Wert aus Rezensionen: 90 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 343.629 Bewertungen
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Blue Letter Bible is a tool for serious study: people use the concordance, cross references, commentaries and original Hebrew text nearly every day for years. One thing grates badly: the app asks for a review on every launch, and regulars deliberately give it one star for that, not for quality. As for real gaps, they ask for more translations, a usable audio Bible with text highlighting, and picking a verse rather than only a chapter.
Gelobt
Concordance, cross references, commentaries, Hebrew text study, tools for deep study, works for years
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Review prompt on every launch, few translations, clunky audio Bible with no text highlighting, can't start from a specific verse only a chapter, unwanted music
Für wen: People who study the Bible seriously and want commentaries, a concordance and the original text
Wert aus Rezensionen: 88 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 13.503.225 Bewertungen
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People love YouVersion for putting the whole Bible in their pocket: reading plans, translations in many languages, audio and reminders keep them in a daily rhythm. The nagging review prompt after every share and the popup prayer block annoy them. Some long-time readers say the last year's redesign broke the flow and that streaks now matter more than the reading itself.
Gelobt
Reading plans, verse of the day, audio narration, many translations and languages, verse highlighting, Open Dyslexic font, reminders keep the habit
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Review prompt after every share, popup prayer block after sharing, redesigned interface over the past year, streaks pushed over actual reading, some plans feel shallow
Für wen: Anyone who wants to read the Bible daily by plan, listen to audio and keep the habit
Wert aus Rezensionen: 85 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 13.737 Bewertungen
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The main draw is seeing several Bible translations side by side and peeking at the original Greek and Hebrew words right in the text, which is powerful for study. It stumbles on a recent update that dropped KJV, removed font control and forces you to rotate the phone, and some people rolled back to the old version through settings.
Gelobt
Comparing up to five translations side by side, interlinear with Greek and Hebrew, per-word study on tap, notes and highlighting, free base version
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New update removed KJV and font control, can't load the same version twice, can't highlight individual words, no red-letter mode, support button doesn't send an email
Für wen: People who study Scripture in depth and compare translations, students and teachers of the Word
Platz 4. Wert aus Rezensionen: 82 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 17.661 Bewertungen
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People keep it as a daily centering prayer practice based on Thomas Keating: a timer for silence, start and end sound cues, opening and closing readings that help you settle in. It is minimalist and does not ask for 60 dollars a year, which people are grateful for. It breaks on the technical side: the screen goes dark on auto-lock and you have to change phone settings, volume and the ending chime do not always work, there is no watch version, and the app has not been updated in a long time.
Gelobt: Timer for silence, start and end sound cues, opening and closing readings, minimalism, choice of backgrounds and sounds, inexpensive
Kritik: Screen goes dark on auto-lock, ending chime and volume do not always work, no watch version, not updated in a long time, cannot add your own readings
Für wen: Those who practice centering or contemplative prayer and want a simple silence timer with readings based on Keating
Platz 5. Wert aus Rezensionen: 80 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 45.312 Bewertungen
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People are thrilled that such a rich set of material is free: daily reflections, Bible in a Year, the rosary, calm narration, and it even helps those just moving toward Catholicism. It stumbles on the tech: after updates the app sometimes crashes on launch or plays nothing, and it floods you with dozens of mass-reading notifications with no proper controls. People ask for continuous playback and captions.
Gelobt: Rich free library of material, daily reflections and Bible in a Year, the rosary, calm pleasant narration, helpful for newcomers to Catholicism
Kritik: Crashes on launch after updates, sometimes nothing plays, floods you with mass notifications with no fine control, no continuous playback or captions, glitchy home screen
Für wen: Catholics and those moving toward the faith who want daily reflections, the rosary and Bible in a Year in one free app
Platz 6. Wert aus Rezensionen: 78 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 318.219 Bewertungen
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People value Olive Tree as a powerful study tool: word search, definitions, notes, highlighting, a reading program, some have stuck with it for 15-20 years. It breaks on pushy notifications that nudge you to buy more books and on a bright red badge you can't clear until you open the offer. There are also real failures: the app started crashing and freezing the phone after iOS updates, loss of access after switching phones, and paid books are pricey.
Gelobt: Word search and definitions, notes and highlighting, reading program, tech support, works for years, everything needed in one place
Kritik: Pushy notifications nudging you to buy more books, a red badge you can't clear, crashes and freezes after iOS updates, loss of access after switching phones, pricey paid books, clunky navigation
Für wen: People doing serious Bible study with notes and search who don't mind buying more books
Platz 7. Wert aus Rezensionen: 78 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 47.174 Bewertungen
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A strong study tool: people praise the clean font, simple readable layout, built-in dictionary, Greek and Hebrew lexicons, commentaries and notes all at hand. It breaks on the small everyday details: the app keeps logging you out and demanding a fresh sign-in, the reading plan does not sync across devices, and words and phrases occasionally go missing in the text. And people miss having audio.
Gelobt: Clean readable font, simple clear layout, built-in dictionary and lexicons, commentaries and reference tools at hand, easy notes and highlighting
Kritik: Constantly forces you to sign in again, reading plan does not sync across devices, no audio, words occasionally missing in the text, cannot open a chapter without picking a specific verse
Für wen: People who study the Bible seriously and want dictionaries, lexicons and notes in one place, and who do not mind the lack of audio
Platz 8. Wert aus Rezensionen: 78 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 13.785 Bewertungen
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People value it as a ready-made Catholic prayer book and Bible in one place, especially for walking you through the rosary and novenas when you don't remember the wording. It breaks down on ads you sometimes physically can't close, and on the iPhone version being poorer than Android, missing some of the study tools.
Gelobt: Guided rosary and novenas, Gospel-of-the-day reflection, multilingual interface, everything in one app
Kritik: Intrusive ads with a close button you can't reach, iPhone version poorer than Android, no voice choice for audio, Bible stays in English after switching language
Für wen: Catholics who want a ready prayer book and rosary and novena prompts on hand
Platz 9. Wert aus Rezensionen: 78 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 9.156 Bewertungen
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A short morning reflection plus a verse, a practice and a prayer sets the tone for the day, and the journaling feature, where you write in the evening how you applied the day's theme, is a favorite. The design pulls people in too, the color palette genuinely shapes the morning mood. It breaks on small things: the word of the day and the podcast audio often don't line up by date, and after updates the app either crashes on launch or shows a blank screen.
Gelobt: Short morning reflection with verse, practice and prayer, journaling on the day's theme, beautiful color palette and design, ease of use
Kritik: Word of the day and podcast audio don't line up by date, crashes and blank screen after updates, paywall on favorites after three cards, small white font with no size setting, reflections too short for some
Für wen: People who want a short Christian start to the day with a verse and prayer and like keeping a reflection journal without spending much time
Platz 10. Wert aus Rezensionen: 74 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 169.028 Bewertungen
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People pour thousands into their Logos library over 15 years and live deep inside it, and that is what keeps them: cross references, word study, lexicons, the critical points in a passage. It breaks where features they used to have, like word study and the lexicon, were moved behind a paid subscription, where the iPad behaves nothing like the desktop, and where the app crashes and reading plans got rebuilt around confusing time metrics instead of chapters.
Gelobt: Depth of study, cross referencing, lexicons and word study, critical points in a passage, huge library of resources
Kritik: Features moved behind a paid subscription, crashes and instability, iPad does not work like the computer, broken chapter-based reading plans, audio skips in CarPlay
Für wen: People who seriously study the Bible in the original languages and are willing to invest in a large resource library
Platz 11. Wert aus Rezensionen: 74 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 21.581 Bewertungen
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The main thing people hold onto is order in their prayer life: a list of requests with titles, reminders, and marking answered prayers so you can see how God responded. People run groups, add photos and comments. It breaks on small things that pile up: no iPad or watch version, tiny font with no size setting, reminders drift off schedule, and forced sign-up plus a request to upload all your contacts at once scare some people off.
