Most Bible-memory apps make you read and tap. Recite is built around the opposite idea: say the verse out loud, and let your phone listen. It's a voice-first Scripture memory app for anyone who remembers words better by speaking them.^1
You speak a verse and the app listens using your phone's on-device speech recognition, then marks every word — right, close, or missed — and gives you a score in seconds. The scoring is forgiving by design: minor mispronunciations and accents still count, because the goal is encouragement, not a test. Three difficulty modes (Easy, Medium, Hard) gradually hide more words as a verse sticks, and an SM-2 spaced-repetition schedule — the same method behind Anki — brings each verse back just as you start to forget it. Start from a curated set of core topics like Salvation, Prayer, Faith, and Forgiveness, or add any verse you want to carry with you, in your choice of translation.^1
The whole app grew out of the Navigators' Topical Memory System and one conviction from creator David Gibson: don't just read the verse, say it, and keep saying it until it's yours. David runs Ocho, a small creative agency in Aberdeen and Inverness, Scotland, that also counts the Navigators UK among its clients.^2 Recite is a personal project built from that same conviction — free, with no ads, and the creator says it always will be.^1
Notable- Free, with no ads and no cost; the creator says it always will be.^1
- Available on Android, with an open iOS TestFlight beta for anyone who wants to join.^1
- On-device speech recognition — nothing you say is recorded or leaves your device.^1
- Spaced repetition (SM-2 algorithm) surfaces verses exactly when you're about to forget them.^5
- Works across public-domain and modern translations, including KJV, WEB, NIV, ESV, NLT, ASV, and YLT.^1
- Play Store reports "No data collected" and "No data shared with third parties."^5
Platforms: Android (iOS via TestFlight beta) Pricing: Free (no ads, no in-app purchases)
