Daily Devotional and Quiet Time Apps
The hard part of a quiet time isn't the content. It's the first ninety seconds, before you pick up the phone that eats the next twenty minutes.
So the app that works is usually the one that makes starting frictionless: audio you can press play on, a plan already queued for today, a reading short enough that a bad morning still counts. Here you'll find long-running daily devotionals, audio Bible guides, liturgy and catechism, and reading plans for one person or a whole household. Each one is reviewed against the selection criteria.
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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.
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Redeeming Time
A free Bible reading app from Discipleship Tech that turns spare minutes into Scripture: tell it how much time you have and it suggests books you can finish, with prayer prompts, reflection questions, and reading plans for longer books.
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CBN Bible
Free Bible app from CBN with multiple translations (NLT, KJV, ESV, NASB), audio Bibles, 365 daily devotions, reading plans, notes, highlights, and a new moderated community Prayer Wall. Now also available as a web app at cbnbible.us. Completely free with no in-app purchases.
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Olive Christian Radio
Free ad-free Christian radio from Olive Media that streams curated worship and inspirational music with Scripture encouragement between songs. The iOS and Android app adds favorites, a sleep timer, and song requests.
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Glorify: Devotional & Prayer
Glorify is a free Christian iOS and Android app from Tupoe LTD that guides a short daily quiet time — quote, Scripture, devotional, and meditation — then adds worship music, courses, prayer, journaling, and community, with a Glorify Plus subscription for fuller access. The same company has merged with Confidein and introduced the Glorify Ring.
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Daily Grace Co
A Bible study app by Jeremy and Kristin Schmucker offering theologically rich digital studies, teaching videos, community discussions, a blog, and weekly podcast — now celebrating 10 years with over 50 studies, 3 million+ shipped, and expanded offerings for men, couples, families, and churches under the tagline "Equipping Disciples in the Word." Recent 2026 additions include anxiety and Sermon on the Mount studies, an ESV Journaling Study Bible line, and a growing team that now includes a Theologian in Residence.
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Voice of the Martyrs App
Free app from The Voice of the Martyrs for daily prayer for persecuted Christians, with e-books, audiobooks, films (including the free Sabina: Tortured for Christ movie), VOM Radio, group studies, kids resources, and offline downloads — all at no cost. In 2025, VOM helped 100K+ persecuted Christians and logged 1.2M+ prayers through the app.
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Spark Bible
SparkBible is a free, ad-free Bible study app that places curated video teaching from pastors and seminaries beside every chapter of Scripture, with optional Plus tools for AI study insights, original-language word study, and video courses.
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Dear God - Prayer Diary
A prayer journal where each letter to God becomes a flower in a personal garden, with Scripture-based daily prompts and optional anonymous community letters. Analog Studio (Namu) offers a free app with an optional Fellow membership.
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The Quiet Collection
A spiritual formation app by NYT bestselling author and spiritual director Emily P. Freeman, offering seasonal audio collections of reflections, ancient prayers, and original piano music — designed to create space for the soul to breathe. Free to download with Borrowed Prayers and a growing Psalms library included (the complete Psalter was recorded through her summer 2026 Psalm Summer podcast series and is set to join the app as a collection); additional collections (Lent, Advent, Birthday, Blessings) available as in-app purchases. Available on iOS and Android.
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Passion Equip
Passion Equip is the free digital discipleship platform from the Passion Movement (led by Louie Giglio), featuring Classroom — a structured theology curriculum taught by seminary-trained teachers — alongside rotating online Bible studies (currently Abide: A Sabbath Study in 1 John), daily devotionals, worship content, talks, and a podcast network of eight shows, all designed to help believers grow daily.
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RockReader
RockReader is a free, ad-free daily devotional and Bible study app with built-in cross-references, classic commentaries, original-language word study, and SOAP-method journaling. Your reflections stay private and encrypted by default, shared only with the friends, small group, or church circle you choose. Available on Android and in any web browser.
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Psalmlog
Psalmlog is a voice and text journaling app that puts what you write next to Scripture and returns a six-point reflection with a next step, across web, iOS, and Android, with an in-app Bible reader, optional YouVersion highlights, and a shareable Psalmstory format.
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She Reads Truth
A worldwide community of women reading Scripture together each day through curated plans, devotionals, a weekly podcast, and printed guides. Founded in 2012 by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams; now an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group.
