Luther Bibel vs JSM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luther Bibel
Access and read the Bible offline with this application. It offers features for bookmarking, sharing verses, and searching the full text. Customize your reading experience with adjustable text size, fonts, and colors.
- Offline Bible reading
- Verse bookmarking and sharing
- Full text search
- Customizable text and background
- Easy navigation
- Add, edit, and delete notes
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Hello holiness comes to you!! Now you can read all the beautiful revelations of god through this app. The most important thing is that it doesn't consume your Internet. Read it peacefully and be blessed. The following features have been implemented: - Support for the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad - Swipe the Verse to Bookmark and Share - Easy and Quick Navigation - An swift access to bookmark and back to other chapters with verses. - Support for sharing the bible in social media (Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp) - Sharing your daily content of bible with E-Mail and SMS - Full text search - Ability to add, edit and delete notes. - Read easier with settings like text size, fonts, text color and background color.
JSM
Access an interactive and audio version of "The Expositor’s Study Bible" with in-depth commentary. Explore "The Evangelist Magazine" and gain a deeper understanding of scripture through detailed notes from Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
- Interactive study Bible
- Audio Bible version
- Expository notes
- Searchable text
- Highlighting and bookmarking
- Commentary toggle
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Jimmy Swaggart Ministries This app contains an interactive version of “The Expositor’s Study Bible” by Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, an audio version of “The Expositor’s Study Bible” as well as “The Evangelist Magazine” – the monthly publication of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is the author of The Expositor’s Study Bible (ESB). To date, the ESB has been translated from its original English version into Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, and has sold more than 1.8 million copies. In the 1990s, the Lord impressed upon Brother Swaggart to produce a study Bible that would be easy for preachers and laypeople alike to read and understand. In the latter part of that decade (1997), the Lord revealed to him the Message of the Cross, which revolutionized the evangelist’s life and ministry. As understanding of “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” continued to unfold, Brother Swaggart knew this message would serve as the cornerstone for the study Bible he had been instructed by the Lord to produce, as well as for his worldwide ministry. In 2001, the Holy Spirit showed Brother Swaggart the format of how this Bible would be presented, which he and his staff followed to the letter, making the ESB one of the most unique Bibles in the world today. All Scripture text inside the ESB is typeset in black, making the Word of God stand out against the red expository notes that follow nearly every verse. This user-friendly format seems to please readers who appreciate the in-depth commentary so visually close to the sacred text. Since the primary goal of this project was to help explain the Scriptures, the word expositor was chosen for its title. Each expository note draws from six decades of Brother Swaggart’s personal Bible study and the insights he’s collected from some of the finest Hebrew and Greek scholars in the world. This single resource, just under 2,500 pages, gives readers the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the Word of God in a way, according to the evangelist, that the Holy Spirit desires. FEATURES This interactive app makes the navigation from Book, Chapter and Verse much easier than traditional e-Book versions. As well, the reader is able to search, highlight, comment, bookmark and turn Brother Swaggart’s commentary notes off and on at one simple touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Luther Bibel at 100% against JSM's 31%. Luther Bibel also leads on price (Free vs $39.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.1). JSM's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 57 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Luther Bibel is free to download; JSM costs $39.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Luther Bibel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JSM has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Luther Bibel's written reviews are positive against 31% of JSM's.
Luther Bibel ships an update every 57 months, JSM every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luther Bibel | JSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $39.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.1 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 57 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 309 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arun Soundarrajan | Jimmy Swaggart Ministries |
Customer experience
Luther Bibel
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In-app purchases
Luther Bibel
No in-app purchases
JSM
No in-app purchases
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