Gelobt: Prayer list with titles, marking answered prayers, reminders, groups with photos and comments, breakdown by topic
Kritik: No iPad or watch version, tiny non-adjustable font, reminders arrive at the wrong time, forced sign-up, uploading all contacts at once
Für wen: Those who want to keep a list of prayer requests, mark answered ones, and share them in a group
Platz 12. Wert aus Rezensionen: 72 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 153.458 Bewertungen
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The main draw: notes attached right to the verse that are easy to pull back up, a pile of translations in one place (NIV, KJV, ESV, NLT, CSB), and strong search across scripture. It breaks where basic actions are made harder than in rival apps: highlighting a verse is fiddly, line spacing throws off reading long passages, the promised audio is missing, and the app keeps pushing you to log in.
Gelobt: Notes attached to the verse, many translations in one place, strong text search, daily reading
Kritik: Awkward verse highlighting, harder than rivals at basic actions, off line spacing, no audio, pushy login prompts
Für wen: People who read daily, keep notes, and like comparing translations
Platz 13. Wert aus Rezensionen: 72 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 34.544 Bewertungen
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The simple honest idea works: a verse of the day arrives as a notification, sets the tone for the morning, and people use it for years and value how timely the verses feel. The weak spot is the content itself: the verses repeat year after year and feel shallow, there is no choice of translation like NASB, and sometimes notifications just do not arrive so you have to open the app manually. People want more depth and variety.
Gelobt: Verse of the day arrives as a notification and sets the tone for the morning, timely verses, simplicity and lightness, years-long habit, easy to share
Kritik: Verses repeat year after year, the selection is shallow and not deep, no choice of Bible translation, notifications sometimes fail to arrive
Für wen: People who want a light daily verse to set the tone for the day without deep study, and who value a simple unobtrusive reminder
Platz 14. Wert aus Rezensionen: 72 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 9.265 Bewertungen
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People love this one for being clean and ad-free. The lock-screen widget with a countdown to the next prayer is the main reason many switched from flashier apps. The sore spot: the full adhan cuts off after 5 seconds, and people beg to play it in full without opening the notification. They also report wrong prayer times in some countries and a widget that drifted off-center after an update, with its progress bar no longer working.
Gelobt: No ads, clean simple design, lock-screen and home-screen widget with a countdown, reminders for each prayer, qibla direction
Kritik: Full adhan cuts off after 5 seconds, wrong prayer times in some countries, watch and phone out of sync, widget drifted off-center and the bar stopped working after an update, heavy mobile data use, quiet adhan volume
Für wen: Muslims who want accurate prayer reminders and qibla without ads, especially those who value lock-screen widgets and Apple Watch
Platz 15. Wert aus Rezensionen: 70 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 370.075 Bewertungen
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People value Hallow for the depth of Catholic prayer: the Rosary, Lent challenges, readings from Dostoevsky and the daily gospel genuinely give people hope back. It breaks on money: people write about being charged $120 instead of the promised $12, a painful subscription cancellation with no refund, and some are put off that much is locked behind payment. Glitches, late reminders and reset streaks also annoy.
Gelobt: The Rosary and Catholic prayers, Lent fasts and challenges, daily gospel and reflection, gives hope back, helps start a faith journey
Kritik: Charges larger than promised, painful cancellation with no refund, much locked behind payment, glitches and crashes, late reminders, streaks reset after an update
Für wen: Catholics and anyone who wants a prayer life through the Rosary, fasts and meditations, and is willing to pay for a subscription
Platz 16. Wert aus Rezensionen: 70 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 12.083 Bewertungen
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People stay for Moody's biblically sound, life-applicable daily reflection that they've read for decades. The switch to an AI voice instead of a live reader, which they call soulless, spoils it, along with low contrast of gray text on white and glitches where the app opens the wrong day or stops working in the evening.
Gelobt: Biblically sound daily reflection from Moody, life applicability, convenience over the paper booklet, updated clean interface
Kritik: Switch to a soulless AI voice instead of a live reader, gray-on-white text hard to read, opens the wrong day, stops working in the evening on the west coast, must keep a finger on the screen while listening
Für wen: People who want a short, doctrinally reliable daily reflection, especially Moody alumni and readers
Platz 17. Wert aus Rezensionen: 68 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 23.031 Bewertungen
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People use it as a short verse of the day before bed or prayer, praising the pretty backgrounds and the one-tap way to pull a line from Scripture. It breaks down on two things: ads pop up after just a couple of swipes and push you to an unrelated store, plus some verses are inaccurate and the same lines keep repeating. The paid version at 10 dollars removes ads, but many do not want to pay.
Gelobt: Beautiful backgrounds, verse of the day in one tap, short lines before prayer, helps calm down and set the tone for the day
Kritik: Ads too frequent after a couple of swipes, redirects to an unrelated store, inaccurate verses and typos, same verses repeat
Für wen: Those who want a short daily Scripture verse with a nice background and can tolerate ads or pay to remove them
Platz 18. Wert aus Rezensionen: 68 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 11.223 Bewertungen
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It's valued for bundling the Bible, daily reflections, a reading plan and memory verses in one place, with text that reads simply and in modern language. It breaks on errors in the text itself, verses from Psalm 22 landed in 23 and from 118 in 119, plus added games, intrusive ads and few translations to choose from.
Gelobt: Bible, reflections, reading plan and memory verses in one place, simple modern language, easy to carry with you
Kritik: Verse-numbering errors in the Psalms, games added to the app, intrusive ads, few translations to choose, crashes and freezes, narration too fast
Für wen: People who want a simple Bible with a reading plan and reflections in one app on hand
Platz 19. Wert aus Rezensionen: 66 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 118.580 Bewertungen
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Bible Hub is kept for the wealth of reference: Greek-Hebrew interlinear, Strong's concordance, topical links, Matthew Henry's commentaries, and a pile of translations side by side, a library at hand for serious students. It breaks on stability after updates: verse search hangs on a white screen, the study Bible goes to a blank screen, devotions turned blank, and the X button in an awkward corner closes the whole Bible and loses your place. Full-screen ad popups also intrude even for paying users.
Gelobt: Greek-Hebrew interlinear and Strong's concordance, commentaries and dictionaries, topical links, many translations side by side, reference resources
Kritik: Verse search hangs on a white screen, study Bible and devotions go blank, the X button closes the whole Bible, full-screen ads even for paying users
Für wen: People who study the Bible in the original languages with commentaries and a concordance and value rich reference
Platz 20. Wert aus Rezensionen: 66 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 31.434 Bewertungen
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It genuinely teaches you to memorize Scripture: people build the habit over years and praise easy verse-adding, gentle corrections and repeating the verses you struggle with. But a recent update broke a lot: a number-input bug stops you hitting 100 percent, speech recognition marks clearly spoken words as wrong, and some old features vanished. On top of that translations now cost extra, though there used to be more of them.
Gelobt: Memorizing verses and building the habit over years, easy verse-adding, gentle corrections and repetition of hard passages, sing-to-a-tune mode for recall
Kritik: Number-input bug blocks hitting 100 percent, speech recognition marks clearly spoken words as wrong, the update removed familiar features, paid translations on top of purchased Pro
Für wen: Those serious about memorizing verses by heart and building a daily Scripture-memory habit
Platz 21. Wert aus Rezensionen: 66 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 20.418 Bewertungen
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People value it because the amplified version breaks the text down into simple words and works as a good companion alongside another translation for deep study. It stumbles on navigation: you cannot quickly jump to a specific verse and have to scroll a long way. Also the audio does not start for everyone, and knowledgeable readers notice the text does not match the classic amplified version and it is unclear where it came from.
Gelobt: Simple broken-down text, cross-references for study alongside another translation, helps understand what you read better, handy for Bible study
Kritik: Cannot quickly jump to a needed verse, audio does not start for everyone, text differs from the classic amplified version, ads, blinding white background at night
Für wen: Those who study the Bible and want the amplified version in simple words alongside their main translation
Platz 22. Wert aus Rezensionen: 63 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 133.631 Bewertungen
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People have started their day with this app for years: daily scripture with a prayer and beautiful nature photos as the backdrop, a timed reminder, and a journal. It broke abruptly: after an iOS update the background photos vanished and only a black screen is left, with no way to reach the developer. It is also irritating that viewing past days and full access got moved into the paid version, and the ad on every share has grown pushier.
