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Bible Gateway App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ I used to love this app!Something has gone wonky with the Bible Gateway app. Suddenly it started defaulting to audio and when I tried to go back to the reading page, the page would not load! I deleted it from my phone for a few days, opened it again today and immediately have the not loading problem! I sure hope HarperCollins gets it fixed soon!!.Version: 64
✓ Suddenly glitchyI was using BibleGateway for a couple years, and enjoyed it thoroughly for its daily Bible reading and reminders. then sometime in the last month, not sure if it was due to iPhone iOS update or the app itself, but when getting the daily reminder, I would click on it, and the font was small, and it needed to be reset in order to continue with the reading. Prior, you would just click on the reminder, and click on reading plan, and you were on your way. so, I tried deleting the app, re-adding it, and the app was asking for payment information, even though it should’ve been free. It attempted to bill me about $97, and I don’t know if it’s just my phone, or a glitch in the system. It’s just not running like it used to! I hope it can be fixed, cause there’s no other Bible reading app that’s quite as user-friendly that I’ve found..Version: 64
✓ Passion Translation no longer available.The Passion Translation was dropped without any notice. This used to be my go to Bible app but not any longer..Version: 59
✓ Lately shuts down for addsLately the app suddenly shuts down a lot!!!! for an add to come on while you are reading the Bible. It’s really disruptive and you have to then go back in and find the scriptures you were reading again. I can’t use the app in church for that reason as you think you found your scripture and then everything shuts down in front of your eyes. It never used to do this. It really spoils your reading experience and wastes a lot of time. This used to be the best Bible app and still is as far as comprehensive features go, but the problem with the app shutting down is so significant that I may have to delete it. Also, sometimes when you scroll to find your scripture it isn’t there and looks like the book ends earlier. Please fix this.Version: 67
✓ Problems with subscriptionAn otherwise great app, but when I subscribe to the full content, it won’t load any of it and continually says that there is an internet connection error. Thankfully I have a 30 free trial period. I will have to cancel the subscription if that content is not accessible. I assume a bug fix is required..Version: 59
✓ AdvertisingWhy advertising all of a sudden.Version: 67
✓ 3 chances but still disappointingThis is my third time in 10 years to give Bible Gateway a chance to overcome multiple problems and I see the same problems if inconsistent and undependable performance. The lack of progress is disconcerting. I had my first experience only via computer and it was not good. Many bugs. I asked for support but didn’t get any response until over a week later. Even so it was frustrating. There was little attempt to make the technical corrections and eventually they just offered to give me my money back. I had to be honest with them, admitting that I was disappointed by fellow Christians who were not diligent businessmen. I felt embarrassed when I saw that Apple reported they have not gotten any response for their requests to provide privacy practice details. I also see there has been no version update since a year ago. That’s not a good sign. You can see for yourself The best, most responsive developers are updating their widely used apps at least once a week, average 2-4 weeks. The top Gun developers are updating every few DAYS In response to user feedback on various bugs. We Christians are held by our Lord to much higher standards of stewardship..Version: 59
✓ Constantly shutting downAm now only able to use for 20 seconds on a lucky day before the app shuts down - seems to have coincided with recent addition of overt advertising - not a patch on the old app, don’t waste your time purchasing, retire it already...Version: 68
✓ ImprovementsI would rate this bible 5 stars if it had "good news translation"/"good news bible" and you could download a bible that you could choose and use it offline, other than that it's great..Version: 33
✓ UselessI used to enjoy searching BG for certain verses - now it is impossible. Perhaps I need some tuition but it used to be so easy and now if I try to search for Revelations it tells me that no books were found! Am I missing some subtlety?.Version: 41
✓ Unusable, but Why?After using this app seamlessly for years, and enjoying it thoroughly, someone changed something and it is unusable. For what its worth , I’m a paid subscriber. I have it on iPhone 13 iOS 16.2, and iPad Air running iOS 16.1. I have been patient, but I am going to end the subscription and start with another app. I hope that this wasn’t deliberate on the part of the company. Most other developers would have fixed it by now. But given the length of time that the app has been unstable, I am convinced that Harper Collins is intentional and deliberately letting the app die..Version: 68
✓ Mine’s also unfunctionalI bought an annual subscription, it worked great for 6 months. All of a sudden, I’m able to open the app but cannot search, and no text appears when I select a passage or verse. Contacted Tech support three times, and no help. Also trying to remove the app and upload to my apple version 8 device….no success. Anyone else have this problem?.Version: 68
✓ Gone way downhill; uninstalledSadly this app has gotten progressively worse over the past several years. Full screen ads in a holy book is pretty distasteful. If they need funding they should partner with some mega church. The audio book feature no longer works properly. The content jumps awkwardly when scrolling. The text’s styling is less readable than it once was. Scripture is so rich and there are so many amazing possibilities for an app with the resources that BG clearly has licensed. How could their execution be (have fallen) this far? As a veteran software developer myself, I suspect they were pitched the idea to rebuild the app from scratch and that some dev team made promises they weren’t able to keep. The app from five years ago, if left untouched and never updated again, would be a superior experience to the current version. It’s a pity that BibleGateway has fallen so far, but thankfully there are much better Bible apps out there these days..Version: 68
✓ Search engineI don’t like your search engine. I have been using you version often I like how there’s works better. I do not need to select where I want to search if I knew that I often wouldn’t need to search at all. I also wish it would search all bible versions as I read many and may not have the wording correct as it is written in the version I am in when searching. Love the app otherwise. Thank you God bless.Version: 47
✓ Started out great but went downhillI really liked this app at first. I appreciated being able to compare various translations. In the last few months it has stopped functioning well. It crashes frequently, either when looking up passages or trying to manoeuvre between passages or switching translations. Very frustrating..Version: 68
✓ Missing audio NKJV translationWhy has the New King James Version disappeared from the audio? This is one of the most accurate versions translations and I will be looking elsewhere for an alternative app.Version: 59
