If you're a developer or ministry looking to bring Scripture into your app or website, the YouVersion Platform gives you the tools to do it — completely free.^1 Built by the team behind the world's most-downloaded Bible app (which crossed one billion installs in late 2025), the Platform offers a REST API and a suite of SDKs for Swift, Kotlin, JavaScript, React, and React Native, so you can embed Bible content on virtually any stack.^2
The standout feature is fast-track Bible licensing — instead of negotiating individually with publishers, you get instant access to over a thousand Bible versions in hundreds of languages, including the NIV, through YouVersion's existing partnerships.^3 The Bible SDK lets you drop a full Bible reader into your app with just a few lines of code, while Sign in with YouVersion preserves users' bookmarks, highlights, and notes across platforms.^1 A Developer Dashboard gives you analytics on how your community engages with Scripture.^1
The Platform is an outreach of Life.Church, a pioneering congregation in Edmond, Oklahoma, led on the tech side by Bobby Gruenewald — who has been building digital Bible tools since 2008.^4 The SDKs are open source on GitHub, and the developer documentation is actively maintained.^5
Notable- Created by Life.Church, the team behind the YouVersion Bible App (1B+ installs)^6
- Open-source SDKs on GitHub with support for iOS, Android, and Web^5
- Access to 1,000+ licensed Bible versions across hundreds of languages^3
- Completely free for developers and ministries — no cost to integrate^1
- Documentation last updated March 2026, with Kotlin and React Native SDKs actively expanding^2
