Bible Apps to Engage with Scripture

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.

Free Christian eBook Reader

A free, ad-free Android app from Cornerstone Christian Ministry offering a curated library of Christian ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and Bible translations — no account or payment needed. Recently expanded with new titles on biblical archaeology and New Testament military figures, over twenty podcast episodes including classic work discussions, and growing Hindi and Nepali translation efforts.

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.

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.

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. Sandy Adams audio commentaries (every book) added Apr 2026. NLT available for free offline mobile download via Tyndale partnership. Founded 1996, serving nearly 10M annual users via web, iOS, and Android. ECFA accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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.

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.

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. Four tools, over 1,600 Smithery tool calls across Claude Code, Cursor, and Claude.ai, with 98.4% uptime.

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.

Ecclesia Bible

Ecclesia Bible is a free iOS 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 June 2026.

Bolls Bible

A free, open-source, cross-platform Bible reading app offering 100+ translations in 29 languages with bookmarks, parallel reading, cross-device sync, and customizable themes — built by a Ukrainian developer with a Sola Scriptura conviction, actively maintained with 590 commits and 124 GitHub stars, available on web, Android, Windows, and Linux.

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. Includes Meaning Search for finding verses by concept and emotion, with 12+ translations across 8 languages and impressive 95% feature engagement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gospel Partner | Day & Night

An all-in-one Christian devotional app from Joseph Prince Ministries — branded "Day & Night" — featuring morning and evening guided experiences, the free Joseph Prince Study Bible (6 translations, notes expanding through 2026–2027), 1,200+ sermons, worship music, guided journaling, and the Daily Play 7-minute daily sermon clip. Free daily devotionals; premium subscription unlocks the full sermon library.

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 modern interface. Now also available as a web app at cbnbible.us. Completely free with no in-app purchases.

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.

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.

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) launches in Dwell as an audiobook and companion audio devotional, narrated by Jon.

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.

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. Featured across Christian media and Wordle aggregator sites.

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.

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 (183K+ YouTube subscribers).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, trusted by listeners worldwide over four million times each month, and partnered with YouVersion. No ads, no fees, ever.

Bible Portal

A free Bible study platform from The Christian Post offering 50+ classic commentaries, structured Bible studies, daily devotionals from trusted authors, sermon libraries, curated teaching videos, 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.

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 v3.7.1 with ongoing improvements to AI study tools.

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 optionally chat with Bible Glide AI for study questions, prayer, and cross-references — now extended with a Sermon Companion tool and a remote MCP server that brings Bible readings and AI chat into ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible clients.

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.

Polaris Bible

Conservative AI Bible companion on iOS and web — Scripture-grounded chat, OIA devotion generation, offline Bible reading, and theological guardrails anchored in historic orthodoxy.

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 Michael Clarke, it now offers a web app, a free iOS app, a daily devotional, and a private journal, with clear AI disclosure and a 'not pastoral counsel' posture.

Lumenology

Lumenology is an AI-powered Bible study platform offering eight study lenses and a cited Research Assistant that draws from user-selected trusted sources like Blue Letter Bible, BibleHub, and Got Questions — designed for pastors, group leaders, and individual believers seeking Logos-level depth without the library.

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.

Scripture - Audio Bible Reader

A distraction-free audio Bible reader for iOS that reads Scripture aloud with a natural AI voice, word-by-word highlighting, offline playback, and daily reading goals — designed to help you build a daily listening habit, one chapter at a time.

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.

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.

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, and part of the Antioch Tech project family by the creator of the Obsidian Bible Reference plugin.

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.

LifeBible

A content-rich Bible study app with 40+ free translations, 150+ Study Bibles and commentaries, 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.

Bible Loop

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

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 2,695 languages. Actively maintained with 21 GitHub repos (commits through July 2026) and comprehensive developer documentation. Free for non-commercial use. Ideal for building multilingual Scripture apps and websites.

YouVersion Platform Services

Free developer platform from the YouVersion/Life.Church team offering REST APIs and SDKs (Swift, Kotlin, JS, React, React Native, TypeScript), fast-track Bible licensing for 1,475 versions in 1,244 languages, AI Skills for coding agents, and a full Bible reader you can embed in any app — now partnered with Gloo for Scripture-focused developer challenges. All at no cost.

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 — now available across iOS, Android, web, Claude/Cursor (via MCP), Discord, and Telegram, with a Processing Board for churches to steward the words spoken over their congregation.

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 in your pocket.

Scroll The Bible

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

Our Daily Bread

The beloved daily devotional trusted by millions since 1956 — now an app with daily readings, audio devotionals, Evening Meditations podcast, in-app Bible with multiple translations, Bible-in-a-Year plan, personalized Reading Lists and Streaks, 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.

