NIV Bible The Holy Version

34 of 100 · reviews
4.8of 5 · store
39,883ratings on the App Store
415reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

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.

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What people use it for

People who only need free Bible text and can tolerate a barrage of ads, more as a backup option

What reviews praise

Free access to the Bible text, reading plans and a verse of the day, a simple format for someone new to a digital Bible

What reviews complain about

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

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I love this app so much! But the text to speech reading voice sounds like a Honda Civic navigation system. It is a little annoying.