Comparison

Visual Holy Bible vs Focal

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

Head to head
About

Visual Holy Bible

Experience the Bible like never before with a fully visualized approach. Read and listen to scripture for free in various versions, with offline access, daily verses, and explanations. Engage with interactive quizzes and Christian games.

Highlights
  • Fully visualized Bible content
  • Free reading and audio playback
  • Multiple Bible versions
  • Offline reading mode
  • Daily verses and explanations
  • Bible quizzes and Christian games
Features
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▶ FIRST EVER Fully visualized Holy Bible. ▶ Read the Bible for FREE ▶ Listen to Audio Bible for FREE ▶ Choose any version of KJV, NKJV, nivNIV ESV, AMP, or NASB for FREE ▶ Offline Bible reading mode for FREE ▶ Daily verse ▶ Verse explanation ▶ Holy Bible Quiz ▶ Quick Verse search ▶ Favorite verses ▶ Christian games ▶ Good Deeds Tracker: Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Focal

Experience the Bible in an immersive way with visually engaging scenes designed to help you stay focused. A home screen widget provides daily wisdom, with more features planned for the future.

Highlights
  • Immersive Bible scenes
  • Focus-assist functionality
  • Daily proverb home screen widget
  • Style packs available
  • Advanced features coming soon
Features
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Stay focused: Immersive Bible scenes transform to hook you back when your mind wanders. Grow in wisdom: Home screen widget of a daily proverb. More style packs and advanced features on the horizon.

Screenshots

Visual Holy Bible4 screens
Focal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Focal at 100% against Visual Holy Bible's 0%. Focal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Visual Holy Bible's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Holy Bible sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Focal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Visual Holy Bible's written reviews are positive against 100% of Focal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Holy Bible ships an update every 3 days, Focal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Holy Bible versus Focal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Holy BibleFocal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (89 ratings)4.8 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB103 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBoris PopovschiQlay Labs LLC

Customer experience

Visual Holy Bible

All ratings52 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral5.8%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Focal

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Holy Bible

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited access3 Days trial$9.991 Month
None

Focal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Holy Bible free?
Visual Holy Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focal free?
Focal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Holy Bible or Focal?
Focal is rated higher. Visual Holy Bible averages 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Focal averages 4.8 from 30 ratings.
Do Visual Holy Bible or Focal have ads?
Neither Visual Holy Bible nor Focal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Holy Bible or Focal?
Visual Holy Bible ships an update every 3 days, and Focal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Visual Holy Bible was updated on October 24, 2026 and Focal on October 28, 2026.

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