Every figure below was read from the app's own Google Play listing (US region) or the developer's pricing page on 19 September 2026. Where we could not obtain a figure, the table says so — we have not estimated anything.
Three things worth knowing before you read the table
The price range on a store listing is not a price. It covers every in-app purchase the app sells, from a one-off tip to a lifetime licence. One app here shows $0.99–$199.99.
Only two of the nine publish a monthly or yearly figure anywhere we could reach. The rest show a range and nothing more — which is exactly why this page exists.
None of the nine mentions a home-screen widget in its store description. That is a fact about the descriptions, not proof the apps lack one — but it tells you what each one considers worth advertising.
The table
App
Installs
Rating
Ads
Range on Play
Published price
Dwell Dwell App, LLC
1M+
4.8 · 14.7K
No
$4.99–$199.99
$9.99/month · $59.99/year (discounted from $119.88 for the first year) · $399.99 lifetime · 7-day trial
Hallow Hallow, Inc.
10M+
4.5 · 124K
No
$0.99–$199.99
$9.99/month · $69.99/year
Glorify TUPOE LTD
10M+
4.8 · 1.19M
No
$3.49–$119.99
Could not obtain — the pricing page renders its prices with JavaScript
Logos Bible Study Faithlife
1M+
4.8 · 56.3K
Yes
$1.99–$164.99
Could not obtain — the subscribe page is JavaScript-rendered; the support site returned 403
Duomo Duomo App Limited
500K+
4.3 · 5.78K
No
$9.99–$89.99
Could not obtain — the description mentions a free trial but gives neither length nor price
Haven E12 Holdings LLC
1M+
4.9 · 88.6K
No
$4.99–$12.99
Could not obtain — the developer's site states a subscription is required, with a 2-week free trial, but no price
Creed Creed Labs Inc
500K+
4.8 · 89.7K
No
$2.99–$99.99
Could not obtain — no working pricing page found
Ascend Ascend Bible, Inc
10K+
4.0 · 782
Yes
$4.99–$119.99
Could not obtain — the description says ads can be removed with Premium, without a figure
Filament Tyndale House
100K+
4.1 · 1.09K
No
no in-app purchases listed
— built to be used alongside a printed Filament Bible
"No" under Ads means the Play listing does not carry the "Contains ads" label on the date checked — a fact about the listing, not a guarantee about the app. Install counts are the bands Google displays. Rating is followed by the number of ratings.
What the numbers actually say
1. The apps that sell content charge about $10 a month
Dwell and Hallow — both over a million installs, both selling audio and guided prayer rather than text — land on $9.99/month. Their annual prices differ ($59.99 vs $69.99), which is normal: annual discounts are set by what each one thinks it can get away with.
2. "Cheap" and "expensive" are usually about the billing period, not the price
An app showing $0.99–$199.99 is not a $0.99 app. The bottom of the range is typically the smallest one-off purchase; the top is a lifetime licence. The figure you would actually pay is almost never visible on the listing at all.
3. Two of the nine run ads
Logos and Ascend carry the "Contains ads" label. The rest do not — which is worth remembering the next time someone says every free Bible app is an ad farm.
4. None of the nine advertises a widget
Not one of these store descriptions mentions a home-screen widget. On its own that proves nothing about whether the apps have one — but it does tell you what each of them leads with: audio, chat, plans, study tools. The apps that do lead with a widget are a different, smaller set, and we look at those in the widget comparison.
Disclosure: we make AI Verse Widget, a Bible widget app. Our pricing is not published yet, so we have not put a number in this table — inventing one to sit alongside verified figures would defeat the point of the page. It will appear here, with its date, when it is fixed.
How to find the real price of any of these
Open the subscribe screen and read the line under the price. It has to state the amount and the period next to the button.
Watch for the word "week." A weekly plan at a few dollars is the most expensive way to pay for almost anything on this list.
Check whether the trial converts to a monthly or a weekly charge. With Dwell and Haven the trial terms are published; with the others we could not confirm them.
Decide what you are buying. On this list the expensive apps are selling content — audio, guided prayer, study libraries. If you want a verse on your home screen, most of that money is for features you will not use.