Comparison

Shepherd vs Bible on Screen

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

Bible on Screen

Features
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One complete Bible verse on your Home Screen, every day. Bible on Screen puts a full verse -- never a snippet -- right where you already look each morning, through a Home Screen widget that keeps updating on its own. FEATURES - A new complete verse and its reference every day, chosen with your topics in mind - Eight topics to personalize: Hope, Anxiety & Peace, Family, Strength, Provision, Healing, Gratitude, Purpose - Six free Home Screen widget styles: Classic, Sunrise, Minimal, Paper, Dawn, Navy - Recent Days shows your last seven verses right on Today - Share a verse as a ready-to-post Story or Square image, or copy the text - Light and Dark appearance throughout the app - Widgets keep updating on their own schedule, even if you never open the app No accounts. No ads. No tracking of what you read. Just Scripture, every day. Available in English, Portugues (Brasil), and Espanol.

Screenshots

Shepherd4 screens
Bible on Screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bible on Screen at none against Shepherd's 9. On price, update cadence, 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. Shepherd sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bible on Screen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shepherd ships an update every 8 days, Bible on Screen fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Shepherd versus Bible on Screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShepherdBible on Screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimple Cohort, LLCVolodymyr Strohush

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
None

Bible on Screen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shepherd free?
Shepherd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bible on Screen free?
Bible on Screen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shepherd or Bible on Screen have ads?
Neither Shepherd nor Bible on Screen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shepherd or Bible on Screen?
Shepherd ships an update every 8 days, and Bible on Screen fortnightly. Most recently, Shepherd was updated on October 26, 2026 and Bible on Screen on October 21, 2026.

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