Comparison

ScriptureWriter vs Bible Reading Plan

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

Head to head
About

ScriptureWriter

This app transforms your iPad into a digital space for handwriting the Bible, verse by verse. It offers guided writing, multiple translation options, and personalization features to deepen your study and reflection.

Highlights
  • Handwrite Bible verses with Apple Pencil or finger
  • Multiple Bible translations and import options
  • Personalize font, text size, and background colors
  • Separate spaces for verses and personal notes
  • Export handwriting to PDF and create backups
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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ScriptureWriter - Hand-Copy the Bible (Optimized for iPad with Apple Pencil) Meditate Deeply Through Handwriting Scripture ScriptureWriter transforms your iPad into a sacred space for handwriting the Bible, verse by verse. Research shows that writing by hand engages your mind differently than typing—you slow down, process each word, and create deeper connections with the text. Now you can experience this profound method of Bible study with digital convenience. Write Scripture by Hand • Use Apple Pencil or your finger to handwrite any verse • Lined paper guides keep your writing neat • Adjustable canvas expands as you write • Separate spaces for copying verses and personal notes • Auto-saves your progress continuously Multiple Bible Translations • Includes preloaded Bible translations • Import your preferred translation in JSON format • Switch between translations while preserving your handwriting • Reorder and manage your Bible library Personalize Your Experience • Choose from 20+ fonts for Bible text display • Adjust text size for comfortable reading • Customize background colors for verse and notes areas • Change ink color retroactively to highlight insights • Drag divider to adjust Bible text and writing space Capture Divine Revelations • Toggle between Verse and Notes canvases • Write Scripture in one space, reflections in another • Each chapter has dedicated areas for both • Perfect for sermon preparation and devotional journaling Export & Backup Everything • Export all handwriting to beautiful PDFs • Create complete backups including translations and settings • Restore from backup to preserve your work • Share your handwritten Scripture with others Accessibility Features • Pencil-only or any-input modes • Supports both Apple Pencil and touch input • Large, readable text options • Smooth scrolling for extensive handwriting Perfect For: • Daily devotional practices • Bible memory work • Sermon preparation • Small group studies • Personal meditation • Scripture journaling • Theological students • Anyone seeking deeper engagement with God's Word System Requirements: • Optimized for iPad with Apple Pencil • Also works on iPhone Start your handwriting journey today and discover what God reveals as you write His Word.

About

Bible Reading Plan

Features
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Most reading plans hand you someone else's schedule. This one starts from what you want to read and when you want to be done. Pick the books — the whole Bible, one testament, or a selection you make yourself — set a start and a finish date, mark the days you do not read, and the plan follows. Pick the books. All 66, the Old Testament, the New Testament, or a grid where you tap the ones you want. Sixteen books for a season, or four gospels over Lent. The plan is rebuilt the moment you change the selection. By verses, not chapters. Psalms has 150 chapters and 2,461 verses. Obadiah has one chapter and 21. A plan that counts chapters gives you a twenty minute day and a two minute day and calls them equal. This one is verse-weighted, so the days come out even. Your finish date is a date, not a guess. Rest days come out of the real calendar and leap years get their extra day. The target after any day is cumulative, so rounding never leaves the total short — the last day lands exactly on the last verse. Fall behind, and you choose how to re-spread. Keep the finish date and read a little more each day, or keep the daily load and finish later. Both are shown with the numbers before you pick. Missing days is not treated as a failure and nothing is taken away from you for it. It carries no Bible text, only the structure of 66 books. There is no translation inside this app, no recorded reading, and no devotional writing. It works from the structure alone — 66 books, 1,189 chapters, 31,102 verses — and tells you which chapters and verses today's portion covers. You read them in whatever Bible you already use, on paper or in the app you already have. Share your progress as a card. The plan lives on this phone and nowhere else. There is no server behind it, so there is no sign-up, no password to lose, and no reason for the app to ask you for anything. Airplane mode changes nothing except that the optional ad stops loading. Languages: English, 한국어, 日本語, 繁體中文, Deutsch, Français, Español

Screenshots

ScriptureWriter4 screens
Bible Reading Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ScriptureWriter at none against Bible Reading Plan's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ScriptureWriter versus Bible Reading Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScriptureWriterBible Reading Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwww.GraceSelah.comJinwan Kim

In-app purchases

None

ScriptureWriter

No in-app purchases

None

Bible Reading Plan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ScriptureWriter free?
ScriptureWriter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bible Reading Plan free?
Bible Reading Plan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ScriptureWriter or Bible Reading Plan have ads?
Bible Reading Plan shows ads; ScriptureWriter does not.

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