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011. The market in one page
Ten facts shape this market. Each one matters for any decision about entering it or competing in it.
- YouVersion is the free ceiling and nobody can out-free it. One billion installs as of November 2025, 16 million daily active users, 100 million+ monthly active, 12 million new installs a month, 2,300+ Bible versions in 1,900+ languages, zero ads, zero subscriptions by explicit policy, funded by roughly $60 million raised lifetime from about 40,000 donors (YouVersion [1], growthcasestudies.com [2], Premier Christianity [3]).
- Only 46 Bible apps earn more than $10,000 a month, out of 9,000+ on the stores. This is a winner-take-most market with a very long dead tail (Appfigures [4]).
- The biggest commercial operator is an ad farm, not a brand you have heard of. "Bible Offline-KJV Holy Bible" shows 100,000,000+ installs, 4.9 stars, 11,293,037 ratings; its 9-app portfolio totals 130 million+ installs. The legal entities are Gospel for All Inc. (a San Francisco virtual office) and PANDAS OF CARIBBEAN LIMITED (Hong Kong, CR 2875403) (apkcombo [5]).
- Hallow is the revenue leader among paid apps. Roughly $40 million net in 2025, 263,000 downloads on Ash Wednesday 2026 alone, $105 million raised ($157 million per one aggregator [U]), and a Super Bowl LVIII ad that cost roughly $7 million and produced its biggest spike ever (Appfigures [6], hallow.com [7], EWTN [8]).
- Bible Chat is the AI-chat leader and the most copyable playbook. $6.3 million net since 2023, $750,000 net in March 2025, #1 earning Bible app on iOS, over 95% of revenue from the US App Store, $14 million Series A led by True Ventures in February 2025 (Appfigures [4], Vestbee [9]).
- The paid ad market has exactly three heavyweight app advertisers. In a 5,047-ad sweep: Hallow 604 ads, Bible Offline 566, Bible Chat 518. The fourth-largest app advertiser is YouVersion at 143. Everything else with volume is ecommerce.
- Trial-to-charge surprise is the category-wide trust wound. It is the single most common negative review pattern across Bible Chat, Haven, Abide, Pray.com, Hallow, Glorify and Pencil Bible. One unaffiliated blogger reports receiving roughly 60 emails a month from people who cannot cancel Haven's $7/week (the-haven.co [10]).
- "No ads, ever" is an unclaimed hook. Only 92 of 5,047 ads mention ad-freedom, and not one Bible app leads with permanent ad-freedom as its main pitch. Ad load is the loudest user complaint in the free tier, reaching gambling ads inside a Bible app.
- Language reach is the sharpest structural divide. Bible.is covers 2,500+ languages across 701 separate Play apps; YouVersion covers 1,900+. Against that, Dwell, Abide, BibleProject and Blue Letter Bible are English-only by choice.
- Category demand is rising off-app too. US Bible sales hit 19 million+ units in 2025, up 12% year-over-year, a 21-year high and double 2019 (Lifeway [11]). Spiritual wellness apps are projected to grow from $2.2 billion (2024) to $7.3 billion (2033), 14.6% CAGR (Grand View [12]).
022. The players
Five kinds of operator run this market. They do not compete on the same terms, and they are not all trying to make money. This section groups them by how they work and what entering against them would require.
032.1 American megachurch and broadcast nonprofits
These own the top of the install chart and take no revenue from it. Competing with them on price is impossible because they charge nothing. Life.Church (YouVersion). Legal name Life Covenant Church Inc., EIN 73-1486708, a nonprofit megachurch in Edmond, Oklahoma, founded 1996 by Craig Groeschel. YouVersion was Bobby Gruenewald's idea, built 2007–2008. About 165 staff run a one-billion-install product. Long-time financial backer: Hobby Lobby founder David Green and family. Churches do not file public 990s, so line-item financials are not public [U]. Institutional risk sits with the church, not the app: a 2026 Roys Report investigation into workplace culture and a disability-discrimination lawsuit [U, single source] (Charity Navigator [13], Wikipedia [14], Wikipedia [15], Forbes [16]). Christian Broadcasting Network (Superbook). EIN 54-0678752, Virginia Beach, founded 1960 by Pat Robertson; CEO, Chairman and President is Gordon P. Robertson. Superbook is an in-house division with no separate budget from CBN's $282.36 million FY2025 revenue. Faith Comes By Hearing (Bible.is / Hosanna). 501(c)(3), EIN 85-0223225, Albuquerque, founded 1972 by Jerry and Anet Jackson as a cassette-lending ministry. It ships 701 separate Play apps, one per language — the opposite of YouVersion's one-app strategy. Revenue roughly $9.2 million annually [U, not reconciled across years] (Wikipedia [17]). OneHope Inc (EIN 27-1398241, Pompano Beach, FL) is YouVersion's partner on Bible App for Kids. Its Meta account has run exactly one ad ever, a 2021 Afghanistan crisis appeal. Biblica, Inc. (EIN 84-1194554), founded 1809 as the New York Bible Society, Colorado Springs/Palmer Lake, owns the NIV but does not operate a flagship consumer app. It licenses to Tecarta and distributes through YouVersion.
042.2 Independent ministries and study nonprofits
These serve serious readers and accept donations, not subscriptions. Some have scale; others have trust capital their commercial competitors do not. BibleProject. 501(c)(3), EIN 46-4277592, Portland, founded 2014 by biblical scholar Dr. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins (President and Chief Creative Officer); CEO Steve Atkinson. FY2025 revenue $30.89 million, up from under $900,000 in 2015. Executive pay: Mackie $266,142, Collins $264,738, Atkinson $255,567. MinistryWatch gives it a transparency grade of D: not ECFA-accredited, no posted audited financials (MinistryWatch [18]). Blue Letter Bible. Standalone 501(c)(3) since November 2015, run under Sowing Circle from 1997. Leadership: Jim Milligan (Chairman and CEO) and Frank Rabinovitch (Vice Chairman) [moderate confidence, single source]. ECFA-accredited. Budget around $2 million. It refuses to run fundraising campaigns, asking donors to "pray about how God might lead them to support." Enduring Word Media. US 501(c)(3) built on David Guzik's verse-by-verse commentary. Donations unlock nothing; paid print volumes are a separate line. Proverbs 31 Ministries (First 5). Nondenominational nonprofit founded 1997, led by Lysa TerKeurst, ECFA member since 2004. 24-7 Prayer (Lectio 365). UK prayer movement. Free, donation-supported, explicitly "no upsell modals," and the most disciplined paid-acquisition program of any nonprofit here — two install ads running 496 and 495 days. Kalaam Media Ltd (UK, Companies House 06701472, trading as "The Love Fellowship") runs a 20-language Indian-language Bible portfolio, explicitly ad-free and donor-funded. Bible Hub is the outlier: directed by John Isett, run as a private project sustained by personal support, no EIN or 990 found, reported HQ Pittsburgh [U]. Its Android app was removed from Play April 2026.
052.3 Corporate publishers and legacy software vendors
These have the brand trust to charge, and they carry costs the farms do not. HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. (Nashville), a for-profit News Corp subsidiary formed in 2012, owns Bible Gateway. Bible Gateway was founded 1993 by Calvin College student Nick Hengeveld, ran under the nonprofit Gospel Communications until 2008, then was bought by Zondervan. HarperCollins also owned Olive Tree from 2014 to 2020. Gospel Technologies LLC bought Olive Tree back on 11 September 2020, led by Steven Cummings. Independent small operator, not VC-backed. Faithlife Corporation (Logos), Bellingham WA, founded 1992 by Bob Pritchett, Kiernon Reiniger and Dale Pritchett, ex-Microsoft. Privately held and closely controlled by Pritchett; it discloses neither funding nor revenue. About 400 employees [U]. Revenue estimates run $25–80 million, none reliable [U]. Tecarta, Inc. (Palo Alto), CEO and co-founder Ming Siu, first iOS app 2009. Publishes under licence for Biblica, Zondervan, Crossway, Thomas Nelson and Tyndale. Guideposts Church Corporation (founded 1945 by Norman Vincent Peale and Ruth Stafford Peale; CEO John Temple) acquired Abide, then called Carpenter's Code, in October 2021 for undisclosed terms. Abide's original founders Neil Ahlsten and Eric Tse, both ex-Google, built it in San Mateo after leaving Google in 2014.
062.4 VC-backed consumer studios
These are the direct-response operators. They know how to acquire users at scale and convert them to paying subscribers. Hallow, Inc. Chicago, a public benefit corporation. Co-founders Alex Jones (CEO, Notre Dame engineering, Stanford MBA, ex-McKinsey), Erich Kerekes (CTO), and Alessandro DiSanto (Chief Commercial Officer). $105 million raised, including a $50 million Series C in May 2023 led by Goodwater Capital with Highland Capital Partners. One aggregator says $157 million total [U] (Dealroom [19]). Glorify Ltd / Tupoe Ltd. London and Witney, founded 2020 by co-CEOs Ed Beccle (22 at founding, had already founded and sold a company) and Henry Costa (former angel investor), who reportedly retain a majority stake valued above $100 million. $84.6 million raised. The $40 million Series A closed December 2021, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with SoftBank Latin America Fund, K5 Global, BCF Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Range VC and Salesforce Ventures, plus celebrity angels Kris Jenner, Michael Bublé and others (TechCrunch [20], Religion News Service [21]). Pray, Inc. Santa Monica. Founder and CEO Steve Gatena, a former USC football player who started the company in 2016 and launched in 2017. Confirmed $14 million Series A (March 2018) with TPG Growth, 01 Advisors and others. A BuzzFeed figure puts total raised above $34 million; the true cumulative total is unconfirmed [U]. Book Vitals Inc. / BookVitals S.R.L. / SoulStream (Bible Chat). Romanian operating entity at 22-26 Siriului Street, Bucharest; brand umbrella SoulStream lists a Highlands Ranch, CO address and a Delaware footer. Founders Laurențiu-Victor Bălașa (CEO, eighth company, co-founded T-Me Studios, sold to Mocha in 2021) and Marius Iordache (CTO). $14 million Series A on 19 Feb 2025 led by True Ventures; the founder cites "£16 million total raised." 37 employees (Tracxn, Jul 2026). The company began in 2019 as a reading app, found the Bible was "the most engaged book by a huge margin," and pivoted fully by 2022 — before ChatGPT. Longbeard (Magisterium AI), Toronto, founded 2023. Roughly $3 million raised and targeting a $4–5 million Series A at a $25 million valuation [U] (Forbes [22]). Vert Ventures / E12 Holdings LLC (Haven). A Wyoming shell in Sheridan, operated from New York by Alex Leiman, Evan Dray and Will Olson. The same studio runs Astra (tarot/astrology) and Plug AI (a dating assistant) — a fact critics use against it (Substack investigation [23]). Portfolio claim: "8 Apps. 11 Million Users. $25 Million+ in Annual Revenue" [U]. Dwell App, LLC is the bootstrapped exception: founded by twin brothers Jonathan and Joshua Bailey, with $0 venture funding. Its growth capital came from a Kickstarter that raised $125,000+ against a $50,000 goal.