✓ Wavy happened to this app?This app used to be amazing, now it constantly crashes. I don’t understand how it could get worse with time. I wish it would revert to how it was in the beginning. Also disappointed that there is no longer The Passion Translation..Version: 68
✓ What happened??I used this app daily for years — multiple times per day. I’m grateful for any ministry that makes the Word so accessible!!! But the app keeps crashing and words fall out when I copy and paste verses. My history isn’t accurate when I need to look at a previously referenced verse. I’ve been a premium subscriber and I was set to renew at the end of the month. But I’ve cancelled my subscription until the developers get this fixed. I’ve been trying to work through these issues since the last update and see that others share my frustration… but Bible Gateway hasn’t said a word…. Hobbling through these issues is exhausting and when you have an app that’s been as awesome as this one take such a nosedive without acknowledging the problem, that’s disappointing. When the issues are ironed out, I’d love to resubscribe..Version: 66
✓ Still waiting for bookmark feature.3 years after my 1st review, I’m still waiting for you to add a bookmark feature. Otherwise it’s a great app..Version: 42
✓ Very useful appIt’ used to be great app but after the last couple updates it has gone backwards. I used to switch between languages and Bible versions with no issues. Also used to copy veres from the app with no problems but not anymore. I have deleted the app and installed it back with no improvements so I’ll delete it permanently for some time, I’ll try in a few months..Version: 63
✓ Sad of the ChangesI write this review with a sad heart. I understand that the designers of Bible Gateway had to make a decision in the way of funding ; the Bible Gateway app is almost unusable. I am not quick to give a review and honestly I rarely give them at all. The ads in the app do not function correctly they take over the app and do not allow one to exit them even after watching the entire ad and giving the ad another 10 seconds or so as “x” appears on the screen. The “x” does nothing. I have used this app for many years and have told many to use it as it was one of the best of its type. Sorry but is is not what it used to be and again, I understand the need for funding but when the very thing you are trying to support takes over it becomes something entirely different..Version: 67
✓ AdvertsThis used to be best bible app until a recent update. Apparently it was to have various adverts. Now once you open the app, it is adverts. When one tries to go to bible reading, app closes. Also it will not allow one listen to bible when in reading menu because it closes. So many issues making it unfriendly since the update that put all the ads in.Version: 67
✓ Problems with new updateHad been using this app with no issues for many years, but since the new update, it often doesn’t even open properly, just gives me a white screen. When it does open (after uninstalling and re installing) it’s clunky, hard to navigate, freezes, doesn’t save the last reading place. Really gone down hill. Unfortunately I will be looking for another Bible app to use unless these issues get fixed quickly..Version: 65
✓ BUGSThis new version is not as user friendly. When in the bible, and wanting to navigate to a new book/verse/chapter, you can only scroll through to 50 chapters in Psalms! Where are the rest of them? So then you have to go back to the search function to find any chapters after 50. When changing between versions in the top right hand corner, it doesn't always change the text, only the version button. The print size keeps reverting to the smallest size! I have deleted and reinstalled the app twice. I will try once more. I hate the ads!! I love that highlighted passages are highlighted across all versions. This was something that I wished for in the old version. I have several bible apps on my phone but Bible Gateway has always been my favourite. I use the app and the website regularly. I hope these little glitches can be fixed soon!.Version: 67
✓ Terrible UpdatesThe last few updates have left this app riddled with bugs and crippled in usefulness. Among other issues, it crashes every time I try to view a parallel translation. So sad that such a great app has been so poorly revised. Do us a favour and revert back to version 59..Version: 65
✓ Passion TranslationAll of a sudden the passion translation disappeared… I don’t think I will keep the app. Just really concerned with that kind of censorship?!.Version: 59
✓ Need improvementThis would be a great app if it worked. I used it every single day during the day and night for several years. I endured some of the issues for a long time because I almost got used to the issues. Some of the bugs or issues were for example; every time I went to the dashboard it turned white and empty. My work around was to go to settings and toggle on and off the night view option. Then the second issue every time I went to do my reading plan the fonts were extra small by default. Then I had to go to the settings again and increase the fonts. I deleted and reinstalled this app several times but these issues continued. Then I gave up and deleted the app and got another app without these issues. I missed some of the easy features but I got tired of waiting for the developer to fix the bugs..Version: 67
✓ Audio Bible Crashing Since UpdateThis was a great app until the update. Now the Audio Bible crashes continually..Version: 39
✓ App broken? UPDATEDAm I the only one having this issue? The app doesn’t work anymore and hasn’t worked for about four days now. I’ve been using this app every day for about four years with no problem, but when I went to open it up a few days ago, it won’t display anything. It shows the Audio page and the Dashboard, but that’s it. Update: I am reducing my review to one star. After reading other reviews, I’ve discovered that I’m not the only one who has had issues with the app after update 63. Ironically, an update following the update that broke the app was with the main focus on “Bible Gateway Plus”. I’m not sure if this is merely coincidental, but considering that many users are complaining that the developers behind Bible Gateway do not ever respond to any of their complaints or questions even with direct contact through email or other methods, I find this turn of events to be very disappointing. If anyone has any recommendations for other reliable Bible apps, please include it in your reviews because I don’t to support the developers after how they have treated their users..Version: 65
✓ What changed??I use this app every day, and recently it has had so many glitches I find myself losing my sanctification by the time I can get to the correct reading. I have to put my preference for the reader in every day, and getting to the correct place in the Bible to read is just plain annoying. Please fix this problem before I have to find another friendlier app to use!!.Version: 61
✓ SuggestionCould you add an option to have the text down the centre rather than from one end of the screen to the other end? Just like in the Bible app, the most popular on the App Store..Version: 67
✓ Version 43It is ok now, it was taking quite a while to load up the texts.Version: 43
✓ Add removalCan’t get rid of adds om daily devotion. Very annoying.Version: 68
