Comparison

Christian Reader vs Truth

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

Head to head
About

Christian Reader

Access a vast collection of classic Christian writings, including works from the Early Church Fathers and Puritans. Enjoy these texts as both readable content and audiobooks, with features like real-time highlighting and background music for an immersive experience.

Highlights
  • Text and audiobook formats
  • Ambient background music
  • Real-time highlighting
  • Original and modern English translations
  • Library from Early Church to Puritans
Features
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Christian Reader brings the treasured writings of the Christian faith to your fingertips. Explore works from the Early Church Fathers through the Puritans - available as both text and audiobook, all in one app. Whether you're studying theology, deepening your devotional life, or discovering these classics for the first time, Christian Reader makes it easy to engage with the writings that have shaped the Church for centuries. KEY FEATURES • Text & Audiobook - Read or listen to classic Christian works at your own pace. • Background Music - Immerse yourself in the listening experience with ambient background music that accompanies the narration. • Real-Time Highlighting - Follow along as sentences are highlighted in sync with the audiobook narration. • Original & Modern English - Toggle between the original archaic English translations and a clear, modern English rendering. • A Growing Library - Access works spanning from the early centuries of the Church through the Puritan era. Christian Reader is for anyone who wants to sit at the feet of the great teachers of the faith. Download today and let the voices of the past speak into your present. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goodsoilapps.com/privacy.html

About

Truth

This app offers a peaceful, offline Bible reading experience with multiple ways to engage with scripture. It includes study tools like commentaries, cross-references, memory cards, and reading plans, all without AI or tracking.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible access
  • Verse Scroll and Page-Curl reader
  • Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
  • Cross-Reference Graph
  • Memory Cards with spaced repetition
  • 40+ Reading Plans
  • Prayer Journal and Verse Collections
Features
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The whole Bible on your device, in a reader that gets out of the way — and a study library underneath it for the days you want to go deeper. The King James text lives on your device, so Truth opens instantly and reads with no signal at all. READ YOUR WAY Choose how Scripture reaches you: Classic, a chapter to a page; Continuous, the whole Bible as one unbroken scroll from Genesis to Revelation; or Verse Scroll, one verse at a time. On iPad, Book Mode sets it as a real book with pages you turn. Verses or paragraphs, your size and typeface, and the words of Jesus in red. Highlight, write notes and leave bookmarks, all gathered in one place, and Truth keeps your place to the verse. 27 TRANSLATIONS The King James is built in, and 26 more download once and then work offline: the Berean Standard Bible, the Literal Standard Version, Young's Literal, the Geneva Bible, the ASV, the World English Bible, the Douay–Rheims, six German Bibles including Luther 1912 and Schlachter 1951, and the Hebrew and Greek texts, from the Westminster Leningrad Codex to the Textus Receptus and the Septuagint. Compare any verse across the ones you have. HEAR IT READ Human-narrated Audio Bibles, in plain narration or full-cast drama. On the King James and ESV readings, the verse being spoken lights up as it goes. Keeps playing with the screen off and picks up where you stopped. Recordings from Bible Brain, provided by Faith Comes By Hearing. STUDY ANYTHING Tap a verse for the Hebrew and Greek behind it, cross-references, Matthew Henry's commentary, the people and places in it, and old words explained in plain English. Every person and place has a page of its own, and Chapter Study shows where the New Testament quotes the Old, from either side. The library holds Easton's Bible Dictionary, a full concordance, Nave's Topical Bible, the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, a map and a timeline. Commentary is always labelled as commentary, never mixed in with Scripture. STUDY DESK AND PDF BUILDER Lay a study out as cards, group them into sections, connect them with labelled links, and add voice notes. Then turn it into a handout: passages, fill-in-the-blank verses, lines for writing and an answer key, printed on US Letter or A4 or read on a Kindle Scribe, on sixteen paper colours. Keep your copy with your notes and share a clean one. KEEP Your highlights, notes, prayers, plans and progress on every device you read on, with no account and no password. It stays off until you turn it on, and you choose what each device keeps. ON IPAD Book Mode, Split for two translations side by side, a Study Desk with room to spread out, keyboard shortcuts, and Apple Pencil: write in the margin beside any verse, and your ink stays with it. ON APPLE WATCH Read a chapter, hear it narrated, log a prayer, note something you're grateful for, and keep your streak, from your wrist. ALSO • Reading plans laid out as a path, each day ticked off as you read • Memorise verses, trivia, Copywork, and a course in the old German script • Verse of the Day, with a daily reminder • Quiet mode on iPhone: just the Word, with everything else a tap away • Widgets, twenty app icons, and themes including warm parchment • Share a verse as an image, or set it as your wallpaper • Search by word, by reference, or by plain question • 59 How-To guides, and a chat where a real person answers No ads. No account needed. No tracking.

Screenshots

Christian Reader4 screens
Truth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Christian Reader at 5.0 against Truth's 4.8. Christian Reader also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Christian Reader sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Truth sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Christian Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Christian Reader ships an update every 9 days, Truth weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Christian Reader versus Truth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChristian ReaderTruth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings610 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB306 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGood Soil Apps LLCCurtis Waldner

Customer experience

Christian Reader

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Truth

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Christian Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
4 purchases

Truth

One-time4
  • Supporter$2.99
  • Friend$5.99
  • Patron$11.99
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  • Founding Supporter$24.99

Questions

Is Christian Reader free?
Christian Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Truth free?
Truth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Christian Reader or Truth?
Christian Reader is rated higher. Christian Reader averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Truth averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Christian Reader or Truth have ads?
Neither Christian Reader nor Truth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Christian Reader or Truth?
Christian Reader ships an update every 9 days, and Truth weekly. Most recently, Christian Reader was updated on October 9, 2026 and Truth on October 10, 2026.

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