Gelobt: Daily scripture with a prayer, beautiful nature photos in the background, timed reminder, journal, starting the day with it
Kritik: Black screen instead of photos after an iOS update, nowhere to reach the developer, viewing past days moved to the paid version, an ad on every share
Für wen: People who want one short inspiring piece of scripture with a beautiful image every morning
Platz 23. Wert aus Rezensionen: 63 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 28.764 Bewertungen
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People love the format: it is like Duolingo but for the Bible, with the growing lamb Manna, story reading and questions, and it genuinely helps newcomers to faith take small steps. But people catch factual errors in the story retellings and dislike how much runs on AI. A separate pain is money being charged even after cancelling the trial, and making a cartoon lamb's happiness your motivation to study.
Gelobt: Duolingo-style format for the Bible with the growing lamb Manna, story reading and simple questions, helps newcomers take small steps, inviting friends
Kritik: Factual errors in story retellings, heavy reliance on AI, money charged after cancelling the trial, nagging guilt reminders for missing a day
Für wen: Newcomers to faith and kids who enjoy game-style Bible study in the Duolingo mold
Platz 24. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 379.677 Bewertungen
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An app built around the verse of the day: people wait for the morning notification, share verses with family and feel they're growing in faith. The weak spot is the thin set of translations, only WEBC and BSB with no NIV, NLT or ESV, and verses start repeating. It also annoys people with a daily request to rate and review, and by locking some features behind payment.
Gelobt: Verse of the day and morning notification, easy to share with family, helps in stress, detailed study questions
Kritik: Few translations (only WEBC and BSB, no NIV NLT ESV), verses repeat, daily review request, some features are paid, no study plan for some
Für wen: People who want a short daily verse with a reminder and to share it, without deep study
Platz 25. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 88.808 Bewertungen
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The content is genuinely strong, especially Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike, plus the Bible and Catechism in one place, and couples do shared morning devotions. But the navigation frustrates even programmers, and scrolling is so sensitive that a tiny move throws you back to the home screen. The sore spot is moving the daily meditation and other features behind 8.99 a month, and there's no offline audio for the rosary.
Gelobt: Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike, Bible and Catechism in one place, shared morning devotions for couples, plenty of free podcasts and Saint of the Day
Kritik: Frustrating navigation, hyper-sensitive scroll throwing you to the home screen, daily meditation moved behind 8.99 a month, no offline audio or captions, unresponsive support
Für wen: Catholics who want to work through Bible in a Year and the Catechism with Fr. Mike and pray alongside a spouse
Platz 26. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,7★ · 14.115 Bewertungen
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The strong side is the choice of versions and languages with side-by-side parallel reading, commentaries like Calvin's and NET notes, plus the app does not collect data and is deeply customizable. But there are noticeable gaps: no built-in text search, so people keep a second app for that. And the interface lets you down after changes, tapping brings up a jump-to window you cannot dismiss, and finding settings or switching versions can be hard.
Gelobt: Choice of versions and languages, side-by-side parallel reading, Calvin's commentary and NET notes, does not collect data, deep customization
Kritik: No built-in text search, intrusive jump-to window on tap, hard to find settings and switch versions, glitches and blank screen after updates
Für wen: Those who read in several languages or compare versions and value privacy with no data collection
Platz 27. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 13.409 Bewertungen
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People come back for years for Nicky's teaching, which doesn't just read the Bible but explains it, and for the three-short-readings-a-day format. It's all spoiled by unstable audio, for many the sound simply won't play and they have to delete and reinstall, plus tiny text with no size setting and the day being marked read before you've finished.
Gelobt: Nicky's teaching and explanations, three short readings a day, choice to read or listen, helps you finish the Bible in a year
Kritik: Audio often won't play, freezes and crashes after the update, no auto-continue for hands-free, tiny font with no size control, day marked as read too early
Für wen: People who want to get through the Bible in a year with clear explanations and listen on the go
Platz 28. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 5,0★ · 11.914 Bewertungen
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People stay for Pastor Johnny Chang's daily reflections that pinpoint exactly what you're not surrendering to God, and for the link that takes you from a verse straight into the Bible on tap. It stumbles on price, the personalized plan at $77 a month puts people off, the word free in the marketing misleads, and the Gospel Bot is capped on questions even on paid tiers.
Gelobt: Johnny Chang's daily reflections, tap a verse to jump straight into the Bible, helps break long-standing bad habits, the Gospel Bot helper
Kritik: High price of the $77-a-month personalized plan, the word free in marketing is misleading, Gospel Bot capped on questions, old and new versions confuse sign-in, videos placed above the reflection
Für wen: Fans of Johnny Chang's teaching who want a daily reflection and Bible study and are willing to pay for a subscription
Platz 29. Wert aus Rezensionen: 62 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 10.738 Bewertungen
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The core, daily Catholic readings plus a reflection video, is something people build into a morning ritual and keep for years after dropping other apps. It breaks on small things that add up: long prayers get cut off by the bottom ad bar and will not scroll, part of the Old Testament is missing, and off-tone ads pop up. Fine for readings, not for a full Bible.
Gelobt: Daily readings and reflection video, a morning ritual on the way to work, podcasts for reading practice, the one app people keep for years
Kritik: Long prayers cut off and unscrollable, missing Old Testament books, off-tone ads at the bottom, hard-to-read red text, reflections in English only with no Spanish
Für wen: Catholics who want daily readings and a reflection video as a morning ritual
Platz 30. Wert aus Rezensionen: 60 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 131.627 Bewertungen
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People love it for the audio and video: a dramatized ESV where different voices read the lines with background music, highlighting of the verse being read, and offline chapter downloads that worked great on a 5-hour flight. It breaks on stability: the app constantly glitches, freezes, audio works or does not, it jumps back 3-4 chapters, and you have to reinstall weekly. On top of that the beloved dramatization with sound effects was removed and part of the narration replaced with a flat robotic voice.
Gelobt: Dramatized ESV with different voices and music, highlighting of the verse being read, offline chapter downloads, listening before bed
Kritik: Constant glitches and freezes, audio works or does not, jumps back 3-4 chapters, needs weekly reinstalling, flat robotic voice instead of the old narration
Für wen: People who want to listen to the Bible, especially the dramatized narration, including offline
Platz 31. Wert aus Rezensionen: 60 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 84.008 Bewertungen
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People have made this a morning ritual for years, listening to The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble, reading along with audio, and praising the variety of narrators. But many are stung that nearly everything is now paid, down to the five-minute daily passage, with too little free content to judge whether around 200 dollars is worth it. Technically they complain of too-quiet audio, harsh background music, and auto-play that triggers when they unlock their phone or start the car.
Gelobt: The morning listening ritual, The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble, reading along with audio, comparing translations, variety of narrators, reading plans
Kritik: Almost everything moved behind a subscription including the five-minute passage, too little free content to try, quiet audio, harsh high-pitched background music, audio auto-plays on unlocking the phone or starting the car
Für wen: People who want to listen to the Bible as a morning ritual and work through a plan like The Bible Recap in a year
Platz 32. Wert aus Rezensionen: 60 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 5,0★ · 12.733 Bewertungen
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It's valued for a beautifully assembled daily verse with music and nature photos, and for letting you pull a new verse as many times a day as you want rather than just one. It breaks on money, the app moved from donations to a subscription, removed the option to watch an ad to see the longer section, and people can't cancel the subscription from the app even after contacting support.
Gelobt: Beautifully designed verse of the day, music and nature photos, can pull new verses many times a day, short reflection on each verse
Kritik: Shift from donations to subscription, can't cancel subscription from the app, ads instead of the longer reflection, flashing weather warning is scary, no different verse translations
Für wen: People who want a calm daily verse with music and imagery, if they can live with a subscription
Platz 33. Wert aus Rezensionen: 60 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 7.763 Bewertungen
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The core pulls people in: daily and nightly verses, an explanation of a verse you don't understand, and a prayer section that guides you through a prayer, plus a much-loved talk-to-pastor feature for asking questions. But that feature was removed, and many reviews complain it vanished with no explanation, including for people who paid for premium. It also hurts that the app gets stuck on one date and stops updating the verse, and the free explanation limit was cut from 5 to 3 to push a subscription.
