Berean Standard
Scripture, beautifully set
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Scripture, beautifully set. The Berean Standard Bible in a reader made to be lived in.
Berean Bible is a reader for the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), made with the care of a fine printed Bible and the speed of a native app. One translation, chosen deliberately: the BSB is public domain, translated by credentialed scholars, and written in the English people actually speak.
THE READING PAGE
Scripture is set the way a great print Bible sets it: a warm paper page, a serif built for long reading, generous margins, poetry laid out as poetry, and section headings kept quiet. Turn to any book and it opens on its own title page. Chapters begin with a large drop capital. Nothing shouts; the Word is the page.
CHOOSE HOW IT FEELS
Read on warm cream by day or Night Vellum after dark. Pick your typeface, size, and spacing. Turn verse numbers and headings on for study, or off for pure reading. Turn on red letters if you love them. Every choice follows you between your devices through your own iCloud.
MADE TO BE LIVED IN
- Highlight verses in five quiet, ink-like colors
- Keep bookmarks and write margin notes
- Reading plans, from the Bible in a Year to the Gospels in 30 Days
- A verse of the day, and a topical index for finding your way
- 41,954 cross references and full translation footnotes
- Instant search across all 31,102 verses, by voice or by typing
- Listen: any chapter read aloud, with the verse highlighted as it is spoken
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Siri shortcuts, and Spotlight
- A full companion app for Apple Watch
FREE, AND PRIVATE
Berean Bible is free, with no ads and no accounts. It collects nothing. Your notes and highlights stay on your device and in your own iCloud. Nothing you read is tracked.
"Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true." Acts 17:11
The Berean Standard Bible is in the public domain (CC0). Cross references are from OpenBible.info (CC-BY).
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Information
- Seller
- Joshua Worth
- Size
- 106.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Intent Mesh LLC