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Holy Reads
The first app built exclusively for Christian book summaries — offering 1,000+ bestselling titles in written, audio, and animated video formats, with a Bible donation mission delivering Bibles to remote villages in India.
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Bible365
A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in one year (or two years at a slower pace) with daily readings from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast. Readers can join any time of year and roll missed readings into the next cycle.
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Bible Notes
A sermon and Bible notebook whose Auto-Complete feature inserts full passages as you type a reference, with recording timestamps, folders, and a multi-language Bible reader. Personal devotion follows a pray-read-examine-apply-devote pattern; listed on iOS and Android.
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HisWord
A web-based, AI-powered Bible study platform by Soundview Anchor Labs LLC (founder Kelley Farris, Fayetteville AR) — daily AI devotionals, full Bible reader with neural TTS audio, Scripture Q&A, prayer journaling, and study groups, originally built to help a mother with macular degeneration stay in God's Word. Still web-only; an Organization tier for churches is coming soon.
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Biblegram
Biblegram is a daily cryptogram puzzle game that reveals Bible verses as you decode them, pairing gentle brain training with optional devotionals and journaling prompts — built by the Vocabulous US team behind Word of the Day (7M+ downloads). iOS only.
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Latria
A Catholic Bible, Church Fathers, and traditional prayer app for Catholics and other historic-tradition Christians — fully offline, no data collected, no AI features. iOS-only, solo-developed by Arif Hassan, actively maintained, and now warmly reviewed by independent Catholic review site Learn of Christ.
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Bible Reading Plan Generator
A free, highly customizable web tool for building personalized Bible reading plans — choose your books, timeframe, format, reading order, and language, with direct links to Bible Gateway, YouVersion, Biblia, or Y'all Version. Created by Dr. John Dyer, VP for Enrollment and Educational Technology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Available in 26 languages with five reading orders including M'Cheyne and chronological.
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Join the Journey
A free daily Bible reading and discipleship plan from Watermark Community Church, studying Acts in 2026 with guided spiritual practices, a weekly video podcast, a kids edition, and a community reading together under the theme Abiding in Jesus Together.
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Dabar
Dabar is an AI-powered spiritual reflection tool that responds to real-life questions — grief, doubt, anxiety, purpose — with structured four-part answers grounded in Scripture (KJV by default, five other translations available). Created by indie developer Michael Clarke, it now offers a web app, a free iOS app, a daily devotional, KJV reading plans, and a private journal, with clear AI disclosure (Claude/Anthropic) and a 'not pastoral counsel' posture.
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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.
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Lectio for Families
A free daily family devotional from 24-7 Prayer that uses the P.R.A.Y. pattern — Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yes — for 5–10 minutes of Scripture, conversation, and prayer. Aimed at ages 7–11, it is written and read by adults and children in the movement and lives on the web in text and audio.
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Agentic Jesus
Free AI faith companion using Claude by Anthropic with theological guardrails, personalized Journey devotionals, guided prayer, Bible Chat with Matthew Henry Commentary, a 4,500+ church directory, and unlimited memory — available on iOS and Android.
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Within: Memorize the Bible
An iOS Scripture-memory app from the team behind the 140,000+ subscriber Malachi Daily newsletter, pairing interactive memorization games with daily devotionals and themed challenges. Subscription-based with a free trial; exceptionally active release cadence and a growing team.
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Bible Clock - Verse Clock
A verse clock from CodeInFaith that pairs the time with Scripture through time-matched verses, tap-to-open Reflection, home screen widgets, and Night Mode on iPhone, iPad, and Android. An optional Pro upgrade adds themes and photo backgrounds, and Bible Guide can suggest verse collections for what you are facing.
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Anchor Christian: Daily Mood
Anchor Christian: Daily Mood is an iPhone daily check-in from Rooftop Labs that offers Scripture, biblical wisdom, and action steps from what you share, then tracks prayers and struggles. A subscription is required to use it.
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Kingdom Cents
Kingdom Cents is a Christian budgeting app that calculates your tithe first when income arrives, then budgets what remains, with prayer circles, devotionals, and giving reflections alongside.
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Malachi Daily
A free daily Scripture memorization newsletter using a brain-science-backed fill-in-the-blank method, reaching 140,000+ believers across seven Bible translations, with deep teaching in the original languages, a companion podcast, an interactive web app, and a pay-what-you-want course. The team also built Within, a companion iPhone app for interactive verse memorization with games and audio devotionals. Now led full-time by co-founder Kieran Lenahan with a growing team.