Gelobt: Daily and nightly verses, explanation of a verse you don't understand, prayer section that guides you through a prayer, talk-to-pastor feature, keeps prayer life accountable
Kritik: Talk-to-pastor feature removed with no explanation, gets stuck on one date and won't update the verse, free explanation limit cut from 5 to 3, prayers sometimes arrived in Chinese, ads, constant running highlights are distracting
Für wen: People who want a daily verse with explanation and prayer guidance, and who valued being able to ask a pastor a question
Platz 34. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 191.972 Bewertungen
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People love Pray.com for audio: a morning prayer in bed before getting up, daily prayers, Bible in a year and podcasts keep them near their faith all day. It breaks on two things: there's now more advertising than prayer, 2-3 minutes of ads before the word even for paying users, and money, people write about a $14 activation plus $20 subscription charge, unauthorized charges and being unable to cancel. Some are also put off by politics and division in the content.
Gelobt: Morning prayer in bed before getting up, daily prayers, Bible in a year, podcasts and sermons, a choice of prayer topics
Kritik: More ads than prayer (2-3 minutes of ads even for payers), a $14 activation plus $20 charge, unauthorized charges, impossible to cancel, politics and division in content
Für wen: People who want to listen to prayers, sermons and a Bible in a year in the background all day and are willing to pay for a subscription
Platz 35. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 149.586 Bewertungen
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People stick with it for the many translations and commentaries, the tool that compares study Bibles, the reading plans, and smooth transitions. What wrecks it is the ads: there are now so many that they pop up mid-reading and even during a church sermon, driving people to leave and threaten to delete. On top of that the KJV audio got buggy, familiar translations disappeared, and search across your own notes is gone.
Gelobt: Many translations and commentaries, comparing study Bibles, reading plans, smooth transitions, audio
Kritik: Far too many ads mid-reading, buggy KJV audio, familiar translations removed, lost search across your own notes, going ad-free requires paying
Für wen: People who want KJV with audio and multiple translations and can tolerate ads or pay to turn them off
Platz 36. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 102.178 Bewertungen
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Long-time users love it as the best Bible study app and praise the responsive email support. But the migration from the old Tecarta was painful: people lost purchased notes and bookmarks, verse copying broke, and search is weak enough to send them to Google. Many resent that a one-time purchase turned into a monthly subscription just to read ad-free.
Gelobt: Depth for Bible study, responsive email support, redesigned library with categories, listening to the Word
Kritik: Lost notes and bookmarks after the Tecarta migration, broken verse copy function, weak search, one-time purchase replaced by a monthly subscription, navigation got clunkier
Für wen: People who study the Bible seriously with notes and commentaries and want depth, not just reading
Platz 37. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 41.386 Bewertungen
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The idea clicks: a Bible companion shaped as a sheep you can name and chat with like a pet, helping teens and newcomers make sense of faith. But serious complaints drag it down: the voice chat freezes and interrupts, the whole app locks up, and people get charged tens of dollars even after cancelling the trial and deleting the account. Aggressive ads and odd camera behavior scared some people off.
Gelobt: A sheep companion you can name and chat with like a pet, helps teens and newcomers understand faith, daily stories to go with readings, finds your church and sends reminders
Kritik: Charges money after the trial is cancelled and account deleted, voice chat freezes and interrupts, the whole app locks up, pushy ads, unsettling handling of the camera and personal data
Für wen: Teens and newcomers to faith who like a conversational helper format and who watch their subscription charges closely
Platz 38. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 19.583 Bewertungen
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People pick it for convenience: Strong's numbers right in the text on the same page, font and line-spacing settings, original-language breakdown at hand instead of a heavy book. The main pain that infuriates everyone is indecent ads with half-naked women at the bottom of every page with no way to remove them or pay to turn them off. Navigation is also confusing, you cannot search phrases or jump to a word, too much scrolling.
Gelobt: Strong's numbers right in the text on the same page, original-language breakdown at hand, font and spacing settings, replaces a heavy book
Kritik: Indecent ads at the bottom of every page, no way to turn them off or pay, confusing navigation, cannot search phrases, too much scrolling
Für wen: Those who study the original language of Scripture through Strong's and want the numbers right in the text, if they can tolerate indecent ads
Platz 39. Wert aus Rezensionen: 58 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 13.337 Bewertungen
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The strong side people stick around for is working with the original Greek and Hebrew words and rich resources for serious study. It stumbles badly, the interface is unintuitive next to Logos, updates are rare, and after dropping Dropbox the phone-to-desktop sync broke, with people losing notes and highlights.
Gelobt: Greek and Hebrew word study, quality study resources, highlighting and personal notes, depth for serious text work
Kritik: Unintuitive interface versus Logos, broken sync after dropping Dropbox, 50 MB data limit, rare updates, crashes and freezes, support button leads to a forum not an email
Für wen: People who seriously study Scripture in the original languages and are already invested in the Accordance ecosystem
Platz 40. Wert aus Rezensionen: 57 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 121.490 Bewertungen
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People start and end their day with Abide for years: guided prayer and meditation, sleep stories against insomnia, a sense that their thoughts return to Jesus instead of anxiety. It breaks on money and small things: paid content has swallowed almost everything, it is easy to miss the subscription and an annual charge, the devotion timer runs past the set minutes, the 15-minute minimum is too long for many, and the app begs for donations on every launch.
Gelobt: Guided prayer and meditation, sleep stories against insomnia, starting and ending the day, brings thoughts back to faith, good narrators
Kritik: Almost all content moved behind paid, easy to miss the subscription and an annual charge, timer runs past the set time, 15-minute minimum too long, donation-begging popups
Für wen: People who want guided prayer, meditation, and sleep stories for calm rest and can afford a subscription
Platz 41. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 351.339 Bewertungen
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Bible Chat wins on personalization: it simplifies a verse, gives context and picks a prayer and study around what a person is living through right now. But many are put off that it all runs on AI and sounds forced, and that a survey and subscription come before you can even try it. The core pain is money: charges after canceling the trial, a yearly plan instead of weekly, no refunds. There are also typos in the Bible text.
Gelobt: Personalized studies fitted to your life, simplifies a verse and gives context, helps put a prayer into words, supports you through a hard time
Kritik: Runs entirely on AI and sounds forced, survey and subscription before trying, charges after canceling the trial, yearly plan instead of weekly, no refunds, typos in the Bible text
Für wen: People who want a personalized verse study and prayer for their situation and don't mind AI and a subscription
Platz 42. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 136.948 Bewertungen
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The app genuinely helps people understand the Word more deeply, with daily reminders, quizzes, badges for reading progress, and scripture wallpapers for your screen, which earns the five stars. But the detailed reviews all hit one thing: ads pop up between nearly every screen, 45-second clips between screens right during family reading with kids, and it takes ages to reach the actual point of the app through a 'how do you feel' question on every launch.
Gelobt: Helps understand the Bible more deeply, daily reminders, quizzes, badges for reading progress, scripture wallpapers
Kritik: Ads between nearly every screen, 45-second clips during reading with kids, a mood question on every launch slows entry, gets stuck on ads
Für wen: People who want simple free access to KJV with reminders and can tolerate heavy ads
Platz 43. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 102.674 Bewertungen
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The strength is the daily blessing feature where you write about your day and get a verse and prayer you can return to in hard times. But long ads that crash the whole app ruin it, and the chatbot replies with generic platitudes while ignoring your details. People also report scammers in the chats and dislike the new game-like look that pulled them away from the substance.
Gelobt: Daily blessing tying a verse and prayer to your day, a place to pour out feelings and faith, text-to-speech
Kritik: Long ads that shut down the app, a primitive chatbot that ignores details, scammers and creepy messages in chats, the new game-like UI drifting from learning
Für wen: People who want a verse and prayer tied to their daily experiences plus a faith journal
Platz 44. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 25.837 Bewertungen
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The idea is likable: verses right on your wallpaper, 2-3 a day, helping you feel connected to Scripture even when busy. But for an app called Bible Widget the widget itself often does not work, showing an empty or black rectangle on the lock screen for days. People are also uneasy about AI images in the Bible art section and at least one inaccurate psalm quote.
