Bible Authorized Version vs Altar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Authorized Version
Explore the King James Bible with an advanced search tool for word frequency and location. Features natural text interaction, customizable navigation, and the ability to save searches and verses. Study scripture locally on your device.
- Exegesis search tool
- Word frequency and location
- Natural text interaction
- Customizable navigation displays
- Save searches and verses
- Local device storage
- Dark Mode optimized
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Read everywhere and daily with Bible Authorized Version, the King James Bible app built for reading, searching, saving, and studying Scripture entirely offline, by grace from the KJB Pure Cambridge Edition 1900. Anyone interested in supporting app development may "Tip" from opening Bookcase, and selecting the ⓘ . The objective of BAV is to hide obtrusive distractions while providing advanced tools to learn the source text at a glance. Search the Bible by word or phrase, see where words appear, and compare how often they occur across the whole Bible or within a specific book. Select text naturally, save searches, save verses, and create Selection Groups for deeper study with Colloquies. The Bible is its own dictionary! 0. King James Bible is the infallible word! KJB is 100% free, and for $19.99, Source Text unlock allows USFM imports, or choose to download from available non-copyrighted versions. 1. Choose how you browse: Standard, Historical, or Alphabetical Bookshelves. 2. Decide your focus: Searches will display similar searches and wording, Saved is a primary quick-access selection group, Selections gives specific control over order and grouping of verses, and Colloquies is where you may write and build your own studies now that you have organized selections and can easily track where you were in the Bible from saved searches. 3. Take your focus to a whole new level by pausing where you're at and coming back to it later. Keep studies completely separate, or use each session for one spot in the Bible. So not only can you have unlimited Bibles, you can group each set so if resuming where you left off isn't enough, then you can resume "where you left off where you left off", because each Collection of Sessions has its own "active" Session. 4. Wrap everything together with Gestures and Settings Profiles. Each Settings Profile can have its own Gestures Profile, or all your Settings Profiles can have one Gesture Profile. Gesture between Sessions, Books, Chapters, and Verses depending on your preferred setup. Bible Authorized Version is designed to stay out of your way. Hide or show the interface with one tap, focus on the text, and use widgets (Verse over Photo widget or Sessions widget), notifications, and selections as a study tool for learning scripture. Features: · Sessions and Session Collections: group sessions and maintain separation of concerns as needed to strengthen your focus. · Bookcase and Bookshelves: browse books by order and expand search results. · Reader: customize font display and size settings for comfortable reading. · Search: space-sensitive word and phrase searching by 'match' and 'broad'. · Save, Star, Select, Study: read everywhere and daily - save searches, star your focused verses, select in groups and place groups into collections, and create your own Colloquies. · Local use: works completely on your own device. · Optional online use: chat integration allows you to text and share Selections, Colloquies, and Verses with friends and family. Must be enabled through "Settings" in the "Chat" tab. Parental controls may disable Chat. · Design: intended primarily for Dark Mode use. Specifications: · No opinionated commentary, red letters, or pilcrows (App Presets can be hidden from the Manage Presets option when selecting a Colloquy preset). · Contains italics. · Pure Cambridge. · Customizable Reader: font family, spacing, and all-chapters or single-chapter view. For more information: * Contact: [1611@With.LLC](mailto:1611@With.LLC)
Altar
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Altar is a warm, beautifully designed Bible app built for Christians who want to read Scripture together with their church and go deeper on their own. READ THE BIBLE Open any book, chapter, and verse across four translations. Bookmark your favorite passages, highlight in five colors, and search across the entire Bible. Sermon Mode gives you large, distraction-free text perfect for following along during worship. GENERATED STUDY Tap any verse for a plain-language explanation. Ask follow-up Study Room questions. Get chapter summaries, mood-based verse suggestions, devotionals, weekly reflections, and fill-in-the-blank memorization prompts. Free users receive 3 generated study uses per day. Altar Study unlocks unlimited generated study responses. SPIRITUAL PRACTICES Lectio Divina guides you through a four-step contemplative reading with gentle timers. The Daily Examen offers a five-step evening reflection based on the Ignatian tradition. Both practices are always free. MEMORIZE SCRIPTURE Flashcard-based memorization uses spaced repetition to help you retain verses over time. Review your cards for free; Altar Study can generate new fill-in-the-blank prompts when you want extra help. READING PLANS Browse curated multi-day plans, from a 7-day journey through grief to the Bible in a Year. Track daily progress and journal your reflections. JOIN YOUR CHURCH Your pastor creates a church on Altar and shares a simple invite code. Each week they assign readings, and Altar splits them into a daily plan for your group. Check in each day and see who's reading alongside you. CHURCH COMMUNITY Read announcements from your pastor. Watch linked sermons. Post prayer requests to a moderated prayer wall. View upcoming church events. Stay connected between Sundays. SERMON STUDIES When your pastor posts a sermon, Altar can prepare a cached 5-day study guide drawn directly from the sermon's Scripture references so your small group can go deeper all week. THE GARDEN Watch a botanical garden grow as you build a daily reading habit. New flowers, birds, butterflies, and paths unlock as milestones. Your garden never wilts; it just pauses when you do. PRIVACY No ads. No third-party tracking. Your reading activity is stored securely to power your personal stats and church group features. ALTAR STUDY Altar Study is an optional monthly subscription for unlimited generated study responses, including study explanations, Study Room questions, chapter summaries, weekly reflections, and new memorization flashcard generation. Bible reading, church content, Garden, stats, highlights, bookmarks, reading plans, Lectio, Examen, and memorization review remain free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled 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. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://altarbible.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://altarbible.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Altar at 15.1 against Bible Authorized Version's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bible Authorized Version sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Altar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bible Authorized Version ships an update weekly, Altar every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Bible Authorized Version | Altar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | With dot LLC | David Filipe Sousa Alves Pinto Sorreluz |
In-app purchases
Bible Authorized Version
- Small Tip$1.00
- Generous Tip$5.00
- Unlock Sources$19.99
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- Huge Tip$25.00
- Extraordinary Tip$100.00
- Wild Tip$1000.00
Altar
- Altar Study$2.991 Month
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