Apps for New Believers

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.

Biblify.ai

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

Pause: Prayer & Meditation

A free guided pause app by John Eldredge (Wild at Heart) that helps you reconnect with God in 1 to 10 minutes through short, audio-guided sessions with Scripture, breathing exercises, favorites, context notes, and multi-day programs like 30 Days to Resilient and Experience Jesus. Really.

bible.ai

Voice-first Christian companion for iPhone: Theology Mode, personalized devotionals, guided biblical journeys, and multiple Bible translations. Founded by Leio McLaren; Nicene Creed statement of faith; freemium.

Lumen

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

The Four

A free web-based evangelism tool from Cru Switzerland using four symbols — heart, division, cross, question mark — to share the gospel clearly. Now in 20+ countries with a growing outreach movement: Reach Mallorca (annual), the five-month Reach Mallorca School, Reach Cancun (returning March 6–16, 2027 with Bridge Steps), and Reach Phuket (pioneer outreach, January 26 – February 6, 2027). FCA's edition is now in 10 languages (Arabic added) with an All-Ability accessible version. Adopted by Power to Change, YDisciple, ICF Munich, First Priority, and more.

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 10 languages including Arabic, with a dedicated church launch program and used by churches worldwide.

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.

Bible Answers AI

Free AI-powered Bible Q&A companion that delivers scripture-backed answers in seconds, with unlimited questions, searchable history, shareable answers, and a web app — built by serial SaaS entrepreneur Kyle under Sabbath Ventures to aid your study, not replace it.

Bible in One Scroll

A free, single-page walk through the Bible's storyline from Creation to Restoration that ends in the gospel, actively maintained on GitHub and available in more than 200 languages.

Lectio 365

Lectio 365 is a free daily prayer app from Pete Greig’s 24-7 Prayer movement that guides users through morning, midday, and night devotionals using the ancient practice of Lectio Divina — the P.R.A.Y. rhythm, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Examen — with over 330,000 monthly users and 2 million downloads worldwide.

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.

BibleProject

Free animated Bible videos, podcasts, classes, and study tools from the 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, with no ads or paywalls.

Gideon Bible App

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

GodTools

Free evangelism app by Cru with interactive gospel presentations, conversation guides, and lessons in 100+ languages. Features QR screen sharing, dual-language support, and tools like 'Seen. Known. Loved.' and 'Spirit-Filled Life.' Actively maintained — iOS v6.3.18 shipped July 1, 2026, and the team's 2025 annual review reports 600K+ users, 15,932 professions of faith, and 60% of users in Africa.

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.

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.

The Word One to One

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

Everyday Institute

Free digital discipleship platform from Austin Gohn (Lead Pastor, Bellevue Christian Church) offering four structured video courses — Day One, Everyday Habits, Everyday Faith, and Everyday Life — with downloadable church resources, designed for individuals, small groups, and churches to accelerate spiritual growth.

Bible Bot

A free, open-source AI Christian companion on ChatGPT that helps you explore 100+ biblical topics, find verses, and dig deeper into Scripture — built with grace, truth, and an open-handed spirit. Featured in AP News (2026) and cited by Doxa as the reference framework for evaluating Christian AI apps.

Discovery Bible Studies

A free, no-signup web app offering a growing library of Discovery Bible Study courses that let anyone lead a small group or one-on-one Bible study using the same simple three-step rhythm every session.

Grow: Christian Social App

A free Christian social app combining an Instagram-like feed with 100+ devotional plans, worship music sharing, Bible verse image creation, and 7 Bible translations. Built by Jamie Matthews through City Life Community Projects in Reading, UK, with content partnerships from Urban Saints, Scripture Union, Christians in Sport, and churches worldwide. Recognised among the top Christian social apps for 2026.

Alpha

A free course exploring the basics of the Christian faith through food, a short talk, and open conversation — running in 158 countries and 100+ languages. 2025 was its biggest year ever: 2.8 million+ participants (31% increase), 105,000+ courses, with the Alpha Youth Series accounting for 45% of all courses. Over 37 million people have tried Alpha since 1977. A brand-new Alpha Series (15 episodes, reimagining the Alpha Film Series) is in production for a 2027 launch.

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. Available in 8 languages including Telugu, Urdu, and Arabic, with a free Following Jesus Course on YouTube. Android actively updated (v6.22.1, Jul 2026); iOS last updated May 2023.