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.

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."

Hide The Word

A free 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.

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 35+ titles, helping children wind down at bedtime while growing in faith. Uses one-time story bundle purchases instead of subscriptions.

BiblePlan

A free, web-based Bible reading plan builder that uses a verse-weighted algorithm to create balanced custom schedules from any books of the Bible, track unlimited concurrent plans with analytics and streaks, export to CSV, and stay consistent with timezone-aware email reminders and flexible rebalancing when life interrupts.

Bible Clock - Verse Clock

A beautifully designed verse clock app that turns every glance at the time into a Scripture moment. Features 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, book-by-book browsing, home screen widgets, personal photo backgrounds, Night Mode, and Guided Flow — available in 11 languages on iOS and Android.

Pray the Bible

Scripture-rooted prayers powered by AI and the Barker Chain-Reference™ system with 7,464 topics and 550,000+ verse mappings. Four prayer modes, validated spiritual wellbeing check-ins, a Living Prayer Chain community, Voice Mode, a Discovery Library of 385+ curated experiences, and PrayOS architecture unifying every module under one Scripture spine.

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. 55k+ downloads, 61 contributors, actively maintained through June 2026.

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.

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.

Jesus Spoke

A beautifully designed daily devotional website delivering 50+ 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.

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.

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 now built into prebuilt study layouts. 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 June 2026 update added a mobile reading-plan builder and in-layout Study Assistant. Over 6 million users; free tier with 40+ books and an optional Premium subscription.

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.

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.

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, and a verse-grounded AI assistant ('Ask'). Built solo by product designer Jed Bridges.

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.

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.

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 including Editions.Bible in 2026.

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.

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.

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 now 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, 7M+ monthly hits). Coming soon: a Today screen, in-session group chat with AI agents, and an MCP server. No downloads, no paywalls, no ads.

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 Android with an open iOS TestFlight beta.

The Path

A free, curated devotional app built on the Journeys discipleship platform, offering Scripture-based series like the Holy Week 'Grief to Glory' meditations and trusted by ministries including Alpha, Christianity Explored, and Premier Christianity.

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.

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, available free online, on YouVersion (version 4108), and in multiple print formats on Amazon (38 reviews, 4.4 stars). Still in alpha with active typo corrections. Featured in multiple 2026 Bible review videos.

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 and ongoing workshops.

Catena Bible and Commentaries

Free Bible app with over 70,000 verse-by-verse commentaries from hundreds of early church fathers. Built by Coptic Orthodox volunteers with experience from Google and Microsoft, Catena chains together patristic wisdom for Christians of every tradition. Available on iOS and web.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Free Use Bible API

A free, open-source JSON API by AO Lab serving 1,250+ Bible translations 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, a Minecraft plugin, and a Roblox wrapper. 481 commits, 143 stars on GitHub, with active development as of May 2026.

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.

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 includes a curated sermon video library from trusted ministries.

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 NIV and ESV translations via the YouVersion SDK, eight reading plans, streak tracking, offline downloads, warm-up mode, and haptic rhythm. Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 now streaming on Angel Studios.

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 June 2026.

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.

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.

Gideon Bible App

The Gideon Bible App is the free digital companion from The Gideons International, offering the full Bible in 2,300+ languages with dramatized audio, offline access, and built-in evangelism tools like "Follow Jesus" and curated Scripture help sections. Version 5.3 (May 2026) adds audio looping and guided onboarding. Completely free with no data collection. Backed by an organization with 125+ years of Scripture distribution and ECFA-accredited financial accountability.

Deaf Bible App

The largest free collection of sign language Scripture videos, available in 84 sign languages with over 9 million streams worldwide. Watch, download, and share Bible content signed by skilled Deaf communicators in sharp, close-up video, with 210,000+ verses published across 89 active translation projects.

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), reading progress tracking, and community-driven development under Sykerö Software — no ads, no cost, no compromise. An iOS version is in development.

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.

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 available. Salem Media is being acquired by the WaterStone Christian foundation, a deal expected to close August 2026 with operational continuity pledged.

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 app Dot Conner: Webtective hit theaters in September 2025.

Brilliant Bible

The only app that illustrates every verse of the KJV Bible — 32,357 original artworks from Genesis to Revelation, plus graphic-novel comic adaptations of key Bible stories. Available on iOS and Android; the studio is now expanding into illustrated classic literature with a forthcoming Brilliant Books app.

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, web enhancer, and embeddable reader. MIT-0 licensed. Founder Jon Walsh maintains it part-time with funding at ~40% of full-time.

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.