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STRIVE
A men's discipleship app by Iron Hill Press offering daily devotions, articles on faith and family, and sermon archives — founded by Andy Blanks (former Marine, YM360 co-founder). Content remains theologically sound, but the iOS app has now gone over 4 years without an update (still v1.0.25, May 2022), Android is removed, and the official site still links a dead Play Store page. Iron Hill Press thrives as a publisher (new 5-week curricula, Man Church events booked through 2027) while the app sits as a deprioritized legacy product still selling subscriptions. Third consecutive cycle flagged for review — delist decision pending.
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still: pray together & gospel
A prayer-focused iPhone app named after Psalm 46:10 that helps Christians track every prayer's journey, grow alongside their community through shared Prayer Groups and Accountability Partners, overcome distraction with Prayer Lock, and deepen their prayer life through guided Scripture-led prayers, personalized devotionals, and spiritual trends.
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Every Moment Holy Liturgy
A liturgical prayer app from Douglas McKelvey's Every Moment Holy series, gathering liturgies from all four volumes plus audio narration and shareable links. Free liturgies rotate; a subscription opens the full library.
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Build Your Faith App
A web companion of Scripture, healing prayers, and gratitude practices for people facing serious illness, with church fundraiser and ambassador programs.
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The Path
A free, curated Christian devotional app built on the UK-based Journeys discipleship platform, offering Scripture-based series like the Holy Week 'Grief to Glory' meditations. Built by scout+redeem (Coventry), whose platform also powers apps for Alpha, Christianity Explored, and Premier Christianity. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android; still building its user base with no public reviews yet.
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Reflect
Reflect is an AI-personalized daily Christian reflection app pairing a Scripture passage with a short reflection, a prayer, and one question, tuned to your tradition and season of life.
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Bible Study Tools
Bible Study Tools is Salem Web Network’s free online study library: many translations, classic commentaries, concordances, lexicons, and reading plans on the web, with a companion iOS app. A PLUS subscription is available for extra study Bibles and an ad-free experience.
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Common Prayer Canada
Free Prayer Book Society of Canada app that builds the 1962 Canadian BCP daily offices in English, Inuktitut, and French, with KJV, ESV, and NRSV readings, on the web, iPhone, iPad, and Android.
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Inner Room
Inner Room is a free 24-7 Prayer app that gathers prayer cards and Prayer Pots into a quiet, no-account space, with daily and Scripture-rooted guided prayers. Personal prayers work offline; the current store listings include iPhone and Android.
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Prayse
Prayse is a free, open-source prayer journal that helps you organize requests into folders, set reminders, journal, read a daily verse, and pray with others through groups and biblical questions — on iOS and Android.
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Ascend
Ascend is a gamified Bible study app where short lessons, quizzes, and a growing phoenix companion help you build a daily Scripture habit with friends. It is free to play with an energy system, with optional Premium and Steward gifting for groups.
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ReadScripture
A free year-long Bible reading plan paired with hand-illustrated BibleProject videos that explain every book's structure and themes — built by Basil Technologies in partnership with Francis Chan's Crazy Love Ministries to help anyone discover truth in God's Word through daily ESV reading segments with cross-device sync.
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Bible Loop
A daily Bible experience for teens from YouVersion and OneHope — video devotionals, feelings-based check-ins that connect emotions to Scripture, a four-level verse memory game with leaderboards, and the full Bible (multiple translations on iOS; NIV/NLT on Android) with Streetlights audio. Free on iOS and Android in India, Philippines, South Africa, USA, and Australia.
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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, verse sharing with friends, and the free YouVersion Platform for ministries and developers. Its 2026 World Cup Mid-Year Bible Challenge drew nations into a global Scripture-engagement contest. Built by Life.Church; 100% free, no ads, ever.
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MessengerX
Free discipleship app from Messenger International with courses, ebooks, audiobooks, and daily teachings in 130+ languages. Donation-funded library from John and Lisa Bevere for Scripture-centered growth on iOS, Android, and the web.
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Our Daily Bread
The beloved daily devotional trusted by millions since 1956 — now an app with daily readings, audio devotionals, Evening Meditations podcast (with text Reading Companion, expanding to more languages), an in-app Bible with multiple translations, Bible-in-a-Year plan, a refreshed time-of-day home screen, personalized Reading Lists and Streaks, screen reader accessibility, and 20+ languages. Built by Our Daily Bread Ministries, a donor-supported nonprofit serving 150+ countries. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases. Sibling apps: Utmost App and Artos Academy.
