Modern Bible vs MannaForMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Modern Bible
This app offers a modern, easy-to-read translation of the Bible with interactive devotions and AI-powered explanations. It features a user-friendly interface designed for one-handed navigation and a clean dark mode for comfortable reading.
- Modern language translation
- Interactive daily devotions
- AI-powered verse explanations
- Chapter summaries and Q&A
- One-handed navigation
- Dark mode and customizable themes
- Verse sharing and note-taking
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Modern Bible is a Bible rebuilt from the ground up for the next generation: easy modern language, a clean dark design, smooth one-handed navigation, and devotions you actually take part in. A Bible made for today's readers and today's phones. 1. A Translation That Reads Naturally We replaced archaic, difficult expressions with the words we use today. Even first-time readers can read from beginning to end without stumbling. Classic translations are available alongside. (Powered by AI) 2. A Library You Flip Like Paper Swipe through paper-textured book and chapter cards with one hand to find your place. No cluttered top menus — every feature sits within reach of your thumb, with silky 120Hz scrolling and subtle haptics you can feel. 3. Commentary Right Beneath Every Verse When a passage is hard, a concise explanation opens right below the verse. No need to switch to another commentary app — understanding keeps pace with your reading. For a deeper look, search any verse for a detailed AI explanation. 4. Summaries and Q&A for Every Chapter Each chapter comes with a short summary and key questions. Get the big picture before you read, and settle your questions after. 5. Interactive Daily Devotions Not a devotion you just read. Open each day's devotion one step at a time, choose the burdens on your heart and lay them down before the Word as the words turn to embers, then close your day with "Amen" and watch it recorded on your devotion calendar. Quiet background music is available. 6. A Fresh Feed Every Day Verse cards, Bible quizzes, daily Q&A, words of faith, Bible background, Ask AI, sacred art devotions, and verses for your mood — something new arrives every day. 7. Tools at Your Thumb Tap a verse and share, copy, note, highlight, commentary, search and parallel tools appear instantly. Turn a verse that moves you into a beautiful verse card with your choice of background and font. 8. Easy-on-the-Eyes Dark Mode Dark by default, so you can read comfortably even at night. Light themes, paper colors and fonts are all yours to choose. 9. Nine Languages Korean, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, Hindi, and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Read translations and commentary in your own language. 10. Fast Updates Shaped by You Modern Bible was designed from day one to improve quickly. Your feedback goes straight into the next update. Feedback and bug reports: contact@hesedemet.com
MannaForMe
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MannaForMe is a free Bible app built around three things: reading Scripture, asking real questions about it, and seeing where it happened. READ Six translations, one tap apart — Berean Standard Bible, World English Bible, King James Version, NET, NIV and NKJV. Adjustable text size, chapter-by-chapter navigation across book boundaries, and your place saved so you can pick up where you left off on any device. ASK Ask about a passage, a person, or a question of faith, and get an answer drawn from Scripture and named commentary — with every source shown, so you can check it rather than take it on trust. If an answer leans on Matthew Henry or Keil-Delitzsch, you can open the passage it drew from and judge for yourself. SEE Maps of the places in the chapter you are reading, plus more than a hundred public-domain and openly licensed illustrations and maps: the tabernacle and its furnishings, Gustave Dore's engravings, purpose-made maps of the Gospels and Paul's journeys. Every image carries its source and license. NOTES AND BOOKMARKS Keep notes anchored to a passage, bookmark what you want to return to, and search the text. FREE, AND STAYING THAT WAY No ads. No subscription. No paid tier, now or later. No trackers or analytics of any kind. MannaForMe is funded by donations on the website, never in the app. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO It will not counsel you. When a message suggests someone may be in danger, the app answers with real helplines instead of commentary — and that check runs before any AI sees the message, so it cannot be skipped by an outage or a model getting it wrong. Your conversations and notes are private to your account and are never sold, shared, or used to train anything. You can delete your account, and everything attached to it, from inside the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Modern Bible at every 2 days against MannaForMe's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Modern Bible ships an update every 2 days, MannaForMe weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Modern Bible | MannaForMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hesed & Emet | Kvell Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Modern Bible
No in-app purchases
MannaForMe
No in-app purchases
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