Bible Apps to Engage with Scripture

Through the Word

A free nonprofit Bible app with 8–10 minute audio guides for every chapter in the Bible — 1,189 total — organized into 19 guided Journeys. Version 5.1 refines group messaging with continuous playback and text-to-speech. Founded by pastor Kris Langham, trusted by 150K+ daily listeners, and partnered with YouVersion. No ads, no fees, ever.

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.

Mere Bible

Formerly NeuBible, now Mere Bible — a design-forward, distraction-free Bible reading app by Dwell App, LLC. Built by ex-Apple and Yahoo designers, praised by Fast Company. Now completely free with 11+ translations in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Recently added highlights, bookmarks, notes, improved search, and home screen widgets. Available on iOS and the web.

Biblingo

Learn biblical Greek, Hebrew, and Latin through an immersive, research-backed app with interactive lessons, graded readers, live weekly courses, homeschool curriculum, and a global learning community. Free flashcard plan covers all three languages; paid plans for full curriculum. iOS, Android, Web.

Bible Gateway

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

Brilliant Bible

The only app that illustrates every verse of the Bible — 32,357 original artworks from Genesis to Revelation, plus graphic-novel comic adaptations of key Bible stories. Available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple Vision. Built for visual learners who want daily Scripture reading to feel like discovery, not discipline.

Superbook Kids Bible App

A free, media-rich kids Bible app from CBN with all 68 Superbook animated episodes, an easy-to-understand Bible with audio, 20+ games, interactive devotionals, and 80+ biblical topics — over 40 million installs in 23 languages worldwide. Fully redesigned and relaunched in October 2025.

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. V3 rebuilt in Swift with dark mode, iCloud sync, and iPhone support. Now at v3.0.45 (May 2026) with Shapes, Images, and Text tools teased as imminent. App renamed to 'Pencil Bible: Journal & Study' on App Store. Indie-built by Erin Walker in South Africa.

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.

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 where friends and church members encourage one another — built by a FaithTech Sydney team and actively updated.

Scroll The Bible

A distraction-free Bible reading app that turns doomscrolling into Scripture scrolling. Features infinite scroll, red-letter edition, favorites, notes, search, and AI-powered study tools. Built by a 20-year-old indie developer. iOS only, freemium.

TheoSumma

A Scripture-rooted AI platform from Jordan that lets Christians chat with AI personas of history's greatest theologians while grounding every response in Bible verses, cross-references, and centuries of Christian scholarship.

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.

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.

Pando App

The first and only faith-based app approved for U.S. prison tablets, now on 671,000+ devices with over 4.2 million inmates reached — streaming free sermons, worship, devotionals, Bible studies, and financial literacy content from 100+ church partners to incarcerated individuals across the country.

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. Now with nearly 1,900 Smithery tool calls across Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Cursor.

Bible Brief

A layered Bible learning experience — app, podcast, and book — that guides you through the entire Bible story in 10 chronological steps and 3 levels of depth across 246 lessons, built by the Bible Literacy Foundation nonprofit.

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). Launched 10 Commandments series April 2026. No ads, no paywalls.

Babayetu Bible & Commentary

A nonprofit, community-driven web platform for reading and writing verse-by-verse Bible commentary, named after the Swahili words for "Our Father."

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. Founded 1996, serving nearly 10M annual users via web, iOS, and Android. ECFA accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

BBC Media App

A free streaming app from BCC Media (Brunstad Christian Church) featuring animated Bible series like "Bible Heroes of Faith," the new "Noah – A New Beginning" musical in nine 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.

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, Mac, Vision). Freemium.

Dwell

An audio-first Bible app with 20+ narrators across 15 Bible versions (including Spanish, Portuguese, Apocrypha, and LSB editions), Read Along, meditation tools, 75+ listening plans, audiobooks, Dwell Nightly bedtime devotional, 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 also authored "Dwelling in Christ" (IVP, 2026).

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

ESV Bible App

Free Bible app from Crossway featuring the ESV translation with immersive audio narration by Kristyn Getty, Ray Ortlund, Jackie Hill Perry and more, 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.

