Bible Apps to Engage with Scripture

Kings of Israel Video Game

A strategic turn-based video game based on the cooperative board game by Lance Hill, set during the reign of Israel's kings. Lead prophets to fight evil, destroy idols, and build altars before Assyria's invasion — with an optional Bible Study mode for Scripture learning. Published by Funhill Games, who continue to create biblical tabletop games.

Bible Vector Search

A free, open-source semantic Bible search tool that uses AI embeddings to find Scripture passages by meaning rather than keywords. Built on the BBE translation with a live public REST API for developers; part of the Antioch Tech project family by the creator of the Obsidian Bible Reference plugin. Web and API remain fully functional; core code is in stable/maintenance mode (no new commits since Sep 2024).

YouVersion Bible App

The world's most-installed Bible app — 1 billion+ installs, 3,500+ versions in 2,400+ languages, with reading plans, audio Bibles, guided prayers, community features, the free YouVersion Platform for ministries and developers, and the just-concluded 2026 World Cup Mid-Year Bible Challenge. Built by Life.Church; 100% free, no ads, ever.

Bible Strong

All-in-one Bible study app with Hebrew and Greek lexicons, chronological timeline, Nave's Topical Bible, commentaries, cross-references, audio Bibles, automatic backups, and full offline access with multilingual resources. Open source (GPL-3.0), built by solo French developer Stéphane Montlouis-Calixte (le studio 316) with 10,000+ daily users. Very actively maintained — last updated Jul 20, 2026 on both stores; GitHub last pushed Jul 20, 2026. Recent additions include automatic backups and Catholic canon (deuterocanonical) editions support.

Free Christian eBook Reader

A free, ad-free Android app from the Cornerstone internet ministry offering a curated library of Christian ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and Bible translations — no account or payment needed. The library continues to expand with new titles on suffering (Job), biblical archaeology, and New Testament military figures, twenty-five podcast discussions of both their own works and classics like Tozer's Pursuit of God, a growing translation effort now spanning Hindi, Nepali, and Telugu, and a new children's books collection. Note: the Android app shell has not been updated since v5.2.0 (Oct 2024), though the underlying content library is actively maintained.

Brilliant Bible

The only app that illustrates every verse of the KJV Bible — 32,357 original artworks from Genesis to Revelation, plus graphic-novel-style comic adaptations of key Bible stories (Deborah, John the Baptist, Jesus's wilderness temptation). Available on iOS and Android with a freemium model; the studio is expanding into illustrated classic literature via a forthcoming "Brilliant Books" app.

Relight

A free Reformed theology and Bible study web app by David and Sarah Mikucki, featuring in-line commentaries (including Calvin, Henry, Gill, Poole, and Hodge), confessions, catechisms, Greek and Hebrew text with morphology, word studies, and backlinks — all from a curated library of historically Reformed resources.

Armorer

A free, open-source minimalist KJV Bible web reader with infinite scroll, instant client-side keyword search, and verse-level deep links that focus and highlight specific passages — built by a software architect and church deacon who wanted a clean, distraction-free reading experience with no ads, accounts, or overhead. Web-only; stable and unchanged since the May 2026 cross-chapter copy fix.

Literal Word Bible App

A distraction-free Bible app offering NASB 1995, LSB, ESV, NKJV, and KJV translations with built-in Greek and Hebrew lexicons, cross-references, and cross-device sync — completely free, offline-capable, and designed to keep your focus on Scripture alone. Also available as a redesigned web app for desktop browsers.

Daily Bible Reading Tracker

A free, distraction-free iOS app that helps you build a daily Bible reading habit through gentle reminders, a weekly progress view, and integrated devotional resources — including BibleGateway — no pressure, no clutter.

Pencil Bible

A beautifully minimal Bible journaling app for iPad, iPhone, and now Android — write, draw, highlight, and doodle directly alongside Scripture with full Apple PencilKit support. 14 free translations (NLT, NASB, AMP, TPT, KJV, and more); premium unlocks unlimited annotations after a 14-day trial. Indie-built by Erin Walker in South Africa.

Mere Bible

Formerly NeuBible — a design-forward, distraction-free Bible reading app by Dwell App, LLC. 11 translations in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Completely free with highlights, bookmarks, inline notes, cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision, web), home screen widget, and optional donations. Inspired by C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity.

Bible App for Kids

The world's most widely used children's Bible app — 41 interactive animated Bible stories in 65+ languages, with 140 million+ installs and 1 billion story completions. Free and ad-free, built by Life.Church (YouVersion) and OneHope for young children, with companion church curricula and a Bible Storybook.

Bible AI Search

AI-powered Bible search engine with natural language Q&A, ~700K hand-approved Q&As, 96% accuracy, full Bible reader in 24+ languages, offline mode, and accessibility-first design. Operated by the Bible AI Foundation (developed by Integral Web Design), a UK-based Christian org that presents itself as a charity — though its donation page notes it is "not a charity but funded from our own personal finances." Free; iOS and Android. Play Store: 4.0★ (181 reviews, 50K+ downloads). iOS: 5.0★ (8 ratings).

Gospel Partner | Day & Night

An all-in-one Christian devotional app from Joseph Prince Ministries — branded "Day & Night" — featuring morning and evening guided experiences, an interactive Bible (free reading/listening across translations), the subscriber-only Joseph Prince Study Bible (notes for Pentateuch + Gospels, expanding through 2026–2027), 1,200+ sermons, worship music, guided journaling, and the Daily Play 7-minute daily sermon clip. Free daily devotionals and Bible reading; premium subscription unlocks the Study Bible, full sermon library, and e-books.

her.BIBLE Women's Audio Bible

A completely free audio Bible read by an ethnically diverse group of women in the NLT, created by Cru. Now expanded to 7 languages including a full Spanish NVI edition at herbible.es, with a coaching program to help women worldwide launch recordings in their own tongues. Features synced text highlighting, custom playlists, communal Listening Groups, a growing podcast with guests like Vaneetha Risner, Mary DeMuth, and Doris McMillon (who also voices Scripture for the project), and no ads or data collection.

Bible.is - Faith Comes By Hearing

Free dramatized audio Bible app by Faith Comes By Hearing with word-for-word Scripture in 2,713 languages, Gospel Films in 1,700+ languages, offline downloads, playlists, and reading plans. Working toward Vision 2033 to provide audio Scripture in every translated language. Founded in 1972.

Gideon Bible App

The Gideon Bible App is the free digital companion from The Gideons International, offering the full Bible in over 2,200 language translations with dramatized audio, offline access, and built-in evangelism tools like "Follow Jesus" and curated Scripture help sections. Version 5.4 (July 2026) improves Global Search, audio playback, and stability. Completely free with no in-app purchases. Backed by an organization with 125+ years of Scripture distribution and ECFA-accredited financial accountability.

Sola — Bible companion app

Bible reading companion with fully customizable reading plans (up to 24 months), group sharing via link or QR code, scheduled notifications, interactive maps, historical timelines, and embedded BibleProject videos — free on iOS and Android with optional supporter tiers.