072.5 App-farm shops and solo operators
The structural signature is always the same: one core reader codebase, relaunched under templated package IDs, one per micro-audience or language. Competing against them means competing on cost, because that is what they optimize for. Gospel for All Inc. / PANDAS OF CARIBBEAN LIMITED ("Bíblia Offline") is the largest. Gospel for All is registered at 220 Montgomery St Ste 1090, San Francisco — a virtual office. Pandas of Caribbean is a Hong Kong private company, CR 2875403. The 9-app Play portfolio splits by micro-audience: women, Catholics, alarm/reminder users, large-print/elderly readers, and a Lite tier. 130 million+ installs combined. WOOMBIT PTE. LTD., UEN 202210843N, Singapore, incorporated 30 Mar 2022. Its feature list includes an "AI priest chat," church jigsaws — and an "AI Zodiac and Horoscope" in the same binary. LINKAMEN PTE. LTD., UEN 202210103C, Singapore, self-described 20-person team. It is not a Bible specialist: the same account also runs a browser, a period tracker, an AI note-taker and others. Ozion, Singapore, self-described 12-person team, publishes a single 100M+-install flagship with no visible clone portfolio. SOFTCRAFT (Softcraft Systems And Solutions Pvt Ltd), Chennai, runs roughly 30 ad-monetised language clones. A September 2026 review of its Tamil Bible cited a gambling ad (Rummy Circle) inside the app. Solo operators carry whole language markets: "Talking games" / Mobobi (Swahili and Yoruba); "Your Smart Bible Apps" / Yuri Nesterenko (Minsk, Belarus) [U] for Yoruba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda and Spanish; "Nippt" for Tagalog plus 13 minority languages; "Yuku" for Indonesia's largest Alkitab app.
083. The prices
Understanding what competitors charge makes clear what price points users already accept and where there may be room. Each model has its own shape. This section covers every pricing structure found.
093.1 Donation-funded, zero monetisation
| App | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| YouVersion | $0 | No ads, no subscriptions, by explicit policy |
| Bible.is / Faith Comes By Hearing | $0 | 701 apps, donor-funded |
| Blue Letter Bible | $0 | ~$2M budget, refuses campaigns |
| BibleProject | $0 | Takes stock and crypto |
| Superbook | $0 | "Superbook Partner" donation tier unlocks perks |
| Enduring Word | $0 | Paid print volumes separate |
| Lectio 365 | $0 | Explicitly "no upsell modals" |
| First 5 | $0 | |
| Bible App for Kids | $0 | |
| Kalaam Media | $0 | 20 Indian languages |
103.2 Free-with-ads (ad farm model)
These charge low and A/B test aggressively.
| App | Remove ads | Audio | Other tiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible Offline | $4.99/mo | $3.49/mo or $21.99/yr | Prime $1.99 |
| Bible For Women | Weekly $1.99–$6.99; monthly $2.49/$4.99; yearly $19.99–$39.99 | — | Lifetime $19.99 |
| WOOMBIT | VIP $1.99/wk, $4.99/mo, $29.99/yr | — | Coins $0.99–$9.99 |
| LINKAMEN | Pro $4.99/mo, $14.99/yr; Premium $4.99/mo, $24.99/yr [U] | — | — |
| Bible Widgets | $14.99/mo or $14.99–$59.99/yr | — | — |
113.3 Free-with-ads plus premium tier (legitimate publisher)
| App | Free tier | Paid tier | Trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible Gateway | Ad-supported | Plus $6.99/mo or $69.99/yr | 7-day |
123.4 Trial-then-subscription (AI-chat model)
These run many SKUs at once and A/B test constantly.
| App | Weekly | Monthly | Yearly | Other | Web price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bible Chat | $2.99–$6.99 | $4.99/$12.99 | $39.99/$59.99 | Lifetime $99.99; Streak Repair $3.99 | $19.99/mo after 2-week intro |
| Haven | $6.99 | $4.99–$19.99 variants | — | — | — |
| Pencil Bible | $0.99 | $8.99 | $39.99 | Lifetime $79.99; per-translation $8.99–$9.99 | — |
| FaithGPT | Pro $7.99; Max $99.99/mo | Pro $19.99; Max — | Pro $199.99; Max $999.99 | Credits 200/$12.99 to 1,000/$29.99 | — |
| Grace: Bible Chat | Premium $6.99 | — | $29.99/$59.99 | — | — |
133.5 Straight consumer subscription (devotional/prayer model)
| App | Monthly | Yearly | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallow | $9.99 or $10.99 (A/B) | $69.99 | Family & Friends $119.99/yr |
| Glorify | $6.99 or $9.99 (A/B) | $41.99 or $69.99 (A/B) | "Pay it Forward" $4.99; prior source says $83.88/yr [U] |
| Pray.com | $7.99 or $1.99 (A/B); no-ads tier $14.99 | — | "Pray Bible Experience" $49.99–$109.99 |
| Abide | $4.99–$44.99 across "Abide Premium" and "Abide Member" [U] | — | — |
| Dwell | Solo $9.99; Duo $14.99; Family $17.99 | Solo $59.99; Duo $89.99; Family $109.99 | Lifetime $199.99 (from $399.99); church bands $69.99–$1,199.99/mo |
| Minno | $10.99 | $69.99 | — |
143.6 One-time purchase and content-store
| App | Subscriptions | One-time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Tree | Starter Pack $2.99/mo; commentary bundles $7.99–$19.99/mo | Study Bibles $9.99–$47.99; IAP $5.99–$75.99 | Moved away from subscription to one-time IAP [2026 source, U] |
| Tecarta | Bible Premium $5.99/mo or $59.99/yr | Translations $5.99–$12.99; Life Application Study Bible $24.99; IAP $1.99–$75.99 | |
| NIV (official, Tecarta) | None | NIV Study Bible $24.99; add-ons $12.99–$24.99 | No ads |
| Logos | $9.99 / $14.99 / $19.99 per month | Book marketplace; library bundles | 30–60 day trials; "Logos Pro" gives 5% off |
153.7 Hardware
| Product | Deposit | Early-bird | Full price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glorify Ring | $99 refundable | $199 | $299 |
163.7 Hardware (cont.)
This is the single genuine category expansion beyond app-and-subscription found anywhere in this research.
174. Where they operate
Geography determines which competitors matter and which markets have nobody good. This section covers who wins where, language coverage by app, and the gaps.
184.1 Who wins where
| Market | Who leads | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| United States | YouVersion free; Hallow, Bible Chat and Pray.com paid | Bible Chat >95% US revenue; Blue Letter Bible 85% US traffic; Bible Gateway 57% US |
| United Kingdom and Europe | Hallow, Glorify, Lectio 365, Enduring Word in German | Hallow claims 150+ countries |
| Latin America and US Hispanic | Bíblia Offline outspends the dedicated Reina Valera apps | CJVG 10M+ and Reyfasoft 10M+ installs but zero ads |
| Brazil | Fragmented, no dominant app; Purpose Paper dominates Portuguese ad volume with physical journals | KeywordLabs 8+ listings, one per translation keyword |
| Indonesia | Two ministry apps, yuku.alkitab (10M+) and SABDA's (5M+) | Foreplay surfaced only a YouVersion Indonesian ad |
| India (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu) | SOFTCRAFT ad-monetised ~30-app portfolio vs. Kalaam Media ad-free 20-language portfolio | Tamil Bible 1M+ with 89,473 reviews |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Solo operators, ad-supported, no incorporated entity | "Talking games" and "Your Smart Bible Apps" (Minsk) each at 1M+ |
| Philippines (Tagalog) | "Nippt" | 1M+, 4.8★ |
| Vietnam | Ministry apps only, no commercial operator found | iKame/Begamob testing a Bible widget at ~10 installs |
| Ukraine | Solo developers plus Faith Comes By Hearing and Digital.Bible | Small scale |
194.2 Language coverage by app
| App | Languages | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bible.is / Faith Comes By Hearing | 2,500+ audio | One Play app per language (701) |
| YouVersion | 1,900+ | One app |
| Bible App for Kids | 55 | |
| Superbook | 23 in-app; TV dubbed 46–60+ | Broadest single-binary localisation in the free set |
| Kalaam Media | 20 Indian languages | Ad-free |
| Bible Chat | 17 | English-first creative |
| Dwell | English UI, 14 translations, 20+ narrator accents | Audio diversity instead of UI localisation |
| Blue Letter Bible, Abide, BibleProject, Haven, Lectio 365, She Reads Truth, First 5 | English only |
204.3 Where nobody good exists
Vietnamese and Ukrainian. Every identifiable operator is a ministry at small scale. There is no quality commercial product and no ad competition found. Swahili, Yoruba and other African languages. Carried entirely by solo operators running ad-supported clones with keyword-stuffed listings. The leading Yoruba app is published from Minsk. Brazilian Portuguese. 10M+-install Spanish apps exist, but Portuguese is fragmented across small Almeida shops with no leader. Indonesian. YouVersion has localised creative and there are 15M+ installs across two ministry apps, yet Indonesian ad volume in the sweep is in single digits. Demand is proven, paid competition is not there. Every language outside English, Spanish, Portuguese and German. French, Italian, Indonesian, Arabic, Polish, Hindi, Swedish and Telugu all sit at single digits to low teens in a 5,047-ad sample, against English 3,801.