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Churchome
Free church app from Judah and Chelsea Smith offering daily guided prayers, weekly Bible-based services for all ages, real-time Pastor Chat, monthly livestream experiences (The Story of God LIVE), and ChurchKids Stories (ages 1–11). Founded 1992 in Kirkland, WA; in-person gatherings now in Los Angeles. App code last updated February 2026; content continues publishing actively.
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Tabella.app
Free Catholic app uniting parishes, dioceses, and ministry groups with instant communications, automated weekly emails, Mass and event scheduling, donation integrations, a rich library of prayers and Catholic podcasts, and a parish-supporting debit card — all without paywalls.
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Dwell
Dwell is an audio-first Bible app from twin brothers Jonathan and Joshua Bailey, with many narrators and translations, Read Along, listening plans, devotionals, kids content, and sleep listening so Scripture can fill ordinary parts of the day. Their About page affirms the Nicene Creed and a Mere Christianity welcome across Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox streams.
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Exegesis
A Bible study app that puts two thousand years of church commentary — 26 commentators, 17 confessions and creeds, 218 hymns, and 6,211 letters — one tap from any verse, with Greek, Hebrew, and Latin word study across 18 texts, weighted cross-reference analysis, a sermon-transcribing journal, a daily devotional, and a confessions-grounded AI study assistant. Version 1.0 launched free on Google Play in August 2026, with in-app purchases for premium study tools and metered AI credits; iPhone, iPad, and Mac builds are pending Apple review. Built by Roberto Chavez Jr.
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Scroll The Bible
An iPhone Bible reader that turns vertical social-style scrolling into verse-by-verse Scripture, with Discover, search, reading plans, and optional AI study tools. Built by Gabriel Jacobson of JCBSN LLC; free to download with a subscription for deeper study.
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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.
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Families Arising App
A free Christian Mom 360 app from Families Arising with a five-part growth curriculum, devotionals, coaching, and family resources for moms, dads, kids, and teens, plus a hosted Mom 360 Café community and a Family Ambassador Mentoring Experience.
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Brilliant Bible
Brilliant Bible illustrates every KJV verse in oil-painting-style art, with chapter summaries, reading plans, comic-style story adaptations, and several additional English translations. It is a subscription-based iPhone and Android app from Brilliant Illustrations; the same studio is preparing illustrated classic literature.
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audibible
An English and French audio Bible app with synchronized word highlighting, narrator and translation options, ambient soundscapes, narrated stories, daily podcasts, reading plans, and offline listening. Built by Stéphane Montlouis-Calixte / le studio 316, with a free tier and subscription-based plans.
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Eirene - Christian Mental Wellbeing AI
Eirene is a scripture-guided iOS reflection app that helps Christians replace mindless scrolling with prayer, Daily Flow devotionals, voice reflection, breath prayer, a Journey calendar, and ambient soundscapes. It uses AI for conversation and scripture recommendations and is not a substitute for therapy, pastoral care, or crisis support.
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The Bible with Nicky and Pippa
A free daily Bible reading plan from Alpha that walks through Scripture in 365 days with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel's commentary, audio, and shorter Express and Youth editions — plus a 30 Days overview and the same plan on YouVersion.
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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.
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Scribe Scripture
Scribe Scripture is a web experiment by Cam Pak for memorizing Proverbs by typing one chapter each day as the calendar turns. The Berean Standard Bible text loads in the browser; there is no official native app for this tool.
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Jesus Calling App
The mobile version of Sarah Young's bestselling 365-day devotional (50M+ copies sold across 35+ languages), featuring daily Scripture-based reflections written as if Jesus is speaking directly to the reader, audio narration, journaling tools, and premium access to her full devotional library — now including eight Spanish-language titles and dedicated Moms content with audio.
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Prayer Library
A free Christian prayer app that helps you find written prayers and Bible verses based on how you're feeling. Browse by emotion, build custom prayer lists, play background music while you pray, and set daily check-in reminders — with 200+ prayers, notes, emotional history, and no ads.
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ESV Bible App
The official Crossway app for reading and hearing the English Standard Version, with synced notes, reading plans, thematic playlists, and the ESV Global Study Bible. A subscription unlocks additional study Bibles, commentaries, and premium audio.