Seed Bible by AO Lab

A free, open-source web platform by AO Lab (501c3) that transforms Bible reading into a shared, real-time experience inside group chats and messaging apps. Features immersive 3D reading, interactive games, Scripture playlists, multilingual collaboration, Codex-powered Bible translation tools, Twitch streaming, and a free Bible API with 1,000+ translations. No downloads, no paywalls, no ads.

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 — completely free.

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 — perfect for family nights, small groups, and youth events.

ReProof.AI

AI-powered biblical apologetics engine that defends Messianic Christianity using 1.5M+ curated primary sources, real-time fallacy detection across 10 worldviews, and live debate assistance with source-cited rebuttals.

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.

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. Recently revamped its AI study tools with a major v3.7.0 update.

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.

Scripture - Audio Bible Reader

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

Bible.is - Faith Comes By Hearing

Free dramatized audio Bible app by Faith Comes By Hearing with word-for-word Scripture in 2,633 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. iOS updated to v3.14.7 (April 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. Steam (PC/Mac) version arriving June 2026 with controller support and Steam Achievements.

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.

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.

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, Scripture memory tools, eight Bible translations, and a conversational prayer guide to help Christians grow deeper in faith.

BibleRef

A free, comprehensive verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter Bible commentary from Got Questions Ministries — featuring seven translations side by side, cross-references, and jargon-free explanations designed to make Scripture accessible to everyone. Now part of the unified GQM.one network. Available on iOS, Android, and web.

BiblePlan

A free, web-based Bible reading plan builder that lets you create fully custom schedules from any books of the Bible, track progress with analytics and streaks, and stay consistent with daily email reminders and flexible catch-up options.

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. New languages in development: Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, and German. Also available on YouVersion.

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. Built by missionaries for global digital engagement — localized, strategic, and designed to keep seekers on your site.

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.

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.

Bible Loop

A daily Bible experience for preteens from YouVersion and OneHope — with video devotionals, scripture memory games, the full NIV Bible, and a streak system that builds daily habits in God's Word. Free on Android.

Bible App for Kids

The most popular children's Bible app in the world — 170M+ children reached, 1 billion+ story completions, available in 65+ languages. Part of the YouVersion family (1B+ total installs). Brings 41 Bible stories to life with animations, narrated scenes, and interactive games for ages 4–8. Created by YouVersion and OneHope. Always free.

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. NYX Gold winner for Best Music, Narrative, and Storytelling. Steam (PC/Mac) version arriving June 2026 with controller support.

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 2,633 languages. Actively maintained with 21 GitHub repos and comprehensive developer documentation. Free for non-commercial use. Ideal for building multilingual Scripture apps and websites.

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.

Armorer

A free, open-source minimalist KJV Bible web reader with infinite scroll, instant client-side keyword search, and verse-level deep links — built by a software architect and church deacon who wanted a clean, distraction-free reading experience with no ads, accounts, or overhead.

Polaris Bible

AI Bible companion for theologically conservative believers — now on iOS and web. Scripture-grounded chat, OIA devotion generation, full Bible reading, and theological guardrails anchored in historic orthodoxy.

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 — now available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Chromebooks with hundreds of translations via SWORD modules.

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).

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.

Literal Word Bible App

A distraction-free Bible app offering NASB 1995, LSB, ESV (including the 2025 edition), and KJV translations with built-in Greek and Hebrew lexicons - completely free, offline-capable, and designed to keep your focus on Scripture alone.

Bible Strong

All-in-one Bible study app with Hebrew and Greek lexicons, chronological timeline, Nave's Topical Bible, audio Bibles, auto-backup, and full offline access with multilingual resources. Open source, built by a solo French developer with 10,000+ daily users worldwide. Actively maintained with frequent updates.

Following Jesus

A free discipleship app by pastor Samuel Deuth, built around the 7 essentials of following Jesus. Includes a Bible with a one-year reading plan (also on YouVersion), devotionals, worship music, and video teachings — designed for churches to hand to new believers on the spot. Now available in 8 languages including Telugu, Urdu, and Arabic.

