“it was good up until this update. now you have to pay to read exodus. as im reading through exodus. Devil company devil owners”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 950 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.9 ★101,485 ratings
1M+Downloads
4+Age rating
257 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Hear God's Word. Grow in faith daily.
Dwell is the audio Bible app for your whole life with Scripture — whether you're commuting, cooking, falling asleep, or sitting in quiet with the Lord. With over 20 distinct voice recordings and 14 Bible translations, Dwell makes it easy and beautiful to hear the Word of God every single day.
AUDIO BIBLE Experience the entire Bible narrated by world-class voices, with optional background music to help you focus and go deeper. Choose your translation, pick your narrator, and let Scripture come alive.
- 20+ voice recordings, 14 translations (ESV, NIV, NLT, KJV, CSB, NKJV, NASB, The Message, and more) - Read Along — follow the text as it scrolls in sync with the narrator - 75+ listening plans to guide you through Scripture day by day - Download for offline listening anytime, anywhere…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 2026.9.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.9.2, updated 2026-09-16.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 2026.8.3 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2026.8.3, updated 2026-08-26.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
90% or more five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 9.99 to USD 399.99 — a 40x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.5% of 540 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“pay to pray — it’s so annoying how after genesis you have to pay to read the next parts even though it’s a sin to be greedy”
“Price — You shouldn’t have to pay to listen to the bible it should be free for anyone that wants to learn more about the bible and listen without needing to pay for words that should be free when it comes to reading the bible or listening”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2026.9.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown5
Lowest$9.99
Highest$399.99
Dwell Monthly$9.99
Dwell Yearly$59.99
Dwell Yearly$69.99
Dwell Family Plan$109.99
Dwell Lifetime$399.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.