Comparison

NIV Study Bible vs Yahweh's Words

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

Head to head
About

NIV Study Bible

This Bible application offers an intelligent companion for your faith journey, featuring a user-friendly interface with interactive tools like verse pop-ups, bookmarks, and notes. Enjoy enhanced reading, audio playback, and customizable font sizes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Smart Reading screen
  • Verse of the day
  • Background audio playback
  • Search functionality
  • Bookmarks, highlights, and notes
  • Night Mode
  • Customizable font size
Features
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Experience the power of God’s Word with this NIV Bible application - an intelligent companion for your faith journey. Navigate seamlessly through verses with our user-friendly elegant interface such as verse pop-ups, bookmarks, highlights, notes, and many more interactive features. Features: # Enhanced screen for Smart Reading # Verse of the day # Play audio bible in the background with the screen off # Search # Bookmark, Highlight and Notes # Night Mode # Personalise Font size NIV Bible application is the right tool to listen to the audio and text-to-speech versions of the Bible. This Audio Bible NIV has the books of both the Old and New Testaments. You can read and hear the words of God at the same time. The user interface is designed for easy navigation with customizable verse marking options. Very easy access to all Chapters of the Holy Bible NIV. You can share this app with friends and family via message or social network. Download the NIV Bible Study application, a completely new smart version! Hope you enjoy the app! We are looking forward to your feedback and any suggestions for improvement.

About

Yahweh's Words

Features
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Yahweh's Words is a Bible reader and study companion in English, Chinese and Russian, made for reading Scripture closely — in its own languages. THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES • Strong's numbers on every word, an interlinear table for each verse (Greek and Hebrew with transliteration, gloss and grammar), and a Strong's lexicon in English and Chinese. • The Hebrew Old Testament (WLC), the Greek New Testament (SBLGNT, Westcott-Hort) and the Septuagint — with the Septuagint beside the Hebrew, word by word. • Today's Hebrew word on Home and in a widget, with its Greek in the Septuagint and a verse where it stands. READ • 25 Bible versions: 和合本雅伟版 (Simplified and Traditional), 梁家铿译本, the Berean Standard Bible and the American Standard Version with the name Yahweh, KJV, LEB, CSB, NET, Russian and more. My versions keeps the ones you use; the full catalogue is searchable. • Parallel reading: up to five versions side by side, aligned verse by verse through the original languages. • 2,597 section headings, each with a short background note and the sermons that preach that passage. GROW EVERY DAY • Verse of the day from a list read verse by verse, with themes and verses for special days. • A calendar of Yahweh's appointed feasts, church days, the Chinese calendar, public and school holidays, with reminders and your own dates. • A prayer list with reminders, guided Scripture and guided prayer, a reading streak, and reading plans with friends. • 429 sermons (289 with recordings), hymns with sheet music, teaching videos. EVERYWHERE • Widgets on iPhone, iPad and Mac, on the lock screen and in StandBy; Apple Watch complications; Control Centre and Siri. No ads and no account needed. Sign in only if you want your highlights, notes, plans and prayers on all your devices.

Screenshots

NIV Study Bible4 screens
Yahweh's Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yahweh's Words at none against NIV Study Bible's 6. Yahweh's Words also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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. NIV Study Bible sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Yahweh's Words asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NIV Study Bible ships an update every 3 weeks, Yahweh's Words every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
NIV Study Bible versus Yahweh's Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNIV Study BibleYahweh's Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB445 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRamana GangeshPaul Suyang Liu

In-app purchases

6 purchases

NIV Study Bible

One-time6
  • IAP Coins Pack 1$1.99
  • IAP Coins Pack 2$3.99
  • IAP Coins Pack 3$3.99
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  • Six Month Pro$7.99
  • One Year Pro$9.99
  • Lifetime Pro$19.99
None

Yahweh's Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NIV Study Bible free?
NIV Study Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yahweh's Words free?
Yahweh's Words is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NIV Study Bible or Yahweh's Words have ads?
Neither NIV Study Bible nor Yahweh's Words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NIV Study Bible or Yahweh's Words?
NIV Study Bible ships an update every 3 weeks, and Yahweh's Words every 2 days. Most recently, NIV Study Bible was updated on October 28, 2026 and Yahweh's Words on October 29, 2026.

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