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d365
A free daily devotional app with a five-step format (Pause, Listen, Think, Pray, Go) rooted in the Revised Common Lectionary, produced by Passport, Inc. and read by over 7,500 people daily across 180+ countries since 2001. Sponsored ecumenically by four denominations: CBF, PCUSA, the Episcopal Church, and the ELCA (which officially joined as a partner in March 2026).
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Devotional for Women | Refuge
An AI-powered daily devotional app for women that generates personalized devotionals based on selected topics and life circumstances, with built-in KJV/ASV Bible reading, offline support, and multilingual availability in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Built by indie Christian developer James Wade.
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365 Christian Men
A daily podcast sharing short, powerful stories of real Christian men — from the first century to today — inspiring faith, courage, and purposeful living. Founded in 2018 by Blake Mattocks, now expanded to 365 Christian Stories with both men's and women's editions, reaching millions across 100+ countries in multiple languages.
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The Firm Foundation
A daily discipline app for Christian men that tracks body, spirit, and mind through morning check-ins, Scripture engagement, AI-generated prayer prompts, and a 90-day goal engine — all designed to stop spiritual drift and build consistency.
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Ligonier Ministries
Free app with thousands of Reformed teaching resources — podcasts, video series, articles, devotionals, and conference messages from R.C. Sproul and Ligonier teaching fellows — available on iOS and Android. Ligonier reaches 100M+ people annually in 23 languages. The app was redesigned in v11.0.0 (Jul 2026) with a fresh interface, smoother navigation, and a fixed sign-in process; it supports offline downloads, Chromecast, and CarPlay.
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Wild at Heart
A free app from John and Stasi Eldredge's Wild at Heart ministry with daily readings, guided prayers, blogs, and two ongoing podcasts, plus gatherings for men and women around the world.
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The Pour Over
The Pour Over is a free, politically neutral Christian news source reaching 1.6M+ readers three times a week with concise news summaries paired with Scripture and an eternal perspective. Available via email newsletter (on beehiiv), free mobile apps on both iOS and Android — the Android edition adds an optional "Quiet the News" feature that blocks other news apps during set quiet hours — and a companion podcast, it also offers Decaf (a family edition), News Health, Praying the News, and TPO Explains. Ad-supported and always free, with an optional premium membership and a BibleGateway partnership.
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Restore + Revive Journal
Restore + Revive Journal is a topical Bible journaling app, paired with paper card decks, that walks you through Scripture on fear, doubt, worry, and dozens of other life topics with daily prompts, voice or SMS replies, and weekly review. Founded by Telisha Ortiz, it is free to start with optional Premium and group sessions on iOS and Android.
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Polaris Bible
Conservative AI Bible companion on iOS, iPadOS, and web — Scripture-grounded chat, OIA devotion generation, offline Bible reading across five translations, Home/Lock Screen widgets, two-pane iPad/web study, and theological guardrails anchored in historic orthodoxy.
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Following Jesus
A free discipleship app by pastor Samuel Deuth, built around seven essentials for new and growing believers. It includes devotionals, a one-year Bible reading plan also on YouVersion, worship, and video teaching that churches can hand someone the day they decide to follow Jesus.
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He Reads Truth
The men's companion to She Reads Truth — a worldwide community reading God's Word together through curated Bible reading plans, devotionals, and a full-text multi-translation Bible. Co-founded by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams; now an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group.
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BiblePlan
BiblePlan is a free, donation-supported web tool that builds custom, verse-balanced Bible reading plans from any books and dates, then tracks progress with rebalancing, reminders, and CSV export.
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Spoken Gospel
A 100% free nonprofit Bible study app that completed its seven-year mission to cover every book of the Bible. Offers 800+ short films, chapter-by-chapter devotionals, and a popular podcast — all showing how Scripture points to Jesus. 150M+ views worldwide. Now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), and French.
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Abide: Bible Meditation Prayer
Abide is a Guideposts Christian meditation app with Scripture-guided sessions, biblical sleep stories, daily devotionals, and a full NIV audio Bible. Started in 2014 as Carpenter's Code, it is subscription-based and available on iPhone and Android.
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WindowSeat
Christian audio app for kids and families with 2,500+ hours of faith-based audio dramas, audiobooks, worship music, and daily devotionals -- all screen-free, curated to Philippians 4:8 standards, and featuring a growing library of beloved Christian audio content.
