Lumina Scriptura vs Bless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lumina Scriptura
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Lumina Scriptura brings ancient wisdom to your fingertips with a beautifully crafted scripture reading experience. Explore multiple Bible translations from around the world, search for meaningful verses, and build your personal collection of bookmarks. With an elegant dark theme designed for comfortable reading and intuitive navigation through books and chapters, Lumina Scriptura transforms your daily scripture study into a serene and focused experience. Features include reading history tracking, adjustable text size, and seamless access to translations in numerous languages.
Bless
Explore the Catholic Bible presented as a scrollable feed, with each verse on its own screen. Access commentary from saints and Church documents, detailed study tools, and daily liturgical information. Personalize your experience with notes and reading streaks.
- Scrollable verse feed
- Commentary from saints and Church documents
- Verse study with original languages
- Liturgical calendar and saint of the day
- Daily verse and theme discovery
- Private notes and reading streaks
- Offline functionality
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You'll scroll either way. Scroll Scripture. Bless turns the Catholic Bible into a feed: one verse per screen, all 35,804 verses across all 73 books, beautifully set in dark ink and gold, or on warm parchment in light mode. Swipe at your own pace or let the feed carry you. WHERE THE SAINTS ARE THE COMMENTS Open the comments on any verse and you won't find anonymous opinions. You'll find Augustine, Aquinas, Thérèse of Lisieux, John Chrysostom, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every quote is labeled with its source, and honesty is the rule: "On this verse," "On this theme," or "Attributed," never invented, never anonymous. STUDY PROPERLY Every single verse carries a full study page: • Context: what's happening around the verse, chapter by chapter, plus an introduction to every book of the Bible. • Study: the verse in the Clementine Vulgate Latin; real Hebrew and Greek word study with transliteration and glosses, built from the Leningrad Codex and the Byzantine Majority Text; classic annotations; Catechism references. • Your Life: what this verse asks of you today. THE CHURCH'S OWN CALENDAR Today shows the liturgical season, the day's Mass readings resolved to full text, and the saint of the day. There is a saint for every day of the year, with biography, feast, and their own words. DISCOVER A daily deal of twelve cards connecting verses, themes, saints, and the Catechism, a different dozen every day. YOURS PRIVATELY Save verses, keep private notes, build a reading streak, see how much of the canon you've read. Widgets bring a verse and the saint of the day to your Home Screen. FREE AND HONEST ABOUT IT The Bible is free. Always. Unlimited reading, both translations, every comment, saving, search, Today, and sharing, free forever, no ads. Bless Premium adds the full Study depth (Hebrew and Greek word study, Challoner's annotations, Catechism links, Your Life), Discover's deep sections, private notes, and widgets. Monthly with a 3-day free trial, or yearly with a 7-day free trial. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing leaves your iPhone: the entire Bible, the calendar, and every quote ship inside the app, so it works completely offline. Optional AI features run entirely on your device with Apple Intelligence. BLESS PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Auto-renewing subscriptions are available: monthly ($4.99 with a 3-day free trial) or yearly ($29.99 with a 7-day free trial); prices may vary by territory. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, after any free trial. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://funnmedia.com/blessprivacy.html Terms of Use: https://funnmedia.com/bless-terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lumina Scriptura at none against Bless's 2. Lumina Scriptura also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Bless's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bless sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Lumina Scriptura asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lumina Scriptura ships an update every 6 weeks, Bless every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumina Scriptura | Bless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAMERZ BERIDZE | Funn Apps |
In-app purchases
Lumina Scriptura
No in-app purchases
Bless
- Bless Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Bless Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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