Whether you're a brand-new believer looking for where to start reading the Bible or a lifelong Christian wanting to go deeper, YouVersion meets you where you are — on your phone, tablet, or computer — with the full text of Scripture in over 2,400 languages, completely free.^1
Built by Life.Church and surpassing one billion installs worldwide, the YouVersion Bible App offers 3,750+ Bible versions, thousands of reading plans and devotionals in 100+ languages, audio Bibles you can listen to on the go, and tools like highlights, bookmarks, and notes that make the Bible feel personal.^2 It's designed around one idea: building a daily habit of engaging with God's Word. A Verse of the Day, guided prayers, and daily devotional content greet you each morning, while reading plans from partners like The Bible Project, The Chosen, Our Daily Bread, Alpha, and Compassion International help you dig into Scripture with fresh perspective.^1
Created by Bobby Gruenewald, Founder and CEO of YouVersion and Innovation Leader at Life.Church, the app launched in 2008 as one of the first 200 apps on Apple's App Store. Gruenewald's vision was simple but audacious: "I thought about how Gutenberg's invention revolutionized the accessibility and distribution of Bibles hundreds of years ago, and wondered how technology might be able to do something similar for our generation."^3 In November 2025, YouVersion celebrated a landmark one billion installs across its family of Bible apps — a milestone marked by a worship gathering of over 13,000 people at Oklahoma's Paycom Center.^4 The momentum has only accelerated in 2026: all ten of the highest Bible engagement days in YouVersion's history have occurred this year, with Easter Sunday alone drawing 21.6 million people to Scripture — the most engaged day in the platform's 17-year history.^5 Holy Week saw an average of 18.7 million daily users, with global engagement up 15% year-over-year, Sub-Saharan Africa up 37%, and Latin America up 22%.^5
In March 2026, YouVersion launched YouVersion Platform, giving away the core technology behind the Bible App for free — an embedded Bible reader with 1,487 Bibles from 36 publishers in 1,283 languages — so any ministry or developer can incorporate Scripture into their own apps and websites.^6 BibleProject and The Chosen (Come and See) are among the first partners integrating it. Gruenewald explained the posture: "We don't see the Bible App as ours, but something we feel called to steward on behalf of the global Church."^6 In a widely shared op-ed for Premier Christianity, he detailed why YouVersion has never run ads, sold data, or added in-app purchases despite being "a unicorn several times over" — writing, "We're not trying to maximise financial return, we're working to maximise kingdom impact."^7
Why Christians Love YouVersion: "When the Lord had reawakened my faith I couldn't afford to buy a Bible, so I tried searching for a free version and was so encouraged and grateful to find the YouVersion Bible App. Not only is it access to any version of the Bible I could want, but the verse of the day is so encouraging as is guided prayer to keep me praying and close to God every day."^2 Users describe the app as a lifeline for consistency — one reviewer shared, "I was a drug addict for over 10 years, and I lost everything... For about two years now, I have seen a change in me that I can only credit Jesus for."^1 A newer user wrote, "The best free Bible app I've found so far. I'm fresh in really returning full bore to my faith in the last year. I really wanted to get into scripture, but I was a little overwhelmed with it. The chronological Bible plan is the perfect tool for me because it breaks the reading down into manageable chunks."^8 Pastors use it to rally their congregations around shared reading plans, and families use it to build Bible habits together across generations.
With content from more than 5,000 ministry partners connecting over 24,000 churches globally, YouVersion isn't just an app — it's a movement making God's Word accessible to every person on earth.^9
Platforms: iOS, Android, Web, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pricing: Free (no ads, no in-app purchases, ever)