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WordGo
Free Bible study app from Bible Study Fellowship with 50+ guided courses across the Old and New Testament. Daily readings, audio teaching, and group tools for personal or church small-group study on iOS and Android.
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Jesus Spoke
A daily Gospel-word guide from Emilio Meza that walks you through read, reflect, and respond — delivered by morning SMS and available in English and Spanish.
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Bible Gateway
A free HarperCollins / Zondervan Scripture library for reading, searching, and listening across 200+ translations on the web and in official iOS and Android apps. Optional Bible Gateway Plus adds ad-free reading and verse-aligned study tools.
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Catena Bible and Commentaries
Free Bible app with tens of thousands of verse-by-verse commentaries from hundreds of early church fathers, drawn from public-domain patristic works across a wide 76-book canon including the deuterocanon. Built by a globally distributed team of Coptic Orthodox volunteers with experience from Google, Microsoft, Yelp, and PlayStation. Available on iOS, Android, and web — the web version is the primary maintained platform, as mobile apps haven't been updated since early 2023.
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UCB Spark
Free daily video devotional app for kids aged 10-12 by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB), a UK Christian media charity. Bible-based videos with interactive activities, games, and prayers — ad-free, no sign-in required, no data collected. Actively maintained on iOS and Android.
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EasterNow
A free seasonal app that walks you through Passion Week in real time with step-by-step notifications, scripture references, maps, and Old Testament prophecy connections — from Palm Sunday to Easter Morning.
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Gospel Partner | Day & Night
Gospel Partner | Day & Night is Joseph Prince Ministries' iOS and Android app for morning and evening devotionals, free Bible reading and notes, and a subscriber Joseph Prince Study Bible plus sermon library.
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Promise Keepers
A free web-based digital community from the historic Promise Keepers men's ministry, led by CEO Shane Winnings. Offers devotionals, Bible study, group discussions, prayer connections, the free weekly Overcomers virtual Bible study, and e-courses. The ministry has expanded its "Biblical Manhood" programming to include Win The Morning fitness plans, a PK Ambassadors local-leader program, and a "Proclamation on Godly Masculinity" initiative. Also runs national Wake-Up Call conferences and a college campus tour, and publishes Shane Winnings' 2026 book Men of God. The legacy iOS app remains available but has not been updated since May 2025 and the Android app is discontinued; the ministry's focus has shifted to the web-based PK Digital Community. ECFA member since 1994.
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Track Bible
A free, private Bible reading tracker that lets you tick off chapters at your own pace in the browser. Open-source progressive web app from Gracious Tech, with no accounts, ads, or tracking.
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helloHOPE
A free Soul Care + Hope app from Marietta nonprofit helloHOPE, Inc., offering Scripture, prayer prompts, Stanton Lanier music, and family stories for parents walking through a childhood diagnosis. The same organization still runs Stories of Hope, Meals of Hope, and Free Parking Day.
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New City Catechism
A free catechism from Tim Keller, Sam Shammas, The Gospel Coalition, and Crossway — 52 questions and answers adapted from Reformation catechisms, with ESV readings, prayers, commentary, and kid-friendly memorization songs. Print companions include a Devotional edited by Collin Hansen and a 52-lesson Curriculum for ages 8–11.
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Pause: Prayer & Meditation
A free guided pause app from John Eldredge and Wild at Heart that helps you reconnect with God in one to ten minutes through short sessions, a soul check-in, reminders, and multi-day programs from his books.
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LifeBible
A content-rich Bible study app with 40+ free translations, 150+ Study Bibles and commentaries (Premium), AI-powered verse search (now with fair-use daily quotas), and a new built-in dictionary — plus Explain (instant verse insights) and TouchPoints (500+ life-topic Scripture answers with video). Built by Tecarta in Palo Alto, loved by over 2 million users across iOS, Android, and web. Summer 2026 brought a redesigned Library; July–August 2026 releases added journal saving for verses, devotionals, and TouchPoints, theme options, and stability improvements.
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Daily Bible Devotion & Prayer
A free morning-and-evening Bible devotion app from Salem Media with a verse, short reflection, and life application in NLT, KJV, or NIV, plus trivia and humor. A subscription-based Daily Bible Devotion+ tier removes ads; Salem is now privately held by WaterStone and still runs the app.