✓ No longer using because of TPT removalI had use this app for over a decade and it was very helpful and allowed me to look to different versions of the Bible. I like using different paraphrases and versions to see different perspectives from translation teams in people. The ESV and HCSB were my main resources, but also enjoyed the AMP, as well as the paraphrases (Message, TPT). About a month ago in February 2022 I tried to look up a verse in TPT, and it was no longer available. I reached out to support letting them know it was missing, hoping it was just a technical glitch. I reached out several other times with no response. It is my assumption this app has been “influenced“ by the movement to expunge TPT as a resource to followers of Jesus. It saddens my heart, because we are supposed to be united, and not divided. If people took time to understand the difference between a paraphrase, and a literal translation or thought for thought translation, I believe TPT would still be a resource available to me. I have now downloaded YouVersin, and will use that resource. Again, very saddened by the impact of the religious-mindset on this platform which simply cannot operate in Grace……no one is going to lose their relationship with God because they read TPT!.Version: 59
✓ Lack of translations.Significant lack of written & audio translations in any given language especially English (apparently ‘the world language’), particularly those approved by Catholic Bishops’ Conferences for liturgical use. The 2019 Revised New Jerusalem Bible Study Edition is just one translation I highly recommend adding..Version: 59
✓ Re: Bible not opening after new updateThe actual Bible won’t open on iPhone after the new update!!.Version: 60
✓ Used to be a great app…I’ve used Bible gateway for years, but with the updates recently, the app is terrible and not at all user friendly. Constantly freezes and crashes. I’ve always liked it for the audio feature, but now when I try to go from one book to another, the audio will freeze up and stop working. I have to close out of the app completely and go back in, select the book and chapter I was in, select the audio settings, etc… super frustrating. Furthermore, a user should be able to start playing the audio from the book they are viewing, but that is not the case. you have to instead go to the menu, go down to the audio option then find the book and chapter you are in, choose the reader, then go back up into the book that you were in and hit play from there. Like I said, not user friendly. I went into the app store this morning to find a different Bible app, but wanted to provide feedback before leaving this one behind. I’ve seen so many reviews stating the recent problems; I’m surprised they haven’t done anything to fix these bugs..Version: 68
✓ Used to be good but never works nowI’ve tried to get support on this app and the tell me the same things every time and the solutions never fix anything. It’s not just my phone, it also is my wife’s phone. Most translations do not have all the books available and some are duplicated where you select the passage. The ones that are there often have incomplete chapters. And lately, the one translation I can consistently get (NASB1995) won’t read audibly anymore. UPDATE: I’m very frustrated by the lack of information and response from tech support. It took this review to get any feedback. Thank you for finally responding. A quick email response when I respond to the tech’s email would be a very appropriate way to handle this and avoid bad reviews. UPDATE #2: Most of the functionality has been restored. I have been able to access multiple translations/versions successfully. Most of them now play audio, although NASB 1995 still isn’t working. I have upgraded my rating. Thank you for your continued diligence..Version: 59
✓ Hard to navigateFound it hard to navigate - love using the website but not the app. Going to continue using the webpage.Version: 59
✓ It’s AlrightBut the letters are more smaller than before If I could fix the letters and make them bigger To read I would..Version: 67
✓ Bible Gateway has changed - and now even the notes don’t wor!PS The latest “downdate” means that I can’t access my notes from the app. Happily I managed to go onto the web version and download them all (88 pages!!) but in the app they don’t appear as a note reminder on the verse like they used to, and when I press notes to look at the list of my notes, I can’t read them by pressing on the title in the list as I used to be able to. What are you guys DOING?!? I used to LOVE this app, but the recent update has made me search for another Bible app, because Bible Gateway is so glitchy. Open it up- it defaults to Genesis 1:1, instead of where youleft off. Try to search - it will either return NO RESULTS. (For pride! Really?) or close the app. Compare versions (which used to be so useful) and once you get both sides showing the verse ( not Genesis!) and the version, it crashes. When you open the app, you can’t press “read the Bible” for quite a few seconds( sometimes), unless you risk another crash. And “best” of all, a great big advert pops up every time you open it (which is badly sized and chops out half the ad). This app used to be the BEST and I loved it, but the recent “upgrades” make a mockery of the name. What’s going on?.Version: 67
✓ CommercialNow Bible gateway joins with other gaming apps and YouTube to force you to watch some advertisements before you can access what you are looking for. I am wondering if one day will the churches do the same. Before your sermon the pastor read, “we would like to use thirty seconds to thank our sponsor, blah blah blah”. Man, the internet is making people into jokes, but I didn’t know how fast and hilarious this would become..Version: 67
✓ Great Ap with a few suggestionsI am enjoying using this ap each day. I would like to add a few suggestions. Firstly can we have a second default translation too. I love the Amplified but alongside a modern translation eg The Passion. Also can we have the option to change the font style to an easier to read option rather than just a font size. Overall though great ap..Version: 42
✓ CrashesThe app is nice but sadly only when stable which is 10% of the time. It crashes more than it works..Version: 68
✓ Great resource, horrible appI love Bible Gateway and use the website all the time for commentaries and all sorts of other resources they provide. On the website, it’s very easy to navigate through everything and find resources for the passage you are looking at, but with the app, it’s the complete opposite. I’ve had to delete and redownload this app multiple times so that it will work properly. It is not user-friendly at all, and impossible to navigate. If you are looking for a commentary for the passage you are looking at, it will give you all the commentaries in their entire library so you have to sort through the commentaries that aren’t even about the book of the Bible you are reading to find commentaries that are discussing your passage. It is a mess of an app and needs a lot of work done before it can be considered a functional app. I will always continue using their website, but the app is pretty worthless..Version: 71
✓ Used to be…So good but now it crashes constantly, to the point where I don’t use it anymore. When I used it the Bible reading always opened to Genesis 1 and then, when I chose my passage, the app would shut down. It’s been doing this for a few months now; am very surprised that this hasn’t been fixed..Version: 67
