Best Discipleship Apps | Spiritual Growth & Mentoring

Disciple.Tools

A free, open-source WordPress CRM designed for disciple-making movements — track contacts, groups, baptisms, and church health with generational mapping, saturation heat maps, and unlimited users. Built by Gospel Ambition and deployed by IMB, 24:14, and missions teams worldwide.

New City Catechism

A free catechism app by Tim Keller, Sam Shammas, The Gospel Coalition, and Crossway — 52 questions and answers adapted from the Reformation catechisms, with ESV readings, devotional commentary from pastors like John Piper and Kevin DeYoung, prayers, and kid-friendly memorization songs. 500K+ units sold across formats.

MessengerX

Free discipleship app from Messenger International (John & Lisa Bevere). Offers courses, ebooks, audiobooks, and daily teachings in 130+ languages across 240+ countries — entirely donation-funded.

Every Man Ministries

Every Man Ministries: Founded by Kenny Luck in 2000, EMM offers streaming Bible study series, small group curriculum, and weekly livestream teaching to equip men for spiritual maturity and godly leadership. Partnered with Pray.com and God Behind Bars.

Alpha

A free 11-session course where anyone can explore the basics of the Christian faith through food, a short talk, and open conversation — running in 175+ countries, 100+ languages, across all major denominations. Over 37 million people have tried Alpha since 1977.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

Free monthly leadership podcast by Life.Church pastor Craig Groeschel, delivering practical coaching and insights in 30-minute episodes with downloadable leader guides for personal or team growth.

Family ID Assessment

A free faith-based family assessment that identifies your household as one of 16 family types across four core principles — Identity, Purpose, Direction, and Application — helping Christian families discover who they are and live with shared vision.

The Waha Discovery Bible Study App

Waha is a free, audio-based Discovery Bible Study app that facilitates small group meetings in 47 languages — just press play and discuss. Includes a full Disciple Making Course, offline support, and encryption for sensitive regions.

Axis

Axis is a donor-funded Christian ministry equipping parents to have gospel-centered conversations with their teens about culture, technology, identity, and faith through free guides, podcasts, videos, and weekly culture updates.

The Four

A modern evangelism tool by Cru Switzerland using four symbols — heart, division sign, cross, question mark — to help anyone explain the gospel simply. Available as web presentations, wristbands, and booklets in 10+ countries and multiple languages.

Apollos

Apollos is a digital platform that helps churches launch custom-branded mobile apps, TV apps, and websites built around daily spiritual habits — gratitude, prayer, and Scripture reading — to keep congregations engaged and growing seven days a week.

Zúme Training

Free, self-facilitated online discipleship course for small groups covering 32 disciple-making and simple church planting concepts across 10 sessions in 50+ languages, built by a volunteer community through Gospel Ambition.

Revelation Media

Christian nonprofit producing and distributing free animated and live-action films — including iBIBLE, The Pilgrim's Progress, and The Ark and the Darkness — for families and missionaries worldwide.

The Robloxian Christians

A pioneering youth-led online church that served the Roblox gaming community from 2011 to 2023. Founded by an 11-year-old, TRC grew to 54,000+ members across 85+ countries, offering virtual worship services, Bible studies, and outreach missions.

Word on Fire Institute

Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute offers 55+ Catholic courses, expert-led communities, live seminars, and an accredited master's degree to form evangelists who can engage the culture with beauty, goodness, and truth.

Men's Ministries

Free discipleship app from the Assemblies of God's National Men's Ministries, offering 400+ Bible studies organized into Growth, Biblical, and Targeted tiers — plus connections to local men's ministry networks, events, and Light for the Lost missions content.

Develop.Me

A leadership development platform built for churches, Christian businesses, and academic institutions — offering on-demand courses, live learning, gamification, and peer discussions powered by Cultivate Leadership Institute.

Tapos

AI-powered discipleship platform that transforms your church's sermons into searchable, interactive resources — study guides, devotionals, and Q&A — all trained exclusively on your trusted theological sources.