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iBreviary
iBreviary is Paolo Padrini's free Catholic breviary for iOS, Android, and the web, with the Liturgy of the Hours, Missal, and Lectionary in ten languages plus Holy Land texts through the Custody of the Holy Land.
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First 5
A free daily Bible study app from Proverbs 31 Ministries that meets women with a short, book-by-book Scripture teaching before the day's noise. Follow the current study or pick a past plan from an archive covering every book of the Bible.
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Overflow Quiet Time Companion
A free iOS quiet time companion that guides believers through prayer, worship, reflection, and Bible study using SOAP and SWORD methods — designed to work alongside your favorite Christian apps rather than replace them. The companion web version has been pared back to a minimal landing page.
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Ascension App
The Ascension App is a Catholic Bible and Catechism companion from Ascension Press, with the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, daily Mass readings, Rosary, study plans, and the In a Year podcasts. It is free to download, with a premium subscription for the fuller library.
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YourBible
A free Bible app from GOOD NEWS for Everyone! (formerly GideonsUK), built with scout+redeem for newcomers. Thematic series, life-situation helps, in-text notes, flowing prose without verse numbers, and video testimonies make Scripture easier to start.
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Hallow
Hallow is a Catholic-rooted Christian prayer and meditation app with thousands of audio-guided sessions, from Lectio Divina and the Rosary to sleep Bible stories and Byzantine prayers. Hallow AI can help users find prayers and explore Church teaching; live testing of that chat was out of scope.
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Revive Our Hearts podcast
A free Revive Our Hearts app and podcast family from Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth's women's ministry, with daily Bible teaching, companion programs, and a statement of faith centered on Scripture and the gospel. Wonder of the Word walks through the whole Bible while the ministry continues from Niles, Michigan.
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Grace to You
The official streaming app from Grace to You, offering 55+ years of John MacArthur's verse-by-verse Bible teaching — sermons, devotionals, broadcasts, Grace Stream 24/7, and a twelve-language translation initiative — all free. Now led by Matt MacArthur as President, preserving an archive of nearly 4,000 sermons with an explicit pledge against AI-generated content.
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Lectio 365
Lectio 365 is a free daily prayer app from 24-7 Prayer that guides morning, midday, and night devotionals through Lectio Divina’s P.R.A.Y. rhythm, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Examen.
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The Chip Ingram App
The official Living on the Edge app from pastor Chip Ingram, offering free daily Bible teaching, radio programs, message notes, devotionals, and group tools so Christians can grow as disciples wherever they listen.
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Exodus 90 - Live Different
Exodus 90 is a Catholic men's formation app from Jamie Baxter that walks brothers through prayer, asceticism, and fraternity — a flagship ninety-day exercise plus year-round seasonal challenges and ExodusU courses. The iOS and Android apps are free to download with a subscription-based year-round track.
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ActsSocial
ActsSocial is a free, ad-free social platform from Trinity Proximity that favors gratitude over outrage, with phone-verified real-name accounts, a prayer wall, human-moderated groups, minister-written devotionals, a multilingual Bible reader, Quiet News, events, and free pages for churches and local organizations.
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Bible Portal
A free Bible study platform from The Christian Post offering 50+ classic commentaries, reading plans, structured Bible studies, daily devotionals, sermon libraries, a companion wiki, and 10,000+ shareable verse images — available on web, iOS, and Android. Website and daily-verse newsletter are actively maintained; mobile apps have not been updated since December 2021.
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Pray As You Go
Pray As You Go is a free daily audio prayer from the Jesuits in Britain: about ten to thirteen minutes of music, Scripture, and Ignatian reflection, plus examens, retreats, and signed prayer, with no subscription.
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Through the Word
Through the Word is a free nonprofit Bible app that pairs every chapter of Scripture with a short audio guide and organizes the whole Bible into 19 Journeys. Founded by pastor Kris Langham, it is available on iOS, Android, YouVersion, and podcast feeds, with no ads and no paywalls.
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Grow: Christian Social App
A free Christian social app that pairs an Instagram-style feed with hundreds of multimedia devotionals, seven Bible translations, and a community built around worship, prayer, and encouragement. Jamie Matthews and Grow Faith Co. run it through City Life Community Projects with no ads.
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Love God Greatly
A global women's Bible study ministry offering free studies in 45+ languages using the SOAP method — with an app featuring daily reading plans, guided journaling, memory verses, and a worldwide community of women studying Scripture together. Newest study: The Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians).