Bible Brief

A layered Bible learning experience — app, podcast, and book — that guides you through the entire Bible story in 10 eras and 3 levels of depth across 246 lessons, built by the Bible Literacy Foundation. Features verse-synced audio, AI transcripts, gamified Bible Card collectibles, and dedicated group and church programs with launch kits.

Lordle

Lordle is a free daily Bible verse guessing game where you narrow down a verse's location by testament, book, and chapter — a fun way to build your sense of biblical geography over time. Created by Sang Tian (Basil Tech), the game runs fresh puzzles every day at lordle.com.

The Word One to One

A free evangelism and Bible study app that guides you and a friend through John's Gospel and Acts verse by verse, with helpful notes, maps, and conversation prompts — available in six in-app languages with additional PDF resources in five more, now used in over 80 countries. A companion one-year reading plan is available on YouVersion. The resource is now produced by Make Known, a new UK charity launched by the same team, backed by international partners across five continents.

Obsidian Bible Reference Plugin

A free, open-source Obsidian plugin (MIT license) that lets you instantly look up and insert Bible verses into your notes — supporting multiple translations (WEB, KJV, NVI, CUV, DRB, UBG, BG, Korean, and Portuguese) across every platform Obsidian runs on. New in July 2026: offline Bible support with bundled WEB text and auto-fallback. 56k+ downloads, 67 contributors, actively maintained with a Bun monorepo architecture.

Bible Gateway

The internet's most-visited Christian website — read, search, and listen to 200+ Bible translations in 70+ languages for free. Completely rebuilt for Spring 2026 with a refreshed reading experience, and now publishing monthly original Bible news reporting. Founded in 1993, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

LifeBible

A content-rich Bible study app with 40+ free translations, 150+ Study Bibles and commentaries (Premium), AI-powered verse search, and unique features like Explain (instant verse insights) and TouchPoints (500+ life-topic Scripture answers with video). Built by Tecarta in Palo Alto, loved by over 2 million users across iOS, Android, and web. Summer 2026 brought a redesigned Library with language filters, favorites, and offline-title access, plus the Berean Standard Bible (2025 edition) added to Premium.

5fish

Free multilingual evangelism app by Global Recordings Network with the story of Jesus in 7,000+ languages — audio, films, audio Bibles, LUMO Gospel films, and songs for sharing the gospel cross-culturally, all downloadable for offline use on Android, iOS, and web.

Spark Bible

A free Bible study app that pairs every chapter of Scripture with curated video commentary from trusted teachers like John Piper, Tim Keller, N.T. Wright, and The Bible Project — plus AI-powered study insights, a Biblical Themes explorer, devotional tools, Greek/Hebrew interlinear, and premium courses via SparkBible Plus. Continuously updated through v3.7.2 (July 2026) with ongoing bug fixes and improvements to AI study tools.

Aura Bible

Aura is an AI-powered Bible study and prayer app grounded in Reformed theology, offering verse-by-verse exegesis with 840,000+ cross-references, personalized devotionals, small group fellowship, Scripture memory tools, eight Bible translations, and a conversational prayer guide to help Christians grow deeper in faith.

BibleDojo

A free, gamified Bible hermeneutics platform that teaches you how to read Scripture — not just what it says. Progress from white belt to black belt across ten biblical genres with seminary-level ESV content from scholars Dr. Dru Johnson (Center for Hebraic Thought / Wycliffe Hall, Oxford) and Dr. Dominick Hernández (Talbot School of Theology), built by the Basil Tech nonprofit (creators of Read Scripture). Now includes a Discord community for collaborative learning.

Streetlights Bible

A free, word-for-word audio Bible set to a hip-hop soundtrack, read by diverse voices — built by Chicago creatives to make Scripture accessible to urban communities and multimedia learners worldwide. Now featuring the completed English Audio Bible (all 66 books, NLT), Spanish Audio Bible (NVI), BibleProject collaboration videos, Corner Talk teaching series, Intersection Podcast (108+ episodes), Streetlights Academy, and ALERT312 music. Governed by a formal Board of Directors including pastors from Chicago Tabernacle and Grace Family Church. New languages in development: Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, and German. Also available on YouVersion.

Scribe Scripture

A free, open-source web app that helps you engage with Scripture by typing one chapter of Proverbs each day, cycling through all 31 chapters monthly — turning reading into active, tactile meditation on God's Word.

Biblos

Biblos is a free, open-source semantic Bible search tool powered by BGE-large-en-v1.5 embeddings. Find passages by meaning, study Greek text with the Dodson Lexicon, read Church Fathers commentary, and follow a daily reading plan — all free with no sign-up.

ScOAR - Scriptural Orientation, Application & Reflection

ScOAR is a free, ministry-run AI tool that turns a described struggle or question into curated, cited Bible verses with practical application steps.

Doxa

Doxa is a prophetic encouragement app that weaves together Scripture, 1,800+ verified testimonies from 2,000 years of church history, and your own record of God's faithfulness — available across iOS, Android, web, Claude/Cursor (via MCP), Discord, and Telegram, with a Processing Board for churches and a dedicated For Youth Leaders surface to help the next generation steward what God is saying.

fetch(bible)

A free, open-source Bible translations platform by Gracious Tech providing unrestricted access to 1,404 translations across 1,116 languages via CDN, with a TypeScript client (now v2.2.0), web enhancer (v1.1.0), and embeddable reader. MIT-0 licensed. Now powers five apps including Manna (gathermanna.com). Founder Jon Walsh maintains it part-time at 40% funding.

Bible Reading Plan Generator

A free, highly customizable web tool for building personalized Bible reading plans — choose your books, timeframe, format, reading order, and language, with direct links to Bible Gateway, YouVersion, Biblia, or Y'all Version. Created by Dr. John Dyer, VP for Enrollment and Educational Technology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Available in 26 languages with five reading orders including M'Cheyne and chronological.

Velora

A smart Bible app that listens to your pastor's sermon in real time, surfaces Scripture passages as they're referenced, and extends personalized sermon insights — transcripts, outlines, debriefs, and reflection questions — throughout your week. In June 2026 it added Ask Velora, an AI companion scoped to your own captured sermons (devotionals, quizzes, discussion guides) and explicitly designed not to generate new theology. Available on iOS and Android from brothers Jonathan & Colin Hooper (Everywai, Cleveland OH).

Discover

A free Discovery Bible Study app available in 41 languages with text and audio, designed to catalyze disciple-making movements by guiding small groups through Scripture from Creation to Christ — used in over 200 nations since launching in 2015. Built by The Discover Network, a UK registered charity. Stable as of July 2026: iOS v26.01 and Android v0.32.01 remain current with no new releases since the March 2026 iOS update.

Lumenology

An AI-powered Bible study platform from CraftedPath, LLC offering eight study lenses, a cited Research Assistant with user-selectable trusted sources, a History of Christian Doctrine reference library tracing 41 doctrines across 271 historical movements, and a For Churches program — designed for pastors, group leaders, and individual believers seeking Logos-level depth without the library. Available on web and iOS.

Verses - The Melody of God's Word

A non-profit Scripture-to-song app that turns word-for-word Bible passages into original music performed by diverse worship artists like Charlie Hall, Jackie Hill Perry, Tori Kelly, and The Sing Team — helping Christians memorize and meditate on God's Word through melody. Active since 2010, releasing new songs regularly, available in five languages on iOS, Android, Spotify, and Apple Music.