Sainthood

A cozy Catholic strategy game where you serve an island community, grow in faith through prayer and good deeds, unlock stained glass portraits of real saints, and discover multiple endings — all wrapped in a meditative Gregorian chant soundtrack. Available on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, and Android.

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. Built by Discipleship Tech, the team behind PrayerMate.

Storyverse Institute

Seminary-level Bible, theology, and ministry courses made simple — via app, online platform, and podcast. Built by DTS grad Derek Mathews for individuals and churches. Endorsed by Dallas Theological Seminary, Watermark, and Faithbridge Church.

FULLER Equip

FULLER Equip is Fuller Seminary's online learning platform offering 168+ self-paced courses and professional certificates in theology, leadership, ministry, and spiritual formation — no degree required.

The Freedom Fight

A holistic, Christ-centered porn addiction recovery program blending biblical discipleship, neuroscience, and clinical training across a free 30-Day Challenge and 29-week flagship course — with 86% of completers finding lasting freedom.

ActiveChristianity

Free web library of 1,195+ articles, 226 testimonies, and 120+ videos by Brunstad Christian Church, focused on active discipleship — overcoming sin, growing in sanctification, and living out God's Word daily.

Patristic Nectar

A free Orthodox Christian app offering hundreds of hours of theological lectures, daily Synaxarion readings, Scripture, catechism, and the Arena podcast from Fr. Josiah Trenham's non-profit ministry, Patristic Nectar Publications.

Passion Equip

Passion Equip is the free digital discipleship platform from the Passion Movement (led by Louie Giglio), offering Bible studies, articles, talks, daily devotionals, worship content, and a podcast network to help believers grow in their faith daily.

The Word One to One

A free evangelism and Bible study app that guides you and a friend through John's Gospel and Acts verse by verse, with helpful notes, maps, and conversation prompts — available in six languages.

Arete7

A free spiritual coaching app rooted in Christian tradition that helps you build daily practices like prayer, examination of conscience, and journaling — with reminders, Bible integration, progress tracking, and a companion theology blog called Cyber-Monk.

Gideon Bible App

The Gideon Bible App is the free digital companion from The Gideons International, offering the full Bible in 2,200+ languages with dramatized audio, offline access, and built-in evangelism tools like "Follow Jesus" and Scripture help sections.

Promise Keepers

A free digital community app from the historic Promise Keepers men's ministry, offering audio devotionals, video sermons, Bible study content, and social features to connect Christian men for accountability and spiritual growth. Now led by Shane Winnings with national conferences and college campus outreach.

Soul Refiner

Soul Refiner is a cinematic discipleship streaming platform by KingdomWorks Studios, offering Bible-based courses on sexual integrity, marriage restoration, betrayal recovery, and parenting — trusted by tens of thousands of churches worldwide.

FaithFi - Faith & Finance

The only budgeting app that integrates biblical wisdom with practical money management — envelope budgeting, daily devotional rhythms, a 75K+ believer community, and the Faith & Finance radio ministry, all in one Christ-centered stewardship tool.

Exodus 90 - Live Different

A year-round Catholic men's formation app built on prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Over 250,000 men in 80+ countries have used Exodus 90's structured challenges — anchored by the flagship 90-day spiritual exercise — to break free from distractions and grow closer to God.

Faith Assistant

AI chatbot by Gloo that lets churches and ministries train a custom assistant on their own sermons and content, providing 24/7 biblical guidance, prayer support, and community engagement analytics.

SermonSpark

AI-powered sermon preparation assistant by Missional Marketing with tools for research, outlining, transcription, and content repurposing — built to support pastors through every phase of their weekly sermon-writing process.

Share the Struggle

Share the Struggle is a Christian nonprofit offering certified coaching (1-on-1, group, and couples) and expert-led video courses on anxiety, trauma, grief, shame, pornography, and more — trusted by churches like Church of the Highlands and organizations like Chick-fil-A and FCA.

