Comparison

BSV Bible vs Scripture Alone Bible

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

Head to head
About

BSV Bible

This app offers a free, ad-free Bible reading experience with daily plans, notes, and audio. Optional premium features include in-depth word study, cross-references, and inductive marking for a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Complete Bible in BSV translation
  • Daily reading plans and reflections
  • Notes, highlights, and memory verses
  • Native audio playback
  • Greek and Hebrew word study
  • Cross-references and inductive marking
Features
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BSV Bible — for people who study the Word. Bible reading, plans, notes, highlights, memory verses, and audio — all completely free, forever. No ads. No subscription nag. No tracking. Your notes never leave your device. Optional Premium adds three deep study tools for one lifetime price: Greek and Hebrew word study, cross-references, and inductive marking. One purchase, every device, every future update. — FREE FOR EVERYONE — • The complete Bible in the Biblical Standard Version (BSV) — faithful to the original languages • Daily reading plans • Daily Proverb with a brief reflection • Memory verses with progress tracking • Notes, bookmarks, and color-coded highlights • Native audio playback for any chapter • Five reading themes (minimal, parchment, deep dark, and more) • Compare translations side by side • Backup and restore your entire study library • Holy Land map with journey overlays — Jesus' ministry, Exodus to Canaan, Abraham's travels • Reading reminders that live on your device • Share any verse as a clean image — PREMIUM ($9.99 LIFETIME) — WORD STUDY — Tap any word to see its Greek or Hebrew root, transliteration, Strong's number, and a careful definition. The original languages get to speak. CROSS-REFERENCES — Five Scripture-interprets-Scripture connections for any verse, each with a short explanation of the link. Built to favor direct biblical connections over speculative theology. INDUCTIVE MARKING — Mark words across the whole Bible by category — key terms, repeated phrases, characters, time markers, locations. Categories travel with you from passage to passage so you can see structure and theme at a glance. — ABOUT THE BSV — The Biblical Standard Version is an original translation by Straight Truth Press, built from a let-Scripture-interpret-Scripture hermeneutic. The translation principles are deliberate: baptizo is rendered "immerse," ekklesia is rendered "assembly," hagioi is rendered "God's people." We don't smuggle denominational baggage into the original meanings — we let the words mean what they mean. — PRIVACY-FIRST — No ads. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your notes, highlights, and reading history live only on your device. The only data we record is whether you have an active premium entitlement — and even that is anonymous. — SUPPORT — Email support@straighttruthpress.com — every message read, every reasonable feature request considered. Read deeper. Study honest. Welcome to BSV Bible.

About

Scripture Alone Bible

Features
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Scripture Alone is a Bible for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, built for one thing: studying God's word without anything in the way. No ads. No trackers. No accounts. The Bible lives on your device, so it works anywhere, online or off. Read the whole Bible, offline The New American Standard Bible — NASB 2020 is on your device from the moment it installs. The NASB 1995, American Standard Version, Berean Standard Bible and King James Version download the first time you choose one. Full-text search, the words of Christ in red, poetry set as poetry, and footnotes a tap away. What the Bible says about what you're going through Topics gathers passages for 72 themes — anxiety, grief, loneliness, fear, marriage, waiting and more — in the translation you read. Type a feeling like "anxious" in Go To and its topic comes up. In English, Nave's Topical Bible is there too, A to Z. Bring your own Bibles Import a DRM-free ePub, a Bible PDF with a text layer or a USFM file you own, or browse the openly licensed translations on eBible.org. A study Bible brings its notes, introductions, essays and maps; the words of Christ carry over in red; and your imports reach your other devices through your iCloud. The ESV, CSB and NKJV can be read with your own publisher key, or from a copy you've imported. In your language Also in Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese and Italian, each with a whole Bible of its own. A built-in, illustrated User Guide in your language covers every feature. Make it comfortable Seven typefaces, adjustable size and spacing, five themes, paragraphs or verse by verse, full Dynamic Type, two columns on a wide screen, and auto-scroll into the next chapter. Go straight there Type "jn 3 16" or "rom 8:28-39" to jump to a passage, or search any word or phrase. Highlight, note and favorite Highlight in five colors, favorite the verses you return to, and attach notes to one or more passages — a Sunday sermon on Romans 8:1–17, say. The Highlights list gathers every marked verse in Bible order, and Notes, Highlights and Favorites narrow to one book or chapter. Export notes as PDF, Markdown or text, or bring years of them in from Life Bible (formerly Tecarta) or a CSV. Snap the sermon slide Photograph the slide at church and Scripture Alone starts your note: titled, linked to every passage on the slide, its points ready to fill in. The photo is read on your device, never uploaded. Listen Hear any chapter read aloud with your device's voices, the spoken verse marked as it goes — or in Studio voices with a Mi Speaks Premium subscription (a separate app). Study mode, a toggle away Ranked cross-references, commentary from Calvin, Gill and Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, the Hebrew and Greek word by word with parsing, Strong's numbers and a lexicon in every translation, and Context for every chapter: an overview, a map of the places it names, its era on a timeline, and charts of the kings, Paul's journeys, the tribes and the feasts. Share beautifully Design a verse image from eight templates, or share a link that rebuilds it in any browser — nothing is stored on a server. On your wrist and Home Screen Verse of the Day and Favorites widgets, and an Apple Watch app with the NASB 2020 built in and a complication. It reads offline, follows your iPhone's translation and carries your highlights, favorites and notes, in your iPhone's accent color. A Bible to hand down Make a Keepsake Bible: a file of your highlights and notes, with a dedication, that your family can read as you marked it — a digital "Dad's Bible". Private by design Your highlights, notes and favorites sync across your devices through your private iCloud. No server, no account; the developer never sees your data. Scripture Alone is open source under the AGPL, so anyone can read what it does. Built to help people study God's word and grow closer to Christ. NASB 2020 and NASB 1995 © The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org

Screenshots

BSV Bible4 screens
Scripture Alone Bible4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scripture Alone Bible at none against BSV Bible's 1. Scripture Alone Bible also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). BSV Bible's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BSV Bible sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scripture Alone Bible asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BSV Bible ships an update weekly, Scripture Alone Bible every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BSV Bible versus Scripture Alone Bible: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBSV BibleScripture Alone Bible
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStraight Truth PressBlaine Miller

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BSV Bible

One-time1
  • Premium$9.99
None

Scripture Alone Bible

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BSV Bible free?
BSV Bible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scripture Alone Bible free?
Scripture Alone Bible is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BSV Bible or Scripture Alone Bible have ads?
Neither BSV Bible nor Scripture Alone Bible shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BSV Bible or Scripture Alone Bible?
BSV Bible ships an update weekly, and Scripture Alone Bible every 2 days. Most recently, BSV Bible was updated on October 12, 2026 and Scripture Alone Bible on October 24, 2026.

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