✓ AdsI loved this app until they introduced advertising when you opened it. This began without advanced notice nor an option to pay a sum to avoid the annoyance. I stopped using the app after two weeks. Too bad I liked it..Version: 66
✓ App Doesn’t Work AnymoreThis used to be the best Bible app. A few months ago it stopped working. It crashes all the time and now you have to watch ads that don’t allow you to actually read. I have hundreds of passages and verses highlighted that I cannot see anymore. Extremely frustrating! All the years I have used this app as my go to Bible app are now lost. What were the developers thinking? This app is now garbage..Version: 67
✓ Go back to version 59!!!Please take this app back to version 59! Ever since version 60 came out there has been nothing but bugs. I understand that you have to make money to keep things going, so I don’t mind having the advertisements. But, everything seems to be wonky now. Some verses and even sometimes whole chapters are missing. In dark mode, chapter numbers and verse numbers are highlighted in boxes which makes them harder to see. Also, every time I open the app it reverts back to Genesis, chapter 1 instead of where I left off and that’s kind of annoying. I really used to enjoy using this app to look up scriptures on the fly, now I’m considering switching to a new app. I really do hope and pray that you fix whatever is broken soon. I’m not a fan of the fact that the rating keeps falling when it is the holy Bible and it’s even worse that I’m contributing to that rating that keeps falling! Hopefully, soon enough I can change this rating to be a five star. May God bless you and help you find and fix whatever it is that’s making the app act the way that it is. :-).Version: 67
✓ Bad updateYour new update is horrible.Version: 67
✓ I wish their was an ad-free version availableI would pay to have the ad-free version if there was one..Version: 67
✓ What happened?I used to love this app. Now I'm nothing less than frustrated. It seems that you/someone decided that a supposed improvement update would be appropriate and they've wrecked it. The app crashes when using the Comment feature, the Bible reading defaults to Genesis 1 every time and other features that were fairly seamless are now nothing less than awkward. Sorry to be so negative but, if you don't make some improvements and get this app back to where it was - or at least similar - you will lose me. Too bad if that happens. This WAS a great way to enjoy God's Holy Word..Version: 67
✓ Lost Words of Wisdom and HopeI have been using this app for years, it WAS the best Bible app out there. However, your recent updates have destroyed the app. Instead of occasional ads you have changed to full page soul destroying ads. Instead of a user friendly app you have morphed BibleGateway into a tool of the enemy. What gives developers? Has your mission changed?.Version: 67
✓ Too badWas great, now defaults to audio, and is littered with pop up ads. Will be looking for a replacement app..Version: 65
✓ Was a great Bible app but nowThe app crashes constantly & has done now for over 12months, it’s unusable. Ads interrupt bible reading & when I select a book to read the app crashes. This once great app has been rendered useless..Version: 70
✓ Audio constant crashingReally love this app it’s the best Bible app I’ve come across BUT it keeps crashing and freezing and the audio keeps crashing and freezing if it wasn’t for the constant crashing and freezing I would have zero complaints please fix so we can enjoy it to turn fullness of it’s potential.Version: 68
✓ Font sizeHave found the font size really small and makes it difficult to read since the last update..Version: 39
✓ APP devolvingBefore it would’ve been five stars. Now, I have the latest update, and it really ruined the prior version that I was using. Now, you open the app and the search box takes you always to Genesis 1:1. Before it took you back to the chapter and verse that you last looked at, studied or read. Now you do a search to open a certain book, chapter and verse and it open takes you to verse one of that chapter when before you could end up at verse 34, which is where you wanted to be. Before in the box, it appears for you to choose the book, chapter and verse at the bottom in blue. It showed where you were exactly going; it flashed; then you touched it and went exactly there. Now the history area does not have the last chapter and verse you went to it just has that chapter with verse one. That is not very useful when you’re going back-and-forth in the Bible during a study. Before it kept a complete list by chapter and verse. You could highlighter verse, and it would add it to your history which was very helpful but now it doesn’t..Version: 68
✓ Bible gateway has changed a lotNot happy with this app for bible reading, it was great before but it’s not good.Version: 67
✓ DisappointedDisappointed with this update. I send out a daily Bible verse to friends. I use to copy the verse to my message. Now it adds the URL. I don’t want the URL. Now I have to edit to get it the way I want it. This is extra work. I will be considering whether I continue to use Bible Gateway for this purpose..Version: 37
✓ Used for years and loved….no more!!Bible Gateway app has been my favorite over the popular You Version for years. I have been trying to bear with it for the last many months, but just deleted today because I’m wanting and needing to study and do my daily scripture writing but can’t. It opens….and this is pretty much a common regular and multiple back to back occurrence even in one sitting, over the last several months…it opens as normal with the verse of the day, then in seconds an ad pops up, which is expected because I use the free version of the app….however, once I view the ad, and I choose to close it rather than get it or purchase, the ad will close and go back to the verse of the day screen. From there I go to search for the book, chapter and verse I want to read and study, and select it, but instead of pulling it up, the app closes. Some days I have more patience to keep trying and eventually it will stop closing in the described manner, and I actually get to read in the location I selected in the app. But today…I’m done!! After it has closed on me a number of times and I’ve still not gotten to do my daily reading and journal writing of the passage that I was trying to select, my time and my patience with the app has run out. I’ve deleted and going to find another. This one needs some fixes or if that’s their means they use to get you to want to purchase the ad free version of the app….forget it! Don’t want it!!!.Version: 68
✓ NIV Online VersionI have a serious issue with the NIV online version as it is missing some key verses in the NT. Matt 17:21; 18:11; 23:14 to name a few. Do not support the publisher Harper Collins..Version: 36