Recite: Bible Verse Memory

A free, ad-free, voice-first Scripture memory app built by David Gibson of Ocho (Aberdeen, Scotland): you recite verses aloud, the app scores you word-by-word using on-device speech recognition, and SM-2 spaced repetition brings each verse back as you start to forget it. Live on iOS and Android.

Concise Bible

A free Bible app by Initiative.Global (501c3, Dallas TX) that curates key Scripture excerpts into an easy-to-follow path revealing the Bible's central theme — Jesus Christ as Creator, Redeemer, Judge, and King. Available in 15 translations covering 5 billion speakers with 14 audio versions, Holy Land photos, and red-letter text. Over 11.4 million active users across 190 countries. Led by John Sawyer (former Zondervan VP, Clear Bible CEO).

CBN Bible

Free Bible app from CBN with multiple translations (NLT, KJV, ESV, NASB), audio Bibles, 365 daily devotions, reading plans, notes, highlights, and a new moderated community Prayer Wall. Now also available as a web app at cbnbible.us. Completely free with no in-app purchases.

BBC Media App

A free streaming app from BCC Media (Brunstad Christian Church) featuring animated Bible series like "Bible Heroes of Faith," the "Noah – A New Beginning" musical in nine languages, the "Elisha and the Chariots of Fire" film in 15 languages, exclusive Bible studies with quizzes, and ad-free kids' content — built by a Norwegian non-profit media foundation with roots going back to 1998.

RockReader

RockReader is a free, ad-free daily devotional and Bible study app with built-in cross-references, classic commentaries, original-language word study, and SOAP-method journaling. Your reflections stay private and encrypted by default, shared only with the friends, small group, or church circle you choose. Available on Android and in any web browser.

Superbook Kids Bible App

A free, media-rich kids Bible app from CBN with all 68 Superbook animated episodes (now downloadable for offline viewing), an easy-to-understand Bible with audio, 20+ games, interactive devotionals, and 80+ biblical topics — over 40 million installs across iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire. Relaunched October 2025 as the All-New Superbook Kids Bible App.

CiteVerse

CiteVerse is an AI-powered scripture display and sermon-prep platform that transcribes Bible teaching in real time, detects verse references as they're spoken, and auto-saves every session as a searchable, exportable Journey. Built by Joseph Obiagba (Gjio Technologies), it supports 11 Bible editions across six transcription languages through its web app and Chrome extension, with Presenter Mode for hands-free projector display.

Bolls Bible

A free, open-source, cross-platform Bible reading app offering 146 translations in 31 languages with bookmarks, parallel reading, cross-device sync, vector/semantic search (added July 2026), and customizable themes — built by a Ukrainian developer with a Sola Scriptura conviction, actively maintained with 600+ commits and 133 GitHub stars, available on web, Android, Windows, and Linux.

Bible Verse Bot for Discord

A free Discord bot from the nonprofit Bible SMS ministry that delivers beautifully designed KJV Bible verse images on demand and auto-posts daily devotionals to your server via announcement channels.

Every Day with Jesus

A free daily devotional app continuing 60+ years of Every Day with Jesus Bible teaching by Selwyn Hughes, offering classic and contemporary devotional tracks with audio, journaling, devotional ratings, and sharing — published by Waverley Abbey Trust in partnership with 24-7 Prayer International on the historic Waverley Abbey estate in Surrey, England.

FJN - Find Jesus Now

FJN (Find Jesus Now) is a free, lightweight Christian app for iOS and Android that combines a Bible reader, daily verses, testimonies, sermons, a 52-week study roadmap, and an AI-powered verse explanation tool — all built around an evangelism mission. The companion website and blog are actively maintained as of mid-2026.

Cardinal Bible

A distraction-free iOS Bible app that removes feeds, streaks, and social features in favor of focused Scripture reading, a guided daily Quiet Time, verse memorization, 3D-satellite biblical "Journeys," and a verse-grounded AI assistant ('Ask'). Built solo by product designer Jed Bridges.

For All Things Bible

A curated directory of 708 Bible websites and apps across 21 categories, operated by the American Bible Society through Bibles.com and the .BIBLE Registry. Community-driven with submissions and upvotes, with new resources added regularly.

Amen - Catholic Bible & Prayers

Amen is a completely free Catholic prayer and meditation app by the Augustine Institute, offering daily Mass readings, guided Lectio Divina, the Rosary, Scripture reflections from Dr. Tim Gray, sacred music, sleep stories, a Bible in a Year audio companion, and a prayer journal — all without paywalls or in-app purchases.

Best Commentaries

Best Commentaries aggregates Bible commentary reviews and ratings from scholars, journals, and users into a searchable database with a transparent scoring algorithm. Now available in six languages, it helps pastors, seminary students, and laypeople find the right commentary for any book of the Bible.

YourBible

A free Bible app designed for non-Christians and newcomers, created by GOOD NEWS for Everyone! (formerly GideonsUK) in partnership with scout+redeem. Organizes Scripture into thematic series with flowing prose (no verse numbers), life-situation helps, contextual notes, video testimonies, and customisation options — all to remove barriers between curious readers and God's Word. Version 5.0 (June 2026) continues expanding languages and personalisation.

Christian Wordle

A free daily Bible word puzzle in the style of Wordle — guess the five-letter word from Scripture with color-coded hints and a direct link to the verse. Still active as of July 2026 with an engaged player community sharing gameplay online.

TheoSumma

A Scripture-rooted AI companion from Jordan that lets Christians converse with AI personas of history's greatest theologians, study the Bible verse-by-verse, and explore systematic theology across Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant traditions — with every answer cited to primary sources.

Sparks Chinese Bible

Sparks (火花) is a freemium digital Bible platform by the Bible Society (British & Foreign Bible Society) offering 60+ Bible translations (40+ Chinese versions), original-language tools, an AI-powered cross-referencing assistant, structured courses (including a new Romans series), 186+ Bible Land video lessons, podcasts, daily devotionals, a Chinese Bible translation timeline, bookstore, and community features for Chinese-speaking Christians worldwide. Optional VIP subscription tier launched in 2026 unlocks advanced AI study features.

Pando App

The first and only faith-based app approved for U.S. prison tablets — now on 671,000+ devices with over 150 million content views — streaming free sermons, worship, devotionals, Bible studies, and financial literacy content from 100+ church and ministry partners (including The Chosen) to incarcerated individuals nationwide.

Pray the Bible

Scripture-rooted prayers powered by AI and the Barker Chain-Reference™ system (7,464 topics, 550,000+ verse mappings). Four prayer modes, a Discovery Library spanning eight content types (including the newer Resound, Persona, and MyOB modules), a My Journey wellbeing centre with validated psychometrics and an AI-generated pastoral summary, a Living Prayer Chain community, Voice Mode, and PrayOS architecture unifying every module under one Scripture spine. Marketed to "Deep Seekers."

