# POC Bible - Text and Audio

> Catholic Malayalam Bible with Text and Audio

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pocbible.androidapp](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pocbible.androidapp)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.pocbible.androidapp`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jesus Youth
- **Category:** BOOKS\_AND\_REFERENCE
- **Downloads:** 287,740
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (5,443 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-24
- **First published:** 2023-09-04
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-26
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pocbible.androidapp)
- **Website:** [https://www.pocbible.com/](https://www.pocbible.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://api.pocbible.app/privacy](https://api.pocbible.app/privacy)

## Description

The **POC Bible - Text and Audio** Chrome extension offers an immersive experience for Malayalam-speaking Catholics, combining both text and audio to deepen spiritual engagement. It boasts a synchronized audio Bible for seamless listening, enhanced with a Sleep Timer to pause playback automatically. Users can share verses as images with beautiful backgrounds and benefit from Unicode text for flawless readability.

Additional features include bookmarking, tagging, and highlighting favorite verses, adding personal notes for reflection, and enjoying a dark mode for comfortable nighttime reading. Daily Mass readings cater to Latin, Syro-Malabar, and Syro-Malankara rites. The extension also includes Suvisheshapetti, a curated collection of inspirational verses. Fast verse search and cloud sync ensure quick access and data safety across devices, making it a comprehensive tool for enriching one’s spiritual journey in the Malayalam Catholic tradition.

## Rankings

- #135,483 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `com.pocbible.androidapp.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `oppo.permission.OPPO_COMPONENT_SAFE`

## Review summary

Reviews are broadly very positive, especially about the audio Bible, ease of use, and reading and study tools. Recurring requests focus on organizing saved verses and transferring or backing up bookmarks and highlights. A few users also want better control of the audio background music.

### Pros

- Audio Bible is a standout feature; reviewers praise its clear narration, verse syncing, and convenience while busy or unable to read.
- The app is generally easy to use, with clean, readable text and useful search features.
- Reading and study tools—such as bookmarking, highlighting, notes, and daily readings—are appreciated.

### Cons

- Several users want better ways to organize and find saved content, including bookmark search, highlight sorting, and selecting multiple verses to bookmark.
- Users want a way to transfer or sync bookmarks and highlights across phones or from the previous app; login and backup options are also requested.
- Some listeners find the instrumental background music too loud or want more control over it.

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