update every 6 days, and Daily Scripture Reader every 2 weeks. Most recently, KJV Bible Now was updated on November 1, 2026 and Daily Scripture Reader on October 31, 2026.

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