Bolls Bible API

A free, open-source Bible API and reading platform offering 146+ translations in 31 languages with endpoints for chapters, verses, search (including vector/semantic search added July 2026), version comparison, Hebrew/Greek dictionary definitions, and a Reference Tagging Tool — built by a Ukrainian developer with a Sola Scriptura conviction, actively maintained as of August 2026, available on web, Android, Windows, and Linux.

ReProof.AI

AI-powered Messianic apologetics engine (ARIA, 11 agents, patent-pending) that cross-references 1.7M+ sources across 11 worldviews with real-time fallacy detection and live debate support; now also publishes a book series and operates company social accounts. Openly operates from a Torah-observant perspective.

Spoken Gospel

A 100% free nonprofit Bible study app that completed its seven-year mission to cover every book of the Bible. Offers 800+ short films, chapter-by-chapter devotionals, and a popular podcast — all showing how Scripture points to Jesus. 150M+ views worldwide. Now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), and French.

Blue Letter Bible

Free Bible study platform with 30+ translations, Hebrew/Greek lexicons, interlinear, 8,000+ commentaries from 40+ authors, cross-references linked to every verse, and 1.5M+ integrated sermons via SermonAudio. iOS app received a brand-new audio player in 2026. NLT available for free offline mobile download via Tyndale partnership. Founded 1996, serving 7.5M+ annual website users and 1M+ app users via web, iOS, and Android. ECFA accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

SoapBox Super App

A multilingual faith super-app (Bible, prayer, journaling, church tools, and the ORA AI study companion) that also exposes a free Faith API and MCP server serving verified, public-domain Scripture to AI agents.

Tov: a Bible without noise

A beautifully minimal, open-source, distraction-free Bible app for iOS featuring the Berean Standard Bible, 30,000+ cross-references, reading history, bookmarks, and offline access — completely free with no ads or paywalls. Built by Trent Cowden.

Jesus Spoke

A beautifully designed daily devotional website delivering 75+ SMS-based reflections on the words of Jesus from the Gospels, guiding you through a simple read-reflect-respond rhythm. Available in English and Spanish — completely free.

inWORD Bible

A feature-rich Bible study app with 70,000+ resources — commentaries, interlinears, maps, audio, and video — all linked to individual verses in a clean, uncluttered interface. Available on iOS, Android, and Windows with an affordable annual subscription.

Exegesis

A Bible study app that puts two thousand years of church commentary, confessions, creeds, hymns, and 6,211 letters from church history one tap from any verse, with Greek, Hebrew, and Latin word study, a guided seven-step daily devotional, and an in-app AI study assistant. Built by Roberto Chavez Jr; free public beta across iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Bible Study Tools

One of the largest free online Bible study platforms — 100+ translations in multiple languages, commentaries from Matthew Henry and others, concordances, dictionaries, lexicons, reading plans, parallel Bible, audio Bible, and topical verse collections. iOS app with parallel reading and personalized homepage (last updated July 2025). Part of Salem Web Network. In May 2026, Salem Media Group announced it will be acquired by WaterStone (The Christian Community Foundation), going private under a Christian foundation committed to Salem's mission — expected to close August 2026. PLUS subscription for ad-free study.

Hide The Word

A free-to-download Bible memory app with a personalized Scripture Companion that guides daily micro-lessons, spaced-repetition review, community challenges, and voice recitation accuracy — built by a Kenyan developer with a heart for helping believers hide God's Word in their hearts. Optional premium subscription unlocks additional lessons and advanced tracking.

Lumen

An open-source, AI-powered Bible study companion with an ESV reader, contextual AI copilot, personalized passage recommendations, reading progress tracking, testimony editor, and activity calendar — all in your browser. Built by an xAI engineer and in active development for over a year.

Paper Bible

A free, open-source web tool by Gracious Tech for printing customized Scripture booklets in 800+ languages — at home or professionally. Founded by Jon Here in Sydney, Australia, it offers four one-click formats and deep layout customization for small groups, missions, personal study, or church handouts.

Magisterium AI

Catholic AI answer engine powered by 32,000+ Church documents — get cited, verifiable answers on doctrine, Scripture, and the Church Fathers, with Holy Widgets for guided prayer, Biblical Commentary, and daily readings.

Bible365

A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in one year (or two years at a slower pace) with daily readings from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast. Readers can join any time of year and roll missed readings into the next cycle.

VerseLink Bible

VerseLink Bible is a free, fully offline, privacy-first Bible study app with bidirectional verse-note linking, Greek and Hebrew interlinear tools, a rich text note editor, Bible dictionary, and the Berean Standard Bible—no account, no tracking, no ads. The developer has committed to keeping it permanently free. Available on iOS, Android, and Windows.

Xiphos

Xiphos is a free, open-source Bible study application for Linux and Windows built on The SWORD Project, offering tabbed reading, fast indexed search, Strong's numbers, pseudo-interlinear display, commentaries, dictionaries, and access to 400+ Bible modules in 150+ languages. Actively developed since 2000; v4.4.0 (June 8, 2026) restored the Linux editor and added devotional tabs and UI refinements, with development continuing actively on master (258 GitHub stars, 63 forks).

ESV Bible App

Free Bible app from Crossway featuring the ESV translation with immersive audio narration by Kristyn Getty, Ray Ortlund, Jackie Hill Perry, Michael Reeves, and Jenny Salt, plus 50+ reading plans, thematic playlists, background music, study tools, and the ESV Global Study Bible — with optional subscription for commentaries, study Bibles, and premium audio content. Crossway also offers 8 free ESV Podcasts on Apple Podcasts and Spotify with different narrators and reading plans. Now includes the updated 2025 ESV text.

Berea

Berea is a free web-based Bible study platform by Jean Kabasomi that guides Christians through whole books of Scripture — starting with an eight-path journey through Romans — featuring an argument map, Greek language insights, historical context, and spaced-repetition memorization. Built by a theology graduate from Durham and Edinburgh to make serious biblical scholarship accessible to everyday believers.

TeoCentro

TeoCentro is a free bilingual (English and Italian) web platform for studying the Bible's Jewish roots, with parallel Greek Gospel texts, the Psalms and Mishnah, rabbinic and patristic sources, a published statement of faith, and a theology quiz.

The Word in Context

A voice-first, web-based AI Bible study assistant that grounds every answer in live-cited Greek and Hebrew Scripture; free Bible reader plus a paid Pro tier for unlimited study.

Seed Bible by AO Lab

A free, open-source web platform by AO Lab (501c3) that turns Bible reading into a shared, real-time experience inside group chats and messaging apps. Following a 2026 refactor, it features fast multiplayer sessions, a polished mobile UI, full-text search, immersive 3D reading, a live Discord bot, and live AI chat integration with the Apologist Project (GotQuestions, Kenboa, Apologetics Canada) — all powered by the Free Use Bible API (1,256 translations, 1,004 languages, now ~14M monthly hits, up from 7M). The 'Today' welcome screen is now live, and bible-api now supports importing commentaries. No downloads, no paywalls, no ads.