✓ I used to love this app. Now I’ll have to cancel subscription and find anotherMaybe I’m missing something. Help me out here with the following: Under,for example,“Notes” it shows “18:31()”. What book…Psalm, Mark, Revelation?? And what’s the “()”? In Notes,when I hit 18:31() it should take me to the book and chapter for 18:31. Instead it takes me to Mark, chapter 10, literally in between verse 30 and 31. I used to be able to go to Isaiah 10:31, go to my note for Luke 12:15, see what I wrote, hit the passage that should take me to Luke, and read it. Instead it takes me back to Isaiah 10:1. I have to scroll down and find Luke-12-15. When I create a note it doesn’t leave the little box indicating I made a note for the verse. When I pick a book, chapter and verse (Act 10:21) it always takes me to Act 10:1, no matter what verse I want (not that it matters since the app’s going to take me wherever it feels like). When I use the parallel option, the second option shows up in the smallest font size. When I try a few fixes the app quits. The app quits a lot now. I depend on this app because it was so easy to use. Now, it’s almost useless. After the last update and the problems started I logged off/on, reset to default, went to FAQ (after emailing about a different question before the update…I still haven’t heard from you) and spent more time than I should have to. But like I said, I really hope I’m missing something, and that you can respond to this review..Version: 67
✓ It’s so bad nowIt used to be one of the best apps but now it’s so bad, it’s absurd. If it’s not crashing (which is literally 99% of the time), it resets to Genesis 1 🤷🏻♀️ The app is so ridiculously poor now it feels like it was purposely sabotaged. How does something so good become so bad so quickly?.Version: 67
✓ Crashes, otherwise pretty goodCrashes since iOS 13 after it reading out a chapter, instead of starting a new chapter. Doesn’t have book marks, like if you’re switching between an Old Testament book and a New Testament book to be read out (audio)..Version: 46
✓ App will not openI had the app for two years and it suddenly will not open. Even after deleting the app and redownloading it. Just stick with the real Bible. 😉.Version: 70
✓ Recent upgrade issuesHey guys, so I’ve used this app for years & enjoyed it, me and my children find the reader, George’s voice and reading style very easy to listen to. But recently advertising has been added and there’s so many glitches, only one of the voice overs is working and it’s the dramatised one and the last couple of days I can even open the Bible! Please fix these issues, we love this app! And it’s only happening on the app for apple. The one on my laptop is fine..Version: 67
✓ No way backWent into the part where it reads it out to you and now I can't get out of it and back to the regulate part. What is going on and is there a fix?.Version: 1.9.1
✓ Why the change to the audio playerWe use this every day and want a basic audio reader. Why is the only option now to have it dramatized. Very distracting when you just want spend time in Gods word. Time to look for another app. Please change it back or give options.Version: 61
✓ Non functionalOver last several weeks or more, when I open the app & try to go to the scripture of the day it closes. Time after time, try to open to read a passage & the app closes. Plus the ad pops right up to block the screen..Version: 68
✓ Latest Update Ruined This AppI have used this app quite enthusiastically for years. Not only was it my favorite Bible app, I rarely used another Bible app, because this one had such great features, and did everything I needed. With the latest update occurring a couple of months ago, this app is now totally useless to me. It now has several bugs it never had before (iPhone 12). The most frustrating bug is that it crashes every single time I open it. Not five, or six, or eight out of 10 times, but 10 out of 10 times. And most of the time, it crashes within 30 seconds of opening it. When it does stay on longer than that, other things happened, that never did before. It deleted several scriptures in my “Favorites” list, although they are still highlighted in the body of text itself. Often it will not go to a scripture that I select. It crashes almost every time I try to select something new from any menu. The “Search” feature is now horribly broken; when I type in anything in the search field, there is no way to close the keyboard and push a button to actually activate the search. The app has become literally useless! I never write reviews. At least this one is the first in several years. The only reason I’m doing so, is because I used to love this app. I hate having to give it up, but I have no choice! Please fix it!.Version: 68
✓ The new version has issuesI would have given the previous version 5 stars, but this latest version is not as easy to navigate. I HATE the new pop-up navigation banner in the reading pane. It used to be a stable header, but now it's just a pop-up, which doesn't work as well as the old fixed banner. When you're in the reading pane, if you scroll up or down too far the pop up navigation banner disappears and won't come back so you can't navigate anywhere else in the app or pull up the audio. Also, the old navigation banner automatically adjusted to where you were if you scrolled to a new chapter. But you have to manually change the location in the new banner if you want the reading pane to open up on the new chapter the next time you use the app. I often wind up having to completely close the app and reopen it to manually select my next chapter or to get to other areas of the app..Version: 37
✓ Glitches starting to aboundThis has been my favorite iPhone Bible app for years. This is starting to change. A few months ago glitches and bugs began appearing that simply should not exist on an app that is this prominent. In night mode the verse numbers have an annoying square around them. Not that big a deal, but annoying. I have turned off the red-letter feature that highlights Jesus’ words. For some reason, that comes on automatically, and the only way to turn it off is to click on the version and then cancel out of it - the red letters disappear for reasons as mysterious as why they appeared in the first place. Not a killer bug, but more annoying than the first glitch I mentioned. When changing books of the Bible, at times it just won’t switch from one book to the other until I close and restart the app. Now it is starting to get ridiculous. Today, I was in Genesis 1, moved to Acts 1, and when I scrolled down, what should have been Acts 2 was Genesis 12. What??? I have not yet found another app I like, and I desperately hope Bible Gateway will get its act together, but I have written them about it and was told they were aware of these problems, but after several months, these things still aren’t fixed. It is a shame. Two stars (but one of them is just for nostalgia).Version: 67
✓ It keeps on crashing at launch!This update has almost crippled the app. Now when I search the whole bible, if there are many results, the end of the list is trauncated. Sometimes the last results are from Nehemiah, other times the same search starts at Nehemiah and ends with Daniel. If I tap on a search result, I’m led to the beginning of the chapter, not to the verse itself. Then if I want to get back to search results, tapping search again in the hamburger menu doesn’t display the search results like before..Version: 63
✓ Bugs plagues from EgyptUpdate: Well…. Went from bad to worse. 💀 Now its to the point that when I click the app to open it, it will just kick me back to Homescreen. Deleting the app and reinstalling did nothing, either. Went from 3-Stars to 1-Star. Pls fix ASAP. As the title suggests, there’s one too many bugs within the app when 1-2 years ago the app ran way smoother. Nowadays, anytime I open the app and want to simply go to the Word and just do some reading, it will start to take me there but will crash and send me back to the Home Screen of my phone. Similarly, when I want to highlight or bookmark a verse or want to go to a specific book, chapter, verse, same deal; start to do it’s designed duty and then kicks me back to the phone’s Home Screen. I used to really love this app and the convenience of it, but now it’s gotten out of hand the amount of times I have to restart the app just to get *some* kind of basic functionality out of it. 3 stars - may go lower or higher, depending on if it’s fixable or not..Version: 70
