Comparison

Shepherd vs Scripture Widget

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

Head to head
About

Shepherd

This app offers a customizable Bible reading experience with multiple translations and reading modes. It includes study tools like highlighting, note-taking, and smart bookmarks, along with offline access to translations. Users can also generate shareable verse images and ask questions for deeper understanding.

Highlights
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • Study Bible and text-only modes
  • Customizable themes and icons
  • Verse highlighting and searchable library
  • Note-taking on any passage
  • Smart bookmarking
  • Offline translation downloads
  • Ask questions for deeper understanding
Features
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Put Scripture on every screen you look at. Shepherd turns your iPhone into a daily reminder of God's Word — with widgets for your home screen and lock screen, an auto-updating verse wallpaper, and a studio for turning any verse into something beautiful enough to share. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN • Verse of the Day on your home screen, in small, medium, large, and iPad sizes • Lock screen widgets, so today's verse is there every time you check the time • Choose what your widget shows: the daily verse, the passage you're reading, or daily artwork • Pick your translation and theme for each widget DAILY VERSE WALLPAPER • A fresh wallpaper with today's verse, every day — set it up once and it updates automatically • Two styles: the classic antique look, or daily artwork created for each day's verse • Matches light and dark mode on its own THE VERSE IMAGE STUDIO • Turn any verse into a shareable image in seconds • 50 hand-crafted antique palettes — parchment, oxblood, sage, midnight ink, and more • A library of classic serif typefaces • Square, Story, landscape, and wallpaper formats • Use your own photos as backgrounds, or generate unique AI verse artwork A READER THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY • Six translations: KJV, NIV, ESV, NLT, NKJV, NASB • Download translations for offline reading • Highlights, notes, and a bookmark that syncs across your devices • The words of Jesus in red • Fast full-text search SHEPHERD STUDIO (optional subscription) Everything above is free — the daily verse, the widgets, the wallpaper automation, and the starter studio. Shepherd Studio unlocks the full creative toolkit: all 50 palettes, every font, your own photo backgrounds, high-resolution exports, and 20 AI verse images every month. Monthly or yearly; cancel anytime. Prefer no subscription? AI verse images are also available as simple one-time packs. No ads. No tracking. Just the Word, beautifully.

About

Scripture Widget

Features
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Turn any Bible verse into a Home Screen widget, Lock Screen widget, or wallpaper — designed exactly the way you want it. Scripture Widget is a verse builder, not just another verse app. Pick a passage, choose a background, set the text style, and preview it at the real widget size before you commit — then add it to your Home Screen or save it straight to Photos. BUILD YOUR VERSE • Search the entire Bible (Berean Standard Bible, ~31,000 verses) by keyword or reference • Or browse Book → Chapter → Verse • Or pick from curated categories: Love, Peace, Strength, Hope, Faith, Comfort, Joy, Gratitude, Guidance CUSTOMIZE THE LOOK • Dozens of photo backgrounds across themes like Mountains, Beach, Forest, Lighthouse, and more • Or import your own photo from your library • Six text styles, from Modern to Handwritten to Script • Adjust the card strength to fit any background SEE IT BEFORE YOU ADD IT • Preview your design at the true Small, Medium, and Large widget sizes • Add to your Home Screen or Lock Screen in one tap • Save your design as a full-screen wallpaper too Scripture Widget is completely free. No account, no sign-in, no ads, no data collected. If it's meaningful to you, an optional tip helps support development — but nothing is ever locked behind it. Bible text: Berean Standard Bible, public domain, produced by Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee.

Screenshots

Shepherd4 screens
Scripture Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shepherd and Scripture Widget are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Shepherd sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Scripture Widget sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shepherd ships an update every 8 days, Scripture Widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Shepherd versus Scripture Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShepherdScripture Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimple Cohort, LLC2Geeks LLC

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Shepherd

Subscriptions5
  • Shepherd$4.991 Month
  • Shepherd Studio$7.991 Month
  • Shepherd Images Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Shepherd Studio Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Shepherd Yearly Images$139.001 Year
One-time4
  • 1 AI Verse Image$0.99
  • Shepherd Single Image$2.99
  • 10 AI Verse Images$3.99
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  • 30 AI Verse Images$8.99
3 purchases

Scripture Widget

One-time3
  • Tip Option 1$0.99
  • Tip Option 2$2.99
  • Tip Option 3$4.99

Questions

Is Shepherd free?
Shepherd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scripture Widget free?
Scripture Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shepherd or Scripture Widget have ads?
Neither Shepherd nor Scripture Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shepherd or Scripture Widget?
Shepherd ships an update every 8 days, and Scripture Widget every 9 days. Most recently, Shepherd was updated on November 4, 2026 and Scripture Widget on October 31, 2026.

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