RightNow Media

The largest streaming library of Bible study videos — 25,000+ titles from trusted Christian leaders, available in 13 languages across 100+ countries. Church subscription model gives every member free access to small group studies, kids shows, and personal devotional content.

Wild Brothers TV

A faith-building streaming platform by four missionary-kid brothers, featuring 300+ adventure-driven shows, community features, and weekly new episodes — all centered on the Great Commission.

Tether

White-label discipleship platform for churches, ministries, and faith-driven brands. Deliver courses, run cohorts, and build community on iOS, Android, and web — all under your own brand. Backed by Praxis.

Stand to Reason

Free app from Stand to Reason, one of the most trusted names in Christian apologetics. Access Greg Koukl's weekly podcasts, daily blog, articles, and training resources to defend your faith with knowledge, wisdom, and grace.

StudyChurch

A free web-based platform where small groups collaborate on Bible study material online — leaders build lessons with questions, members share answers and discuss before meeting in person, and churches manage all their groups from one dashboard.

Sermonary

Sermonary is a sermon writing and preaching platform built by pastors, featuring a drag-and-drop editor, Podium Mode for distraction-free preaching, sermon templates, an illustrations library, and AI-powered tools to help church leaders prepare and deliver messages more efficiently.

The Porch

The Porch is the young adult ministry (ages 22-35) of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX. Stream Tuesday night gatherings, listen to past messages and the "Views from The Porch" podcast, and connect with Porch Live locations nationwide.

Everyday Institute

Free digital discipleship courses offering a structured pathway through foundational Christian beliefs, spiritual habits, and everyday faith — designed for individuals, small groups, and churches.

Bible Engagement Project

Free, age-aligned digital discipleship curriculum from the Assemblies of God covering preschool through adults, with 600+ videos and family devotions — used by nearly 29,000 churches in 176 countries.

Lightgliders

Lightgliders is a virtual world of Christian faith, games, and community for kids ages 6–14. With weekly Bible-based activities, safe multiplayer gameplay, and tools for parents, it helps families redeem screen time and grow together in faith.

Superbook Kids Bible App

A free, media-rich kids Bible app from CBN featuring all 68 Superbook animated episodes, an easy-to-understand Bible with audio, 20+ games, interactive devotionals, and 80+ biblical topics — available in 23 languages worldwide.

Families Arising App

A free faith-based app by Families Arising offering Christian moms a structured Growth 360 Curriculum, daily devotionals, Bible studies, coaching, community, and family resources — with content for moms, dads, kids, teens, and youth.

Spf.io

AI-powered translation and accessibility platform by TheoTech that delivers real-time captions and translations in 100+ languages for church services, conferences, and conversations — all web-based, no download needed.

Social Bucket

A subscription service providing churches with monthly professionally designed social media graphics, pre-written copy, and video training to boost online engagement and save time on content creation.

Rava: Discover God's Story

Rava is a free, group-centric Discovery Bible Study app from the makers of Waha. Press play, listen to Scripture and discussion questions, and discover God's story together — available in 46+ languages with offline support and encryption.

ARMA Courses

ARMA Courses is an online Bible education platform founded by Dr. Manny Arango and Dr. Aaron Ross, offering 55+ video courses on Scripture, theology, and cultural topics with workbooks, quizzes, a private community, and live calls — helping thousands of Christians understand the Bible for themselves.

Jesus Film Project App

Free evangelism app from Cru with 200+ films including the JESUS film in 2,200+ languages. Download for offline use, share via Chromecast, and start Gospel conversations anywhere — from remote missions fields to your own neighborhood.

MissionHub

A free discipleship and evangelism app from Cru that helps you track the people you care about, see where they are on their spiritual journey, and take practical next steps of faith — with community features for churches to rally congregations around shared mission.

Spiritual Health Reflection by Practicing the Way

A free spiritual self-assessment tool from Practicing the Way that helps you gauge your inner life with God, identify areas for growth in your apprenticeship to Jesus, and track your spiritual formation over time.

