Christian Sleep Apps | Rest with Scripture

Live From Rest

A free Christian meditation app by the Smith family (Dr. Steve, Joshua Luke, and Lucinda) — offering customizable guided sessions rooted in Scripture with breathwork, calming music, and topics from gratitude to addiction recovery. A UK charity with free courses, a podcast of 45+ episodes, Joshua Luke Smith's Premier Christianity column and Substack, his charity The Psalmists (poetry workshops in UK prisons), and his second book This Is the Main Event (Penguin/HarperCollins, July 2026).

Dwell

An audio-first Bible app with 20+ narrators across 15 Bible versions (including the newly added CSB read by Rowan, plus Spanish, Portuguese, Apocrypha, and LSB editions), Read Along, meditation tools, 75+ listening plans, audiobooks, Dwell Nightly bedtime devotional for adults, the new Night Light nightly devotional for kids and families, Word of Promise dramatized NKJV, audio introductions for every book, and 80+ biblical figure sketches — built by the twin brothers behind Lightstock via a record-breaking Kickstarter. 3M installs, 40K+ daily listeners. Endorsed by Matt Chandler and Ann Voskamp. Co-founder Jonathan Bailey's first book "Dwelling in Christ" (IVP, Sept 2026) launches in Dwell as an audiobook and companion audio devotional, narrated by Jon.

Soultime Christian Meditation

A Christian meditation app with 250+ guided sessions covering anxiety, sleep, and stress, plus a proprietary emotional and spiritual check-up, mood tracker with friend alerts, in-app journal, 100+ music tracks, sleep stories, and a complete AI-narrated audio Bible. Founded by Mark Wagner in Cambridge, UK and endorsed by the former Archbishop of Canterbury.

Instill Kids Bedtime Prayer

Personalized, Scripture-based bedtime prayers that speak your child's name aloud with soothing Christian music. Designed for ages 3–12 to build spiritual identity, overcome anxiety, and sleep peacefully. Features automatic prayer timers and repeat-after-me mode for younger kids.

Encountering Peace

A free, listener-supported Christian meditation ministry with 500+ Scripture-rooted guided meditations (300+ hours), daily new content, 170+ YouVersion Bible plans, a private journal, community features, and 200+ YouTube videos — reaching 300,000+ daily subscribers. Founded by Dr. Drew Dickens, who also hosts the weekly AI & Spirituality podcast on Substack. Available on iOS, Android, Apple TV, and web.

Evergrace

Evergrace is a Christian bedtime audio story app for kids, created by a team of Australian Christian families. It offers peaceful, Bible-truth-filled narrated stories with original music and sound effects across 35+ titles, helping children wind down at bedtime while growing in faith. Uses one-time story bundle purchases instead of subscriptions.

WindowSeat

Christian audio app for kids and families with thousands of 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.

Soulspace Prayer & Meditation

A Holy Spirit-centered Christian meditation app with daily Scripture-based guided prayers, a full topical library (anxiety, grief, identity, healing), Bible sleep stories, kids content, worship instrumentals, guided courses, and a 'Bible in 100 Days' audio series — created by a tight-knit team of believers from Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. Free daily meditation with no ads; subscription or lifetime option for the full library.

Pray.com

One of the world's most-downloaded Christian prayer apps with 100M+ podcast downloads and 2.5B prayer minutes, offering daily guided prayers, Bedtime Bible Stories, audio Bible dramas, Pray AI companion, the first-ever fully AI-generated biblical mini-series (RUTH), Hope for the Heart AI counseling, devotional series from Tim & Demi-Leigh Tebow and 80+ ministry leaders, clinical mental health research, and a Palantir AI partnership — across iOS, Android, Apple Watch, and web.

Christ Centered Tribe

Christ Centered Tribe offers 250+ human-created guided biblical meditations and Christian EFT tapping sessions to help believers find peace in God's presence, reduce anxiety, and deepen their faith — founded by an RN and ministry veteran of 20+ years.

Abide: Bible Meditation Prayer

The #1 Christian meditation app — 2,000+ Bible-based guided meditations, 500+ bedtime sleep stories, full NIV Audio Bible, and seasonal in-app events for anxiety, depression, sleep, and spiritual growth. Co-founded by ex-Google engineers Neil Ahlsten and Eric Tse; now part of the Guideposts family under CEO John Temple. Endorsed by licensed therapists, Grammy winner Mandisa, and TheMedBubble for healthcare worker wellness.

Faith: Scripture Meditation

Personalized guided meditations rooted in Scripture — share what's on your heart and receive a custom session with Bible passages, narration, and calming music. Also offers a lectio divina Scripture meditation mode for reflecting deeply on any verse. Created by a Google engineer in Nashville. iOS only.

Hallow

The #1 Christian prayer app with 22+ million downloads and nearly 1.5 billion prayers prayed, offering 10,000+ audio-guided sessions — from Lectio Divina and the Rosary to Byzantine prayers, sleep Bible stories, and Hallow AI — built to help anyone find peace in God. Roughly half of new users don't identify as Catholic, reflecting broad Christian reach beyond its Catholic roots.

Soul Rest

A free, open-source web platform aggregating 500+ Christian meditations and meditative prayers from 12+ creators — including Christ Centered Tribe, Encountering Peace, Alabaster Co, Rush Podcast, Dwell Bible App, VOUS Church, pray.com, Glorify App, Abide Christian Meditation, and Soulspace — with a Panic Button for immediate calm, random discovery, and topics spanning anxiety, sleep, healing, purity, and worship. Featured by the United Methodist Church. Content curated from YouTube, RSS feeds, and direct submissions.

Dreamnl - Christian Dream Journal

Dreamnl is a free Christian dream journal that helps you record, reflect on, and pray through your dreams using AI-generated overviews, personalized reflection questions, and crafted prayers — all rooted in Scripture rather than new-age symbolism. Now includes a built-in Dreamline podcast, handwritten journal digitization, and milestone tracking.