Comparison

World Bible Guide vs Truth

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

Head to head
About

World Bible Guide

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Peter, Paul, Philip, John the Baptist, Judas and Jesus. In World Bible Guide you can bring a question to any of them and walk it through — and when a reply rests on a passage, it shows you which. Underneath is the whole Bible, twice over: the King James text you know, and a plain-language reading that says the same thing in today's English. All of it free, and it reads offline. WHAT'S INSIDE • Speak — ask Simon Peter, Paul, Philip, John the Baptist, Judas Iscariot or Jesus • Journeys — one of them walks you through something, over several conversations • The complete Holy Bible in the King James Version (KJV) • A plain-language reading of every verse, written to be understood on the first pass • A clean reading screen with adjustable text size SPEAK Ask Simon Peter about the morning at the tomb, or Paul about the road to Damascus. When the answer rests on a passage it says which, so you can read it yourself rather than take anyone's word for it. A JOURNEY, AND WHAT IT LEAVES YOU WITH A journey is longer than a question. One of the six walks you through something over several conversations, in their own way and at your pace — and the route is not small talk. It follows a map of how people actually move through a difficulty, so each conversation opens what the last one uncovered. At the end it shows you your own picture: where you stand now, what you keep returning to, what you will not put down. Drawn from what you said along the way, in your own words — not a score out of ten. NOT A CHATBOT WITH A NAME ON IT Everything scripture records about a person — what they did, what they said and to whom, what they feared, what they would not give up — is read into a model of how that person saw the world: their character, their convictions, the way they weigh a question. Replies come from that. It is why Peter does not answer like Paul. It remains an interpretation built from the text. The app says so before a word is exchanged and never suggests you are speaking with the person themselves. Conversations are generated, so this part of the app needs a connection. TWO TRANSLATIONS, ONE TAP APART The King James Version is the most quoted English Bible and, four centuries on, often the hardest to read cold. Every verse carries a plain-language reading beside it, so you can meet a passage in plain English first and then in the King James, or the other way round. Nothing is summarised away: the plain reading covers every verse, not selected highlights. THE BIBLE — FREE, AND OFFLINE All sixty-six books, Genesis to Revelation, each with its own artwork. Every one of the 31,102 verses in both readings, nothing held back and nothing to unlock, the Verse of the Day included. It all ships inside the app, so on a plane or underground every verse is there. YOUR ACCOUNT The Bible needs no account — open the app and read. An account is for Speak: it keeps your conversations on whichever device you pick up, and carries your subscription. Sign in with Apple, with Google, or with an email address. THE SUBSCRIPTION The subscription is for Speak. Every reader gets one journey and ten questions a month at no cost; a subscription lifts those limits so you can keep talking and walk journeys of your own. • $6.99 per month • $39.99 per year — about half the monthly price, and about $3.33 a month One subscription covers your iPhone and iPad on the same Apple Account, and it works on the web at worldbible.guide with the same account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel yours in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.worldbible.guide/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Truth

This app offers a peaceful, offline Bible reading experience with multiple ways to engage with scripture. It includes study tools like commentaries, cross-references, memory cards, and reading plans, all without AI or tracking.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible access
  • Verse Scroll and Page-Curl reader
  • Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
  • Cross-Reference Graph
  • Memory Cards with spaced repetition
  • 40+ Reading Plans
  • Prayer Journal and Verse Collections
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The whole Bible on your device, in a reader that gets out of the way — and a study library underneath it for the days you want to go deeper. The King James text lives on your device, so Truth opens instantly and reads with no signal at all. READ YOUR WAY Choose how Scripture reaches you: Classic, a chapter to a page; Continuous, the whole Bible as one unbroken scroll from Genesis to Revelation; or Verse Scroll, one verse at a time. On iPad, Book Mode sets it as a real book with pages you turn. Verses or paragraphs, your size and typeface, and the words of Jesus in red. Highlight, write notes and leave bookmarks, all gathered in one place, and Truth keeps your place to the verse. 27 TRANSLATIONS The King James is built in, and 26 more download once and then work offline: the Berean Standard Bible, the Literal Standard Version, Young's Literal, the Geneva Bible, the ASV, the World English Bible, the Douay–Rheims, six German Bibles including Luther 1912 and Schlachter 1951, and the Hebrew and Greek texts, from the Westminster Leningrad Codex to the Textus Receptus and the Septuagint. Compare any verse across the ones you have. HEAR IT READ Human-narrated Audio Bibles, in plain narration or full-cast drama. On the King James and ESV readings, the verse being spoken lights up as it goes. Keeps playing with the screen off and picks up where you stopped. Recordings from Bible Brain, provided by Faith Comes By Hearing. STUDY ANYTHING Tap a verse for the Hebrew and Greek behind it, cross-references, Matthew Henry's commentary, the people and places in it, and old words explained in plain English. Every person and place has a page of its own, and Chapter Study shows where the New Testament quotes the Old, from either side. The library holds Easton's Bible Dictionary, a full concordance, Nave's Topical Bible, the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, a map and a timeline. Commentary is always labelled as commentary, never mixed in with Scripture. STUDY DESK AND PDF BUILDER Lay a study out as cards, group them into sections, connect them with labelled links, and add voice notes. Then turn it into a handout: passages, fill-in-the-blank verses, lines for writing and an answer key, printed on US Letter or A4 or read on a Kindle Scribe, on sixteen paper colours. Keep your copy with your notes and share a clean one. KEEP Your highlights, notes, prayers, plans and progress on every device you read on, with no account and no password. It stays off until you turn it on, and you choose what each device keeps. ON IPAD Book Mode, Split for two translations side by side, a Study Desk with room to spread out, keyboard shortcuts, and Apple Pencil: write in the margin beside any verse, and your ink stays with it. ON APPLE WATCH Read a chapter, hear it narrated, log a prayer, note something you're grateful for, and keep your streak, from your wrist. ALSO • Reading plans laid out as a path, each day ticked off as you read • Memorise verses, trivia, Copywork, and a course in the old German script • Verse of the Day, with a daily reminder • Quiet mode on iPhone: just the Word, with everything else a tap away • Widgets, twenty app icons, and themes including warm parchment • Share a verse as an image, or set it as your wallpaper • Search by word, by reference, or by plain question • 59 How-To guides, and a chat where a real person answers No ads. No account needed. No tracking.

Screenshots

World Bible Guide4 screens
Truth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: World Bible Guide at none against Truth's 4. Truth's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 15 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Truth sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. World Bible Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Bible Guide ships an update every 15 months, Truth every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
World Bible Guide versus Truth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Bible GuideTruth
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB328 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrey GavrilenkoCurtis Waldner

In-app purchases

None

World Bible Guide

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Truth

One-time4
  • Supporter$2.99
  • Friend$5.99
  • Patron$11.99
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  • Founding Supporter$24.99

Questions

Is World Bible Guide free?
World Bible Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Truth free?
Truth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do World Bible Guide or Truth have ads?
Neither World Bible Guide nor Truth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Bible Guide or Truth?
World Bible Guide ships an update every 15 months, and Truth every 9 days. Most recently, World Bible Guide was updated on October 11, 2026 and Truth on October 25, 2026.

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