Ascension App

The #1 Catholic Bible app in America — featuring the Great Adventure Catholic Bible with Fr. Mike Schmitz's audio narration, Bible Timeline® learning system, daily Mass readings with video reflections, full Catechism with audiobook, 80+ study plans, guided Rosary (2M+ prayed), and all Ascension podcasts including Bible in a Year (1 BILLION downloads, March 26, 2026). NEW in 2026: four sacramental prep video programs (Chosen, Invited, Renewed, Received) unlocked FREE in app (June 16); iOS v1.15.2 redesign (July 2026); Catholic Classics Season 5 now airing (The Practice of the Presence of God, recommended by Pope Leo XIV); the "Mass in a Month" podcast (Dr. Edward Sri); BIY 5th anniversary bonus commentary; the forthcoming "Invited" OCIA program (Summer 2026, free video lessons + 150+ free resources); Ascension Edition of the Liturgy of the Hours, Second Edition (preorder July 2026, ships Jan 2027); and upcoming Catholic American Bible integration (2027). Built by Ascension Press, downloaded by 1M+ Catholics. Free core content (now including sacramental prep videos) with premium subscription and free trial for new users.

Bible Glide

Bible Glide is a focused Scripture reader and small-group discipleship app that lets you open any passage, scroll through surrounding context without losing your place, and chat with Bible Glide AI for study questions, prayer, and cross-references — now extended with a free 1,189-chapter summary library, a Sermon Companion tool, a communities leaderboard with reading streaks, and a remote MCP server that brings Bible readings and AI chat into ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible clients.

Our Daily Bread

The beloved daily devotional trusted by millions since 1956 — now an app with daily readings, audio devotionals, Evening Meditations podcast (with text Reading Companion, expanding to more languages), an in-app Bible with multiple translations, Bible-in-a-Year plan, a refreshed time-of-day home screen, personalized Reading Lists and Streaks, screen reader accessibility, and 20+ languages. Built by Our Daily Bread Ministries, a donor-supported nonprofit serving 150+ countries. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases. Sibling apps: Utmost App and Artos Academy.

Free Use Bible API

A free, open-source JSON API by AO Lab serving 1,256 Bible translations across 1,004 languages with no API keys, no usage limits, and no copyright restrictions — now with an official JavaScript/TypeScript SDK, commentary datasets, and a growing ecosystem of community integrations including MCP servers, an iOS Bible Atlas (Sacra Tabula), a Minecraft plugin, and a Roblox wrapper. 150 stars on GitHub, with API traffic nearly doubling to ~14 million hits/month as of July 2026.

DUO Space

A free space-themed Bible preschool game where kids fly spaceships, help 25 neighbors, visit Pastor Leon's church to hear Scripture, and play 20+ mini games — all offline, ad-free, and built around the Golden Rule. iOS-only, from the studio behind the award-winning Dot Conner: Webtective film.

Zaia

Zaia is a free Christian social network on a mission to unite 2.6 billion believers worldwide in obedience to Jesus' prayer in John 17:23. Share your faith through photos, video, and words, join community "Tribes," read the Bible in-app, post prayer requests, and connect across denominations — all in one clean, ad-free space. Founded by former Amazon Prime Video CMO Ukonwa Ojo, the app also birthed Glimpse of Heaven, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit hosting cross-denominational worship gatherings including events in January and May 2026.

API.Bible

The largest Bible API available — access nearly 2,500 text and audio Bible versions in 1,600+ languages through clean REST endpoints, built by American Bible Society's Digital Bible Lab. Fully redesigned platform with free Starter and Pro plans, per-translation commercial licensing, and Custom Enterprise plans on the roadmap.

Bible Pinpoint

Bible Pinpoint is a free web-based quiz game that trains Christians to locate and memorize Bible verses through step-by-step drills, ordering puzzles, timed rounds, and synchronized multiplayer, with a browsable topic-tagged verse library and daily shareable verse art.

The Serpent & The Seed

An award-winning free mobile adventure game from Discipleship Tech that walks you through the Bible's grand narrative — Genesis to Revelation — with hand-painted art, gentle puzzles, and a stunning original soundtrack by Poor Bishop Hooper. Now also available on Steam for Windows and macOS.

Eternity Bible

A free, distraction-free Bible app that lets you create multiple personalized Bibles — each with its own translation, theme, and reading mode — and pick up exactly where you left off on any device. Features vector-based Meaning Search for finding verses by concept, audio playback with follow-along verse highlighting, favorite verse saving with custom colors and Markdown export, and 15+ translations across 9+ languages. Serves hundreds of monthly active users globally with 95% feature engagement.

Latria

A Catholic Bible, Church Fathers, and traditional prayer app for Catholics and other historic-tradition Christians — fully offline, no data collected, no AI features. iOS-only, solo-developed by Arif Hassan and actively maintained.

YouVersion Platform Services

Free developer platform from the YouVersion/Life.Church team offering REST APIs and SDKs (Swift, Kotlin, JavaScript, React, React Native Expo, TypeScript), fast-track Bible licensing for 1,475 versions in 1,244 languages, AI Skills for coding agents, and an embeddable Bible Reader (now with server-backed highlights as of SDK 2.4.0). Currently running the Gloo "Scripture in New Frontiers" Summer Challenge (live July 2026) leading into the October 2026 Gloo AI Hackathon ($250K prize pool); launch partners include The Chosen and BibleProject. All at no cost to developers.

BibleShelf

BibleShelf is a simple Bible reading and memory verse tracker for Christians who want to read Scripture one book at a time without the pressure of daily plan deadlines. Available on iPhone, iPad, and the web, it offers progress tracking, daily reminders, reading categories, an ESV.org Bible reader, and a memory verses feature, built by Christian developer Paul Kim.

Bible Brain API

Bible Brain is the free developer API from Faith Comes By Hearing, offering REST endpoints for Bible text, audio, and video in 2,713 languages. Actively maintained with 17 GitHub repos (commits through August 2026) and comprehensive developer documentation. Free for non-commercial use. Ideal for building multilingual Scripture apps and websites.

Answers.tv

A Christian on-demand streaming platform from Answers in Genesis offering 7,000+ apologetics, science, and family titles across 11+ platforms, with subscription or individual purchase options.

Dabar

Dabar is an AI-powered spiritual reflection tool that responds to real-life questions — grief, doubt, anxiety, purpose — with structured four-part answers grounded in Scripture (KJV by default, five other translations available). Created by indie developer Michael Clarke, it now offers a web app, a free iOS app, a daily devotional, KJV reading plans, and a private journal, with clear AI disclosure (Claude/Anthropic) and a 'not pastoral counsel' posture.

Parabible

A free, open-source, browser-based Bible study tool that lets you read and search the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts with morphological parsing — built by James Cuénod, a PhD biblical scholar from South Africa who now serves as Senior AI Translation Technologist at Seed Company.

Bible Words

A Christian word guessing party game with 2,000+ words across five themed packs. Hold up your phone, get clues from friends, and race to guess Bible and church words in 60 seconds — from the same studio whose Dot Conner: Webtective film is streaming on Angel Studios. Now iOS-only; removed from Google Play in 2026.

Bible Reader

A free, open-source Bible reading plan tracker and PWA by Ethiopian developer Gadisa Teklu. Choose popular plans or create your own, track progress across all 66 books, and access from any device. Built with Next.js and Supabase.

