Read Scripture
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Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The goal of Read Scripture is that everyone would read the Bible for themselves and discover the truth and beauty of God’s Word.
To this end, we are curating a year-long Bible reading plan and supplementing the reading with amazingly creative videos (produced by our friends at the Bible Project) that explain every book of the Bible, major theological themes of the gospel, and tips on how to read the Bible.
We house all of this content in a beautifully designed app that is available to download in the App Store.
We encourage you to experience Read Scripture in community but it is set up so that you can go through it on your own.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
more Fixing issues with Jeremiah's passage rendering.
11.0.8 09/06/2025
Fixing bugs
11.0.7 02/06/2025
Fixing bugs
11.0.5 28/05/2025
Fixing some bugs
11.0.2 05/05/2025
Adding in user accounts to allow for you to sync your reading progress.
Adding in toggle for video captions
Fixing up video player bugs
Fixing up text rendering bugs
Fixing up misc bugs
11.0.1 28/03/2025
Updated the build with general bug fixes
9.2.3 19/12/2023
Fixes issue on iOS where the app's images weren't loading
9.2.1 03/01/2022
General bug fixes
9.2.0 31/12/2021
Fixing bug with reading Psalms.
Adding instructions for how to fast-forward your reading by long-pressing on a date.
9.1.8 27/08/2021
Adjusting Bible Data loading
9.1.7 14/06/2021
General updates and bug fixes
9.1.6 02/06/2021
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Hark! A Read Scripture Update! In addition to several small bug fixes, we have added a more robust video player to solve connection and audio issues.
7.1.0 29/06/2018
Behold! Our first major Read Scripture app update in a while! Here’s a peek into the changes:
* Lot’s of backend fixes that will make your experience smoother and lay the groundwork for future features!
* Added: Ability to mark day “unread"
* Added: Support for iPhone X
* Added: Offline mode for the Bible Reading (the videos won't be viewable in offline mode)
7.0.0 15/05/2018
Thank you for continuing to read God's Word through Read Scripture.
We are so incredibly encouraged by your testimonies!
New features:
- Font size changer! Check it out in the settings or in the reading view menu.
- Long press on the session item in the session list will display completion dialog. This allows for marking all previous sessions as complete, too!
- Simplification of the reading modes. There are now just 2 options which will hopefully make it easier for you to choose how you read.
2.8 23/03/2017
* Fixed issue with loading the daily reading on some devices
* Added in a settings toggle for the verse numbers
2.6 13/02/2017
Hi!
This is a small release which fixes the missing notifications.
Thank you for your continued support!
2.5 02/02/2017
Happy New Year!
We are simply blown away by the incredible response from our users.
It means so much to us that this app has blessed so many around the world.
This is a smaller patch with few fixes and improvements:
- Prevent app from being stuck on load
- New reading view intro images
Please stay tuned for more fixes in the future!
2.4 09/01/2017
With 2017 quickly approaching, we are introducing an easy way to start the Year of Biblical Literacy plan for the new year. Simply enable "Year of Biblical Literacy" in the settings which will set the start date of to January 1st. If it says "January 1st, 2016", don't worry. It'll automatically roll over to January 1st, 2017 in the new year. =)
We also made few changes to the reading view which will hopefully help you read and understand the Bible better.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
2.3 23/12/2016
Changes and Fixes:
* Fixed bug where the video would not play in landscape mode
* Fixed text rendering issues
* Added better on-boarding to help explain how to use the app.
2.2 24/11/2016
Thanks for your support and feedback! Some fixes in this version:
* Fixes the sticky red badge issue.
* Fixes the accessibility navigation issue.
2.1 07/10/2016
We've updated the ReadScripture app!
1) Redesigned layout + styles
2) Improved reading experience with custom Bible passage formatting
3) Improved user progress storage
4) Ability to set a Start Date for the reading plan
5) Feature to go directly to today's reading
2.0.0 31/08/2016
FIXED! before, if you backgrounded the app first, you'd lose your last days checkmark, but if you quit the app directly it would keep it. Thanks for letting us know from the in-app feedback about the problem and being patient with us as our volunteer team fixes it! Keep letting us know!
1.0.7 07/06/2016
UPDATE: if you want to save your checkboxes, force quit the app right away (double-click and swipe) until we can get this fixed! thanks!
Fixed ppl's checkboxes getting reset when your phone's memory is low!!! wOHOO!!
thanks to the valiant superheros who used the "in app feedback" to send us messages! keep us posted on other issues!
1.0.6 24/05/2016
Wohoo! Thanks so much for using our new In-App Feedback messenger - it's great being able to talk to our app users and hearing the feedback you have directly!
With this version we can now reply directly to your in-app feedback via push notifications (so please click "OK" when you get that pop-up) - Also, we can send you important app information (like we pushed a new app, there's new videos out, etc. )
Keep using the app and keep telling us how we can make it better & help you get into God's word more & more!
1.0.5 04/05/2016
Now you can contact us within the app with any questions using the lovely intercom.io messaging-like interfaces! Just click on the "Help & Feedback" button, after clicking on the new settings icon on the top right of the screen!!
1.0.4 23/04/2016
Fixing issues with Jeremiah's passage rendering.
more Version 11.0.8 09/06/2025
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