God's Gift

A multilingual evangelism PWA by Power to Change Australia (Cru) with gospel-presenting websites across 50 languages, each connecting seekers with prayer and personal mentoring in their own language.

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.

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.

Spiritual Health Reflection by Practicing the Way

A free spiritual self-assessment tool from Practicing the Way (John Mark Comer's ministry) 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. Part of a complete nine-practice ecosystem (all nine Practices finished in 2026) serving 23,600+ churches in 167 countries, available through YouVersion. Comer's three most recent books have sold 1.6M units; he signed a new four-book WaterBrook deal with the first title coming in early 2028. His eighth book, Into the Quiet (Oct 6, 2026), tackles the noise of modern life.

Jesus.net Online Courses

Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, identity in Christ, anxiety, finances, marriage and family, the character of God, and Jesus — with optional personal e-coaching or a self-chosen Accountability Partner using a WATCH-APPLY-SHARE model. Part of a global network of 120+ ministries in 40+ languages reaching hundreds of millions worldwide; flagship courses include Identity, The Character of God (with Bible Project videos), and companion courses for all five seasons of The Chosen.

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.

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.

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.

Concise Bible

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

iBIBLE

Free animated Bible app presenting Scripture's one story from Genesis to Revelation through approximately 280 episodic animations covering 20,000+ Bible verses — with 42 Genesis episodes, a 3D-animated Life of Christ series now at 16 episodes (through Nicodemus), interactive quizzes, ASL content, and multilingual support for global missions.

The Chosen

The first multi-season TV series about the life of Jesus — 900M+ episode views, 350M viewers reached across 190+ countries, 127+ languages. All five seasons stream free in the official app and on Prime Video — no ads, no paywalls. Season 6 (Crucifixion, covering Good Friday) premieres Nov 15, 2026 on Prime Video (teaser out now; app arrival 2027), finale in theaters March 12, 2027. Season 7 (Resurrection) has wrapped Jerusalem-set filming; theatrical premiere March 31, 2028. Chosen Universe: Bear Grylls docuseries premiered Aug 9, 2026; Joseph of Egypt in post-production. Created by Dallas Jenkins, produced by 5&2 Studios.

BibleRef

A free, comprehensive verse-by-verse Bible commentary from Got Questions Ministries — seven translations side by side, cross-references, and jargon-free explanations written entirely by human writers. Part of the unified GQM.one network, available on iOS, Android, and web with a growing Spanish-language library. Content publishes twice monthly toward full-Bible coverage (1 & 2 Samuel complete; 1 Kings ch 1–7; Isaiah ch 38–39).

Bible Engagement Project

Free, age-aligned digital discipleship curriculum from the Assemblies of God covering preschool through adults across four years (Listen, Learn, Live, Lead) — now discipling nearly 800,000 people weekly in 176 countries with 600+ videos, family devotions, Scripture Memorization Games, seven in-app Bible translations, topical series, and the KidminRoadmap year-long ministry strategy tool.

Jesus Spoke

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

Scroll The Bible

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

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.

Got Questions

The internet's most comprehensive Bible Q&A resource — 10,360+ articles reviewed for biblical accuracy by 200+ volunteer writers, translated into 205 languages. Founded in 2002 by S. Michael Houdmann, headquartered in Colorado Springs. Now a three-book series with Bethany House spanning 2024–2026. Free app with offline access on iOS and Android, reaching 14M+ monthly visitors with 826K+ email responses sent.

YourBible

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

Harvous

A beautifully designed, open-source Bible notes app that helps you capture, organize, and revisit your Bible study with threads, automatic scripture text, and cross-referencing across 11 translations — now featuring a Recall memory layer, Easton's Bible dictionary, Daily Passage, collaborative Shared Spaces, and an invite-only church education platform for teaching plans, sermon series, and congregant curriculum delivery. Built to complement your existing Bible app, with group study, spaced-practice review, and an AI connector add-on on the roadmap.

My Shepherd

A free, ad-free Bible AI chat app that answers life and faith questions using the King James Version, with cited verses and follow-up prompts. Built by Bar Above LLC (Austin, TX) for the "ChatGPT generation." Includes church-connect matching for congregations and a "Question of the Week" that shares anonymized questions to encourage others.