215. The ads
Understanding what competitors run, for how long, and what they say reveals both what works and what nobody is doing. This section covers who spends, what runs longest, what the hooks say, and the gaps.
225.1 Who spends
The ad data comes from a 5,047-ad sweep across 243 brands. The big three app advertisers together account for 1,688 of those ads.
| # | Ads | Brand | Type | Longest ad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 604 | Hallow | Prayer app | 147 days |
| 2 | 566 | Bible Offline | Ad-farm Bible app | 366 days |
| 3 | 518 | Bible Chat | AI Bible chat app | 191 days |
| 4 | 265 | Alabaster Co | Journals, ecommerce | 5 days |
| 5 | 248 | Purpose Paper - Loja | Brazilian journal ecommerce | 34 days |
| 6 | 143 | YouVersion | Free Bible app | 99 days |
| 7 | 136 | Theo: Prayer & Meditation | Kids/family prayer app | 74 days |
| 8 | 68 | Logos Bible Study App | Study software | 140 days |
| 9 | 58 | Curtis Lee Harbin | Affiliate for Dwell | 99 days |
| 10 | 51 | Biblenote | Bible study/journal app | 5 days |
| 11 | 50 | QuizGriz | Bible quiz funnel | 61 days |
| 12 | 33 | BiblePath: Chat with Bible | AI Bible chat app | 5 days |
| 13 | 27 | Bible Widgets | Lock-screen widget app | 1 day |
| 14 | 17 | Bible Gateway | Study app | 111 days |
| 15 | 15 | Manna App | Gamified Bible app | 3 days |
235.1 Who spends (cont.)
Non-app advertisers in the top 25 include ecommerce brands (Alabaster Co, Purpose Paper, Nowadaysi 8, Love in Faith, Forty-Six Ten), decal and decor shops, and quiz funnels (QuizGriz). These set the creative benchmark even though they sell physical goods.
245.2 What runs longest
Winning creative in this category is evergreen, not seasonal churn. Average ad run across all 5,047 ads is only 9.5 days, dragged down by one-off testers. The brands that matter run for months.
| Days | Advertiser | Creative |
|---|---|---|
| 647 | YouVersion | Creator demo of split-translation iPad feature |
| 496 | Lectio 365 | "Want to grow your prayer life? 🙏 Download our Lectio 365 app today..." |
| 495 | Lectio 365 | "Build a stronger connection with God through evening prayer..." |
| 403 | Dwell | "Anxiety weighing you down? Drift off with Scripture..." |
| 399 | JATHLEHEM LIMITED | "Holy Bible: KJV & Verse" |
| 366 | Bible Offline | Sweep maximum |
| 314 | Bible Gateway | The $3,100-value-stack pitch |
| 300 | "KJV Daily Bible - Verse+Audio" | "Download the free audio Bible👉" |
| 191 | Bible Chat | Sweep maximum |
| 147 | Hallow | Sweep maximum |
255.3 What the hooks say
The sources captured verbatim hooks from the top advertisers. These are grouped by pattern. Daily-habit hooks (the category default):
- "💡 One verse a day with Bible Offline – KJV Holy Bible 📖. Simple habit, big difference 💛🙏" (Bible Offline)
- "5 minutes a day, spend time with God🙏" (Simple Bible Daily Verse)
- "Give God the first 5 minutes" (First 5's premise)
265.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Sleep and anxiety (the most durable emotional angle):
- "Anxiety weighing you down? Drift off with Scripture and let God calm your mind... Sleep to Scripture via the Dwell audio Bible app." (Dwell, 403 days)
- "Sleep Peacefully with Hallow" / "Struggling to fall asleep? Say goodbye to restless nights!" (Hallow)
- "Fall asleep listening to peaceful Biblical stories, then wake up with daily devotionals..." (Glorify)
275.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Lock screen (a small, winnable hook, only 164 ads):
- "Stay connected to your faith no matter how busy life gets! With Biblechat, you can read a daily verse right from your lock screen." (Bible Chat)
- "Change your lockscreen. Change your life." (Bible Widgets)
285.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Negative-space and anti-incumbent (rare and sharp):
- "Nobody downloads a Bible app expecting much anymore. You get it, you poke around, you find the study section is three verses deep and written for a Sunday school class, and it joins the graveyard on page three." (Scroll The Bible)
- "Most people already have a Bible app. It has been sitting unopened on page three of their home screen since February. That is not a faith problem, that is a product problem." (Scroll The Bible)
- "If you've been going to church your whole life and you still can't tell someone what the book of Habakkuk is actually about." (Amen Core)
- "You thought a Bible app meant boring sermons and confusing verses. Most of us do. But Bible Chat feels more like conversation." (Bible Chat)
295.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Quiz and personality funnels:
- "David, Moses, Daniel, or Paul: your answers reveal which man of the Bible matches you" (Bible Chat)
- "Think you can ace this Bible Quiz? Only true scripture scholars will score 100%!" (QuizGriz)
305.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Value stacking (works in study tools):
- "For less than $5/month... 30 Study Bibles (valued at $600), 13+ Commentaries (valued over $2,050), 6 Dictionaries... That's $3,100 worth of study tools." (Bible Gateway, 314 days)
- "Subscribe to an annual Logos plan → Get a free Bronze Library, $89.99 value" (Logos)
315.3 What the hooks say (cont.)
Trial and free offer:
- "Try Hallow For Free" (Hallow)
- "Start your free trial today!" (Bible Gateway)
- "Bible Commentary | FREE! … Got Bible Questions?" (Enduring Word, runs the hook in English, German and Spanish)
325.4 What nobody is saying
"No ads, ever." Only 92 of 5,047 ads mention ad-freedom, and not one Bible app leads with permanent ad-freedom as its main pitch. Prophecy and end times. "Prophecy" appears in 22 of 5,047 ads, from one independent pastor's page and one printable-Bible brand. "Rapture," "end times" and "Book of Enoch" score zero incidental hits. No ad anywhere combines AI chat with a prophecy angle.
335.5 Funnel differences by leader
Bible Offline sends 100% of ad traffic straight to the store listing. Hallow sends 96% (582 of 604) to its own web landing page first; only 22 go direct to store. Bible Chat splits roughly 35/65 store-direct versus web landing. Its web funnel charges more: $19.99/month after a 2-week intro on web versus $12.99/month in-app. QuizGriz, Deen Buddy and Amen Core use a quiz or listicle funnel page before any app or product ask.
346. What users hate
User complaints reveal the trust costs of each business model and the attack angles available to a newcomer. This section gives the verbatim complaints, grouped by model.
356.1 Billing and trials
This is the category's defining wound. Trial-to-charge surprise is the single most common negative review pattern across the paid tier. Hallow: "I waned [wanted] to try the free app but with no notice to me the day before it expired I was charged the annual fee." And: "in order to be able to access the best and most used features, we have to pay $70 per year, per person. That's $280 per year." Pray.com: "I was charged 69.99 I do not remember ordering this and would like it off my Apple Card." And: "I've been trying to cancel this for two months." Abide: "I had absolutely no idea Abide was a short trial, followed by being cut off from the guide you were in the middle of... unless you pay." And: "felt completely deceived in a moment I was ready for quiet prayer." Glorify: "When I made an account, I find out you have to pay to listen to anything AND to listen to the reflection." Bible Chat: Trial converted to a yearly charge; a 5-free-questions-per-day cap; "$5 a week"; lost chat history. A competitor publishes a "how to cancel your subscription to Bible Chat" page. Haven: An unaffiliated blogger reports roughly 60 emails from users unable to cancel a $7/week charge. #Bible – Verse of the Day: "Hiding the Lords word behind a paywall is the synonymous with the devil."
366.2 Ads
Ad load is the loudest complaint on the free/ad-supported tier. SOFTCRAFT Tamil Bible (September 2026): "The app itself is good, but the advertisements are extremely frustrating and completely unnecessary for an app meant for reading the Word of God... What is even more concerning is seeing advertisements for platforms like Rummy Circle [a real-money gambling app]. Promoting gambling-related services inside a Bible app with millions of readers is highly irresponsible." Bible Gateway: "A scripture is a good way to start the day. A Jack-in-the-box pop up ad I must endure to get to that scripture? I'll turn on a light [and] read my Bible." Full-screen pop-ups with no visible close button; one report of a horror-movie ad reaching a child. Reina Valera cluster: "To many adds for everything." And: "I feel embarrassed opening this app during church. It always displays the most annoy[ing] ads." Bible Widgets: "You have to subscribe and pay otherwise you're bombarded with pop-ups. It's the same tactic with every app to try and force you to pay!" NIV clones: Ads covering "almost half of the Bible"; in one case "ads for women's undergarments."
376.3 Product quality and bugs
YouVersion: Completed reading days reverting to "missed," lost sermon notes after updates, occasional 503 lockouts. Bible.is: "for years Bible has been a 5 star daily lifeline but... the most recent upgrade has been disastrous with frequent crashes and freezes." Blue Letter Bible: "Looks outdated... appearing to be from 2000, with outdated animations and clunky transitions." On Android, some users reportedly took 20 minutes to find the highlighting menu. Bible Hub: "the app has become slow and glitchy in recent months, often taking 5-10 seconds to load a page." No reading plans, no streaks, no audio, weak search. Dwell: "The phrasing is often unnatural and stilted, with constant pauses." Words omitted from narration. A paying user found only eight Old Testament books available. She Reads Truth: "the daily structure, the subscription, and the screen started to feel like pressure instead of peace." No self-paced option, producing "guilt spirals."
386.4 Trust, doctrine and data
AI theological bias. A Bible Society study, "AI, Bible Apps and Theological Bias" (January 2026), found Bible Chat and peers push a US-evangelical outlook (Christian Today [24]). Mis-citation. Bible Chat has been caught citing Romans 12:2 as Philippians 4:8. Data selling. A BuzzFeed News investigation alleged Pray.com collects location and prayer content and supplements it with purchased data-broker attributes, sharing consumption data with Facebook and attribution vendors. Users noticed: "you are agreeing to have your name, phone number, location, device ID... sold to third parties... marked increase in marketing calls since using it." (BuzzFeed [25]) Portfolio adjacency. Haven's operator runs a tarot app and a dating assistant alongside a Christian app. WOOMBIT ships "AI Zodiac and Horoscope" inside its Bible app.
