If you've ever wanted to slow down and truly absorb Scripture, Type the Word offers a beautifully simple way to do it — by typing through the Bible, one verse at a time. As you type, each correct letter lights up green while mistakes show in red, keeping you focused on every word.^1
Built by Josh Wootonn, a design engineer who spent six months typing Psalms 1–137 and found that the practice deepened his daily walk with God. Inspired by Monkeytype, he created Type the Word so others could experience the same blend of skill-building and Scripture meditation.^2 The project is fully open source on GitHub and completely free to use.^3
Type the Word tracks your progress through entire books, shows your typing consistency over time, and supports nine Bible translations including ESV, NIV, NLT, CSB, NKJV, NASB, BSB, MSG, and NTV.^4 New features in 2026 include a Goals system for tracking memorization plans, memorization modes like first-letter masking and full word masking, and a new home page with bookmarks for managing multiple typing locations.^5
The project continues to see remarkable growth — users collectively type the Bible roughly twice per month, with over 74,000 verses typed in March 2026 alone. Multiple Christian schools are now piloting a Google Classroom integration so teachers can assign Bible passage typing to students with automatic progress tracking.^5
Why Christians Love It"I've been searching for the bible typing app a long time, but couldn't find the one that really fit for me. And then I found your app!.. Type the Word is truly an incredible app that is easy to use, good and neat looking, and convenient for tracking" — Janet, 64,000+ verses^1
"Your app has helped me in my own life tremendously. I love the app! It is one of my best resources." — Tanesha, 25,000+ verses^1
Notable- Featured in Redeeming Productivity's Reagan's Roundup as "a website that helps you internalize the Scripture while improving your typing skills"^6
- Open source with an active contributor community on GitHub^3
- Google Classroom integration being trialed in multiple Christian schools (2026)^5
- New Goals and memorization modes launched April 2026, inspired by the Getting Things Done framework^5
- Regularly updated with bug fixes and new features since launch in December 2023^4