Gelobt: Verses right on the wallpaper and lock screen, 2-3 a day, a sense of connection to Scripture through the day, the meaning and commentary section, simplicity
Kritik: The widget does not work and shows an empty or black rectangle, AI images in the Bible art section, an inaccurate quote of Psalm 37:4, a paywall and pop-up subscription offers
Für wen: Those who want verses on their wallpaper and lock screen through the day and to keep Scripture in view
Platz 45. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 22.507 Bewertungen
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People love reading the text and call the layout beautiful and handy for studying Scripture. But the audio lets it down: the narrator rushes with a heavy accent, and some feel the tone is mocking. Navigation is also weak, you cannot jump to the book you want, pages sometimes skip on their own and you have to find where you left off.
Gelobt: Beautiful text reading, handy for studying Scripture, free and simple, old woodcut illustrations
Kritik: Narrator rushes with a bad accent, cannot jump to the book you want, pages skip on their own, ads, incomplete set of books
Für wen: Those who just want to read the Bible with pleasant layout and can put up with weak audio and navigation
Platz 46. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 12.021 Bewertungen
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It helps people start praying the rosary again, walks them through the decades and makes them feel closer to their faith, and the images of the Virgin Mary and the custom backgrounds are liked. It breaks on ads inserted before every prayer that often can't be closed, including gambling ads, and on an AI voice whose uneven tempo makes it hard to pray along and meditate.
Gelobt: Guidance through the rosary decades, helps return to prayer and faith, images of the Virgin Mary, English and Spanish, custom backgrounds and colors
Kritik: Ads before every prayer, often unclosable, gambling and fake-virus ads, AI voice with uneven tempo, narration too slow with no speed control, audio freezing, no litany
Für wen: Catholics who want to return to the rosary and pray the decades with image-guided prompts
Platz 47. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,7★ · 11.656 Bewertungen
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The main feature people install it for is the reminder for the five daily prayers and locking the phone until you've prayed, which genuinely helps them start praying on time. It breaks when the core lock often fails to fire or falls off after a day, and the prayer times don't always match the local calendar, so apps get locked too early.
Gelobt: Reminder for the five daily prayers, locking the phone until you pray, helps start praying on time, fully free
Kritik: App lock often doesn't fire or falls off after a day, inaccurate prayer times versus the local calendar, the remind-later button reopens apps immediately, no lock-screen widget, no Shia prayer option
Für wen: Muslims who miss prayers and want a firm reminder that locks the phone
Platz 48. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 10.280 Bewertungen
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For those who stay, the app genuinely helps: daily Scripture studies with questions lock in the lesson and keep people in a rhythm for nearly a year. But the entry is a long survey that dead-ends at a paid subscription, and the charges catch people off guard (complaints of 70 dollars a year, a repeat Klarna charge, nearly 500 dollars taken). It also disappoints when the in-app chat turns out to be AI, not a real person.
Gelobt: Daily Scripture studies with question-and-answer, a sense of anchor and rhythm for almost a year, personalized devotionals to your needs
Kritik: A long survey that dead-ends at a paid subscription, sudden and repeat charges, the chat turns out to be AI-based, some found the content shallow
Für wen: People who want a structured daily Bible study and are willing to pay for a subscription
Platz 49. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 9.805 Bewertungen
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People value the daily bundle: a verse, a short reflection, a prayer, and a morning meditation that sets up the day. It breaks on repetition, with 30,000 verses the same ones come up suspiciously often, plus the inability to unsubscribe and endless review prompts with no way to close the window. Ads sometimes cut off the reading at the very first sentence.
Gelobt: The verse plus reflection plus prayer bundle, a morning meditation that sets up the day, sharing verses daily with loved ones
Kritik: Verses repeat often, you cannot unsubscribe, constant review prompts with no way to close the window, ads cut off the reading at the first sentence
Für wen: People who want a short daily verse plus reflection plus prayer bundle as a morning meditation
Platz 50. Wert aus Rezensionen: 55 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 8.315 Bewertungen
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People value this one for the Matthew Henry commentary and Scofield notes right on the verse, plus the audio Bible, a strong combo for studying Scripture. But ads have become the main pain: they freeze the text on open, and the X button often won't close the clip, so you restart the app several times. The ad content itself is offensive, going as far as scantily dressed women and nudity right over the Bible, and the audio reads too fast and wheezy.
Gelobt: Matthew Henry commentary and Scofield notes right on the verse, audio Bible, convenient reading on the phone, King James Version
Kritik: Ads freeze the Bible on open, X button won't close the clip, inappropriate ads with scantily dressed women and nudity, audio reads too fast and wheezy, music turns on by itself
Für wen: People studying the Bible with Matthew Henry and Scofield commentary who can tolerate intrusive ads for free access
Platz 51. Wert aus Rezensionen: 54 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 115.572 Bewertungen
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The app is praised for comfortable reading: notes and highlighting in multiple colors, a large adjustable font, light and dark themes, morning and evening devotions, and many enjoy it as a pleasant free Bible. It breaks on two things: it is unclear how the 'women's' version differs from a regular Bible, and ads intrude with inappropriate images in a religious app, plus complaints about a sudden 149-dollar payment prompt and missing words in the text.
Gelobt: Notes and color highlighting, a large adjustable font, light and dark themes, morning and evening devotions, comfortable reading
Kritik: Unclear how it differs from a regular Bible, ads with inappropriate images, a sudden 149-dollar payment prompt, missing words in the text, buggy with heavy ads
Für wen: People who want a simple, comfortable Bible with notes and devotions and do not mind ads
Platz 52. Wert aus Rezensionen: 52 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 96.198 Bewertungen
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People loved the quote-passage-devotional-prayer format for years, especially the audio for busy moms and commuters. Trust collapsed when nearly everything, including the audio devotionals and Daily Walk with God, went behind payment, leaving old fans feeling abandoned. They also complain about scammers the developer ignores and about not being able to just read the Bible without other people's generic thoughts.
Gelobt: The quote-passage-devotional-prayer format, audio devotionals for commuting and chores, a sense of being grounded in God, Spanish versions
Kritik: Audio and daily devotionals moved behind payment, formerly free features now paid, scammers the developer ignores, can't read the Bible apart from generic community thoughts, expensive subscription
Für wen: People who want a short daily devotional with audio for a morning routine or commute, including Spanish speakers
Platz 53. Wert aus Rezensionen: 52 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 56.090 Bewertungen
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People genuinely love the devotional itself, saying the readings land right on their situation for the day, and they value the audio and reading anywhere. But the app has broken trust for years: those who already bought the book and a one-time app purchase were pushed onto a monthly subscription, some lost their notes and settings, and support sometimes goes silent for two months. Beloved content wrapped in an infuriating shell.
Gelobt: Readings that match the day's situation, audio version for reading while driving or at work, sense of comfort in hard moments, years-long daily habit
Kritik: One-time purchase converted into a subscription, personal notes and settings disappear, support goes unanswered for weeks, weak flat narration, some verses skipped in the audio
Für wen: Long-time readers of Sarah Young's books who want this specific devotional and audio at hand and can tolerate a subscription for familiar text
Platz 54. Wert aus Rezensionen: 52 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 30.929 Bewertungen
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Many like the clean, convenient reading: easy to find passages, change highlight colors, keep notes and read offline without pop-ups. But there is a serious complaint that the text is billed as New King James while it is actually plain King James, with people checking against photos. There is also banner advertising at the bottom, and some clips are frankly indecent, which is unacceptable in a Bible app.
Gelobt: Easy passage search and navigation, color highlighting and notes, offline reading without pop-ups, readable format
Kritik: King James passed off as New King James, text differs from the real NKJV when checked, indecent Temu banners at the bottom, crashes while playing audio
Für wen: Those who want simple offline reading with notes and highlighting and are not tied to the exact NKJV version
Platz 55. Wert aus Rezensionen: 52 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 17.145 Bewertungen
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The content itself is liked: a short read before bed for women, various plans and Bible versions, pleasant to listen to in the morning. But the money model annoys most people: after a couple of days the app locks and demands a paid subscription or makes you watch ads to read a day. Many feel it is wrong to charge 7 dollars a month for what should be accessible, and call the studies themselves shallow.
