When I want to scribble in the margins of Scripture — circle a word, draw an arrow between verses, sketch a thought mid-devotion — I open Pencil Bible. It is a Bible journaling app for iPhone, iPad, and Android that lets me write, highlight, draw, and journal directly on the page.^1^3
On iPad I get Apple Pencil and PencilKit. On iPhone and Android I still annotate on the verses themselves. Translations such as NLT, NASB, AMP, TPT, and KJV stay free to read, with more licensed editions available. Dark mode, search, and customizable fonts sit around that same page.^1
Pencil Bible is Erin Walker's indie project at Launchround in South Africa. He started looking for a digital margin after his kids kept taking the pencils he used for early study, then took the idea to Indiegogo and still writes the journey on Medium.^4^6
Reading stays free. A freemium upgrade unlocks unlimited annotation after a short trial. I keep coming back for the wide margin — the homepage readers say it made Bible reading consistent, and closer to God's Word.^1