✓ The ad version is crashing like crazyThe app has become pretty unusable since you added ads. It crashes every time a try you navigate in the App. Tried reinstalling but no change 😕.Version: 67
✓ Quality has declined, unfortunatelyThis was my favorite app, but, unfortunately, probably due to updates to make it compatible with iOS updates, it no longer performs at the previous level. The Search function is severely changed- previously, it would bring up all possible uses of the word you’re searching, but now it seems to stop at 50. I’ve had to return to using the actual Biblegateway site, as the app is becoming useless unless I just want to use it just to read and I’ve also found a flaw in reading. I was in Psalms and was reading through and tried to scroll to Psalm 139 from Psalm 8, but the furthest it would show was 50. This is not the first experience I’ve had like that. Oh, well. It was good while it lasted. It may be an iOS issue, but I’ll need to uninstall or just move on. What I liked about this app in the past was that I could do everything I needed in it (other than search for Hebrew/Greek word origin, which was fine), but now I have to return to using several apps to accomplish what I need. Hopefully, the issues will be resolved; I’ll check back another time..Version: 67
✓ Thank God for this appI love this app I am visually impaired and it is very difficult for me to read the Bible giving that I can no longer read text I struggle with following Sunday service because I can't read the Bible when everybody else is reading it but with this app it is amazing I've been reading the Bible I actually started from Genesis and I'm able to sync it to my TV to listen to it loud enough I love this app thank God I hope I hope they make it better so one can get the verses because right now you're only able to get the book and the chapter I want to be able to see the verses or hear the verses so when their church wants us to go to for example Genesis chapter 1 verse 10 I won't have to start from Genesis chapter 1 verse one but I'll just go straight to Genesis chapter 1 verse 10 so fingers crossed and I'm hoping for eight to get even better so I can get the versus I for what it's worth this is the best audio Bible I have come across since I've been downloading series of ups for audio Bible.Version: 36
✓ Bible App Not WorkingI have used this Bible app since 2020. I loved using it as I could highlight verses and save notes to those specific verses. Now when I open the app, I can’t open the Bible without the app shutting down. If I try to open one of my saved verses in the notes with the thoughts that I wrote down, it shuts down. Sadly, I am going to have to delete this app because it is not working at all. This makes me very sad because I made several notes since 2020 verses and so I am completely losing any thoughts and notes that I had. I also just want to add that it was very disheartening to me when you removed the passion version of the Bible. Buying into all of the hype that people were saying about the passion Bible. I personally have read the passion Bible side-by-side to the AMP, the NKJV, the NIV, and other Bibles, and did not have an issue with it. It was a beautifully written Bible. The Bible I do have a problem with is the Message Bible as I fill it lightly covers the subjects and doesn’t give the depth of God’s word. Maybe you could reconsider the Passion. I hope you fix whatever is wrong, and are paying attention to the many are complaining about the problems of this app..Version: 68
✓ Mixed feelingsSome features I really like and are quite detailed. Others seem to come up short especially compared to Olive tree which I have been using for a few years now. Very frustrating is to try the reading plans and in selecting a chronological Bible it starts me off with today’s date so there is no way I could begin my study in the middle of the year I always have to begin to January 1! And there is no keeping track of which sections I have read or to continue reading into the next section. If I click on the date it automatically brings me to today’s date even if I have just been reading a section 6 months prior! Have just started to use this and so far my favorite is the couple‘s devotional and the ability to listen to my selected by will being read to me. Again a little frustrating, in trying the reading plan for chronological, the audio option is not present!.Version: 42
✓ Was good, then came the adsThere’s nothing like sitting down in a quiet space in the morning with a cup of coffee and settling in to read God’s word… and instead be bombarded by full-page advertising. I don’t mind an ad here or there, but full-page, distracting ads? In a Bible app, really? I realize you’ve got to pay for it somehow but yikes..Version: 67
✓ Recent update broke audio playerThe latest update seems to have affected the ability to choose a passage to play with the audio player. No matter what passage I choose (in the Bible or the audio player) Genesis 1 starts playing. Please fix ASAP or revert to the old version of the app so the audio player works again. Update: It seems that the problem with the audio player has been fixed, but now I’m getting ads when I open the Bible. Please tell me you haven’t allowed ads into the Word of God. Please remove these intrusions ASAP. They have no place in a Bible app..Version: 65
✓ Updated version of app is glitchy!I used to love this app, but since the update, adds pop up in the middle of readings which is very frustrating. Listening to audio of George W Sarris is one of my favourite ways to absorb the Bible, but the audio Bible option shuts itself down now or has errors when trying to change from one book of the Bible to the next, and sometimes just won’t work at all. The app no longer remembers where you were last reading/listening from and the reader settings keep resetting on their own. I end up closing the whole app down, only for it to repeat the same issues later on reopening. Please fix the bugs and give us a new update. In its current state, I wouldn’t recommend this app anymore..Version: 68
✓ App updateI don’t like the new update. The daily reading plan now has capitalized reference letters strewn throughout the passage and makes it difficult to read..Version: 61
✓ Not that greatBad service.Version: 59
✓ Doesn’t perform well at all!I’m giving it three stars because it doesn’t seem fair to give it less when I’ve used it for so many years without any problems at all. But with the latest update it has gone haywire! I mostly listen to the audio while reading the words on a different device. The audio Bible ALWAYS goes back to Gen 1:1 and back to dramatization. Then when you choose your desired book and chapter, it reads from Gen 1:1. Only after you advance or go backwards with the arrows does it get on track… sometimes. I’ve been checking almost daily to see if there is another update to fix this issue. Please do so ASAP! I will change my rating then. I love this app. Updated: I just deleted this app. I’m so frustrated with its performance. I’m probably gonna reinstall it hoping that will fix the issue. This was by far my favorite Bible app. I’ve just changed my rating from three to two stars..Version: 67