Gelobt: Short read before bed, various plans and Bible versions, geared toward women, pleasant to listen to in the morning
Kritik: Locks almost everything behind a paid subscription, ads break up the reading, studies are shallow, payment and refund glitches, Apple ID sign-in does not always work
Für wen: Women who want a short daily read and prayer, if they are willing to pay for a subscription
Platz 56. Wert aus Rezensionen: 52 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,7★ · 9.628 Bewertungen
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People have valued the ESV translation itself for decades, and some with formal training praise its accuracy and a simple, powerful search. But the tech lets it down: bookmarks and plans do not sync across devices, the audio skips one verse at a time instead of a chapter, and after an update some purchased content moved behind a subscription, so people lost what they already paid for. The base text is free, everything valuable is paywalled.
Gelobt: The accuracy of the ESV translation, a simple and powerful text search, audio and a resource library, a longtime favorite
Kritik: No sync of bookmarks and plans across devices, audio skips one verse at a time instead of a chapter, an update moved purchased content behind a subscription, missing verses like Matthew 17:21
Für wen: People who love the ESV translation and want quality search and audio but can accept technical rough edges
Platz 57. Wert aus Rezensionen: 50 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 24.574 Bewertungen
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People keep this as a favorite prayer book for years: it gathers the rosary, novenas, chaplets and reflections, and the rosary reflections added depth to prayer for many. But the bottom banners genuinely get in the way: some clips are frankly indecent or strange, and they interrupt prayer. On top of that the small font is hard for the elderly, and dark mode hides the prayer text at night.
Gelobt: Rosary with reflections changes the prayer experience, many novenas, chaplets and favorite prayers in one place, helps prepare for daily Mass, stays a favorite prayer book for years
Kritik: Indecent and strange banners at the bottom interrupt prayer, small font is hard for the elderly, dark mode hides prayer text at night, some sections like the rosary do not open
Für wen: Catholics who want a single prayer book with the rosary, novenas and chaplets for daily prayer
Platz 58. Wert aus Rezensionen: 48 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 208.480 Bewertungen
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An app for women with daily prayers, a verse of the day, quizzes and Scripture explanations, and people like the morning encouragement and verse breakdown. But ads suffocate the experience: videos (Royal Match, games) pop up every few minutes right during reading and prayer, and many say they can't finish. Removing ads costs money, which offends people. There's also a sync problem between iPhone and iPad that loses history.
Gelobt: Daily prayer and verse of the day morning and night, quizzes and Scripture explanations, encouragement, helps amid chaos
Kritik: Game ads every few minutes right during reading and prayer, videos can't be stopped, removing ads costs money, iPhone and iPad sync loses history
Für wen: Women who want daily prayer and a verse of the day with encouragement and can tolerate or pay to remove ads
Platz 59. Wert aus Rezensionen: 48 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 24.276 Bewertungen
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As a tool it is an excellent reference: people spend years digging into word roots, searching by Hebrew and Greek and building Bible studies right from the app. But ads spoil it all: they will not close and sometimes keep the app from even opening, and a video clip with sound in the middle of church puts people in an awkward spot. Some banners are porn-like, which is especially jarring in a Bible reference.
Gelobt: Searching word roots and original meanings, searching by Hebrew and Greek, replacing a paper Strong's on the go, helps build Bible studies
Kritik: Ads will not close and keep the app from opening, video clips with sound go off awkwardly in church, porn-like banners in a Bible reference, search pulls in extra words
Für wen: Those who study Scripture seriously and want to dig into original meanings by Hebrew and Greek
Platz 60. Wert aus Rezensionen: 48 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 10.911 Bewertungen
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People come for a calm morning time in Scripture but land in a Bible trivia game that runs a long ad after every question. Those who push through like learning through the game and the morning reminder. It breaks because ads eat more time than the app itself, and it was advertised as a verse-by-need tool when it is really a quiz.
Gelobt: Morning reading and reminder, learning the Bible through a quiz, the trivia game format
Kritik: An ad after nearly every question, promised verse-by-need feature is really a game, random jumps into Amazon, dead-end on a question with no correct answer
Für wen: People who want to learn the Bible in a game format each morning and can tolerate heavy ads
Platz 61. Wert aus Rezensionen: 47 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 23.348 Bewertungen
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At its core it is AI-assisted sermon notes: recording services, chapter breakdowns, key points, flashcards, and for many it is a handy way to revisit what the pastor said. But the pricing misleads: it promises free or 6.99 a month, then at the trial start it charges 6.99 a week, and not everyone can cancel. People also complain about a lack of transparency over who is behind the app and about notes vanishing after paying for a year.
Gelobt: Sermon notes and recording services, chapter breakdown with key points and historical context, flashcards and AI by topic, helps understand what you read
Kritik: Promises free but charges 6.99 a week, at trial start the weekly price replaces the monthly one, the subscription cannot be cancelled, notes vanish after paying for a year
Für wen: Those who attend sermons and want to record and break them down with AI, if they can handle an expensive weekly subscription
Platz 62. Wert aus Rezensionen: 46 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 39.134 Bewertungen
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As a first digital step into the Bible people like it: a handy format, a verse of the day, help reading on the road and feeling calmer. But the app aggressively sells a pricey subscription despite promising to be free, drops an ad after every page turn, and the navigation buttons overlap the text. Some people are upset that God's word is being charged for at all and leave for other apps.
Gelobt: Handy format for a first digital Bible read, verse of the day, helps reading on the road, a sense of calm
Kritik: Aggressively sells a pricey subscription despite promising to be free, an ad after every page turn, navigation buttons overlap the text, asks for a review too early, ads even after paying
Für wen: Beginners who want a simple entry into a digital Bible and can put up with ads or decide to pay once
Platz 63. Wert aus Rezensionen: 45 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 258.700 Bewertungen
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The app promises offline audio study and questions about Scripture, and when it works people like the idea of asking and getting an answer. But the core feature is broken: a question reliably returns "something went wrong", and some paid for a year and got nothing. You also can't change the Bible version or language, people complain about ads and about now being charged to read, and some couldn't find the promised audio at all.
Gelobt: The idea of offline audio study, being able to ask questions about Scripture when it works, helps feel closer to God
Kritik: The question-and-answer reliably errors out, can't change the Bible version or language, ads, paywalled reading, some couldn't find the promised audio, verses get cut off
Für wen: People who wanted an offline audio Bible with Scripture questions, but the core feature is unreliable right now
Platz 64. Wert aus Rezensionen: 45 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 5,0★ · 16.269 Bewertungen
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The core of the love is J. Vernon McGee's teaching, people listen for years in the car and on walks and value the depth of his Old Testament study. But the new app ruined it: for many it simply will not open or crashes, sound stops when the screen locks so earbuds are useless, and the ability to save sermons is gone. The new version also became too pushy about personal data and sign-in, which put off longtime supporters.
Gelobt: J. Vernon McGee's teaching, depth of Old Testament study, handy to listen in the car and on walks, a familiar resource over the years
Kritik: Often will not open and crashes, sound stops when the screen locks, saved sermons gone, pushy personal-data collection and sign-in, runs slowly
Für wen: Longtime J. Vernon McGee listeners who want his audio Bible study and can tolerate the new app's bugs
Platz 65. Wert aus Rezensionen: 45 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 10.667 Bewertungen
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This used to be a favorite for many: a morning and evening verse, calm, shared prayer for others, and a one-time payment. Then ads arrived that pop up every 60 seconds mid-reading and the mood soured fast. It breaks on the ads, a broken share button that only sends a download link, and repeat charges.