NeedGod.net Bible Trivia

A free, chapter-by-chapter Bible trivia quiz covering Genesis to Revelation with difficulty levels, audio listening, book overviews, progress tracking, and unlockable achievements — built as an installable web app by the NeedGod.net evangelism ministry (185K+ YouTube subscribers).

JO App (JesusOnline)

A free, comprehensive discipleship app from JesusOnline Ministries with the NET Bible, daily devotions, interactive studies, apologetics resources, downloadable books, and a global prayer community — built to guide seekers and believers alike deeper into their faith journey.

The Serpent & The Seed

An award-winning adventure game from Discipleship Tech that walks you through the Bible's grand narrative — Genesis to Revelation — with hand-painted art, gentle puzzles, and a stunning original soundtrack by Poor Bishop Hooper. Free on iOS and Android; full version now also on Steam for Windows and macOS. NYX Gold winner for Best Music, Narrative, and Storytelling; WebAward 2025 Best Faith-based Mobile Application.

Bound Bible

A beautifully minimal, completely free offline Bible reader that removes every distraction — no ads, no account, no subscription — and uses a clever tab system to recreate the feel of a physical Bible, with daily verse-hunt challenges for readers who want to turn Bible familiarity into a game.

Bible Loop

A daily Bible experience for teens from YouVersion and OneHope — video devotionals, feelings-based check-ins that connect emotions to Scripture, a four-level verse memory game with leaderboards, and the full Bible (multiple translations on iOS; NIV/NLT on Android) with Streetlights audio. Free on iOS and Android in India, Philippines, South Africa, USA, and Australia.

AndBible

A free, open-source Android Bible study app with 1,500+ documents in 700+ languages, Strong's concordance, split-screen commentary, an optional AI-powered study assistant (Gemini/Claude/OpenRouter), Document Sync across devices via Google Drive/Nextcloud, reading progress tracking, and community-driven development under Sykerö Software — no ads, no cost, no compromise. The iOS public beta is now live on TestFlight for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Macs.

Track Bible

A free, privacy-focused Bible reading tracker that lets you tick off chapters at your own pace — no accounts, no ads, no data collection. Open-source progressive web app from Gracious Tech.

Polaris Bible

Conservative AI Bible companion on iOS, iPadOS, and web — Scripture-grounded chat, OIA devotion generation, offline Bible reading across five translations, two-pane iPad/web study, and theological guardrails anchored in historic orthodoxy.

Within: Memorize the Bible

An iOS Scripture-memory app from the team behind the 140,000+ subscriber Malachi Daily newsletter, pairing interactive memorization games with daily devotionals and themed challenges. Subscription-based with a free trial; exceptionally active release cadence (12 updates in ~6 weeks).

Gamaliel

Gamaliel is a free, open-source AI Bible reader that answers your Scripture questions with biblically grounded responses. No login needed, funded by ministry, with theological guardrails rooted in the Nicene Creed. Now available on iOS, Android, and the web, with a curated sermon video library from trusted ministries.

Through the Word

A free nonprofit Bible app (fifteen years strong in 2026) with 8–10 minute audio guides for every chapter in the Bible — 1,189 total — organized into 19 guided Journeys. Version 5.1 refined group messaging with continuous playback and text-to-speech. Founded by pastor Kris Langham, with a community "Chapter of the Day" calendar now walking through Psalms and heading into Job (Sept 2026). Trusted by listeners worldwide and partnered with YouVersion. No ads, no fees, ever.

Ecclesia Bible

Ecclesia Bible is a free iOS (iPhone/iPad) Bible study app offering original Hebrew/Greek source analysis, verse correlations, contextual illumination, translational variations, and interpolated-text notes. Built by born-again developer Albert Renshaw, AI was used only on the dev side to organize its study data — the app contains no live AI features. Actively maintained as of July 2026.

Dwell

An audio-first Bible app with 20+ narrators across 15 Bible versions (including the newly added CSB read by Rowan, plus Spanish, Portuguese, Apocrypha, and LSB editions), Read Along, meditation tools, 75+ listening plans, audiobooks, Dwell Nightly bedtime devotional for adults, the new Night Light nightly devotional for kids and families, Word of Promise dramatized NKJV, audio introductions for every book, and 80+ biblical figure sketches — built by the twin brothers behind Lightstock via a record-breaking Kickstarter. 3M installs, 40K+ daily listeners. Endorsed by Matt Chandler and Ann Voskamp. Co-founder Jonathan Bailey's first book "Dwelling in Christ" (IVP, Sept 2026, 192 pages) launches in Dwell as an audiobook and companion audio devotional, narrated by Jon.

Pray.com

One of the world's most-downloaded Christian prayer apps with 100M+ podcast downloads and 2.5B prayer minutes, offering daily guided prayers, Bedtime Bible Stories, audio Bible dramas, Pray AI companion, the first-ever fully AI-generated biblical mini-series (RUTH), Hope for the Heart AI counseling, devotional series from Tim & Demi-Leigh Tebow and 80+ ministry leaders, clinical mental health research, and a Palantir AI partnership — across iOS, Android, Apple Watch, and web.

Bible Clock - Verse Clock

A beautifully designed verse clock app that turns every glance at the time into a Scripture moment — with time-matched verses (like John 3:16 at 3:16), tap-to-open Reflection with chapter context, an AI-assisted Bible Guide that suggests verse collections for what you're facing, a guided verse picker for building custom collections, and adjustable verse text size and alignment. Also includes book-by-book browsing, home screen widgets, personal photo backgrounds, Night Mode, and Guided Flow. Available in 11 languages on iOS and Android.

The Bible Plugin

A free, open-source WordPress plugin that embeds a customizable Bible reader into any site, supporting 2,000+ translations via the Bible Brain API with Paratext file support in v2.0 (now available May 2026). Built by missionaries for global digital engagement — localized, strategic, and designed to keep seekers on your site.

My Shepherd

A free, ad-free Bible AI chat app that answers life and faith questions using the King James Version, with cited verses and follow-up prompts. Built by Bar Above LLC (Austin, TX) for the "ChatGPT generation." Now includes a church-connect feature that matches users with nearby congregations.

BibleProject

Free animated Bible videos, podcasts, classes, and study tools from a nonprofit founded by Tim Mackie and Jon Collins — helping people see the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. Content in 50+ languages, 500K+ Android downloads. First partner to reach 1M followers on YouVersion Bible App (April 2026). Now exploring the Holy Spirit in a new 'Spirit of God' podcast series (July 2026), following the completion of their ambitious 10 Commandments video and podcast series. No ads, no paywalls.

route.bible

A free, open-spec tool that turns Bible references into app-agnostic links and QR codes — letting anyone open a passage in their preferred Bible app or browser. Ships with a live Chrome extension that linkifies references across the web, and a Skills.sh agent skill (Bible Links) that teaches AI agents to emit portable route.bible Markdown links automatically.

The Bible with Nicky and Pippa

A free daily Bible reading plan from the pioneers of Alpha that guides you through the entire Bible in 365 days with warm commentary, audio narration by David Suchet, and three format options to fit any schedule — used by over 4.5 million people in 160 countries. Also offers a 30 Days video series for a shorter introduction to Scripture, a built-in search feature for finding specific passages and themes, and full availability on the YouVersion Bible App, where the 2026 Classic edition was named one of the "Best Bible in a Year Plans" for 2026.