397. What is open
This section covers the whitespace, the unconfirmed data, and the exact queries that still need to run.
407.1 Angles with little or no competition
- "No ads, ever" as the lead promise. 92 of 5,047 ads mention ad-freedom and not one Bible app leads with it. The objection is proven; the claim is unclaimed.
- A transparent, compliant trial. Trial-to-charge surprise is the most common negative review. Nobody advertises the absence of it.
- Prophecy and end times. 22 of 5,047 ads mention prophecy. Rapture, end times and Book of Enoch score zero. No dedicated app runs this angle at volume.
- Prophecy plus AI. No ad anywhere combines an AI-chat pitch with an end-times or prophecy angle.
- The whole Bible explained in plain English, as an app. The angle sells (Printable WITH Lisa, Amen Core), but both fulfil on a printable or an explainer page, not a native app.
- A Protestant challenger to Hallow's paid seasonal-challenge model. Hallow's Lent "Pray40" with celebrity partners is the single most effective acquisition event in the category and has no Protestant equivalent.
- Underserved languages with proven demand. Indonesian, French (9 Bible Offline ads is the whole visible market), Italian, Polish, Arabic, Hindi, Telugu, Swedish.
- Vietnamese and Ukrainian. No commercial operator at all.
- The Gen Z and young-men surge. Gen Z attends church about 1.9 weekends a month, ahead of Boomers, with men now outpacing women (Barna [26]), and no direct-response offer targets it.
- Lock screen as a primary pitch. 164 ads in 5,047. Bible Widgets built a brand on it and is small enough to displace.
- Sleep and anxiety at a lower price point. The most durable creative (Dwell 403 days) sits behind a $59.99–$109.99/yr wall.
417.2 Unconfirmed and contradictory
These facts have sources that disagree. Both figures are kept.
| Item | Figure A | Figure B |
|---|---|---|
| Hallow total raised | $105M (hallow.com) | $157M (aggregator) [U] |
| Bible Hub traffic | ~15M visits/month | ~2.8M (competing estimate) [U] |
| Magisterium AI reach | 190 countries / 75 languages (App Store) | 165+ / 50+ (elsewhere) [U] |
| Logos revenue | $25M estimate | $80M estimate [U] |
| Glorify yearly price | $41.99–$69.99 (live IAP) | $83.88 (prior source) [U] |
| Abide scale | 1.5M monthly listeners (2021 claim) | 250,000 daily (current site) [U] |
| Bible Chat revenue | $6.3M net since 2023 (Appfigures) | $15M annualised (company claim) [U] |
| Bible Offline installs | 100M+ (apkcombo) | Much smaller (Sensor Tower snippet) [U] |
427.3 Queries still to run
The Foreplay account uses one shared 10,000-credit monthly pool. It dropped to under 150 during the sweep and resets 2026-10-17. These queries were cut off. Theme queries never run:
- book of enoch
- end times
- prophecy
- rapture
- revelation bible
- christian meditation
- catholic prayer
- rosary
437.3 Queries still to run (cont.)
Language queries never run (these are confirmed gaps, not null results):
- hindi bible
- tamil bible
- telugu bible
- swahili bible / biblia takatifu
- yoruba bible / bibeli mimo
- tagalog bible
- kinh thanh
- ukrainian bible
447.3 Queries still to run (cont.)
Widget and app queries never pulled:
- bible verse of the day
- bible widget
- godward
- biblia light
- trivia biblica
457.3 Queries still to run (cont.)
The language queries decide whether SOFTCRAFT, Kalaam Media, "Talking games," "Your Smart Bible Apps" and "Nippt" buy any paid social. The 5,047-ad sweep was built from English/Spanish/Portuguese/German/generic keywords, so its silence on non-Latin-script markets is an unreliable negative.
467.4 Other work still to do
- Run the in-app walkthroughs. The emulator driver at apps/tools/droid.sh is built but has not been run. Priorities: paywall placement and trial disclosure on Bible Chat, Haven, Hallow and Abide; real ad frequency on Bíblia Offline, SOFTCRAFT and the Reina Valera clones.
- Fetch Google Play listings with a real browser. Install counts, ratings, ad networks and IAP prices for the Brazilian Almeida, Spanish Catholic and Indonesian clusters were all blocked by JS-rendered pages.
- Verify the Bible Offline install discrepancy between apkcombo's 100M+ and the earlier Sensor Tower snippet.
478. Appendix: Full market map
This is the reference table. Every app and publisher found across all source files, sorted by installs descending. Install figures mix Play, iOS and portfolio totals because that is what the sources give. Types: NP nonprofit/ministry, FP for-profit consumer sub, FARM ad-supported clone/reskin portfolio, ONE one-time purchase / commerce, MIX hybrid.
| # | App | Owner / publisher | HQ / jurisdiction | Type | Installs (best figure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bible App (YouVersion) | Life.Church / Life Covenant Church Inc., EIN 73-1486708 | Edmond, OK, US | NP | 1B installs (Nov 2025); 14M iOS ratings; 100M+ MAU |
| 2 | Bible Offline-KJV Holy Bible (com.offline.bible) | "Bíblia Offline" = Gospel for All Inc. + PANDAS OF CARIBBEAN LIMITED (CR 2875403) | San Francisco virtual office / Hong Kong | FARM | 100M+, 4.9★, 11,293,037 ratings [apkcombo] |
| 3 | King James Bible – Verse+Audio | Ozion (self-described 12-person team, 400 Orchard Road) | Singapore | FARM [U] | 100M+, 4.8★, 2,540,016 ratings [apkcombo] |
| 4 | Bible App for Kids | YouVersion with OneHope Inc, 501(c)(3), EIN 27-1398241 | Pompano Beach, FL, US | NP | 100M+ Android, 393,072 reviews, 4.3★ |
| 5 | Bíblia Offline 9-app portfolio (combined) | Gospel for All Inc. / Pandas of Caribbean | US / HK | FARM | 130M+ combined |
| 6 | Bible.is (701 single-language Play apps) | Faith Comes By Hearing (dba Hosanna), 501(c)(3), EIN 85-0223225 | Albuquerque, NM, US | NP | ~60M across 701 apps, ~200K ratings; flagship iOS 4.8★, 132,000 ratings |
| 7 | Bible For Women (com.bible.holy.bible.for.women) | Gospel for All / Pandas of Caribbean | US / HK | FARM | 10M+ Play, 4.9★, 3.7M reviews; iOS 243K ratings |
| 8 | My Bible - Verse+Audio (com.mybible.todaypraybible) | JATHLEHEM LIMITED | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 10M+, 4.66★, 42,370 ratings |
| 9 | Holy Bible Reina Valera 1960 (cjvg.santabiblia) | "CJVG" — no legal entity found | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 10M+, 4.5★, 378,000+ reviews |
| 10 | Santa Biblia Reina Valera (org.reyfasoft.reinavalera1960) | "Reyfasoft" | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 10M+, 4.3★, 873K+ reviews |
| 11 | Superbook | Christian Broadcasting Network Inc., EIN 54-0678752 | Virginia Beach, VA, US | NP | 10M+ Play, 4.79★, 294,915 ratings; iOS 4.85★, 18,324 ratings |
| 12 | Glorify | Glorify Ltd + Tupoe Ltd (App Store seller) | London / Witney, Oxfordshire, UK | FP | 10M+ Play, 4.83★, 1,193,151 ratings; iOS 4.92★, 99,305 ratings; company claims 20M+ |
| 13 | Hallow | Hallow, Inc., public benefit corporation | Chicago, IL, US | FP | 10M+ Play, 4.79★, 123,797 ratings; iOS 4.89★, 376,559 ratings (largest iOS base found) |
| 14 | Alkitab (yuku.alkitab) | "Yuku" (solo/small developer) | Indonesia [U] | NP/free | 10M+ |
| 15 | Bible Trivia - Word Quiz Game | Topy Games (30-app card-game reskin shop) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 5M+, 4.6★ |
| 16 | Holy Bible KJV+Audio | WOOMBIT PTE. LTD., UEN 202210843N, inc. 30 Mar 2022 | Singapore | FARM | 5M+ Play, 4.7★, ~31K reviews; iOS ~15K ratings |
| 17 | King James Bible (KJV) (com.azwstudios.theholybible.kjv) | Warp Studios Bibles (fka AZW Studios) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 5M+, 4.7★, 56,000+ ratings |
| 18 | Bible Chat: Daily Devotional | Book Vitals Inc. / BookVitals S.R.L. (reg. 41224145), brand SoulStream | Bucharest, Romania + Highlands Ranch, CO / Delaware | FP | Play 5M+, 4.76★, 141,413 ratings; iOS 4.9★, 362K ratings, #4 Reference; 25M+ downloads claimed |
| 19 | Pray.com | Pray, Inc. | Santa Monica, CA, US | FP | 5M+ Play, 4.375★, 41,376 ratings; iOS 4.79★, 192,583 ratings; 917K downloads over Lent 2025 |
| 20 | Alkitab (org.sabda.alkitab) | Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA), Indonesian Christian ministry | Indonesia | NP | 5M+ |
| 21 | Bible Gateway (app + site) | HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. (News Corp) | Nashville, TN, US | FP | Android 4.7M downloads but only 2.61★ from 35,000 ratings; iOS 3.7★, 10,000 ratings; site ~29M visits/3mo, global rank #535 |
| 22 | Bible App by Olive Tree | Gospel Technologies LLC (Steven Cummings), bought back from HarperCollins 11 Sep 2020 | Spokane, WA, US [U] | ONE/MIX | ~4M Play downloads (1M+ on one listing); iOS claims 8M+ downloads, 322K ratings, 4.8★ |
| 23 | Bible Chat (Godward's, id6737005701) | Godward LLC | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | 1,110 ratings, 4.76★ |
| 24 | #Bible – Verse of the Day | Godward LLC | Unconfirmed [U] | MIX | 387–388K iOS ratings, 4.88★, #46 US — largest widget app found |
| 25 | Dwell | Dwell App, LLC (twins Jonathan and Joshua Bailey) | Distributed across 8 US states | FP | 1M+ Play; iOS 4.89★, 86,263 ratings |
