Quiet History vs The Basic Bible
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quiet History
Drift off to sleep with expertly narrated stories from history, nature, and fantasy. Personalize your experience by choosing topics and even creating your own unique tales. Features include ambient sounds, a sleep timer, and progress tracking.
- Hundreds of narrated sleep stories
- Personalized story creation
- Choice of narrators and themes
- Ambient sounds and music
- Sleep timer and playback controls
- Nightly listening streak tracking
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History stories to fall asleep to, narrated slowly. Quiet History is a library of narrated history stories, most of them half an hour or longer. Every story is based on real history and read slowly, to fall asleep to. WHAT'S INSIDE - More than two hundred narrated history stories, grouped into series by era, place and theme - The first night of every series is free - A page for every story, with a short description of what it is about - A sleep timer that fades the story out - Background sounds you can set separately from the voice - Background playback, with lock screen and Control Center controls PREMIUM A subscription opens every story in the library and the video versions of the stories that have them. Subscribers also get one custom story each month: choose a subject from history, and we write and narrate a story about it. The first custom story comes after the free trial. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Subscriptions renew until cancelled, and you can cancel any time in your Apple account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.quiethistory.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.quiethistory.com/privacy/
The Basic Bible
This app makes learning scripture engaging for families with animated stories, read-aloud narration, and interactive quizzes. It features AI-powered Bible search and sermon summaries to deepen understanding of God's Word at home or church.
- Illustrated Bible stories for kids
- Read-aloud narration
- Quizzes and memory verses
- AI Bible Search
- Sermon summarizing
- Wholesome games
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The Basic Bible helps families learn Scripture together through simple Bible stories, narration, quizzes, games, sermon summaries, and AI-powered Bible search. Designed for kids and parents, it makes reading, remembering, and talking about God’s Word easier at home or church. - Illustrated Bible stories for kids - Read-aloud narration - Quizzes and memory verses - AI Bible Search for faith questions - Sermon recording, transcribing, and summarizing - Family-friendly design - Games that are wholesome and designed for fun and memory Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Basic Bible at 5.0 against Quiet History's 3.7. The Basic Bible also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Quiet History sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and The Basic Bible sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
The Basic Bible holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Basic Bible has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Quiet History ships an update every 4 days, The Basic Bible every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quiet History | The Basic Bible |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FTP Travel LLC | Isaac Barker |
Customer experience
Quiet History
The Basic Bible
In-app purchases
Quiet History
- Premium Subscription$6.991 Month
- Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Plus Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Premium Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Premium Plus Yearly$109.991 Year
- 1 Credit$9.99
- 3 Credits$24.99
- 10 Credits$69.99
The Basic Bible
- The Basic Bible Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- The Basic Bible Pro Annual$33.991 Year
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