Versogram

A free daily Bible cryptogram puzzle you play in your browser -- decode a new Scripture verse each day by cracking the letter cipher, with dark mode and adjustable difficulty. Part of a three-game puzzle family (alongside Versomix and Versodex) from the Good Friday Films podcast team, whose podcast resumed in August 2026 after a 2.5-year hiatus.

Ezra Bible App

A free, open-source Bible study app focused on topical study through keyword tagging, verse-based notes, Strong's Dictionary with morphological analysis, and Vine's Expository Dictionary — available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Chromebooks with hundreds of translations via SWORD modules, with automatic commentary translation in development.

Daily Bible Devotion & Prayer

A free daily devotional app by Salem Media Group delivering morning and evening Bible verses with short reflections and life applications in NLT, KJV, or NIV, plus trivia and humor — with an ad-free premium tier (Daily Bible Devotion+) available. Actively maintained (v7.0.2 shipped July 2026); Salem Media's acquisition by the WaterStone Christian foundation is still pending close, expected August 2026, with operational continuity pledged.

BiblePlan

A free, web-based Bible reading plan builder that uses a dynamic-programming algorithm to create balanced custom schedules from any books of the Bible — read in sequence or side by side — track unlimited concurrent plans with analytics and streaks, export to CSV, and stay consistent with timezone-aware email and push-notification reminders and one-tap rebalancing when life interrupts.

Lamplight

A web-based Bible study workspace from tinkerSoft Pty Ltd (Australia) that unifies Scripture reading across nine public-domain translations with notes, commentaries, dictionaries, cross references, study journaling, memorization, and a documents editor — free to read, with paid tiers for deeper study and publishing. New app (submitted 2026); no native mobile app.

Literal Word BibleTagger

A free, lightweight JavaScript widget from the Literal Word team that automatically turns Bible references on any website into clickable links with hover-pop-up verse previews — supporting NASB, LSB, ESV, NKJV, and KJV. Now also available as an official WordPress plugin for one-click installation on WordPress sites.

Hallow

The #1 Christian prayer app with 22+ million downloads and nearly 1.5 billion prayers prayed, offering 10,000+ audio-guided sessions — from Lectio Divina and the Rosary to Byzantine prayers, sleep Bible stories, and Hallow AI — built to help anyone find peace in God. Roughly half of new users don't identify as Catholic, reflecting broad Christian reach beyond its Catholic roots.

Redeeming Time

A free Bible reading app that helps you redeem spare moments — tell it how much time you have, and it suggests which Bible books you can read. Includes prayer prompts and reflection questions. Built by Discipleship Tech, the UK Christian charity behind PrayerMate (now in its v10 era with 100M+ prayers supported) and The Serpent & The Seed.

Bible MCP

An open-source MCP server that gives AI chatbots direct access to accurate, freely licensed Bible text — so Scripture is quoted, not hallucinated. Three tools (verse lookup, chapter fetch, translation browsing), strong uptime, and steady adoption across Claude Code, Claude.ai, and Cursor via Smithery.

Scripture - Audio Bible Reader

A distraction-free audio Bible reader for iOS that reads the King James Version aloud in a natural AI voice, with word-by-word highlighting, offline playback, verse lookup, highlights, bookmarks, and daily reading goals. Built by Aloke Pillai's ScriptureApp Inc.

audibible

An immersive bilingual (English and French) audio Bible app with word-by-word text synchronization, AI-generated narrations with multiple voice options, mood-matched background music, ambient soundscapes, narrated Bible stories, a Deep Dive podcast, reading plans, and offline listening — now expanded as "audibible: stories & podcast" on Google Play, with an interactive Bible genealogy tree in development. Actively maintained by solo developer Stéphane Montlouis-Calixte.

Evergrace

Evergrace is a Christian bedtime audio story app for kids, created by a team of Australian Christian families. It offers peaceful, Bible-truth-filled narrated stories with original music and sound effects across 40+ titles, helping children wind down at bedtime while growing in faith. Uses one-time story bundle purchases instead of subscriptions.

Bible Portal

A free Bible study platform from The Christian Post offering 50+ classic commentaries, reading plans, structured Bible studies, daily devotionals, sermon libraries, a companion wiki, and 10,000+ shareable verse images — available on web, iOS, and Android. Website is actively maintained with daily content; mobile apps have not been updated since December 2021.

DUO Town

A free Christian preschool game where kids explore a neighborhood, play 20+ mini games, visit a church to learn Scripture and the Golden Rule, and customize their ride — all offline, ad-free, with zero data collection. From the studio behind the award-winning Dot Conner: Webtective film. Currently iOS-only — the Android edition was removed from Google Play as of July 2026.

Scroll The Bible

A distraction-free Bible reader that turns doomscrolling into Scripture scrolling with an infinite-scroll, social-media-style interface. Features verse-by-verse study tools (original language, deep study, plain-language paraphrase, cross-references), a Discover page, Reading Plans, lock/home screen widgets, full-text search, and a growing library of translations. Rapidly scaling and actively updated by indie developer Gabriel Jacobson under the JCBSN Brand; iOS and Apple Vision Pro, freemium.

The Path

A free, curated Christian devotional app built on the UK-based Journeys discipleship platform, offering Scripture-based series like the Holy Week 'Grief to Glory' meditations. Built by scout+redeem (Coventry), whose platform also powers apps for Alpha, Christianity Explored, and Premier Christianity. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android; still building its user base with no public reviews yet.

Bible Speed Read

Bible Speed Read uses RSVP technology to display Scripture one word at a time, helping you read the Bible faster with deeper focus. Features five Bible translations (KJV, NKJV, NLT, NIV, and ESV) via the YouVersion SDK and ESV (Crossway) API, real-time verse tracking, a haptic rhythm mode that pulses on each word, swipe-based chapter navigation, offline downloads, and adjustable reading speed. Free on iPhone and iPad; also installable on Apple Silicon Macs, though not yet verified by Apple for macOS.

Bible Notes

A Bible note-taking app with an auto-verse feature that instantly inserts full scripture passages as you type references. Includes sermon recording with timestamps, personal devotion tools (B.R.E.A.D. method), multi-language Bible reader, and a companion Pastor Notes App for church leaders. iOS and Android; available on both stores. Updated July 2026.

Bible App by Olive Tree

A powerful Bible study platform available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, offering free translations (NIV, ESV, KJV, NKJV, CSB) and thousands of study resources. Features include a Study Center that auto-surfaces relevant commentaries alongside your reading, Strong's numbers for original language study, audio Bibles with a new mini-player (Android), BibleProject video integrations, offline access, cross-device sync, and AI-powered Smart Search for natural language verse discovery. Founded in 2000, now owned by Gospel Technologies.