| 26 | Abide: Bible Prayer Meditation | Guideposts Church Corporation (acquired Carpenter's Code Oct 2021) | US | FP (NP parent) | 1M+ Play, 4.4★, 21,664 ratings; iOS 4.87★, 121,857 ratings; 2021 claim 1.5M monthly listeners vs site's "250,000 daily" today |
| 27 | BibleProject | BibleProject, 501(c)(3), EIN 46-4277592 | Portland, OR, US | NP | 1M+ Play, 4.5★, 4,893 ratings; iOS 4.89★, 2,762 ratings |
| 28 | Daily Bible – KJV Holy Bible (com.daily.holybiblelite) | LINKAMEN PTE. LTD., UEN 202210103C, ~20 staff | Peninsula Plaza, Singapore | FARM | 1M+, 56,433 ratings |
| 29 | DailyBible Lite – KJV Version (com.dailybible.lite) | LINKAMEN PTE. LTD. | Singapore | FARM | 1M+, 27,944 ratings; ~26.5K Android ratings at 4.92★ per aggregator [U] |
| 30 | Holy Bible King James + Audio (com.tecarta.kjv2) | Tecarta, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA, US | ONE | 1M+, 4.8★, 128,000+ reviews |
| 31 | NIV Bible version, Offline app | "Mobile Bible apps" (clone, unaffiliated with Biblica) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 1M+, 4.8★, 48,000+ reviews |
| 32 | Hindi Bible / Tamil Bible / Swahili Bible Offline (~30-app portfolio) | SOFTCRAFT (Softcraft Systems And Solutions Pvt Ltd) | Chennai, India | FARM | 1M+ each — Hindi 63,040 reviews, Tamil 89,473 reviews (highest single review count in its section) |
| 33 | Swahili Bible: Biblia Takatifu + Yoruba Bible | "Talking games" / Mobobi (Gmail contact, solo) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 1M+ each |
| 34 | Yoruba Bible and English KJV | "Your Smart Bible Apps" (Yuri Nesterenko) | Minsk, Belarus [U] | FARM | 1M+, 4.8★, 20K ratings (best engagement ratio in its section) |
| 35 | Tagalog Bible with Audio (13+ language portfolio) | "Nippt" | Unconfirmed, solo [U] | FARM | 1M+, 4.8★ |
| 36 | Bible Trivia: Jesus Quiz Games | Bible Studios (App & Games); sibling product MinPray | Unconfirmed [U] | MIX | 1M+, 4.7★, 66,000 ratings |
| 37 | Bible Trivia - Bible Quiz Game | Aged Studio Limited (28-app card/puzzle reskin shop) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 1M+, 4.8★, 120,000 ratings |
| 38 | Lectio 365 | 24-7 Prayer (UK prayer movement) | UK | NP | 2M+ downloads claimed [U]; 50M+ prayer times completed 2025 [U] |
| 39 | Haven – Bible Chat | E12 Holdings LLC, operated by Vert Ventures (Alex Leiman, Evan Dray, Will Olson) | Sheridan, WY shell / New York | FP | ~1.5M lifetime downloads, ~150K in trailing 30 days; iOS 4.9★, 149K ratings, #17 Reference |
| 40 | Bible Widgets | Monkey Taps LLC | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 500K+ Android; 111,374 iOS ratings |
| 41 | Telugu Bible (~20-language Indian portfolio) | Kalaam Media Ltd, Companies House 06701472, t/a The Love Fellowship | UK | NP | 500K+ |
| 42 | First 5 | Proverbs 31 Ministries (Lysa TerKeurst), ECFA member since 2004 | US | NP | 500K+ Android; iOS 4.5★, 885 ratings; launch spike 100K+ in first two days, #2 Lifestyle |
| 43 | NIV Bible (bible.nivapp, official) | Tecarta, Inc. under licence from Biblica, Inc. (501(c)(3), EIN 84-1194554) | Palo Alto, CA / Colorado Springs, CO | ONE | 500K+, 4.8★, 17,371+ reviews; iOS 4.9★, 9.7K ratings |
| 44 | Minno – Kids Bible Videos | Winsome Truth INC | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | 500K+ Android |
| 45 | Bedtime Bible Stories for Kids | Stas Apps (also publishes a horror game, Sudoku, two I Ching apps) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 500K+ |
| 46 | Bible Hub | Directed by John Isett, private project, no EIN or 990 found [U] | Pittsburgh, PA, US [aggregated] | MIX | ~15M web visits/mo (a competing estimate says 2.8M — wide variance); iOS 4.9★, 120,000 ratings; Android app removed from Play April 2026 |
| 47 | Blue Letter Bible | Blue Letter Bible, standalone 501(c)(3) since Nov 2015 (under Sowing Circle 1997–2015), ECFA-accredited | US | NP | iOS 4.9★, 356,000 ratings; Android ~2.9–3M installs, only 17,000 ratings; site ~3.8M visits/3mo, 7:42 avg session, 7.6 pages/visit |
| 48 | Tecarta Bible ("Life Bible App") | Tecarta, Inc., CEO/co-founder Ming Siu, first iOS app 2009 | Palo Alto, CA, US | MIX | 105,000 iOS ratings, 4.9★ |
| 49 | Logos (Logos Bible Study App) | Faithlife Corporation (fka Logos Research Systems), founded 1992 by Bob Pritchett, Kiernon Reiniger, Dale Pritchett | Bellingham, WA, US (+ Puebla, Mexico; Chandler, AZ) | MIX | ~400 employees [U] |
| 50 | La Biblia Católica | Summtech | Spain/LatAm [U] | FARM | 760,000+ downloads, 4.58★ [U]; reportedly delisted ~April 2024 [U] |
| 51 | Bible Study Together | Create Disciples Inc. | US | ONE | iOS 416 ratings, 4.9★ |
| 52 | Pencil Bible: Journal & Study | Launchround Inc. | Unconfirmed | FP | ~1,500 ratings, 4.2★ [U, aggregator] |
| 53 | Christian Journal – Bible & More | Verselingo Communications Limited | Unconfirmed | FP | 741 ratings, 4.8★ |
| 54 | She Reads Truth (app) | Ministry founded 2012 by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams, Nashville; App Store seller shows Penguin Random House LLC [U] | Nashville, TN, US | FP | 1.5K ratings, 3.2★ |
| 55 | Enduring Word | Enduring Word Media, US 501(c)(3) (David Guzik) | US | NP | Claims 10,000+ daily users, 150 countries [U, self-reported] |
| 56 | Magisterium AI | Longbeard, founded 2023 | Toronto, Canada | FP | Not found |
| 57 | FaithGPT | Solo indie, Tonye Brown, no company entity | Unconfirmed | FP | 18 iOS ratings, 5.0★ — tiny |
| 58 | Grace: Bible Chat | Pleasant Futures Corporation Limited | Unconfirmed | FP | 770 ratings, 4.9★ — largest of four "Grace" apps |
| 59 | Grace AI – Bible Chat | Jayven Nhan (indie) | Unconfirmed | ONE | Small |
| 60 | Grace: All Bible Chats | Unconfirmed indie | Unconfirmed | FP | Small |
| 61 | Grace: Catholic Companion | Unconfirmed indie | Unconfirmed | FP | Small |
| 62 | Abide – Bible Verse & AI Chat (id6763993261) | Seller "Health Tech" / Unreal Technology Limited — not the Guideposts Abide | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | New, 5 ratings on one listing |
| 63 | Sam – Bible Chat Kids / Bedtime Stories | Book Vitals Inc. | Romania / US | FP | 277 ratings, 4.7★ |
| 64 | Daily Bible Verse of the Day | Unverified seller | Unconfirmed | FP | Not found |
| 65 | DailyBible for Women – KJV (com.dailybible.woman) | LINKAMEN PTE. LTD. | Singapore | FARM | 10K+ |
| 66 | Biblia Católica en Español | Revilapps | Spain/LatAm [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 67 | Biblia Católica con Audio | Lucas Albarracín (solo) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 100,000+ |
| 68 | 8-app Catholic/Protestant portfolio (Biblia Varias Versiones, Biblia de la Mujer, Biblia Cristiana Evangélica, Biblia Católica Hablada Audio, Biblia para Chicas, Bíblia Evangélica Português, Alkitab Indonesia + Audio) | ArteBiblico | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 69 | Bíblia Sagrada Católica Oração | Master Five Apps Studios (cluster with Leitech, JAM Developer, PAM Developer, Cosme Mob) | Brazil [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 70 | Biblia Católica Móvil + Santa Biblia (com.tvrsoft.santabiblia) | tvrsoft; iOS credited to Teofilo Vizcaino | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 71 | Bíblia Almeida cluster (8+ listings, one per ACF/ARA/ARC/NAA keyword) | KeywordLabs (br.com.keywordlabs.*) | Brazil [U] | FARM | Not obtainable (Play fetch blocked) |
| 72 | Bíblia em Português Almeida (free) + Bíblia Almeida PRO | martinvillar | Brazil [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 73 | Holy Bible: Almeida Atualizada + Santa Biblia Reina Valera | fabricadeapps / EAF Tecnologia | Brazil [U] | FARM | Not obtainable |
| 74 | NIV Bible app offline | "Holy Bible apps for study" (clone) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 100,000+ |
| 75 | Bible Trivia Quiz Game | Salem Media Group (OTCQX: SALM, ~$267M revenue), legacy package "Innoge Labs" | US, public company | FARM/MIX | 100K+, 4.8★, 18,049 ratings |
| 76 | Bible Quiz (Bible Quiz & Answers) | Ronasoft Media (7-app shop: karaoke, hearing aid, PDF scanner) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 100K+ |
| 77 | Christian Resources – Bible Truth (15-app portfolio, SDA "Present Truth") | "adevarprezent" account | Romania [U] | NP/FARM hybrid | 100K+ per app |
| 78 | Audio Alkitab bahasa indonesia | "Audio Religious Book" | Indonesia [U] | FARM | 100K+ |
| 79 | Alkitab - Indonesian Bible | "Appsoup" | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | 1K+ |
| 80 | Bible Widget: Daily Verse | Kawaii Inc | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Small on Android; 27,134 iOS ratings |
| 81 | Daily Bible Verse & Widgets (com.ikame.biblechat.bible.holy.widget) | iKame Applications / Begamob (28-app Vietnamese app factory, titles at 50M+ installs) | Vietnam | FARM | ~10+ installs — nascent |
| 82 | Kinh Thánh / Thánh Ca family (H'Mông, Ê Đê, M'Nông, Dao) | HTTLVN (Evangelical Church of Vietnam) | Vietnam | NP | 18–128 iOS ratings per app |
| 83 | Kinh Thánh / Українська Біблія and dozens of single-language SKUs | Digital.Bible LLC ("Global.Bible," an American Bible Society initiative) | US | NP | Small (32 iOS ratings for the Ukrainian app) |
