A CLOSER LOOK AT THE APP

Made for reading.
And everything it opens up.

See how reading, listening, journaling, prayer, collections, and memory fit into an ordinary day. Each section includes an explanation and a practical example. Explore the app’s features and find a reading practice that fits your day.

THE BIBLE COMPANIONREAD. NOTICE. RETURN.

A reading space that goes with you.

Open a chapter without waiting for the right connection. The app bundles the complete World English Bible and Lutherbibel 1912, with a reading space you can make comfortable for your eyes and your day.

A long chapter asks something different of your attention than a single verse. Change the text size, type, spacing, and reading surface to find a setting that feels comfortable. Focus mode reduces surrounding controls while you read. Your preferences are there to support attention to the passage, whether you are reading a familiar psalm or following a new story.

You can move by book and chapter, select a passage, and return to the words around it. The reference stays part of the experience: a sentence is easier to understand when you know where it belongs.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

Before a journey, choose the passage you want to continue with. In the app, the bundled text remains available offline; your reading place gives you a way back. Try a larger type size or wider spacing until a whole paragraph feels comfortable to follow.

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Audio Bible, at a pace you can follow.

Explore the audio Bible in our mobile app: listen to chapters and selected verses with installed device voices, follow the exact text, and choose your pace.

The app’s audio Bible reads the unmodified Scripture text using your device’s speech system. You can begin at the current verse, listen through a chapter, or repeat a selected passage. The displayed words keep their book, chapter, verse, and translation.

This is device-generated speech, rather than a recorded narrator or dramatized production. English readings use the World English Bible; the app also includes Luther 1912 for German. KJV audio is not included. The voice’s pronunciation and quality depend on the voices available on your device.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

Listen once with the words in front of you, then repeat a short passage and pay attention to what you missed. A slower pace can help you hear the connections between sentences. Audio uses your device’s installed voices, so available voices depend on the device.

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Keep the thought. Keep the passage.

Give your reflections somewhere to live, with the passage that inspired them close by. The app connects personal notes to exact verses, so returning to a thought also means returning to its context.

An entry does not have to become an essay. Note a detail in the scene, a question about a word, or a connection you want to think about. Linking the entry to its passage lets you return later without depending on memory to find the reference.

Keep your observation and your personal response distinct. The text may describe something you would not immediately apply to yourself. You can record the difference and leave space for what further reading may show.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

For Luke 10:38–42, begin a verse-linked note with three lines: Martha welcomes Jesus; I wonder what is making the serving feel so heavy; I want to ask clearly for help today. The first is an observation, the second a question, and the third your response.

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A place for the prayers you carry.

Give a person, a situation, or a question its own quiet place. Keep intentions together, add a note as life changes, and return without needing to make every story feel resolved.

A prayer intention can be as simple as a name or a short description of what you want to bring to prayer. You do not need to write beautifully. You need a place where you can be honest about what matters and what you cannot make sense of yet.

The app gives each intention its own space, with notes that can hold more detail. A concern for someone else, a personal decision, and a word of thanks do not all have to take the same form.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

Create one intention for a person or situation. Add a dated note with what you are asking for, then return when something changes. A later entry can record gratitude, a new difficulty, or simply that you are still waiting. It does not have to close the story.

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Make a home for what stays with you.

Keep a passage close, give it a place in a collection, and find it again when you want to read further. The app brings saved verses, highlights, and the surrounding chapter into the same practice.

A verse may stay with you because of an image, a question, or a moment in your life. Save it while keeping its reference and translation attached. When you return, open the chapter to remember the situation in which those words were spoken or written.

A collection gives related passages a place to meet. It might follow an existing theme such as gratitude, or a question you are exploring. The passages do not have to say identical things to belong in the same collection.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

Create a collection around a question, such as listening well. Save a relevant verse, then revisit its paragraph before adding a reflection or sharing a card. A collection becomes more useful when you remember why each passage belongs there.

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Words you can return to without a screen.

Practice a verse a little at a time, with word gaps, word-order exercises, and a way to return for review. Keep the meaning and the reference as close as the wording.

Before practising a sentence, read its paragraph or chapter. Identify who is speaking and what is being discussed. The app keeps the passage reference attached so that practice can remain connected to a real reading rather than an isolated quotation.

Start with a manageable amount of text. One verse revisited carefully can be more useful than a long list you rush through. If a sentence depends on the previous verse, note that connection before beginning.

AN EXAMPLE TO TRY

Begin with a verse you have read in context. Read it aloud, try a word-gap or word-order exercise, and check the original wording. On your next review, recall the book and verse too, and explain the thought in your own words without replacing the quotation.

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