Bible App Studio

Your ministry's
own Bible app.

Design a beautiful, offline Bible app — your name, your colors, your translation. Free to build. Yours to keep. Branded by your organization, never by us.

1,250+ free translations Works offline once installed Free web app · app stores optional
Everything a reader needs

A complete Bible app, built for your people

Not a stripped-down shell — a polished reading experience your congregation will actually use, every day.

Read & navigate

Clean, serif-set chapters with book/chapter jumps and last-read memory.

Instant search

Search every verse — accent- and case-insensitive, results in a tap.

Highlights & notes

Color-code verses, bookmark them, and attach personal notes that persist.

Verse of the Day

A daily verse on the home screen — your own curated set, or ours.

Reading plans

Bible-in-a-Year, a Straight Truth Press chronological plan, and build-your-own.

Shareable verse images

Beautiful branded verse cards your members can share to social media.

1,250+ translations

Add any of 1,250+ freely-licensed translations in 1,000+ languages.

Upload your own

Have your own translation? Upload USFM, USX, OSIS, or JSON — we validate it.

Works offline

Add it to the home screen and read offline. The Android & iOS apps are fully offline from the first launch.

Make it yours

Your name. Your colors.
Your translation.

Pick up to three brand colors, drop in your logo, choose your translations, write your reading plans — then we build it. The app carries your organization's identity, start to finish.

  • Three-color branding with ready-made palettes
  • Light, dark, or system theme; adjustable type size
  • Your own Verse of the Day & reading plans
  • Red-letter words of Christ, headings & footnotes
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Three simple steps

From idea to app in minutes

1

Design it

Use the free Studio to set your name, colors, translations, plans, and daily verse — with a live preview as you go.

2

We build it

Submit, and Straight Truth Press builds your web app — plus a ready-to-publish Android app if you choose it — and puts a free web preview online so you can try and share it.

3

Share or publish

Send the link, download your files, or have us host it and publish to Google Play and the Apple App Store — optional paid services (iOS requires the App Store).

Simple, honest pricing

The app is free. Help is optional.

Build and download your app for nothing. Only pay if you want us to host or publish it for you.

The app
Free
Forever
  • The full Bible app, every feature
  • 1,250+ free translations
  • Your branding & reading plans
  • Works offline once installed
  • Yours to keep — no lock-in
Start building
Hosting
$15/mo
or $150/year
  • We keep your web app online
  • Hosted at a straighttruthpress.com address
  • Your Bible app only
Get started
App store publishing
from $300
one-time
  • Google Play only — $300
  • Apple App Store only — $500
  • Both stores together — $750
  • Developer-account fees extra (Apple $99/yr, Google $25) — paid by you to Apple/Google
Learn more

Developer-account fees are separate and paid by your organization directly to Apple ($99/year) and Google ($25 one-time) for your own accounts — they are not included in our publishing service. App store approval is controlled by Apple and Google and isn't guaranteed. Some nonprofit, educational, or government organizations may qualify for an Apple Developer fee waiver through Apple.

Questions

Good to know

Is it really free?

Yes. Designing your app and putting a shareable web preview online are free. The optional paid services are long-term hosting and publishing to the app stores — you choose those only if you want them.

Does it work offline?

The installed Android and iOS apps work fully offline — the whole Bible lives on the phone, so they read with no connection at all. The web app needs the internet the first time it's opened; after a visitor taps “Add to Home Screen,” it stores the text and reads offline too — though a phone browser may need an occasional reconnect. For dependable always-offline use, install the app.

Can I put it on the App Store and Google Play?

Android: we build a ready-to-publish app and you can upload it to Google Play (a one-time $25 Google account, yours), or we'll submit it for you as a paid service. iOS: Apple only allows iPhone/iPad apps through the App Store — there's no free iOS preview. We can prepare and submit it for you (paid), and an Apple Developer account ($99/year, yours) is required.

What if I don't pay for hosting?

Your free web preview stays online for about two weeks, then comes down. Nothing is lost — you keep your downloaded files (web app + Android app + guides) and can self-host them anywhere, or start paid hosting with us anytime.

Who owns the app and the data?

You do. The app is branded by your organization, not by Straight Truth Press, and your readers' notes and highlights stay on their own devices — we don't collect them.

Do I need to be technical?

No. You design everything in your browser with a live preview, and we build it. If you choose to host it yourself, your download includes plain-English, step-by-step instructions.

Which translations can I include?

Over 1,250 freely-licensed translations are built in (licenses vary by translation — review each one's terms before publishing). You can also upload your own translation if your organization holds the rights to it.

Give your people the Word —
in an app that's truly yours.

Free to build. No credit card. No catch.