Comparison

verses vs Rubric

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

Head to head
About

verses

Display your favorite Bible verses on your home and lock screens. Customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds to keep scripture visible at a glance. This app prioritizes privacy with no accounts or data tracking.

Highlights
  • Home and lock screen scripture display
  • Customizable fonts and colors
  • Personalized background images
  • User-defined verse selection
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Widget customization
Features
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Keep the verses from the Bible you want to memorize or see in front of you, always. When we open our phones, Scripture should be the first thing we see. No questionnaire to figure out who you are and no collecting of your data. Simply download, type or paste the reference and the verse itself, then set it as your widget on your Home Screen and/or Lock Screen. Then in the app make every verse your own with custom fonts, colors, alignment, text sizes, and your own background images, positioned for each widget size. See exactly how it will look before you set it with the always in view preview on the customization screen. In the app, organize the verses you save into collections like anxiety, hope, peace, healing, and strength, or create your own with the name and color you choose. Point your widget at one verse, or let a whole collection rotate so a different one meets you through the day. Have a super long passage? No problem, paste it in and your verse will auto format to every widget for you. Simply tap the verses on your widget if it's longer to continue it and go back to the beginning. Your verses stay yours. Everything syncs privately through your own iCloud, with no account to create and no one watching. You choose the verses that the Lord has placed on your heart to see everyday, not the other way around. Enjoy and may this app enrich, grow, and deepen your relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rubric

Features
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Trade a few minutes of scrolling for Scripture. Rubric turns the gesture you already know into time in the Word. Swipe up for the next verse — chosen from the topics you care about — and when one speaks to you, open its chapter and keep reading. FOR YOU • A feed of verses from 24 topics: peace, anxiety, hope, strength, grief, marriage, work and more • Fresh verses first — no repeats for two weeks • Double-tap to save, long-press for related passages READ • The whole Bible, verse by verse, with a chapter progress rule • King James Version, World English Bible and Berean Standard Bible • Words of Jesus in red, LORD set in small capitals as in a printed Bible A DAILY RHYTHM • A small daily goal and a streak that keeps you coming back • Gentle reminders through the day, each carrying its own verse ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets with a new verse every hour • Save any verse as a Lock Screen wallpaper MADE TO SHARE • Turn any verse into a beautiful story-sized card PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No account, no sign-in. Your saves and notes stay on your iPhone. • Every translation works without a connection. RUBRIC PREMIUM Unlock all 24 topics and every share-card style. Start with a free week; we’ll remind you before it ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Scripture: KJV, WEB and BSB are in the public domain. Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC-BY). Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

verses4 screens
Rubric4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: verses at 4 against Rubric's 1. verses also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. verses sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rubric sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
verses versus Rubric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterversesRubric
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB35 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperTD Studios, LLCSedat Ates

In-app purchases

1 purchases

verses

One-time1
  • verses full version$4.99
2 purchases

Rubric

Subscriptions2
  • Rubric Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rubric Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is verses free?
verses is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rubric free?
Rubric is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do verses or Rubric have ads?
Neither verses nor Rubric shows ads.

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