Gelobt: Morning and evening reminders, calm and easing anxiety, shared prayer for others, a one-time payment instead of a subscription
Kritik: Ads pop up every 60 seconds, the share button only sends a download link, repeat charge for wallpapers, cannot copy text, the home screen freezes
Für wen: People who want a morning and evening verse with reminders and can tolerate ads
Platz 66. Wert aus Rezensionen: 45 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 7.979 Bewertungen
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People come for one simple thing, reading a short morning or evening prayer to set the mood, and for lonely people it's a genuine anchor. But the tech lets them down: after an update the prayer sticks on the same one, only the picture changes, and swiping to past prayers or even opening the app often fails. The texts are also riddled with typos, 'thank' turns into 'think', and people suspect the prayers are AI-written without proofreading.
Gelobt: Short simple morning and evening prayer, comfort in loneliness, daily inspiration
Kritik: Prayer sticks and won't update, only the picture changes, can't open past prayers, app won't open after an update, frequent typos in the texts, computer voice instead of a live reader, paid ad removal doesn't work
Für wen: People who want one short ready-made prayer for morning or evening with no extra features, especially those who are lonely
Platz 67. Wert aus Rezensionen: 44 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 34.043 Bewertungen
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The idea clicks especially with the young: it helps you pray every evening, keep God first instead of the social feed, and blocks distracting apps. But almost immediately it hits a paywall of over 40 dollars, and that hits an audience that is often teenagers with no money. Worse, people get charged early and without warning after the trial. Many are upset by the very idea of paying to feel closer to God.
Gelobt: Helps you pray every evening, keeps focus on God instead of social media, blocks distracting apps, calming prayers, helps you feel closer to faith
Kritik: Almost everything behind a paywall from 40 dollars, hits teenagers with no money, early charges without warning after the trial, pushy ads, hard to exit and delete
Für wen: Young believers and teens who want to pray regularly and stare at their phone less, but you need to understand the paywall upfront and watch your charges
Platz 68. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 490.941 Bewertungen
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A simple KJV reader with a verse of the day that helps people through hard days. But ads wreck the experience: full-screen videos pop up on every launch and after every chapter, many won't close, and people are embarrassed to see banners like a sniper game inside a Bible. They also complain you can't highlight part of a verse and that an update broke screen mirroring to a TV.
Gelobt: Verse of the day, simple access to KJV, lifts the mood on a hard day, daily prayers
Kritik: Full-screen ads on every launch and after every chapter, ads won't close, out-of-place game banners, can't highlight part of a verse, update broke TV screen mirroring
Für wen: People who want a free simple KJV reader with a verse of the day and can tolerate heavy ads
Platz 69. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 145.402 Bewertungen
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What people genuinely praise: the app asks you questions and prays for you at the start, gives daily reminders to pray and read 2 minutes of the Bible, and users feel understood and helped to keep going. But nearly every other review is about one thing: right after a short free period you hit a subscription screen you cannot get out of, and it costs 6-7 dollars a week or up to 350 a year for an AI that can also get scripture wrong.
Gelobt: Questions and a prayer for you at the start, daily reminders to pray and read, short 2-minute Bible chunks, a sense of support
Kritik: A subscription screen you cannot exit, paying for access almost immediately, 6-7 dollars a week or up to 350 a year, the AI can misinterpret scripture
Für wen: People who want warm faith support from an AI companion and can afford a steep subscription
Platz 70. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 110.053 Bewertungen
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People wanted to read and listen to the Bible but get a stream of quizzes and ads that pop up mid-psalm for two minutes. They value the reminders and how quizzes keep them in tune with the Word, but many say they can't find a passage quickly during a church service because of ads. The aggressive angry-Jesus promo image and spelling errors also put people off.
Gelobt: Prayer reminders, quizzes that test Bible knowledge, easy access to verses
Kritik: Flood of ads during reading, quizzes served instead of actual scripture, ads for unrelated games in notifications, spelling errors, off-putting angry-Jesus image
Für wen: People who want to keep their scripture knowledge sharp via daily quizzes and reminders and can tolerate ads
Platz 71. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 33.323 Bewertungen
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People come for free Bible reading, plans and comparing translations, and it genuinely helps many feel closer to their faith. But the flood of ads breaks it: Temu banners with a fake close button drag you to another site, and part of the text sits behind a paid subscription, which hits especially hard in a Scripture app. The audio sounds like a robot, not a real reader.
Gelobt: Free reading and plans, comparing and switching translations, offline access, daily verse
Kritik: Intrusive Temu ads with a fake close button, paid wall on reading past chapter five, robotic audio instead of a real voice, few English translations
Für wen: Those who need free Bible access with plans and offline reading and can tolerate ads
Platz 72. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 17.583 Bewertungen
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At its core people love the content: John MacArthur's commentary, cross-references and linked sermons for deep study, endless scrolling text. But a recent update broke everything: the app keeps logging you out, password-reset emails never arrive, and purchased notes and resources vanish with no support response. Also, fast scrolling throws you to the very end at Revelation 22 or the start at Genesis.
Gelobt: John MacArthur's commentary, cross-references and linked sermons, endless text scrolling, depth for study and sermon prep
Kritik: Keeps logging you out, password-reset emails never arrive, purchased notes vanish, no support response, scrolling jumps to the end or start
Für wen: Those who seriously study Scripture with MacArthur's commentary and can tolerate login problems after the update
Platz 73. Wert aus Rezensionen: 42 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 10.660 Bewertungen
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The idea is simple and it lands: a morning verse arrives on its own, no searching, helping you focus on the day. But an update broke a lot: morning and evening devotions and the trivia disappeared, and the app often freezes on the green Connect with God loading screen and will not open. Add ads and a constant push toward the paid version.
Gelobt: A morning verse that arrives on its own with no search, helps set up the day, one-off inspiring texts
Kritik: Freezes on the green loading screen, the update removed morning and evening devotions and the quiz, too many ads, the paid version is pushed hard
Für wen: People who want a simple morning verse with no searching and can live with post-update instability
Platz 74. Wert aus Rezensionen: 41 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 27.999 Bewertungen
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The content itself is likable: prayers, daily morning and evening devotions, a quiz, an AI priest and a nicely ordered layout, and it helps people on hard days. But ads kill it all: about 15 clips in the first 30 seconds, popping up after every tap, and the subscription to turn them off often fails to go through, the link breaks and the app crashes. Some simply cannot get past the first clip.
Gelobt: Morning and evening prayers and a daily spiritual routine, a knowledge quiz, an AI priest, a tidy and pretty section layout
Kritik: About 15 clips in the first 30 seconds, ads after every tap, the ad-removal subscription fails to process and the app crashes, sometimes wrong quiz answers
Für wen: Those who want daily prayers and positive Bible practices and can tolerate very heavy advertising
Platz 75. Wert aus Rezensionen: 40 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 31.970 Bewertungen
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At its core it is verses, reminders, quizzes and games for studying Scripture, and once you reach the content people like it. But ads pop up literally every 5 seconds and often will not close, and between three quiz questions you are forced to watch a 45-second clip. Many delete it immediately, never getting past the first screen.
Gelobt: Reminders and daily verses, quizzes and games for memorizing Scripture, readable fonts and no lag
Kritik: Ads every 5 seconds with no way to close, a 45-second clip between quiz questions, expensive subscription to remove ads, non-Christian clips in a religious app
Für wen: Those who want to learn verses through games and quizzes and can put up with a flood of ads or pay to turn it off
Platz 76. Wert aus Rezensionen: 40 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 10.334 Bewertungen
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At heart this is a Bible quiz: people like learning new facts (Aaron is Moses' brother), but the overwhelming feeling is that an ad appears after every correct answer. There are also plainly wrong questions (the count of Joseph's brothers, the day the sun was created) that block you from moving on. The questions are too easy and repeat day after day.
Gelobt: You learn new things from the Bible, learning through a game and questions
Kritik: An ad after every correct answer, errors in questions block progress, questions are too easy and repeat every day, screens change too fast to read
Für wen: People who want a light Bible quiz and are not put off by heavy ads
Platz 77. Wert aus Rezensionen: 38 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 74.680 Bewertungen
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Long-time users value the wealth of translations, the red letters for Christ's words, and parallel reading, and the developer sometimes fixes bugs and replies by email. But every update feels like a step back: notes and purchased offline versions vanish, chapter-swipe breaks on iPad, and the app crashes right after opening. The ads finish it off, including a vile banner claiming your device is compromised from viewing adult content, in a Bible app.