| 84 | Kinh Thánh Công Giáo 4.0 | Solo developer | Vietnam [U] | NP/free | 836 iOS ratings, 4.93★ — largest single Vietnamese app |
| 85 | Ukrainian Ohienko Bible | Faith Comes By Hearing | US | NP | Small |
| 86 | Biblica Bible (own-branded) | Biblica, Inc. | Colorado Springs, CO, US | NP | 1,000+ — negligible; real distribution is its YouVersion partnership |
| 87 | Hosanna (Bible.is successor app) | Faith Comes By Hearing | US | NP | Mid-rebrand; currently 4.0★ on Play |
| 88 | Basmo (predecessor reading app) | Book Vitals / SoulStream | Romania | FP | Pre-pivot product |
| 89 | Every Day With God (CWR / Waverley Abbey) | CWR | UK | ONE | No app exists — print/PDF booklet subscription only; site 301-redirects to waverleyabbey.org and the product page 404s |
| 90 | Biblesteps For Kids | Unconfirmed Shopify shop, defunct mid-2025 | Unconfirmed [U] | ONE | Not an app — physical "Complete Kids Bible Bundle" |
| 91 | Manna App (id6742866659) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 92 | Scroll The Bible (id6756558351) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 93 | Biblenote | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 94 | BiblePath: Chat with Bible | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 95 | Theo: Prayer & Meditation | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 96 | BlessedApp | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 97 | Divine Widgets | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 98 | Daily Bible Verse/Prayer Alarm (net.uploss.bible) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not found |
| 99 | Simple Bible Daily Verse (com.holy.bible.study) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not found |
| 100 | Bible Wallpaper—Daily Faith Wallpaper (id6757699795) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 101 | Bible Launcher (com.beloved.bible.prayer.verse.android) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FP | Not found |
| 102 | KJV Daily Bible - Verse+Audio (kjvbible.verse.daily.bible.prayer) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not found |
| 103 | KJV Bible-Daily Verse&Audio-New (com.kjvbibleadio.dailyverse) | Unconfirmed [U] | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not found |
| 104 | Igor Apps (61 apps, one offline Bible per language) | "Igor Apps" (generic Gmail contact) | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | ~40M across portfolio |
| 105 | Floral Game (2 Bible titles in a puzzle catalog), DOHAGI HOLDINGS CO., LTD (2 nascent Bible titles + a PDF-AI app), LoadUpGames.com (Bible = 2 of ~27 trivia reskins) | Various reskin shops | Unconfirmed [U] | FARM | Not found |
| 106 | "Maleo / Igor Apps" lead from the brief | Did not resolve. "Maleo" on Play is an Indonesian gaming studio (Bus Simulator Indonesia, 300M+ installs) with no Bible apps | Indonesia | — | — |
488. Appendix: Full market map (cont.)
| App | Revenue (if known) | Monetisation | Prices | Top countries / languages | Ads live (Foreplay) | Longest-running ad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bible App (YouVersion) | ~$60M raised lifetime from ~40,000 donors | Free, donation-funded, no ads | $0 | 2,300+ versions, 1,900+ languages; South Africa alone 26M installs | 25 of 25 in per-app pull; 143 ads in sweep | 647 days (per-app pull); 99 days (sweep) |
| Bible Offline-KJV Holy Bible (com.offline.bible) | Sensor Tower snippet ~1M downloads/mo, ~$5k/mo Play [U] | Ads (AdMob, Meta Audience Network, AppLovin, MoPub) + tiered subs | Remove Ads $4.99/mo; Audio $3.49/mo or $21.99/yr; Prime $1.99 | ES/PT/EN live UA; iOS app in EN, DA, FR, DE, KO, PT, ES, ZH-Hant | 566 ads, live | 366 days |
| King James Bible – Verse+Audio | Not found | Ads (detail unconfirmed) | Not found | Not found | None found (per-app + sweep) | — |
| Bible App for Kids | Grant-funded | Free, no ads, no IAP, no donation prompt | $0 | 55 languages | 1 ad ever (2021 Afghanistan crisis appeal) | — |
| Bíblia Offline 9-app portfolio (combined) | — | Ads + subs | $1.99–$4.99 tiers | ES/PT/EN | Yes, flagship + Bible For Women campaigns | 366 days |
| Bible.is (701 single-language Play apps) | ~$9.2M annual revenue [U, not reconciled across years] | 100% free, donor-funded | $0 | 2,500+ audio languages, JESUS Film in 1,700+, 170+ countries | 0 (none found) | — |
| Bible For Women (com.bible.holy.bible.for.women) | Not found | Ads + A/B-tested IAP ladders | Weekly $1.99–$6.99; monthly $2.49/$4.99; yearly $19.99–$39.99; lifetime $19.99 | EN/PT/ES | 8 ads, Spanish campaign | Within the 566-ad parent set |
| My Bible - Verse+Audio (com.mybible.todaypraybible) | Not found | Ads (inferred) | Not found | English | 1 long-running ad | 399 days (since 2024-12-19) |
| Holy Bible Reina Valera 1960 (cjvg.santabiblia) | Not found | Undisclosed ad networks, no confirmed remove-ads IAP | Not found | Spanish (US Hispanic, LatAm) | None found; keyword hits resolve to Bible Offline | — |
| Santa Biblia Reina Valera (org.reyfasoft.reinavalera1960) | Not found | Undisclosed ad networks | Not found | Spanish | None found | — |
| Superbook | CBN consolidated FY to Mar 2025: $282.36M revenue, $267.5M expenses, CEO pay $957,670 | Free, no ads, no IAP; separate donation "Superbook Partner" upsell | $0 in app | 23 in-app languages incl. Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian; TV dubbed 46–60+ | 0 across three query variants | — |
| Glorify | $84.6M raised; founders' stake reportedly >$100M | Subscription + hardware pre-order | Plus $6.99 or $9.99/mo (A/B); $41.99 or $69.99/yr (A/B); "Pay it Forward" $4.99; Ring $99 deposit / $199 early bird / $299 | EN/PT/ES | 14 of 25 live (highest live-rate found) | ~1.5 days (fresh batch) |
| Hallow | ~$40M net 2025 est.; $105M raised ($157M per one aggregator [U]) | Subscription | $69.99/yr; $9.99 or $10.99/mo (A/B); Family & Friends $119.99/yr | EN/FR/DE/IT/PL/PT/ES; claims 150+ countries | 1 of 25 live (per-app); 604 ads in sweep, live | 86.5 days (per-app); 147 days (sweep) |
| Alkitab (yuku.alkitab) | None | Free, no ads/IAP badge found | $0 | Indonesian | None found | — |
| Bible Trivia - Word Quiz Game | Not found | Ads | Not found | English | None found (confirmed vs 5,047-ad sweep) | — |
| Holy Bible KJV+Audio | Third-party Sept 2026: ~8K downloads/mo, <$5k/mo iOS [U]; Android revenue unverified | Ads (hard-to-close interstitials per reviews) + VIP sub + coin packs | VIP $1.99/wk, $4.99/mo, $29.99/yr; coins $0.99 (500) to $9.99 (7,200) | App Store lists English only; Play count unverified | None found under Woombit's name (per-app + sweep) | — |
| King James Bible (KJV) (com.azwstudios.theholybible.kjv) | Not found | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | EN/ES/PT/FR in-app | None found | — |
| Bible Chat: Daily Devotional | $6.3M net since 2023; $750K net Mar 2025; company claims $15M annualised, 10M users; third-party "$3.6mm a year" [U] | Hard paywall, 7-day trial, in-app SKU ladder + web quiz funnel via Paddle | Weekly $2.99/$4.99/$5.99/$6.99; Monthly $4.99/$12.99; 6-mo $29.99; Yearly $39.99/$59.99; Lifetime $99.99; Streak Repair $3.99; web $19.99/mo after 2-week intro | >95% revenue US App Store; 70% US users; 17 in-app languages; English-first creative | 518 ads in sweep; ~15–20 creatives in per-app pull | 191 days (sweep); 105 days (per-app) |
| Pray.com | $14M Series A confirmed (Mar 2018); ≥$34M total per BuzzFeed [U] | Subscription + premium content tier | Base $7.99 or $1.99/mo (A/B); no-ads tier $14.99/mo; "Pray Bible Experience" $49.99 / $59.99 / $69.99 / $109.99 | EN/ES; listed in 190+ countries | 23 of 25 live | ~7 days in sample |
| Alkitab (org.sabda.alkitab) | Donor | Free, no ads/IAP badge found | $0 | Indonesian | None found | — |
| Bible Gateway (app + site) | Not disclosed | Free tier ad-supported + Plus subscription; cross-sells Christianbook.com | Plus $6.99/mo or $69.99/yr, 7-day trial | 200+ translations, 74+ languages; 57% US traffic, then Philippines, Canada, UK, Australia | 25 live (per-app); 17 ads in sweep | 314 days (per-app); 111 days (sweep) |
| Bible App by Olive Tree | Kona Equity estimate ~$5.2M/yr [U, single source] | Moved away from subscription to one-time IAP [2026 source]; other sources still list subs | Study Bibles $9.99–$47.99; Starter Pack $2.99/mo; commentary bundles $7.99–$19.99/mo; a la carte $5.99–$75.99 | English/US only — no Spanish or Portuguese localisation found | 0 (25 results, all noise) | — |
| Bible Chat (Godward's, id6737005701) | Not found | Subscription | Not found | English | Not pulled | — |
| #Bible – Verse of the Day | ~40K downloads/mo [U, teardown estimate] | Donation/"patronage" subscription, no ads | $1.99/mo or $19.99/yr | English | None found | — |
| Dwell | $0 VC raised; Kickstarter $125K+ against a $50K goal, 4th most-funded app on the platform | Subscription, 7-day trial | Solo $9.99/mo or $59.99/yr; Duo $14.99/$89.99; Family $17.99/$109.99; Lifetime $199.99 (from $399.99); church bands $69.99–$1,199.99/mo | English UI, 14 translations, 20+ narrator accents (US, UK, Australian, Kenyan, Brazilian-Salvadoran) | 4 of 19 live; plus affiliate Curtis Lee Harbin running 58 ads | 403 days |
