Crossway's ESV Bible app is a portable reader for the English Standard Version, an "essentially literal" translation prepared by more than 100 evangelical scholars and pastors and published in 2001.^1 A free ESV.org account syncs notes, highlights, and bookmarks across the web, iPhone, iPad, and Android, with a distraction-free reader, search, and cross-references.^1^4
The whole ESV can be heard from artists, pastors, and teachers including Kristyn Getty, Ray Ortlund, Jackie Hill Perry, and Michael Reeves, with optional instrumental tracks from artists such as Josh Garrels and Antoine Bradford and separate volume controls for voice and music.^1 Dozens of thematic playlists gather verses by mood or doctrine, and over 50 reading plans cover one-year, devotional, and topical paths.^1
The ESV Global Study Bible is included. A subscription unlocks further study Bibles and commentaries, including the ESV Study Bible, the ESV Archaeology Study Bible, Preaching the Word, and the ESV Expository Commentary.^1 Greek and Hebrew tools remain on the website.^1
Crossway is a not-for-profit ministry founded in 1938 to publish gospel-centered, Bible-based content.^5 Free ESV reading-plan podcasts are also on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.^6