Gelobt: Many translations, red letters for Christ's words, parallel reading of versions, a responsive developer, marking chapters as read
Kritik: Updates lose notes and purchased offline versions, broken chapter-swipe on iPad, crashes right after opening, ads faking device compromise and ads in Chinese, the paid version unlocks only one translation
Für wen: People who read several translations in parallel and keep notes, if they can survive unstable updates
Platz 78. Wert aus Rezensionen: 38 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 37.217 Bewertungen
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The content itself is liked: it helps you learn about God, follow a plan, has handy widgets, and people use it daily. But the app chokes it behind a paywall: nearly all content is locked, the price is cited as ten dollars a week which people call robbery, and there are ads between mini-games. The reading plan stops progressing and dates and progress stop recording. Plenty of anger that God's word is being charged for.
Gelobt: Teaches about God and faith, easy to follow a daily plan, widgets, daily use as a habit
Kritik: Nearly all content behind a paywall, ten dollars a week price people call robbery, ads between mini-games, reading plan stops progressing, progress and dates fail to record
Für wen: People who want a daily plan and home-screen widgets and are willing to pay steeply, since almost everything is otherwise locked
Platz 79. Wert aus Rezensionen: 38 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 10.319 Bewertungen
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The promise is simple, a women's take on the Bible with ready-made plans and lessons, and some enjoy the warm feeling and easy reading. But real use breaks on ads: they hit every two to four minutes, you often cannot reach the second question, and the ad clips use AI videos of God that people call blasphemous. Some also cannot delete the app.
Gelobt: A women's take on the Bible, ready-made plans and lessons, a warm feeling and easy reading
Kritik: An ad every two to four minutes, blasphemous AI videos of God in the ads, the close button on ads does not work, hard to delete the app
Für wen: Women who want a gentle take on the Bible with plans and can tolerate frequent ads
Platz 80. Wert aus Rezensionen: 38 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 8.500 Bewertungen
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The concept is decent, Bible quizzes and book study in one place, and some people genuinely get hooked and praise the game-style approach to Scripture. But the ads kill it: pop-ups appear on every entry and after nearly every question, and sometimes a question doesn't even show the right answer, it just cuts to an ad. People flatly say the app is unusable and delete it.
Gelobt: Bible knowledge quizzes, book study and reading plans in one place, quick-paced game that expands Scripture knowledge, tidy layout
Kritik: Pop-up ads on every entry and after nearly every question, quiz doesn't show the correct answer and cuts to an ad, King James Version only with no translation choice, clumsy question wording
Für wen: People who want to learn the Bible through short quizzes and can tolerate heavy ads or pay to remove them
Platz 81. Wert aus Rezensionen: 34 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 94.738 Bewertungen
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The widget-reminder idea appeals and the short encouraging lines pop up at the right moment. But the app repeatedly charges a full year subscription instead of the expected monthly one, refunds are effectively impossible, and this is the core pain of dozens of reviews. People also notice some quotes aren't biblical but modern wisdom, and the widgets glitch and repeat.
Gelobt: Widgets with encouraging reminders, short lines that appear at the right time, feeling closer to God through a few words a day
Kritik: Surprise full-year charge instead of monthly, no way to get a refund, some quotes aren't from the Bible but modern wisdom, glitchy repetitive widgets, misleading free claims
Für wen: People who want short encouraging on-screen reminders, if they watch billing carefully
Platz 82. Wert aus Rezensionen: 34 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 39.883 Bewertungen
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People come simply to read the Bible and hear it read aloud, but the app is packed with ads to the point of being unusable: a banner on every reading, pop-up games covering the verses right during a service, even inappropriate images of half-dressed women in a Bible app. On top of that it breaks: the table of contents is unfinished, the quiz does not work, the reading plan stops opening, and the narration is very poor. It genuinely gets in the way of reading.
Gelobt: Free access to the Bible text, reading plans and a verse of the day, a simple format for someone new to a digital Bible
Kritik: Ads on every reading to the point of being unusable, pop-up games covering the verses, inappropriate images in the ads, unfinished table of contents, broken quiz, reading plan stops opening, very poor narration
Für wen: People who only need free Bible text and can tolerate a barrage of ads, more as a backup option
Platz 83. Wert aus Rezensionen: 34 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 9.457 Bewertungen
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Strong idea: the app locks your phone until you pray, which genuinely builds the habit. But the free tier is buried in ads. To finish a prayer and unlock your phone you sit through two or three 30-second clips, sometimes up to two minutes, and they often glitch and won't let you complete the session. The $60 subscription feels overpriced, and the lock can break so badly it once sealed every app on the phone.
Gelobt: Locks the phone until you pray, builds discipline and the habit of praying more often, helps people feel closer to God
Kritik: Flood of ads even after paying, $60 subscription price, sexualized AI ads, glitches after a clip block finishing the prayer, verses repeat, the lock breaks and seals all apps
Für wen: People who need hard external discipline to stop scrolling and pray on schedule, and are willing to pay to remove ads
Platz 84. Wert aus Rezensionen: 32 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 90.030 Bewertungen
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At heart it's Bible quizzes and trivia that many enjoy as fun for kids and family. But the ads are extreme: they hit on open, run long, are hard to close, and one masquerades as a virus warning. The only way around them is 10 dollars a week, which people rightly call insane, and the quizzes are called too easy.
Gelobt: Bible quizzes and trivia, family-friendly format for kids, simple access to verses
Kritik: Nonstop ads on every action, long hard-to-close clips, a fake virus warning ad, removing ads costs an absurd 10 dollars a week, quizzes too easy, no audio reading
Für wen: Families with kids wanting light Bible trivia, if they can tolerate or pay to remove the ads
Platz 85. Wert aus Rezensionen: 32 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,8★ · 7.641 Bewertungen
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The promise is beautiful, bring Scripture to life with short videos so you watch instead of read, and for people too lazy to read the Bible it lands. But almost everything is locked behind a subscription, only the daily prayer and reading are free, while videos and stories cost money, and that sparks anger, people write 'stop making a profit off Jesus.' Worse, signing up for the three-day trial charges you for a whole year immediately, and instead of a refund the support chatbot offers to pray for patience and sends you to Apple.
Gelobt: Short videos bring Scripture to life, you can watch the Bible instead of reading, daily progress tracking, helps you not be lazy and keep the habit
Kritik: Almost everything locked behind a subscription, signing up for the trial charges a full year immediately, support won't refund and punts you to Apple, videos are short clips with made-up details outside Scripture, chatbot offers to pray instead of real help
Für wen: People who find reading hard and want to watch the Bible in short videos, and are willing to pay for a yearly subscription up front
Platz 86. Wert aus Rezensionen: 30 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 4,9★ · 69.088 Bewertungen
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The format is simple and people genuinely like the daily verse that lifts their mood and builds a habit. But ads kill it: long clips pop up right on open, sometimes fade to a black screen, and can't be closed for minutes. It's also annoying that some content is inspirational quotes rather than actual Bible verses, and you quickly hit the paid version.
Gelobt: The daily Bible verse lifts your mood, the habit of turning to the Word every day, nicely styled verses for wallpaper
Kritik: Long ads right on open, even to a black screen, clips that can't be closed for minutes, some content is inspirational quotes not Bible verses, quickly hitting the paid version, a fake virus ad
Für wen: People who want one short encouraging verse a day and pretty wallpapers, if they can tolerate ads
Platz 87. Wert aus Rezensionen: 30 von 100. App-Store-Bewertung: 3,7★ · 10.045 Bewertungen
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Longtime users love Bible Gateway for depth: many translations, commentaries, and resources for preparing Bible study. But a recent update wrecked the basics: audio no longer remembers where you stopped, notes and highlights disappeared, the parallel view is gone on iPhone, and for some the app will not open at all. Ads on opening in church make it worse.
Gelobt: Many translations and commentaries, resources for deep study and lesson prep, a longtime favorite
Kritik: Audio does not remember your place, the update lost notes and highlights, no parallel view on iPhone, ads on opening, will not open at all for some
Für wen: People who lead or prepare Bible study and value many translations and commentaries
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