| Abide: Bible Prayer Meditation | Not disclosed | Opaque A/B-tested subscription, hard paywall mid-session | SKUs at $4.99, $7.99, $9.99, $12.99, $29.99 ×2, $39.99, $44.99 across "Abide Premium" and "Abide Member" | English only per App Store metadata [U] | 0 genuine (the one hit was an unrelated copycat) | — |
| BibleProject | FY2025 revenue $30.89M (from <$900K in 2015); exec pay Mackie $266,142, Collins $264,738, Atkinson $255,567; MinistryWatch transparency grade D | Free, no ads, no IAP; donations incl. stock and crypto | $0 | App is English-only; YouTube library localised 50+ languages, 620M+ views claimed | 25 found, 0 live | ~14 days |
| Daily Bible – KJV Holy Bible (com.daily.holybiblelite) | Not found | Ads + IAP, two parallel subscription ladders | Pro $4.99/mo, $14.99/yr; Premium $4.99/mo, $24.99/yr [U, snippet-sourced] | Not disclosed (English inferred) | 0 across four "Daily Bible" brand pages; zero mentions in sweep | — |
| DailyBible Lite – KJV Version (com.dailybible.lite) | Not found | Ads + IAP | as above | Not disclosed | 0 | — |
| Holy Bible King James + Audio (com.tecarta.kjv2) | Not found | Study-tool IAP, not an ad-farm pattern | See Tecarta row | English | Not queried directly; absent from sweep | — |
| NIV Bible version, Offline app | Not found | Ads; reviews cite inappropriate ad content | Not found | English | None found | — |
| Hindi Bible / Tamil Bible / Swahili Bible Offline (~30-app portfolio) | Not found | Ads + IAP on every listing | Not extractable from static listings | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Swahili, Filipino, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Indonesian, French, German, Greek, Thai | Dedicated queries not run; absent from sweep — unreliable negative | — |
| Swahili Bible: Biblia Takatifu + Yoruba Bible | Not found | Ads + IAP | Not found | Swahili (TZ/KE/UG/RW/BI/CD keyword-stuffed), Yoruba, Ga, Igbo | Not run — unreliable negative | — |
| Yoruba Bible and English KJV | Not found | Ads only, no IAP | $0 | Yoruba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Spanish | Not run — unreliable negative | — |
| Tagalog Bible with Audio (13+ language portfolio) | Not found | Ads + IAP | Not found | Tagalog, Armenian, Luganda, Oromo, Portuguese, Russian, Shona, Tigrinya | Not run — unreliable negative | — |
| Bible Trivia: Jesus Quiz Games | Not found | Free ad-supported tier + subscription | $2.99/wk or $7.99/mo | English | None (confirmed vs sweep) | — |
| Bible Trivia - Bible Quiz Game | Not found | Ads | Not found | English | None (confirmed vs sweep) | — |
| Lectio 365 | Donation-supported | Free, explicitly "no upsell modals" | $0 | English | 8 genuine ads, 2 winners live | 496 and 495 days |
| Haven – Bible Chat | Portfolio claim "8 Apps. 11 Million Users. $25 Million+ Annual Revenue" — not Haven-specific [U]. The "$330K ARR" GetLatka figure is wrong, it describes an unrelated property-management company | 7-day trial then subscription | $6.99/wk; $4.99–$19.99/mo tier variants | English only | Heavy Instagram, UGC/testimonial style | 19 days |
| Bible Widgets | Not found | Free with ads; Premium removes ads | $14.99/mo or $14.99–$59.99/yr | English | 27 ads, live since 2026-09-16 | 1 day at capture |
| Telugu Bible (~20-language Indian portfolio) | Donor-funded | Explicitly ad-free | $0 | Telugu, Punjabi, Odiya, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Urdu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali + more | Not run — unreliable negative | — |
| First 5 | Ministry social-linked income estimated $247K–$336K/yr [U, third-party estimator] | Entirely free, no IAP | $0 | Not disclosed | 0 app-install ads; 24 donor-fundraising ads (17–36 day runs) | 36 days (fundraising) |
| NIV Bible (bible.nivapp, official) | Not found | No ads; premium-content IAP only | NIV Study Bible $24.99; NIV Application Bible $24.99; Cultural Backgrounds $24.99; add-ons $12.99–$24.99 | English, US | No app-install ads; only physical-Bible commerce/influencer ads | — |
| Minno – Kids Bible Videos | Not found | Subscription only, no ads | $10.99/mo or $69.99/yr | English | 6 ads | Not stated |
| Bedtime Bible Stories for Kids | Not found | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | English | Not checked against sweep | — |
| Bible Hub | Not found | Website display advertising only; no app subscription or IAP | $0 | English-first, US/UK/Canada; 61% of traffic organic search | 0 (queries returned unrelated brands) | — |
| Blue Letter Bible | ~$2M annual budget | 100% free, ad-free by policy, donation-only, no fundraising campaigns | $0 | 85% US traffic; 12 English translations plus Hebrew and Greek | 0 of its own; 1 competitor ad name-checks it | — |
| Tecarta Bible ("Life Bible App") | No independent estimate found | Freemium + subscription + a la carte books | Bible Premium $5.99/mo or $59.99/yr; translations $5.99–$12.99; Life Application Study Bible $24.99; IAP range $1.99–$75.99 | EN, ES, PT, KO, FR, ZH, TL | 0 genuine (25 results all noise) | — |
| Logos (Logos Bible Study App) | Estimates range $25M–$80M, none reliable [U] | Hybrid: subscription + one-time book/library marketplace + "Logos Pro" 5%-off perk | $9.99 / $14.99 / $19.99 per month; 30–60 day trials; library bundles | English-only ad targeting; pastors and seminary | 25 genuine ads (per-app); 68 in sweep | 140 days |
| La Biblia Católica | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Spanish | None found | — |
| Bible Study Together | Revenue from printed study companion books | Free app, no IAP; groups up to 500 people | $0 | Not disclosed | 0 brand ads | — |
| Pencil Bible: Journal & Study | Not found | Freemium, free tier caps annotation at 10 pages, 14-day trial on annual | Weekly $0.99; Monthly $8.99; Yearly $39.99; Lifetime $79.99; per-translation ESV/NLT/CSB $8.99–$9.99; bundles $18.99–$28.99 | Not disclosed | 0 brand ads | — |
| Christian Journal – Bible & More | Not found | Freemium, cheap ladder, "one-click exit premium promo" | Monthly $0.99; 6-month $5.99; Yearly $9.99; Lifetime $12.99 | Not disclosed | 0 brand ads (19 results, all unrelated) | — |
| She Reads Truth (app) | Not disclosed | App subscription, separate business from the $240/yr physical box | SRT Monthly $2.99/mo; physical box $240/yr | English | 25 ads, all for the box or a free summit; 0 for the $2.99 app | 28 days |
| Enduring Word | Donation-funded; separate paid print volumes | No subscription, no paywall, no sign-in | $0 | 15+ languages claimed; ads seen in EN, DE, ES | 13 genuine ads, all "FREE" hooks | Not stated |
| Magisterium AI | ~$3M raised pre-seed/seed; targeting a $4–5M Series A at $25M valuation | Freemium, free tier capped at 90 queries/week | Pro $3.99/mo (was $8.99) or $29.99/yr (was $79); 50% renewal discount makes year two $15 | Claims 190 countries / 75 languages on App Store vs 165+/50+ elsewhere — figures disagree [U] | ~0 relevant (2 unrelated Russian massage ads) | — |
| FaithGPT | Not found | Freemium + credit packs | Pro $7.99/wk, $19.99/mo, $199.99/yr; Max $99.99/mo, $999.99/yr; credits 200/$12.99, 500/$27.99, 1,000/$29.99 | EN/ES/FR + Mexican Spanish | 0 ads found | — |
| Grace: Bible Chat | Not found | Subscription | Weekly Premium $6.99; Yearly $29.99/$59.99 | EN/PT/ES | Not separable in pull | — |
| Grace AI – Bible Chat | Not found | One-time unlock | $6.99 unlimited unlock | English | Not separable | — |
| Grace: All Bible Chats | Not found | Subscription | $2.99–$4.99 | English | Not separable | — |
| Grace: Catholic Companion | Not found | Subscription | Not found | English | Not separable | — |
| Abide – Bible Verse & AI Chat (id6763993261) | Not found | Weekly membership | $6.99/wk | English | Active video campaign found | Not stated |
| Sam – Bible Chat Kids / Bedtime Stories | Not found | Subscription + unlimited unlock; unauthorized-charge complaints | $5.99/wk, $14.99/mo, $59.99/yr, $79.99–$127.99 unlimited | English | Not pulled | — |
| Daily Bible Verse of the Day | Not found | 7-day trial then subscription; unlocks non-KJV translations and removes ads | $4.99/mo or $39.99/yr | Not disclosed | Not pulled | — |
| DailyBible for Women – KJV (com.dailybible.woman) | Not found | Ads + IAP | as LINKAMEN above | Not disclosed | 0 | — |
| Biblia Católica en Español | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Spanish (LatAm) | None found | — |
| Biblia Católica con Audio | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Spanish | None found | — |
| 8-app Catholic/Protestant portfolio (Biblia Varias Versiones, Biblia de la Mujer, Biblia Cristiana Evangélica, Biblia Católica Hablada Audio, Biblia para Chicas, Bíblia Evangélica Português, Alkitab Indonesia + Audio) | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian — one reskin engine across three languages and both denominations | None found | — |
| Bíblia Sagrada Católica Oração | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Portuguese | None found | — |
| Biblia Católica Móvil + Santa Biblia (com.tvrsoft.santabiblia) | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | Spanish, cross-denomination | None found | — |