Engage Spaces

Engage Spaces is an all-in-one operations platform for ministries, multisite churches, and nonprofits that combines communication, training, reporting, and team management with location-based pricing and unlimited users.

Nucleus Launcher

Free church website plugin that puts every next step — event signups, prayer requests, giving, group registration — in one always-visible hub. Works on any website builder.

Revive Our Hearts podcast

A free app from the trusted Revive Our Hearts ministry offering daily audio teachings from Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, podcasts, Bible studies, blog posts, and a global community — all calling women to freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ.

Jesus Spoke

A beautifully designed daily devotional website delivering the words of Jesus from the Gospels via SMS each morning, guiding you through a simple read-reflect-respond rhythm.

iEvangelize

An evangelism toolkit with AI-powered conversation starters, a voice-based evangelism simulator for practicing with different worldviews, structured courses, an objections reference library, global mission challenges, and discipleship follow-up — built to help Christians share their faith naturally and confidently.

STRIVE

A Bible study app built specifically for men, featuring daily devotions, articles on faith and family, and sermon archives — created by Iron Hill Press, the men's ministry imprint from YM360 co-founder Andy Blanks.

Jesus.net Online Courses

Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, and Jesus — with optional personal e-coaching. Part of a global network of 120+ ministries in 40+ languages.

Bible App for Kids

The most popular children's Bible app in the world — 141M+ installs in 69+ languages. Brings 41 Bible stories to life with animations, narrated scenes, and interactive games for ages 4–8. Created by YouVersion and OneHope. Always free.

FlockConnect

FlockConnect is the first Church Relationship Manager (ChRM), helping pastors identify isolated members by mapping the friendships and connections within their congregation — complementing existing church management systems with AI-powered relational insights, isolation alerts, and discipleship tracking.

Undershepherd

Undershepherd is a pastoral care tool that helps pastors and churches log interactions, track life events, assign tasks, and stay organized with privacy-first design — integrating with Planning Center and Breeze ChMS.

Formed

Catholic streaming platform by the Augustine Institute offering thousands of exclusive study programs, movies, documentaries, audio talks, e-books, kids' shows, and daily reflections. Trusted by 1.6M+ users and 5,000+ parishes worldwide.

Dot Conner: Webtective

A live-action Christian series and feature film for kids where teen detective Dot Conner investigates faith questions using the internet, Scripture, and friends. Eight free offline episodes plus a free church curriculum — all from the award-winning team at Huff Media Productions.

Safar Discipleship

A free one-to-one discipleship app guiding new believers through 30 biblical steps over 100 days — born from the explosive growth of Iran's underground church, created by Elam Ministries, now available in 9 languages and used by churches worldwide.

Rule of Life Builder by Practicing the Way

A free interactive tool from Practicing the Way (John Mark Comer's ministry) that helps you build a personalized Rule of Life — daily, weekly, and monthly spiritual rhythms patterned after Jesus across nine core disciplines.

Kingdom Training

Free M2DMM training platform by Chasm Solutions that equips disciple makers to use digital media and advertising to find spiritual seekers online and connect them with face-to-face disciplers, with a focus on unreached people groups.

Common Good Magazine

A quarterly print and digital magazine from Made to Flourish exploring faith, work, economics, arts, and culture — thoughtful commentary for Christians who want to integrate their faith with all of life.

Pulpit AI

AI-powered sermon repurposing platform that helps pastors turn one sermon into 20+ content pieces — video clips, devotionals, group guides, newsletters, and more — saving hours weekly while extending the reach of their message beyond Sunday.

Church.tech

An AI-powered platform for churches that turns sermons into transcripts, social clips, discussion questions, devotionals, and more. Official AI partner of Carey Nieuwhof. Founded by former pastor Josh Burnett to help church staff spend less time with technology and more time with people.

Pure Desire

Pure Desire Ministries provides Christ-centered support groups, certified counseling, podcasts, and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma.