✓ Great Ap Ruined By Annoying UpdateThis was the very first Bible/devotions app that I ever downloaded years ago, and in all that time, it has been one of my now three “go-to” apps upon waking every morning. However, the last update that I installed completely changed my experience as well as my opinion. Now, when I open the app, I am taken to a page that requires me to click two additional things to get to the devotionals, as opposed to before, when I opened the app, and the devotional was right there. But worst yet is that now, the second you open the dashboard to read the devotional, an annoying AD pops up before you can even read 3 words! I abhor this, and none of my other devotional apps have pop-ups that require me to click on them BEFORE I am allowed to read God’s Word! I do have one that has an ad pop-up once you go to *close* the app, but to have it pop-up before you’ll even allow me to read the scriptures is just tasteless in my opinion, and ruins my entire experience. I also see that the developers of this app don’t seem to be very interactive with people who leave reviews, but maybe, just maybe someone will see this and respond before I delete the app that I have loved for so many years..Version: 67
✓ DisappointedUsed to be my favourite Bible app but I’m moving to another one now because you have now included ads and I can’t read my Bible in peace. Very glitchy now too on my iPhone 13 pro max since the new update..Version: 67
✓ Great but one faultWhen I close the app to reference another, when I return I lose my place. Please fix..Version: 48
✓ Bible Gateway developers what have you’ve done? It’s ruined!This app quits so many times on me now that if I have a Bible reading to do, I take a screenshot because it’s guaranteed to quit on me! That’s sad. I’ve had the app unexpectedly quit on me…not exaggerating..at least 9 times during a one hour Bible study. The worst is when I go to History, that continuously quits as well. Have your software developers given up? I’ve never seen bad reviews like this for what used to be the best go-to Bible app! I’ve used it for about 6 years now. Is it costing to much to maintain and you don’t have the $ to keep app developers hired? I understand that this could be an issue when you went to the PAID vs ad-heavy version. Not seeing too much engagement with your reviewers either on this reviewing platform. That doesn’t build our confidence at all. Most of us have so many great notes and bookmarked verses that it’s hard to just abandon the app. Please tell us what you plan to do to remedy this!.Version: 68
✓ Great app that broke on the recent updateUsed this app for my daily Bible reading. Over several years has been amazing. I should’ve given it a rating earlier which would’ve been five stars. Unfortunately in this review I have to downgrade considerably only because a recent upgrade changed the UX and broke the ability to use audio with reading along. To be precise, I use NIV with Max McLean narrating. When I open the app and open the Bible, it used to open on the page in the audio where I left off before. Now it defaults to dramatized audio and randomly the first chapter of whatever book I was in. Then when I click on Max McLean it doesn’t load or freezes. On reboot, it resets to dramatized again. It is a very random error, and I get different results every time I open the app. It rarely works now for the way I used it for in the past. iPad Pro 12.9 inch, iOS 15.6, NL0H2LL/A, 1st gen..Version: 63
✓ Be carefulNot the same after last update. Probably hacked, always trying to steal information and lots of advertising. It used to be the best bible app..Version: 67
✓ Used to be good appCan never sign in as it says wrong username & password. Hate the ads, please get rid of them..Version: 68
✓ What happened?This was a wonderful resource. Now I cannot look up scripture, read the Bible, or see anything beyond the quote of the day. If this is a paywall, I would recommend checking with God, as it is His word for all to read. God doesn’t have paywalls..Version: 68
✓ No longer acceptableI once used the YouVersion Bible, but I decided I should not support an app that supported devotionals of false teachers (as they had many) and it was a distraction from reading God’s word. So I searched until I landed on Bible Gateway. I liked the interface. Then they updated it and each time for the worse. Today I resolve to find something else. The app is going down hill. As other users have commented, the ads are terribly distracting. It’s not some bar at the bottom, it takes over the screen. You try to read the Bible, which should be a time of quiet prayer, personal reflection, and Bible study to spend time with the Lord, and instead you get to contend with the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life. This was a deal breaker for me. The feature that allowed you to send verses of scripture no longer works accurately. It removes spaces, capitalizes letters that should not be, no longer includes the verse being sent, and night mode is glitchy with the verse numbers still having a white background. I’m not paying a monthly fee to drop ads. I would pay one time, but there are too many free versions to deal with the distracting ads..Version: 68
✓ Unstable AppThe app seems to have become very unstable and I can barely go 5 mins without bit crashing back to the Home Screen Pop up adds have been added to what was previously a free and very useful app. Recommend people find a different app for their Bible reading.Version: 68
✓ Used to be greatI’ve used this app for years. Has been my preferred Bible app. Recently, it won’t work for me at all. It glitches and shuts down. Works well enough for me to get ads, but not to read the Bible. Won’t bother trying with this app much longer.Version: 67
✓ Please fix- don’t ignorePlease fix the default of always returning to Genesis 1. This app needs to revert back to what it was before..Version: 68
✓ NiceReally nice app. I have removed two stars due to the in-app advertising. I would happily pay a couple of bucks for this app and get rid of the add box..Version: 1.7
✓ Audio Bible skips the last chapter of booksI’ve tested it on a few books and it does the same thing each time. Hebrews skips from chapter 12 to James 1. Galatians goes from chapter 5 to Ephesians 1. I’m running version 65 of the app on an iPod touch with IOS 15.6.1 Also, it doesn’t hold my place when I close the app. It sure would be nice if it would. I’m listening in the NT and it always starts me back at Genesis 1 when I open the app..Version: 65
✓ Notes DifficultiesAnd another comment after the last update: nothing regarding my notes below and below some more has been addressed. Please fix the issue. - - - - It continues to crash and the copy and paste feature within the app is not like it used to be. I have so many years of notes in this app. Please fix - see below. - - - It crashed repeatedly on me this morning. I have been using this app for years and have so many notes in it. Please fix the notes issue (see below) and bug that caused it to crash. - - - After last update - my complaint remains. Please bring this back. I make the notes so I can refer to them later. I don't remember when they were created, so if I can't access them when I am reading, they are of no use. This would absolutely be 5 stars If you bring this back. - - - I use the notes feature heavily. Until the last update, I was able to highlight a verse, click on the notes icon, and see my previous notes. Now I am only prompted to create a new note. I don't know when I wrote my previous note(s), so searching for them is not easy. When I am following along in a sermon or discussion, I need to access the notes immediately. Also, I used to be able to copy to the clipboard and insert verses into notes. That feature is gone, too. PLEASE bring these things back!.Version: 41