Sparks Chinese Bible

Sparks (火花) is a free digital Bible platform by the Bible Society offering 60+ Chinese Bible translations, original-language tools, an AI-powered learning assistant, video courses (including the 186-lesson Bible Land series), podcasts, daily devotionals, a Chinese Bible translation timeline, bookstore, and community features for Chinese-speaking Christians worldwide.

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 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. Founded in 2000, now owned by Gospel Technologies.

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.

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, and a Discovery Library of 385+ curated experiences.

Bible Verse Image Generator

A free ChatGPT custom GPT by Rob Laughter that instantly generates shareable Bible verse graphics using DALL-E 3. Just type a verse or theme and get a designed image ready for social media, sermons, or encouragement. Created by the Director of Summit Online at The Summit Church who actively trains church leaders in AI tools through the AI Collaborative and AI Creative Podcast.

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. Free Starter plan for ministry use, with Pro plans and per-translation commercial licensing for scaled applications.

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 growing Tennessee studio that now spans six family-friendly titles.

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), book-by-book Bible browsing, home screen widgets, personal photo backgrounds, and Guided Flow meditation mode — available in 10 languages on iOS and Android.

Bible365

A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in a year 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.

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. Features synced text highlighting, full Old and New Testaments, a growing "her STORY" podcast with 50+ episodes, and a Spanish version in production. No data collected, no ads — designed especially for women who connect with God's Word through listening.

Lumenology

Lumenology is an AI-powered Bible study platform offering eight study lenses and a cited Research Assistant that pulls from trusted theological sources like Blue Letter Bible and BibleHub, designed for pastors, group leaders, and individual believers.

Type the Word

Type the Word is a free web app that lets you type through the Bible verse by verse — tracking accuracy, progress, and consistency while meditating on Scripture across nine translations. New in 2026: three memorization modes with word masking, a Goals system for long-term plans, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and a Google Classroom integration being piloted in Christian schools.

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. Updated May 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 (officially 1 BILLION downloads, March 2026). New: "Called" podcast, "Rediscover Mass" series, Bible Commentary feature, and upcoming Catholic American Bible integration (2027). Built by Ascension Press, downloaded by 1M+ Catholics. Free core content with premium subscription and 3-month free trial.

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, and offline access — completely free with no ads or paywalls. Built by Trent Cowden.

DUO Town

A free Christian preschool game where kids explore a neighborhood, play 20+ mini games, visit a church to learn the Golden Rule and Scripture, and customize their ride — all offline, ad-free, with zero data collection.

Gospel Partner | Day & Night

An all-in-one Christian devotional app from Joseph Prince Ministries — now 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.

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 eight languages with international partners across five continents.

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 and The Serpent & The Seed.

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, helping children wind down at bedtime while growing in faith. Now uses one-time purchases instead of subscriptions.

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 587+ commits and 122 GitHub stars.

Sola — Bible companion app

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

LifeBible

A content-rich Bible study app with 40+ translations, 100+ Study Bibles and commentaries, AI-powered verse search, and unique features like Explain (instant verse insights from study resources) 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.

Doxa

Voice-first encouragement app that weaves together Bible passages, 1,800+ verified testimonies from 2,000 years of church history, and your own personal record of God's faithfulness — powered by AI to meet you where you are.

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; mobile apps have not been updated since late 2021.

YouVersion Bible App

The most installed Bible app in the world — 1 billion+ installs, 3,500+ versions in 2,400+ languages, with reading plans, audio Bibles, guided prayers, and community features. Built by Life.Church. Always free. In 2026, launched YouVersion Platform (free Bible API for ministries), added immersive Guided Scripture/Prayer viewer, QR sharing, and cross-references, and set all-time engagement records: 21.6M people on Easter Sunday alone.

Daily Bible Reading Tracker

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

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. Now includes Meaning Search for finding verses by concept and emotion.

Ecclesia Bible

Ecclesia Bible is a free, AI-enhanced Bible study app offering source language analysis, nearly 50,000 verse correlations, contextual illumination, and real-time translational variations — putting deep original-language study tools in the hands of everyday Christians. Built by born-again developer Albert Renshaw, it remains actively maintained as of May 2026.

