Life Bible
A Bible reading and study app, formerly Tecarta Bible, combining translations, devotionals, reading plans, study resources and tools for personal notes and highlights.
For People seeking daily Bible reading and devotionals, alongside readers who want translations, commentaries and personal study tools.
App StoreOfficial websiteAudience source
- Platform
- iOS
- Category
- Reference
- First release
- 15 August 2009
- Store ratings
- 105,888 (US)
- Research captures
- 47
Design review
Observed choices, what they mean, and what still needs checking.
Access & cost
1 month free, then $5.99/month or $59.99/year. Advertising and separate ad-removal choices are also offered.
Captured flow · 27 October 2026Attention & control
Reminder defaults, pause and missed-day recovery have not been verified.
Controls not yet verifiedTrust & care
Source boundaries, privacy and safeguards need further review. No app-wide assurance is implied.
Evidence incompleteOffers are dated iOS observations in USD where captured. Eligibility, country and platform can differ. Existing settings are not installation defaults.
Where the observed choices sit
Each row is one scoped observation of a specific flow, not a grade for the whole app.
No practice has been placed on the scale yet.
1 area reviewed, not yet placed7 areas not reviewed yetReview notes
Works against: a choice subverts the person’s agency. Respects: it respects people and safeguards. Restores: a practice restores at a cost freely borne by the builder. Price, Christian branding or a free tier alone do not place an area. How we review.
Screens
47 reviewed screensCaptured app states, distinct from the publisher’s promotional images. Dates and versions belong to each screen; this is not a complete app walkthrough.
Features and patterns
What the reviewed screens show this app doing. A missing entry does not mean a feature is absent.
Study library and ad-free access
One-month trial followed by USD5.99/month or USD59.99/year; separate ad-access choices distinguish account incentives, regular ads, paid removal and Premium.
First use3 supporting screens
Deferrable verse notification prompt
The Verse of the Day prompt offers Not Now; choosing it returns to home.
Notifications and reminders2 supporting screens
Finding a passage
Life Bible search: the query (masked) returns "Showing 7 verses…" in KJV with matches highlighted (Numbers 27:1) and Books/Translations/Favorites filters. More KJV results (Genesis 19, Judges 11:30) with Context, compare, copy and share actions.
Finding a passageOther apps with finding a passage (26)2 supporting screens
First use
Life Bible highlights its More tab with a discovery coachmark. Premium benefits and trial. Captured on iOS, 27 October 2026; existing state, not an installation default. Offers and visible controls do not establish successful execution. Monthly and yearly trial choices. Captured on iOS, 27 October 2026; existing state, not an installation default. Offers and visible controls do not establish successful execution. Ad-access choices distinguish creating an account for three ad-free months, regular ads, paying for annual ad removal and Premium. No option was saved. The iOS purchase sheet for "Bible Premium - 1 Month" (Life Bible App) shows a 1-month free trial starting today, then $5.99 per month starting Nov 26, 2026, with "No commitment. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account at least a day before each renewal date. Plan automatically renews until canceled." Subscribing needs a double-click of the side button; it was not confirmed. The account line is masked.
First useOther apps with first use (89)5 supporting screens
Highlights and notes
Life Bible shows blue text with a note icon at Mark 4:35 and yellow marked text at verse 41 in a dark reader. Life Bible opens color and underline options plus copy, explain, note, compare, save and share actions for John 1:1. Life Bible shows a selected John 1:1 and an orange publisher study-note excerpt alongside German Scripture. Life Bible opens its annotation toolbar with gray verse selection and seven colors plus underline. Life Bible displays yellow highlighting on Mark 4:35 and another verse near the lower edge. Life Bible shows the Mark passage with yellow highlighting still visible near verse 41. Life Bible shows Mark 4:35 in blue while a lower verse remains yellow. Life Bible opens a note on Mark 4:35 with neutral research-test wording. Life Bible displays a note icon beside the blue-highlighted Mark 4:35. Life Bible offers a title and Journal destination when saving Mark 4:35. Life Bible lists a neutral research bookmark, note and two colored verse highlights in its recent Journal. Life Bible shows the Mark passage without visible highlights or inline note icons after the test sequence.
Highlights and notesOther apps with highlights and notes (22)12 supporting screens
How much text at once
Life Bible allows font, alignment, size, margins and line or letter spacing to be adjusted over the reader.
How much text at onceOther apps with how much text at once (31)
Also observed
- Download
- Free download · US store
- Access
- Access requirements unverified
Cost, access & publisher model Sources and details
Practical facts, separate from the design assessment. Checked 25 October 2026. A free download does not establish free access to all content.