✓ Bad updateYou just updated your, now it’s horrible 😢 have to look for a different one! Why is it these so called developers thing their improving these apps? When in fact they’ve made them worse! If it isn’t broke! Don’t fix it!.Version: 60
✓ Silence the Advertising!This app has been great BUT, now I can no longer turn off the advertisement volume and that means no more reading the Bible Gateway app during the night :-( or anywhere else quiet..Version: 42
✓ Glad it’s not just meI have been using this app for several years and period just started paying for it within the last year and really have loved it. But for about a three months or so the app on my phone has been terrible. It still works well on the laptop, but not on my cell phone at all. The audio portion rarely remembers which chapter I left off on. I can’t get into the Bible at all. I have to use another app completely to be able to read the Bible. The audio portion works, but I have to go and find the chapter that I was in. It only remembers the book. I do not know if it was an update or what but something has caused the app to stop working fluently as it used to. I am hopeful to update the rating to five stars soon. Because that is what it used to be in my opinion. And I am sure they can get it back there if they notice this recent strand of comments. As I see, I am not the only one..Version: 67
✓ Used to be greatBut crashes constantly and the new ads are so distracting. Looking for a new app replacement..Version: 68
✓ Keeps shutting downIt used to be the best app but since the update it has been nothing but frustrating. I cant open it because It keeps shutting down and the ads are nothing better. please fix it..Version: 68
✓ Decent app but needs improvementThis app was great a couple of years ago, but in the last 12 months has become frustrating to use. Basic functionality is there (reading Scripture, switching between versions etc.), but when selecting a verse to study, the resources have stopped loading properly — despite being on the latest version, good internet, reloading the app etc. And if you are part way through reading a resource & switch to another app for a minute or two, you come back to this app only to find that it’s reset & you have to start over again. I am a premium subscriber & love the desktop website — but would love some improvement to make this app stronger.Version: 71
✓ Updates are not workingNo lie, every time you guys give an update for bug fixes, it gets worse. 🤦♀️. I started having problems about a year or so ago after using for years. For years, this was the best app of its kind! I’m so sorry to see all the problems that have come with updates. The app was finally working again for months, and now with this latest “update” things are once again bad. The app randomly closes constantly. All my previously highlighted verses are gone. When I try to re-highlight them, the app just closes. Also, for months, when I highlighted a verse in one version, it automatically highlighted to all. I loved this feature! I often switched between several versions that I like, and this was so helpful. Now with this latest “update”, that no longer happens. I wish I could go back in time before all the so called “updates.” It really saddens me that something that was once so great has been ruined..Version: 68
✓ Ads dor Bible reading?Never had ads before. Why ads popping out now?.Version: 67
✓ True!This has been a great app, but has made devotional time quite challenging. 😔.Version: 65
✓ Even paid version isn't worth itThis is disappointing to have to write but perhaps more reviews like this will make the developers take notice that they need a major overhaul of the app. I have been very loyal to Bible gateway since I became a believer in Christ in 2010. It was the first app I used on a regular basis. Back then, apps were in their infant stage so it made sense that it would be have a lot of glitches. But it's 2023, and even free apps don't function on this level. I realized that perhaps I needed to just upgrade to the the plus version. For one, perhaps it would at least take the pop up ad out. It still isn't functioning on a level that I know you all can be at. Someone at the top needs to have a hard conversation or two. There's just no reason why there are still fundamental errors and mistakes with the app. It hardly refreshes on an automatic basis. The search engine always acts as if I made an error. It's just hard to navigate and the $5/month version is just not cutting it for what you pay for. Please look at the company keeping you at this level and look at other Bible apps that have far surpassed you all in quality. You guys are the standard in info. But the app to access is a major hindrance. Please find someone else to handle it. I say this truth in love..Version: 68
✓ What happened to the Passion translation.I read from the passion translation last night and this morning when I went to read from it agen it was gone from your app what is happening..Version: 59
✓ Content great - ads and crashes irritatingLove the content and features of this app. It crashes frequently and the full screen pop up ads are irritating - just start reading the VOTD and a few words in an ad covers the screen. Very distracting and jarring..Version: 70
✓ UpdateUnfortunately since a major update the App has become impossible to use. I used to access it all the time. I loved being able to check the different Bible versions. Now I can’t even get into the App. Rarely can I access the information I want. I hope the creators fix these major problems soon and make Bible Gateway the great App it used to be again..Version: 67
✓ AdsI have been using this app for as long as I can remember but the recent addition of ads and the way they work is totally destroying my experience with the app. I kindly request you to remove the ads. It doesn’t even allow to skip the ads..Version: 67
✓ Going down hillI have used the website for years. So getting the app was a natural choice. However, it’s always been buggy and not very user friendly. There are many redundancies in navigation. You have to hit 2-3 buttons to do what a better app could do in one. The cut and paste feature is hard to figure out, and for awhile it was omitting words and spaces from the paste. So you may accidentally misquote scripture. They told me they were working on the bug, and may have fixed it by now. I don’t know for sure, I’ve just avoided using the feature lately for obvious reasons. The key word search doesn’t seem to be all inclusive either. When looking for the location of specific verses, and you are using the right words, it doesn’t always give me what I’m specifically looking for. Forcing me to use other apps that work first time with the same words and translation. Also, they have resorted to using ads, while I don’t have a problem with that in general, they could be a bit more choosy about them. Many seem out of place on a so-called sacred site. While I will continue to use the website on my desktop, I am done using the app for now..Version: 68
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