Logos Bible Study App

The world's #1 Bible study platform — 30+ years of development, 250,000+ titles, Greek/Hebrew tools, side-by-side commentaries, AI-powered Study Assistant and Smart Search, and research-grade features used by 750K+ Christians monthly. Founded by Bob Pritchett in 1992. Now at Version 50 (April 2026) with unified reading plans, expanded Study Assistant filtering, and retiring standalone Faithlife Study Bible/Ebooks apps. Free tier with 40+ books; optional Premium subscription.

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.

For All Things Bible

A curated directory of hundreds of Bible websites and apps across 25 collections, operated by the American Bible Society through Bibles.com and the .BIBLE Registry. Community-driven with submissions and upvotes. New resources added regularly including Editions.Bible in 2026.

Magisterium AI

Catholic AI answer engine powered by 29,000+ Church documents — get cited, verifiable answers on doctrine, Scripture, and the Church Fathers, with Holy Widgets for guided prayer and daily readings.

fetch(bible)

A free, open-source Bible translations platform by Gracious Tech providing unrestricted access to 1,197+ translations across 962 languages via CDN, client library (v2.0.0), embeddable app, and web enhancer — no API keys, no limits, no registration. 46 stars, 11 forks on GitHub; last commit March 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, and video testimonies — all to remove barriers between curious readers and God's Word.

Versle

A Wordle-inspired daily Bible game with six modes — Classic verse guessing, Scripture Blitz trivia, Blind Bookmark, crossword puzzles, Speed Script passage memory, and head-to-head friend play. Compete on leaderboards while building Scripture memory.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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, and in eight print formats on Amazon. Still in alpha with active typo corrections and new print editions continuing to expand.

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.

BibleShelf

BibleShelf is a simple Bible reading tracker for Christians who want to read Scripture one book at a time without the pressure of daily plan deadlines. Built with React Native and a Rails backend, it offers visual progress tracking, reminders, reading categories, and iOS access, with Android not yet available.

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.

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.

The Path

A free, curated devotional app from the Journeys discipleship platform, offering scripture-based series like the Holy Week "Grief to Glory" meditations — crafted by international contributors to help Christians pause, reflect, and grow in faith.

Catena Bible and Commentaries

Free Bible app with tens of thousands of verse-by-verse commentaries from 250+ 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.

Bible Tiles

Bible Tiles is a free, 501(c)(3) nonprofit Bible app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision that lets you draw, write, and journal directly on Scripture with Apple Pencil support, 40+ translations (including NIV, ESV, ERV), and full offline access — no ads, no accounts, no tracking.

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) across every platform Obsidian runs on. 54k+ downloads, 60 contributors, actively maintained through May 2026.

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 — actively maintained with v5.2.0 as of February 2026. 4.9★ iOS, 4.7★ Android, 100K+ downloads.

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.

Best Commentaries

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

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 587 commits and 122 GitHub stars.

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, and sharing — published by Waverley Abbey Trust in partnership with 24-7 Prayer International on the historic Waverley Abbey estate in Surrey, England.

Bible Everyday

A free, distraction-free web tool for reading and tracking your way through the entire Bible — no accounts, no extras, just Scripture and audio.

JO App (JesusOnline)

A free discipleship app from JesusOnline Ministries featuring the NET Bible, daily inspirations, interactive Bible studies, downloadable books, prayer community, and evidence-based apologetics content — designed to help seekers investigate Jesus and help believers grow deeper in their faith.

audibible

An immersive audio Bible app with word-by-word text synchronization, AI-generated narrations, mood-matched background music, ambient soundscapes, narrated Bible stories, Deep Dive podcast, verse search, reading plans, and daily devotional podcasts — available in English and French with offline listening.

Biblify.ai

Biblify.ai is a web-based Bible reading companion that uses AI to provide verse-by-verse explanations and answer your questions as you read through Scripture — built by a Christian software engineer with pastoral input and growing organically worldwide.

Hide The Word

A free Bible memory app that turns Scripture memorization into an engaging daily habit through 2-minute micro-lessons, group accountability, voice recitation, and lesson plans — built by a Kenyan developer with a heart for helping believers hide God's Word in their hearts.

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.

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 49 contributors and recent releases as of 2025.

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 translations, eight reading plans, streak tracking, customizable themes, and haptic rhythm mode. Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.

