ScripturAI vs Holy Stories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScripturAI
Engage in dynamic conversations with over 50 biblical figures, gaining unique insights grounded in scripture. Ask questions about any biblical passage or topic and receive verse-backed guidance. Explore diverse Bible translations and utilize daily verses and guided study plans to deepen your faith journey.
- Conversations with 50+ biblical figures
- Verse-backed answers to Bible questions
- 130+ Bible translations
- Daily verse and journaling
- Guided study plans
- Personalized faith journey settings
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Build a daily habit with God. Each morning ScripturAI brings you a verse chosen for your season of life, a prayer written for you, and one question to sit with. Answer it and your streak grows. Five minutes a day, all of it grounded in Scripture. Daily Verse, Prayer & Reflection: Start the day with a verse picked for where you are right now, not a random one. Read it in your own translation, pray the prayer written for you, and answer one reflection question in your own words. Your streak shows on a calendar, a Grace Day can repair a missed day, and a home screen widget keeps today's verse in view. Reflection Plans: When you need more than a verse, pick a plan: 34 of them, each 5 to 7 days of daily reflections on one thing. Peace for an Anxious Mind. When Grief Is Heavy. Facing a Big Decision. Forgiving Someone Who Hurt You. Raising Children in Faith. The Sermon on the Mount. Ruth, David, Esther, and Peter. A plan day takes the place of that day's reflection, so you keep one habit and one streak. Talk with 50+ People from the Bible: Ask Jesus about a parable. Ask Moses what it is like to lead when you are afraid. Ask Paul about grace. Sit with Job in his suffering, or hear David on his own psalms. Each one speaks in their own voice, grounded in Scripture, with verse references you can tap to read in context. They are AI portrayals, and they will tell you so if you ask. Ask Anything About the Bible: A passage you cannot make sense of. A decision you are facing. What Scripture says about forgiveness, anxiety, or purpose. Ask, and get a thoughtful, verse-backed answer: not a generic one, but guidance rooted in the Word, with every verse a tap away. It Remembers Your Season of Life: Mention once that you are grieving, newly married, or waiting on an answer, and ScripturAI carries it into tomorrow's verse, prayer, and conversations. You never have to start over. What you share stays private, and you can delete your account and everything in it from Settings. Catholic and Protestant: Choose your tradition and the Bible you read. Catholic readers get the Catholic Public Domain Version with the deuterocanonical books; Protestant readers get the King James Version, World English Bible, and more. Your daily verse is chosen with your tradition in mind. 140+ Bible Translations: Read in the King James Version, World English Bible, American Standard Version, Catholic Public Domain Version, and many more, in dozens of languages. Tap any verse in a conversation to read it in context. Bookmark the verses that matter and sort them into collections. Free and Premium: The daily verse, the Bible reader, bookmarks, and the first day of any plan are free. Premium unlocks conversations with all 50+ characters, the daily reflection and prayer, and every day of every plan. One subscription, monthly or yearly. It renews automatically, and you can cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use (ScripturAI): https://scriptur.ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://scriptur.ai/privacy-policy
Holy Stories
This app transforms Bible reading into a social media-like scrolling experience with verses on beautiful images. It offers explanations, guided prayers, short stories, and music to help users connect with God daily.
- Vertical Bible scrolling feed
- Verse explanations in plain language
- Guided prayer sessions
- 2-minute Bible stories
- Daily check-in with God streak
- Worship music and sleep sounds
- Daily verse widget
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The Bible, your new social feed. Holy Stories turns the Bible into a beautiful vertical feed you scroll just like social media. Every post is a verse on a picture. Swipe up and the next verse appears. The same habit you already have, but this time it brings you closer to God. Scroll Scripture, pray with Jesus, listen to 2-minute Bible stories and make time for God every day, all in one app. SCROLL THE BIBLE • For You: the most loved, comforting verses for what you're going through: anxiety, loneliness, grief, family, purpose, forgiveness, finances, health, relationships and sleep. • Bible: the whole Bible in order, from Genesis to Revelation. Pick any book and chapter and keep swiping. • Every verse comes with a picture, from classical paintings to peaceful landscapes. • Soft worship music plays in the background while you scroll. Tap Audio to mute it anytime. UNDERSTAND EVERY VERSE Tap Explain on any Bible verse and get it in plain words, in seconds: • What it means • Explain it simply No study guide needed. Just tap and understand. SAVE AND SHARE Double-tap to save the verses that speak to you and find them again anytime. Share any verse as a beautiful picture with friends and family on WhatsApp, Instagram, iMessage and more. PRAY WITH JESUS Tap "Pray with me" and follow an immersive guided prayer with a visual portrayal of Jesus, spoken narration and on-screen subtitles. Choose what's on your heart: Peace, Healing, Family, Marriage, Forgiveness, Strength, Guidance, Gratitude, Loss, Protection or Faith. Or choose "Just Pray" when you don't know where to begin. You don't need perfect words. Just a moment to pause, listen and pray. 2-MINUTE BIBLE STORIES The stories of the Bible retold in clear, modern language, beautifully illustrated and narrated. Read or listen in about 2 minutes: with your morning coffee, on a break or before bed. DAILY CHECK-IN WITH GOD Open Presence, press and hold for a quiet moment with God, and keep your daily streak alive. See your week at a glance. MUSIC FOR PRAYER, REST AND SLEEP Worship songs, calm music, sacred chants and sleep sounds to listen to while you pray, read or wind down at night. DAILY VERSE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Add the Holy Stories widget and keep a Bible verse close all day long. MAKE YOUR SCROLL TIME COUNT Most of us scroll for hours every day. Give 5 minutes of it to God. Open Holy Stories, swipe through Scripture and grow closer to Him, one verse at a time. Like social media, but you get closer to God. Bible text: Berean Standard Bible (BSB). SUBSCRIPTION Holy Stories offers auto-renewable subscriptions, with a free trial for eligible new users. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or at the end of the free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://holystories.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ScripturAI at none against Holy Stories's shown. ScripturAI also leads on ratings volume (30 vs 5). Holy Stories's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. ScripturAI sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Holy Stories sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.89 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Holy Stories holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScripturAI has 30 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ScripturAI ships an update every 4 days, Holy Stories every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScripturAI | Holy Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 167 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ScripturAI LLC | Golden Genius |
Customer experience
ScripturAI
Holy Stories
In-app purchases
ScripturAI
- ScripturAI Basic (Weekly)7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- ScripturAI Premium (Weekly)$7.997 Days
- Premium (Monthly)$9.991 Month
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- ScripturAI Basic (Monthly)$12.991 Month
- ScripturAI Pro (Weekly)$12.997 Days
- ScripturAI Premium (Monthly)$19.991 Month
- ScripturAI Pro (Monthly)$29.991 Month
- Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Holy Stories
- Weekly Plan$2.897 Days
- Weekly Plan3 Days trial$2.897 Days
- New Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Yearly Plan (1-Year)3 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Yearly Plan3 Days trial$44.991 Year