| Bíblia Almeida cluster (8+ listings, one per ACF/ARA/ARC/NAA keyword) | Not found | Markets itself "Sem Propagandas" (no ads) | Not found | Portuguese (Brazil) | None found; the only "almeida" sweep hit is a physical-cover ecommerce brand | — |
| Bíblia em Português Almeida (free) + Bíblia Almeida PRO | Not found | Free with ads + paid PRO removing ads | PRO price unconfirmed | Portuguese | None found | — |
| Holy Bible: Almeida Atualizada + Santa Biblia Reina Valera | Not found | Ad-supported template factory across PT and ES | Not found | Portuguese, Spanish | None found | — |
| NIV Bible app offline | Not found | Ads | Not found | English | None found | — |
| Bible Trivia Quiz Game | Parent ~$267M revenue | Ad-supported | Not found | English | None (confirmed vs sweep) | — |
| Bible Quiz (Bible Quiz & Answers) | Not found | Ad-supported | Not found | English | None (confirmed vs sweep) | — |
| Christian Resources – Bible Truth (15-app portfolio, SDA "Present Truth") | Not found | Mostly claims "no ads" — donation/ministry model in ad-farm clothing | $0 claimed | Romanian, English | Not checked against sweep | — |
| Audio Alkitab bahasa indonesia | Not found | Ads + IAP | Not found | Indonesian | None found | — |
| Alkitab - Indonesian Bible | Not found | Ads + IAP | Not found | Indonesian | None found | — |
| Bible Widget: Daily Verse | Not found | Premium unlock for themes/categories | Not found | English | None found | — |
| Daily Bible Verse & Widgets (com.ikame.biblechat.bible.holy.widget) | Not found | Not found | Not found | English | None found | — |
| Kinh Thánh / Thánh Ca family (H'Mông, Ê Đê, M'Nông, Dao) | Church-funded | No ads mentioned in reviews | $0 | Vietnamese + ethnic minority languages | Not run — unreliable negative | — |
| Kinh Thánh / Українська Біблія and dozens of single-language SKUs | ABS-funded | Monetisation unconfirmed, no ad evidence | $0 [U] | Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Zulu, Amharic, Malagasy, Luganda, Welsh, Greek | Not run | — |
| Kinh Thánh Công Giáo 4.0 | None | States "completely free, with no ads"; reviews confirm | $0 | Vietnamese | Not run | — |
| Ukrainian Ohienko Bible | Donor | Free | $0 | Ukrainian | Not run | — |
| Biblica Bible (own-branded) | Donor | Free | $0 | English | None found | — |
| Hosanna (Bible.is successor app) | Donor | Free | $0 | Multi-language | None found | — |
| Basmo (predecessor reading app) | — | — | — | English | — | — |
| Every Day With God (CWR / Waverley Abbey) | — | Booklet subscription | Not found | English | n/a | — |
| Biblesteps For Kids | Not found | Pay-shipping-only "free" funnel | "Was $79.99 — now 100% FREE!" | English | 18 ads (oldest Jan 2025); domain now parked | Not stated |
| Manna App (id6742866659) | Not found | Freemium, store-install funnel | Not found | English | 15 ads, live, first seen 2026-09-15 | 3 days |
| Scroll The Bible (id6756558351) | Not found | Freemium, store-install funnel | Not found | English | 15 ads, live | 59 days |
| Biblenote | Not found | Bible study/journal app | Not found | English | 51 ads (sweep) | 5 days |
| BiblePath: Chat with Bible | Not found | AI chat app, install ads | Not found | Runs the same hook in EN, FR, ES, PT | 33 ads (sweep) | 5 days |
| Theo: Prayer & Meditation | Not found | Kids/family prayer app, all ads straight to store | Not found | English | 136 ads (sweep) | 74 days |
| BlessedApp | Not found | Not found | Not found | English | 11 ads (sweep) | 7 days |
| Divine Widgets | Not found | Widget app | Not found | English | 1 ad, now paused | 16 days |
| Daily Bible Verse/Prayer Alarm (net.uploss.bible) | Not found | Not found | Not found | English | 4 ads, paused | 46 days |
| Simple Bible Daily Verse (com.holy.bible.study) | Not found | Not found | Not found | English | 1 ad, paused | 51 days |
| Bible Wallpaper—Daily Faith Wallpaper (id6757699795) | Not found | Leads with "100% FREE. No subscription. No hidden fees" | $0 claimed | English | 1 ad | 3 days |
| Bible Launcher (com.beloved.bible.prayer.verse.android) | Not found | Free Bible app with audio | $0 claimed | English | 1 ad | 9 days |
| KJV Daily Bible - Verse+Audio (kjvbible.verse.daily.bible.prayer) | Not found | Free audio Bible | Not found | English | 1 ad, since paused | 300 days |
| KJV Bible-Daily Verse&Audio-New (com.kjvbibleadio.dailyverse) | Not found | Not found | Not found | English | 1 ad | 7 days |
| Igor Apps (61 apps, one offline Bible per language) | Not found | Leads listings with a no-ads promise | Not found | Tagalog, Telugu, Vietnamese, French + more | Not found | — |
| Floral Game (2 Bible titles in a puzzle catalog), DOHAGI HOLDINGS CO., LTD (2 nascent Bible titles + a PDF-AI app), LoadUpGames.com (Bible = 2 of ~27 trivia reskins) | Not found | Ad-supported reskins | Not found | English | Not found | — |
| "Maleo / Igor Apps" lead from the brief | — | — | — | — | — | Recommend dropping or re-briefing with a package ID |
498.1 Non-app advertisers in Bible keywords
These brands set the creative benchmark even though they sell physical goods.
| Brand | What it sells | Ads | Longest ad |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabaster Co | Christian journals/devotionals | 265 | 5 days |
| Purpose Paper - Loja | Brazilian Christian journals | 248 | 34 days |
| Nowadaysi 8 | Bible study guide | 217 | 5 days |
| Love in Faith | Christian apparel | 190 | 2 days |
| Forty-Six Ten | Christian apparel | 62 | 3 days |
| Curtis Lee Harbin | Affiliate running Dwell ads | 58 | 99 days |
| QuizGriz + QuizGriz History | Bible quiz funnels | 50 + 46 | 61 / 43 days |
| Amen Core | Bible-explainer listicle funnel | 46 | 10 days |
| Christian Art Workshop | Christian decals/stickers | 39 | 3 days |
| Printable WITH Lisa | Plain-English Bible printables | 37 | 3 days |
| Loop Green | Christian home decor | 37 | 35 days |
| Text In Church | Church SaaS | 21 | 87 days |
| Minha Biblioteca Católica | Brazilian Catholic book club | 3 | — |
508.1 Non-app advertisers in Bible keywords (cont.)
End of guide. The full raw data lives in projects/bible-app-offer/research/apps/raw/. Rerun the sweep analysis with python3 research/apps/raw/sweep/analyze.py.
51Sources (numbered references)
| # | source | url |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YouVersion | https://www.youversion.com/news/bible-app-reaches-one-billion-installs |
| 2 | growthcasestudies.com | https://growthcasestudies.com/p/youversion |
| 3 | Premier Christianity | https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/we-would-make-billions-if-we-monetised-the-bible-app-heres-why-we-never-will/20447.article |
| 4 | Appfigures | https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/20250418?f=5 |
| 5 | apkcombo | https://apkcombo.com/bible-offline-kjv-holy-bible/com.offline.bible/ |
| 6 | Appfigures | https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/hallow-lent-surge-prayer-app-revenue |
| 7 | hallow.com | https://hallow.com/blog/10-million-installs/ |
| 8 | EWTN | https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/after-super-bowl-ad-catholic-prayer-app-hallow-sees-biggest-spike-in-its-history |
| 9 | Vestbee | https://www.vestbee.com/insights/articles/bible-chat-secures-14-m |
| 10 | the-haven.co | https://the-haven.co/people-keep-asking-me-to-cancel-haven-bible-app-subscription/ |
| 11 | Lifeway | https://news.lifeway.com/2026/03/23/bible-sales-growth-brings-opportunities-for-churches/ |
| 12 | Grand View | https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/spiritual-wellness-apps-market-report |
| 13 | Charity Navigator | https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/731486708 |
| 14 | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life.Church |
| 15 | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouVersion |
| 16 | Forbes | https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/09/18/david-green-the-biblical-billionaire-backing-the-evangelical-movement/ |
| 17 | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Comes_By_Hearing |
| 18 | MinistryWatch | https://db.ministrywatch.com/ministry.php?ein=464277592 |
| 19 | Dealroom | https://app.dealroom.co/news/feed/hallow-raises-50m-series-c-funding |
| 20 | TechCrunch | https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/02/glorify-an-ambitious-app-for-christians-just-landed-40-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-a16z/ |
| 21 | Religion News Service | https://religionnews.com/2021/12/02/michael-buble-kris-jenner-invest-in-christian-mediation-app-glorify/ |
| 22 | Forbes | https://www.forbes.com/sites/sofiachierchio/2026/05/29/this-startup-is-building-chatgpt-for-catholics/ |
| 23 | Substack investigation | https://joshbensonthewriter.substack.com/p/tarot-cards-drugs-and-millions-in |
| 24 | Christian Today | https://www.christiantoday.com/news/concerns-raised-over-theological-bias-in-ai-bible-chatbots |
| 25 | BuzzFeed | https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/apps-selling-your-prayers |
| 26 | Barna | https://www.barna.com/research/young-adults-lead-resurgence-in-church-attendance/ |