Love Your First Year Premarital Course

An online Christian premarital course by SYMBIS Certified Counselors Britt and Kyler Nixon, featuring 22 video modules and an 85-page workbook covering communication, finances, intimacy, and more — trusted by over 1,000 couples.

Contagious Disciple Making

Free app from Contagious Disciple Making with podcasts, videos, scripture lists, and stories to help Christians engage the lost through Discovery Bible Studies and multiplying disciple-making groups.

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.

BiblicalTraining

Free seminary-quality Bible education from 84 world-class professors across 180+ classes and 2,700+ hours of instruction. Four learning levels from basics to graduate-level, with community-focused study guides. Founded by Dr. Bill Mounce (NIV translation committee). Partnered with Okanagan Bible College for accredited degrees.

The Chip Ingram App

The official app from pastor Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge, delivering free daily Bible teaching, radio broadcasts, message notes, devotionals, discipleship videos, and group messaging to help Christians grow deeper in their faith.

Take Root

An evangelism and discipleship CRM from Rooted Software that helps churches, missionaries, and believers track ministry contacts, record gospel conversations, set follow-up reminders, and coordinate outreach teams. Free for up to 5 users.

Adventures in Odyssey Club

A subscription streaming app from Focus on the Family with 1,000+ Adventures in Odyssey audio drama episodes, devotions, games, and exclusive content — helping kids ages 8–12 grow in faith through beloved, fully dramatized storytelling.

Thrive and Cultivate

A membership-based training platform equipping pastors and church leaders with mental health skills, strategies, and expert-led video sessions across topics like burnout, anxiety, grief, trauma, and suicide prevention.

DigitalParenting.com

A research-based, biblically grounded digital parenting resource offering a 7-step framework, a companion guidebook, and a 10-week church small group course to help Christian families navigate technology safely.

OpenFaith

Open-source church software built for discipleship, not just administration. Syncs bidirectionally with Planning Center and other ChMS tools in real time, with sacrament tracking, AI-powered interaction, and a spreadsheet-like interface that makes managing church data fast and intuitive.

Journeys - Custom Discipleship App

A church app builder and digital ministry platform that lets churches and ministries launch branded discipleship apps for iOS, Android, and web — with Bible integration, in-app giving, AI translation, and multi-platform publishing.

Ministry Pass

Ministry Pass is an all-in-one sermon resource library for pastors, offering 2,000+ sermon series with graphics, videos, illustrations, talking points, and small group questions — plus Sermonary for sermon writing, Churchly for church websites, and strategic preaching calendars to plan your year.

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, now reaching millions globally across 100+ countries.

Wild at Heart

A free app from Ransomed Heart Ministries (John & Stasi Eldredge) delivering daily readings, guided prayers, podcasts, blogs, group messaging, and note-taking — putting the full Wild at Heart ministry in your pocket across iOS, Android, and Apple TV.

Pando App

The first and only faith-based app on U.S. prison tablets, streaming free sermons, worship, devotionals, and Bible studies from 100+ church partners to 664,000+ inmates across 423 prisons — created by God Behind Bars.

Grow: Christian Social App

A free Christian social app combining an Instagram-like feed with devotional plans, worship music sharing, Bible verse image creation, and 7 Bible translations. Built by a young UK developer inspired at a conference in Colombia, with content from churches and organisations worldwide.

connect.

A private, branded communication app for churches, schools, ministries, and organizations — with customizable channels, monitored messaging, event management, push notifications, and resource sharing, all in one safe space. Built by MAP Sports Co-Mission in Lexington, KY.

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 biblical genres with seminary-level content from scholars, built by the Basil Tech nonprofit (creators of Read Scripture).

Live Free Community App

A private community app for men seeking freedom from pornography and lust, offering peer accountability, weekly teaching content, free courses, direct messaging, and church partnership options — founded by pastor and recovery advocate Carl Thomas.