Logos Bible Study App

The world's leading Bible study platform — 30+ years of development, 250,000+ titles, Greek/Hebrew word study, side-by-side commentaries, and an AI-powered Study Assistant that answers from your own library and the resources you have open. Co-founded in 1992 by Bob Pritchett, Kiernon Reiniger, and Dale Pritchett; led today by CEO Chris Migura (Pritchett is Executive Chairman), with Baker Publishing Group having acquired Lexham Press in 2025. The latest release redesigned Reading Plans into a single dashboard hub with shareable links and made the Study Assistant context-aware. Over 6 million users; free tier with 40+ books and an optional Premium subscription.

Catena Bible and Commentaries

Free Bible app with tens of thousands of verse-by-verse commentaries from hundreds of early church fathers, drawn from public-domain patristic works across a wide 76-book canon including the deuterocanon. Built by a globally distributed team of Coptic Orthodox volunteers with experience from Google, Microsoft, Yelp, and PlayStation. Available on iOS, Android, and web — the web version is the primary maintained platform, as mobile apps haven't been updated since early 2023.

Forge

A local-first macOS Bible study app that lets you build atomic notes connected directly to verses — plain markdown files you own forever. Built-in BSB and KJV reader, no account required, free forever. Operated by PJ Ventures. Still pre-1.0 (v0.2.4, Jan 19 2026); no new release in ~7 months but website, download, and Featurebase board all remain active. Creator's personal dev blog (paytondennis.dev) remains offline; canonical feedback board is forge.featurebase.app.

Spirit Notes

Purpose-built Christian note-taking app with Scripture auto-complete, sermon recording with timestamps, Bible verse highlighting, customizable Bible reader, print and share features — all in one place. Built solo by Leio McLaren, no account required. iOS only (iPhone, iPad; runs on Apple Silicon Macs and Apple Vision). Freemium.

Bible Tiles

Bible Tiles is a free, 501(c)(3) nonprofit Bible app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision with full Apple Pencil support, 40+ translations, offline access, and iCloud sync — no ads, no accounts, no tracking, ever.

Illuminate Bible

A free, offline-capable Bible reading app with AI-powered verse explanations, reflection prompts, cross-references, and direct verse jumping — built by Christian designer Chris Lee (Member of Design Staff at Perplexity) to help readers understand and practice Scripture in the moment. iOS only.

HisWord

A web-based, AI-powered Bible study platform by Soundview Anchor Labs LLC (founder Kelley Farris, Fayetteville AR) — daily AI devotionals, full Bible reader with neural TTS audio, Scripture Q&A, prayer journaling, and study groups, originally built to help a mother with macular degeneration stay in God's Word. Still web-only; an Organization tier for churches is coming soon.

Prayminder

A free prayer reminder app that helps you build a daily rhythm of prayer — add your prayers, set custom prayer times or receive gentle reminders, track answered prayers, and read the Bible with YouVersion integration. 30M+ prayers lifted across 220+ countries. Completely free, no ads or subscriptions; a rebuilt native Android app with full feature parity is in final testing.

Deaf Bible App

The largest free collection of sign language Scripture videos, now available in 92 sign languages (up from 84) with over 9 million streams worldwide. Watch, download, share, and search Bible content signed by skilled Deaf communicators in sharp close-up video, with 210,000+ verses published across 90+ active translation projects — and an accelerated goal of 16 full Bibles by 2030.

Biblify.ai

Biblify.ai is a free web-based Bible reading companion that uses AI to provide verse-by-verse explanations and answer your questions as you read — built by Christian software engineer and founder Luke Mueller with pastoral input, growing organically worldwide since its mid-2025 launch.

Type the Word

Type the Word is a free, ad-free web app for typing through the Bible verse-by-verse across ten translations, with memorization modes, goals, and progress tracking. In July 2026 founder Josh Wootonn went full-time and the project moved to typetheword.com, with a growing Christian Schools platform offering two-way Google Classroom sync, per-student annual pricing, and progress tracking — while keeping the personal devotional experience fully intact.

The Study Bible

A free Bible study app from Grace to You, fully redesigned and rebranded as "The MacArthur Study Bible" (relaunched August 2026), featuring NASB, LSB, ESV, and KJV texts alongside John MacArthur's 25,000 study notes — now free with a Grace to You account — plus sermons, devotionals, and an audio Bible. John MacArthur went home to the Lord on July 14, 2025; the ministry continues under Matt MacArthur's leadership.

BibleLink

BibleLink is a free, multilingual website plugin by GlobalRize that converts Bible references into hoverable links showing the verse text. Now supports 47 languages and 87+ active Bible translations, available as a WordPress plugin or lightweight JavaScript snippet, with v1.0.20 compatible with the latest WordPress releases.

Bible Times Bible Game

A free chronological card game with 150 hand-illustrated biblical event cards. Play solo against the clock or compete with up to 4 players to place Scripture's events in order — from a Tennessee studio whose sibling title Dot Conner: Webtective became a feature film, streaming on Angel Studios since March 2026.

Bible Verse Image Generator

A free ChatGPT custom GPT by Rob Laughter (Director of Summit Online at The Summit Church) that instantly generates shareable Bible verse graphics. Just type a verse or theme and get a designed image ready for social media, sermons, or encouragement. Originally built on DALL-E 3 (retired May 2026), now running on OpenAI's current image model. Rob actively trains church leaders in AI through the AI Collaborative, the AI Creative Podcast, and ongoing workshops including a featured speaking role at the Church AI Roadmap Summit (April 2026).

Sword of the Spirit

A gamified Bible app that turns Scripture reading into an RPG adventure — level up virtues, equip armor, battle spiritual enemies, and dig deeper into God's Word through campaigns, quests, and community raid bosses.

Psalmlog

Psalmlog is a voice and text journaling app that responds to your real-life situations with personalized six-point biblical guidance — affirmation, Scripture, reflection, prayer, encouragement, and an actionable step — across iOS, Android, and web, with multiple Bible translations, optional Psalmcast audio devotionals, and a shareable "Psalmstory" format.

Y'allVersion

A Bible translation that uses "y'all" for plural "you" and "YHWH" for God's name, recovering the communal heart of Scripture. Created by DTS professor John Dyer under the Y'all Version Bible Society, available free online, on YouVersion (version 4108), and in multiple print formats on Amazon. Translation in draft status with active corrections. Endorsed by scholars at SMU and DTS; featured on Passion Equip and in Tim Wildsmith's Bible review content.

DvG: Conquering Giants

A physically immersive VR game where you play as David, slinging stones at wolves, lions, bears, and the giant Goliath — built by former Hollywood VFX artists whose work also appeared in The Chosen, The Last Supper, and National Geographic. Originally launched on Steam VR in 2020 and now on Meta Quest and iOS, with an expanding portfolio of VR Bible experiences, the companion VRT Bible app, the new 1776 history app, and articles positioning it as a companion to the 2025 animated David film.

Gospel Onchain

An open-source project that stored the entire KJV Bible directly on the Optimism blockchain — censorship-proof, immutable, and free to read. Built by a BuidlGuidl Ethereum developer, with a council voting system in development for community-verified Scripture preservation.

ReadScripture

A free year-long Bible reading plan paired with hand-illustrated BibleProject videos that explain every book's structure and themes — built by Basil Technologies in partnership with Francis Chan's Crazy Love Ministries to help anyone discover truth in God's Word through daily ESV reading segments with cross-device sync.