Opening the App

There are no accounts to create on this site.

Open the site

Open the site address in a browser. The home screen shows a verse of the day and two buttons, Read Bible and Search. Next, see Your First Study Session.

Install the app

The site can be installed as an app. Use your browser's own install option, for example Install app in the address bar or menu of Chrome or Edge, or Add to Home Screen in the share menu of Safari on iPhone and iPad. The site does not show its own install prompt.

The installed app opens in its own window, without the browser's toolbar. Its header has a refresh button in place of the browser's reload button.

Offline use

After the site has loaded once, the browser keeps a copy of the app. If the network fails, the app still opens.

After you read three chapters in a translation, the app saves a copy of that translation's text in the browser, in the background. Chapters in that translation then load from the saved copy, including when you are offline. The app keeps saved copies of up to two translations, and removes the least recently used one when you start using a third. You cannot choose which translations are saved.

Search, commentaries, cross-references, and topics need a connection. When you are offline, they show a message instead.

Your settings

Your settings, tabs, and reading position are stored in this browser on this device. They don't carry over to other browsers or devices. Clearing the browser's site data clears them, along with any saved translations.