Ascend: Bible Game

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.8 9047 ratings · App Store

1. 1/550 dollars for a subscription I didn’t want to an app that doesn’t work.

   I was looking for an app that would help me learn the Bible. I downloaded Ascend- Bible Lessons for a trial. To do things quickly, I used my Apple account to log in to the app and started my trial. I kept having the same lesson over and over again, and the games were full of errors. I quickly realized it wasn’t the app for me; but I did not realize I would have to CANCEL a subscription I never Subscribed to - I was NEVER shown any price, and I was waiting to be offered different subscriptions - NEVER happened. I checked my credit card statement and saw a $50 charge for Ascend and I immediately cancelled any subscription. I waited a few days to see if the charge cleared, because $50 for ANY app is beyond my budget. After a few days, I decided to email customer support and ask for a refund. The respond I received from Gideon: “you’re supposed to cancel the subscription if you don’t want to pay.” I decided to write a review, and upon reading all the positive reviews and seeing the update I decided to give it another chance. I tried the app and the first lesson I tried to do became stuck on question four, and I had to force quit the app. It’s frustrating that I was told that I’m responsible for the outrageous cost of the app, and then not even have a functional app at all!

   carocurras · 31 Jul 2026

2. 3/5Be Careful!

   Update: they responded quickly to my concerns with billing. And quickly resolved the error. I’m very impressed with the customer support experience now, and will update the review in the next few days. There’s a fair chance I’ll try the subscription for a month, to see if perhaps it’s more of a “me” thing than an app thing. And I’ll update. Now I’m less “stay away” and more “go ahead and give it a try, it might be the style that you like.” I really wanted to like this app. It sounded good in the description. So I downloaded it and signed up for their free trial. That was very easy to do. Problem is, the app feels like it’s missing something; you get a “reading” (a very short quote) and then go on to the next steps, which seem to reference a longer reading that I can’t find anywhere. In frustration I tried to cancel the trial. If you go to cancel, dig around in the app, the cancel is there, but not on the game Home Screen. Click on the far right icon on the bottom and you’ll find the menu at the top. Scroll down to subscription to manage it. Sounds very simple writing it, so maybe it was a me problem. LOL.

   Homer217 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 2/5Great concept, a long ways to go…

   I was really excited to try this app as I’ve wanted to dive deeper in my faith this past year and a half. I saw an ad for this and thought it’d be a great addition to what I’m already doing and would be a better use of my time when waiting in line or killing time. This app is VERY buggy, half the tabs/options don’t work. The ai companion that is kinda what they’re “marketing” a bit, simply doesn’t work when using it. The structure of the lessons is also haphazardly put together with some questions being worded strange and then the “right” answer isn’t even listed. Pick the closest one and it tells you it’s wrong and the right answer was one not even listed. I read it’s a small team of 3 and this review is probably harsher than I intended. I love the hustle and the rush to get a product out (no small feat if you’ve ever tried to do it). I really do hope they work all these bugs/kinks out but it’s too much and too often for me at the moment. Maybe I’ll give it a try again in a year or two but for now this is a delete for me.

   gotfreedom · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Great idea; needs some work

   I was enjoying playing and discovering all the different books and lessons until some glitches happened by means of questions being asked that hadn’t been discussed yet- they were in the same book but not properly placed. Also, as someone who is wanting to use this to replace some gaming, I would suggest having some game elements that could incorporate the things learned in addition to the questions and answers…. AAAAAAAND, the big one… making sure the answers are correct and clearly stated. There were quite a few that I had to flag because the answers weren’t properly edited or didn’t have the right answer to choose from. I think this an excellent tool to learn concepts from the Bible, but then it had the opposite effect when you end up getting confused and frustrated because you thought you learned something, but you don’t know if you actually did. Fixing the glitches would give this app a solid 4 or 5 stars. I do very much enjoy everything other than the things stated

   Lov3isav3rb · 31 Jul 2026

5. 5/5Both awesome and disappointing

   Hi there, I really really appreciate you guys creating an app like this where you can study the Word, connect with friends, and grow a little pet on the side in the process lol. The idea is fun and really cool. However, I wish there was an option to interact on the app partially for free for those of us who financially cannot afford to pay into the full package/a really cool app such as this one. I feel terrible because I truly would sow into this yearly even especially if I could, because I think it’s absolutely worth sowing into more so than most of these other learning apps on here. I’ll still give it five stars because of the time and effort you guys have put into creating an app like this. But if I can’t afford a cup of coffee on a regular basis like I used to, barely able to afford eggs these days then I certainly won’t be able to subscribe to an app like this unfortunately.

   Becks92888 · 31 Jul 2026

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