Life On Mission

A free evangelism app by NAMB featuring the 3 Circles and Best News gospel presentation tools with step-by-step visuals and instructional videos, available in English and Spanish.

Disciple Life App

Bible study app built for one-on-one and small group discipleship — not solo reading. Created by Grace Church of Mentor (OH), it pairs mentors and mentees around shared study guides with free evangelism resources included. Available in English and Spanish.

BibleProject

Free animated Bible videos, podcasts, classes, and study tools from a nonprofit founded by Tim Mackie and Jon Collins. Traces biblical themes across the whole story of Scripture, available in 50+ languages. No ads, no paywalls — ever.

Knowing Him

A free 50-day chronological study through the life of Jesus with 41 on-location videos from Israel, supplemental podcasts, and deep-dive reflections — built by Power to Change Australia and Sonlife for individuals, small groups, and ministry teams.

FaithTech

The largest global community for Christians in tech, with 50+ city-based chapters across six continents. FaithTech gathers developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to build redemptive technology together — rooted in Scripture and aimed at serving the Church, the marginalized, and the gospel.

United Hive

A global testimony-sharing platform where Christians post real-time stories of evangelism and encounters with God on a live map spanning 50+ nations, with community tools, training content, and real-time prayer Beacons.

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 quests and campaigns.

Verses for Life

A free topical Bible memory app featuring the Navigators' Topical Memory System, Roman Road, and Prayer verse packs with quiz mode and 11+ Bible translations.

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. Available on iOS, Android, and web.

Crown Financial Ministries

A pioneering Christian financial ministry since 1976, offering free budgeting tools like the Money Map, one-on-one budget coaching, online courses, career assessments, and global stewardship training — all rooted in biblical principles of faithful money management.

Cultivate Leadership Institute

A faith-based leadership development institute offering structured two-year tracks for churches, Christian businesses, and individuals — combining biblical teaching, emotional intelligence, and character formation through their custom digital platform, Develop.Me.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Free global community and content platform for Christ-following entrepreneurs — featuring a top-rated weekly podcast, video courses, small group resources, coaching programs, city networks in 140+ countries, and annual conferences. Co-founded by Henry Kaestner (Bandwidth) and Justin Forman.

GAPP

GAPP (Gospel to All Peoples and Places) is a mission-tracking platform by Ta Ethni that helps agencies, churches, and missionaries log activities, monitor church health, and coordinate strategy across teams and languages — trusted by organizations like the International Mission Board.

Re:generation

A biblically-based, 12-step discipleship and recovery ministry from Watermark Community Church, active in 207+ locations nationwide. Helps people find freedom from addictions, anxiety, past hurts, and destructive patterns through daily Scripture curriculum and authentic small-group community.

QAVA TV

QAVA is a nonprofit Christian streaming platform by City on a Hill Productions offering 200+ hours of Bible studies, documentaries, and original series from trusted voices like Louie Giglio, Lisa Harper, and Dr. Charles F. Stanley, designed to help believers go deeper in Scripture.

Following Jesus

A free discipleship app by pastor Samuel Deuth, designed as a companion to his book on the 7 essentials of following Jesus. Includes a Bible with a one-year reading plan, devotional videos, worship music, and resources churches can hand to new believers on the spot.

Free Christian eBook Reader

A free, ad-free Android app from Cornerstone Christian Ministry that gives you instant access to a curated library of Christian ebooks and Bible translations — no account or payment needed.

Spoken Gospel

A 100% free nonprofit Bible study app offering short films, chapter-by-chapter devotionals, and a podcast that walk you through every book of the Bible, showing how it all points to Jesus.

Land of Promise Minecraft Server

A Christian Minecraft server with 1:1 scale biblical landmarks where kids ages 7–12 join facilitated Bible education sessions, explore Jerusalem and the Tabernacle, and grow in faith through interactive gameplay in a safe, supervised community.

Discover

A free Discovery Bible Study app available in 44 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. Built by The Discover Network, a UK registered charity.