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.

Free Use Bible API

A free, open-source JSON API by AO Lab serving 1,000+ Bible translations with no API keys, no usage limits, and no copyright restrictions — now including commentary datasets, audio links, and the Tyndale Open Study Notes. 426 commits, 138 stars on GitHub, with active development as of May 2026.

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 redesigned in 2024 with parallel reading and personalized homepage. Part of Salem Web Network, which launched Salem News Channel on Amazon Prime Video in 2026. PLUS subscription for ad-free study.

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. Registered charity. Free; iOS and Android.

Berea

Berea is a free web-based Bible study platform that guides Christians through whole books of Scripture with historical context, Greek language insights, and structured memorization — built by a theology graduate to make serious biblical scholarship accessible to everyday believers.

Bible Vector Search

A free, open-source semantic Bible search tool that uses AI embeddings and vector database technology to find Scripture passages by meaning — not just keywords. Built on the BBE translation, with a public REST API for developers. Part of the Antioch Tech project family by the creator of Obsidian Bible Reference (331+ stars, 54k+ downloads).

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 that runs entirely in your browser. It uses BGE-large-en-v1.5 embeddings to find passages by meaning, with Greek text analysis, Church Fathers' commentaries, and a companion daily reading plan at bibleread.app.

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, and Tori Kelly — helping Christians memorize and meditate on God's Word through melody. Active since 2010, available in five languages on iOS, Android, Spotify, and Apple Music.

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.

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.

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 again under Matt MacArthur's leadership with updates shipping through April 2026.

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 audiobooks like Inside the Four Gospels and continued Hindi/Nepali translation work for global reach.

CiteVerse

CiteVerse is an AI-powered scripture display and sermon-notes platform that transcribes Bible teaching, detects verse references in real time, and saves sessions for later review. It now supports 11 Bible editions across 6 transcription languages through its web app and Chrome extension.

YouVersion Platform Services

Free developer platform from the YouVersion/Life.Church team offering REST APIs, SDKs (Swift, Kotlin, JS, React, React Native, TypeScript), fast-track Bible licensing for ~1,500 versions in 1,300+ languages, AI Skills for coding agents, and a full Bible reader you can embed in any app — all at no cost.

AndBible

A free, open-source Android Bible study app with 1,500+ documents in 700+ languages, Strong's concordance, split-screen commentary, AI-powered study tools (in v5.1 beta), reading progress tracking, and community-driven development under Sykerö Software — no ads, no cost, no compromise. An iOS version is in development.

Dabar

Dabar is a web-based AI spiritual companion that responds to real-life questions — grief, doubt, anxiety, purpose — with structured four-part reflections drawn exclusively from the KJV Bible. Named after the Hebrew word for God's living, spoken word, it was created by Michael Clarke for Christians carrying the questions that don't fit anywhere else.

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.

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. Updated to v5.3 in May 2026 with audio looping and guided onboarding. Completely free with no data collection.

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 redesigned rich text note editor, Bible dictionary, and the Berean Standard Bible—no account, no tracking, no ads. Available on iOS, Android, and Windows.

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, 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.

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, or Logos. Created by Dr. John Dyer of Dallas Theological Seminary. Available in 11 languages.

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 (179K+ YouTube subscribers).

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.

Zaia

Zaia is a Christian social networking app on a mission to unite believers worldwide. 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, uplifting space. Founded by a former Amazon Prime Video CMO, the app also birthed Glimpse of Heaven, a nonprofit hosting cross-denominational worship events including a second gathering in May 2026.

route.bible

A free tool that turns Bible references into app-agnostic links and QR codes, letting anyone open the passage in their preferred Bible app or browser — ideal for sermons, slides, group chats, and print materials.

Deaf Bible App

The largest free collection of sign language Scripture videos, available in 84+ sign languages. Watch, download, and share Bible content signed by skilled Deaf communicators in sharp, close-up video. Updated frequently with new features including text search, offline video sharing, and closed captions.

Illuminate Bible

A free, offline-capable Bible reading app with AI-powered verse explanations, reflection prompts, cross-references, and direct verse jumping — built by a Christian designer at Perplexity AI to help readers understand Scripture in the moment.