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First15
First15 is a free daily devotional from Denison Ministries that guides you through 15 minutes of Scripture, reflection, guided prayer, and worship so you can start the day with God. Founded by Craig Denison in 2014, it also offers original worship, Guided Prayers, and a Spanish-language companion, Primeros15.
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Aura Bible
Aura is an AI-powered Bible study and prayer app from Aura Ventures, with verse-level context, daily devotionals, guided prayer, Scripture memory, small-group fellowship, and several major translations. A published Reformed statement of faith treats the AI as a study aid, not a stand-in for the Holy Spirit or a local church.
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My BibleVerse: Daily Faith
A personal prayer and Scripture app that pairs how you're feeling with a Bible passage and writes a unique prayer for that moment. Formerly Verselah, it's available on iOS with a free trial followed by a subscription.
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FaithFi - Faith & Finance
FaithFi is a Christian budgeting app from the Faith & Finance ministry, pairing bank-connected money tools with daily Rhythms, devotionals, and a community around stewarding God's resources. A free tier sits beside subscription-based FaithFi Pro, the weekday radio program, studies, Faithful Steward magazine, and a Certified Kingdom Advisor directory.
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The Study Bible
A free Bible study app from Grace to You, fully redesigned and rebranded as "The MacArthur Study Bible" (relaunched August 2026), featuring NASB, LSB, ESV, and KJV texts alongside John MacArthur's 25,000 study notes — now free with a Grace to You account — plus sermons, devotionals, and an audio Bible. John MacArthur went home to the Lord on July 14, 2025; the ministry continues under Matt MacArthur's leadership.
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Cardinal Bible
A distraction-free iOS Bible app that removes feeds, streaks, and social features in favor of focused Scripture reading, a guided daily Quiet Time, verse memorization, 3D-satellite biblical "Journeys," and a verse-grounded AI assistant ('Ask'). Built solo by product designer Jed Bridges.
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Focus on the Family App
Free Christian family resource app from Focus on the Family featuring the daily broadcast with Jim Daly, articles, devotions, assessments, group messaging, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond. Founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1977, now serving families in 98 countries, with the animated Adventures in Odyssey feature film *Journey into the Impossible* arriving in theaters in 2027.
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Reformed Hours of Prayer
A free church-community app for fixed-hour prayer with psalms, Scripture readings, shared prayer presence, and Bible-reading progress, plus a liturgy.io companion page.
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Every Day with Jesus
A free daily Bible devotional from Waverley Abbey Trust, continuing Selwyn Hughes's Every Day with Jesus notes with classic and contemporary tracks, audio, journaling, and sharing.
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ScOAR - Scriptural Orientation, Application & Reflection
ScOAR is a free, ministry-run AI tool that turns a described struggle or question into curated, cited Bible verses with practical application steps.
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Daily Devotionals: Frequently Asked Questions
What's the best daily devotional app?
Depends how you want to receive it, and these are free. Our Daily Bread has been the default since 1956, and the app adds audio readings and the Evening Meditations podcast. Through the Word is a nonprofit with an 8–10 minute audio guide for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters. Lectio 365 gives you morning, midday, and night devotionals from the 24-7 Prayer movement. YouVersion carries thousands of reading plans from partners, so the variety is the point. Pick by whether you'd rather read or listen.
How long should a quiet time be?
Long enough that you did it. Ten minutes you keep beats forty you abandon in week three, and most of these apps are built around that fact: Through the Word runs 8–10 minutes a chapter, Pray As You Go runs 10–13 minutes of Scripture, music, and reflection. The number that matters is how many mornings in a row, not how many minutes.
Is there a good devotional app with no subscription?
Yes. Through the Word is a free nonprofit, fifteen years running as of 2026. Pray As You Go is free from the Jesuits in Britain, now past twenty years of daily audio prayer. Scribe Scripture is free and open source, giving you one chapter of Proverbs a day and cycling all 31 monthly. YouVersion carries thousands of reading plans at no cost.
What works for a whole family, not just one person?
Lectio for Families is the 24-7 Prayer daily rhythm rewritten for parents and kids to pray together, now a mobile web experience rather than a standalone app. New City Catechism is free, covers 52 questions over a year, and has a children's mode with simplified answers and songs, so adults and kids learn the same thing at once. For a shared reading rhythm, She Reads Truth and He Reads Truth run the same 12 curated plans a year, so a household lands in the same passage on the same day.