- App download
- Free download · US · Store source
- Subscriptions
- Subscription status unverified
- Store in-app products
- In-app products listed
- Donations
- Not verified
- Advertising
- Not verified
What access does payment cover?
The retrieved sources do not establish which capabilities require payment. This is unknown, rather than a claim that the app is free or paid throughout.
Free samples, a free tier and the complete library are different scopes. Store and publisher evidence is separate from the dated captured-flow review in Design review. Coverage varies by offer and platform.
Store-listed products and prices (10)
US App Store · checked 25 October 2026. Names and prices describe listed products, not a personal checkout quote. Other platforms, web offers and eligibility can differ.
- Bible Premium - 1 Month$5.99
- Bible Premium - One Year$59.99
- NIV Bible$9.99
- High Quality TTS 1-Year Access$1.99
- Life Application Study Bible$24.99
- Remove Ads (1 year)$4.99
- English Standard Version$11.99
- NLT Bible$7.99
- New King James Version$12.99
- The Message$5.99
Publisher funding and business model
No source-backed funding or business-model summary is available in this profile yet.
The organization’s complete current funding mix and revenue are not established here. App payments, donations and capital raised describe different things; they do not determine an ethical assessment.
Organization profile and funding sourcesStore facts checked 25 October 2026 (version 10.2.557). Ratings are not downloads or active users. App-specific revenue and active users have not been verified; see the organization profile for separately scoped figures.
Store reviews
Store reviews offer useful questions to investigate. These retrieved samples are self-selected, vary by platform and do not establish the experience of every user.
Illustrative reading
A selected account describes adaptation after an earlier redesign; another dislikes the new format. Perceived regressions and recovery are distinct.
Based on 2 selected review excerpts, which may be historical; not a full thematic analysis. Review source
Review samples, reading and sources
- Google PlayEnglish / US requested
50 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 433 stars: 11–2 stars: 6
View Google Play listing- Google PlayGerman / DE requested
2 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 23 stars: 01–2 stars: 0
Small sample: fewer than 20 recent reviews.
View Google Play listing- Apple App StorePublic review page · default order
10 selected excerpts returned; these may be older and are not a recent or random sample.
Returned dates: 2 September 2019 – 25 July 2026.
View Apple reviews
Collected 28 October 2026. Up to 50 newest Play reviews per requested language/storefront before the date filter. Requested locale does not establish residence; streams may overlap and must not be added together. Star counts describe ratings, not text sentiment or ethical quality. Methods and limitations.
App Store screenshots
View the store listingPublisher-supplied images from the US App Store, checked 25 October 2026. Promotional artwork may include captions or composites; it shows how the publisher presents the app.
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Review notes
Reviewed, not yet placed
Evidence was gathered for these areas, but it does not yet support placing a choice on the frame.
Money and access
One month free followed by USD5.99/month or USD59.99/year. Separate access choices offer account-linked temporary ad removal, regular ads, annual ad removal and Premium. Hidden accessibility consent text was not displayed in these frames. No consent change or subscription activation.
Still to check:Test any still-unexecuted restore, entitlement and cancellation paths separately. Check other platform/storefront and offer eligibility before generalising these dated prices.
Not reviewed yet: Attention and agency, Truth and spiritual authority, Privacy and dignity, Formation and relationships, Care and inclusion, Craft and repair, Stewardship and accountability.
The ten principle questions For your own design review
These questions guide discernment; they are not ten scores for this app.
- Keep the Word distinct, and teach it truly
- Can a reader always tell Scripture from our words, and our words from a machine’s?
- Never speak for God
- Would we put our own name under this sentence, or are we borrowing God’s?
- Design for the most vulnerable first
- Who is the most vulnerable person likely to use this today, and what will they see?
- Welcome before you ask, and guard what is told in confidence
- If a friend read everything we keep about this person, would the person be glad?
- Feed the flock, not on it
- Does this serve growth in faith, or only the usage numbers?
- Make room for rest, and say when it is enough
- Where does our product stop, and does it ever tell someone they have done enough?
- Send people to God and to one another
- When someone closes what we built, are they closer to God and to other people?
- Plant and water; leave the growth to God
- What would we stop measuring if we believed growth is God’s?
- Make it well, as an offering
- Would we offer this to God as it is, and could the person with the least sight, time or reading ease use it?
- Hold it with joy and trembling, before God and others
- Who outside the team holds us to account, and who prays for the people who use this?
Use this in your own work
Start with the observed choice, then ask how your own implementation serves people. The evidence is a design example, rather than an app-wide recommendation.