Recap Bible vs Day by Verse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recap Bible
Access the Bible anytime, anywhere with offline reading and audio playback. Enhance your study with highlighting, note-taking, and personal reflections. Daily verses and keyword search make scripture exploration easy.
- Offline Bible reading
- Audio Bible playback
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Personal reflections
- Daily verse of the day
- Keyword search
- Adjustable font size
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Feeling peaceful anytime, anywhere with our Bible App! Bring the Bible to everyone's fingertips. Features : • Read book online & offline • Audio Bible to listen everywhere • Highlight & Take Note • Write your own thoughts and share ( or private ) • Read daily verse of the day • Search with keyword • Choose font size you want • Remember the bible verse you are reading You can choose a weekly subscription or yearly subscription. – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase (After free trial period if offered). – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/bible-app-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/bible-app-terms-of-use/
Day by Verse
Read the Bible one verse at a time with daily plans and topic collections. Save meaningful verses and reflections. Explore deeper studies with AI-powered insights.
- Verse-by-verse reading
- Multiple Bible translations
- Daily reading plans
- Topic collections
- Personal reflections and bookmarks
- AI-powered verse studies
- Offline reading
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Turn scroll time into Bible time. Make time for God with a few minutes in the Bible, one verse at a time. Open Day by Verse, swipe up, and keep reading. Your place is saved, so you can return whenever you have a quiet moment. Understand the verse you just read with AI-assisted studies of its meaning and context. Explore selected free studies or go deeper with Day by Verse Plus. Choose a reading plan and give Bible reading a place in your day. READ AT YOUR OWN PACE Choose from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), World English Bible (WEB), American Standard Version (ASV), Young’s Literal Translation (YLT), Douay–Rheims (1899), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV). These six translations are included for free offline reading. Douay–Rheims and CPDV include 73 books and use their own chapter and verse numbering. King James Version (KJV) is available as a free download for eligible App Store accounts outside the United Kingdom. KJV is not available to UK App Store accounts. Translation availability depends on your App Store account country. Read verse by verse, select a passage, or open the full chapter for context. Adjust the text size and choose light or dark appearance. FIND WORDS FOR TODAY Discover passages on hope, prayer, forgiveness, courage, grief, and more. Topic collections bring related verses together so you can explore a theme and return to the surrounding chapter. BUILD A READING HABIT Choose from 16 reading plans, including Start with John, Seven Days of Stillness, and The Whole Bible in a Year. Prefer a lighter daily rhythm? A Year of Key Passages offers one selected verse each day. Set an optional reminder and keep track of completed readings. KEEP WHAT SPEAKS TO YOU Save verses, write personal reflections, and revisit them in your Library. Find your saved verses, reflections, and studies with improved Library navigation. Your notes and reading progress stay on your device. Save generated studies to read them again offline. SCRIPTURE AT A GLANCE Add Daily, Hourly, or Favorite Verse widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Widgets follow your selected translation, including KJV when available. Compare supported Bible translations side by side to explore a verse’s wording. GO DEEPER WITH DAY BY VERSE PLUS Explore Basic and Advanced verse studies, simpler explanations, historical context, supporting passages, and available Hebrew and Greek word insights. Studies use AI to help you explore meaning and context alongside the biblical text, using your selected Bible translation as their source. Available study material varies by translation. Free access includes Bible reading, topic collections, bookmarks, reflections, reminders, widgets, verse comparison, two reading plans, and selected sample studies. Plus unlocks the remaining reading plans and up to 50 successful new studies per subscription per UTC day. Reopening prepared studies does not use this allowance. An internet connection is required to generate or retrieve a study that has not been saved on your device. SUBSCRIPTIONS Day by Verse Plus is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Eligible new subscribers may receive a 7-day free trial on an available annual offer. Prices and any available offer are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm, or when a free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://palarashop.com/day-by-verse/privacy.html Service Terms: https://palarashop.com/day-by-verse/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Day by Verse at 5.0 against Recap Bible's 4.6. Day by Verse also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). Recap Bible's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 1) and chart position (#186 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Recap Bible sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Day by Verse sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Day by Verse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recap Bible has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Recap Bible ships an update every 3 weeks, Day by Verse every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recap Bible | Day by Verse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AAB Creative Studio | Palara LLC |
Customer experience
Recap Bible
Day by Verse
In-app purchases
Recap Bible
- Weekly Access$5.997 Days
- Annual Plan$19.991 Year
- Spritual Access$29.991 Year
- Unlock Lifetime$29.99
Day by Verse
- Day by Verse Plus Monthly$5.991 Month
- Day by Verse Plus Annual Welcome7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Day by Verse Plus Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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