Bolls Bible API

A free, open-source Bible API and reading platform offering 100+ translations in 29 languages with endpoints for chapters, verses, search, version comparison, Hebrew/Greek dictionary definitions, and a Reference Tagging Tool — built by a Ukrainian developer with a Sola Scriptura conviction, actively maintained with 590+ commits and 124 GitHub stars, available on web, Android, Windows, and Linux.

Fruit Bible

Fruit Bible is a free iPhone app designed to build lasting Bible reading habits through personalized plans, daily reminders, guided reflection questions, and a community reflections feed — built by The Fruit Bible App Pty Ltd in Sydney. The app has not received an update since August 2025 and its primary domains now return 404, raising long-term maintenance concerns.

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.

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.

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.

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. Still pre-1.0 (v0.2.4, Jan 2026).

Velora

A smart Bible app that listens to your pastor's sermon in real time, automatically surfaces Scripture passages as they're referenced, and extends personalized sermon insights — transcripts, outlines, debriefs, and reflection questions — throughout your week.

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 of Dallas Theological Seminary. Now available in 26 languages.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Within: Memorize the Bible

A Scripture memory app for iPhone that pairs interactive memorization games with daily devotionals and themed challenges. Built by the team behind the 140,000+ subscriber Malachi Daily newsletter.

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. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Answers.tv

Answers.tv is a Christian streaming platform from Answers in Genesis with 7,000+ videos covering apologetics, creation science, nature programs, kids shows, and homeschool resources — all from a biblical worldview. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Apple Vision, Fire TV, Roku, smart TVs, Xbox, and web.

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 (live on iOS, Android coming). 30M+ prayers lifted across 220+ countries. No ads, no subscriptions, sustained by donations.

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, 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.

Pando App

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

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.

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.

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.

Bible.is - Faith Comes By Hearing

Free dramatized audio Bible app by Faith Comes By Hearing with word-for-word Scripture in 2,695 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.

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 (currently at Perplexity AI) to help readers understand and practice Scripture in the moment. iOS only.

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.

Type the Word

Type the Word is a free, ad-free web app for typing through the Bible verse-by-verse across nine translations, with memorization modes, goals, and progress tracking. In 2026 it expanded into a Christian Schools platform with two-way Google Classroom sync, assignment templates, and student progress tracking — while keeping the personal devotional experience fully intact.

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.

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. From the studio behind the award-winning Dot Conner: Webtective film.

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, backed by international partners across five continents.

The Study Bible

A free Bible study app from Grace to You featuring ESV, NASB, and KJV texts alongside John MacArthur's 25,000 study notes, 3,000+ sermons, daily devotionals, and an audio Bible — actively maintained under Matt MacArthur's leadership with updates shipping through May 2026 and ratings surging to 4.9 on iOS and 4.7 on Android.

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 (the nonprofit behind Crazy Love Ministries) to help anyone discover truth in God's Word through daily ESV reading segments with cross-device sync.

ReProof.AI

AI-powered Messianic apologetics engine (ARIA, 11 agents) that cross-references 1.7M+ sources across 10 worldviews with real-time fallacy detection and live debate support; openly operates from a Torah-observant perspective.

Pencil Bible

A beautifully minimal Bible journaling app built for iPad and Apple Pencil — write, draw, highlight, and doodle directly alongside Scripture with full PencilKit support. Now includes NASB plus free NLT and TPT translations, a reading streak reminder, and customizable backgrounds. Indie-built by Erin Walker in South Africa; iOS only (iPad + iPhone).

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, and the free YouVersion Platform for ministries and developers. Built by Life.Church; 100% free, no ads, ever.

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 14+ translations covering 4.9 billion speakers with audio, 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).

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). Recently completed a 14-episode 10 Commandments podcast and 12-episode video series (March–June 2026). No ads, no paywalls.

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.

Bible Strong

All-in-one Bible study app with Hebrew and Greek lexicons, chronological timeline, Nave's Topical Bible, commentaries, cross-references, audio Bibles, auto-backup, 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 Jun 17, 2026 on Play Store; GitHub last pushed Jun 18, 2026.

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 2026). New in 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), Liturgy of the Hours coming soon to the app, and upcoming Catholic American Bible integration (2027). Built by Ascension Press, downloaded by 1M+ Catholics. Free core content with premium subscription and free trial for new users.

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 — actively maintained by solo developer Stéphane Montlouis-Calixte, with a native iOS 26 design refresh.

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 with 44 contributors and 257 GitHub stars; v4.4.0 released June 2026 restored the Linux editor and added devotional tabs and UI refinements.

HisWord

A web-based, AI-powered Bible study platform operated by Soundview Anchor Labs LLC — offering daily AI devotionals, a 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.

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, a registered charity. Free; iOS and Android.

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, with a live Chrome extension that linkifies references across the web.