Incredibly helpful, tons of potential
This is one of the simpler Bible reading apps I’ve come across. Just a few versions available, and a limited set of customization options like font size and a serif/sans-serif font style toggle.
But, there is so much to like about this simplicity. Select an amount of time you have available and Redeeming Time offers you a slate of books of the Bible that you could read in that time. Or, start a “Reading Plan” to read something longer by spending a few minutes every day and the app tracks your progress by chapters read. Best of all, the app tracks what you’ve already read from the Bible. If you’re wanting to read from more diverse sections of scripture, this app is just about perfect.
I’ve been using it for a few months now and only have one significant complaint: When I read something longer (say one of Paul’s letters or an OT prophet), the app seems to base how far I read on whether I saw any part of a chapter. So if I read through chapter 3 and scrolled chapter 4 just into view at the bottom of my screen, the app will start me at the *bottom* of chapter 4. Then if I try to scroll back up to start reading the start of chapter 4, the previous chapters I already read get loaded and the screen jumps back to the beginning of an earlier chapter. I basically have to remember where I left off in my last reading session or I won’t get to the right spot. I’m not sure how hard this is to fix, but I would love to see this improvement made!
Other than this one nitpick, I’ve found the app refreshing and super useful for spending daily time in God’s Word!
But, there is so much to like about this simplicity. Select an amount of time you have available and Redeeming Time offers you a slate of books of the Bible that you could read in that time. Or, start a “Reading Plan” to read something longer by spending a few minutes every day and the app tracks your progress by chapters read. Best of all, the app tracks what you’ve already read from the Bible. If you’re wanting to read from more diverse sections of scripture, this app is just about perfect.
I’ve been using it for a few months now and only have one significant complaint: When I read something longer (say one of Paul’s letters or an OT prophet), the app seems to base how far I read on whether I saw any part of a chapter. So if I read through chapter 3 and scrolled chapter 4 just into view at the bottom of my screen, the app will start me at the *bottom* of chapter 4. Then if I try to scroll back up to start reading the start of chapter 4, the previous chapters I already read get loaded and the screen jumps back to the beginning of an earlier chapter. I basically have to remember where I left off in my last reading session or I won’t get to the right spot. I’m not sure how hard this is to fix, but I would love to see this improvement made!
Other than this one nitpick, I’ve found the app refreshing and super useful for spending daily time in God’s Word!
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Great
Such a helpful app for quick moments throughout the day and for longer ones too
Clever and effective!
We were made to run to God, but we warp our habits around the light and meaningless. Redeeming Time has helped me run to God in the little moments where I could’ve wasted my time.
Simply Designed & Effective
This app helps you read the Bible and engage with it. No feature bloat. No complexity or learning curve…just gets the job done really well. My only ask is more Bible translation options.
A great idea which needs improvement
This little app has great potential with scripture passages to read as little as 2 mins. Waiting for a bus, waiting at an appointment, commuting or simple having a quiet sit somewhere, this app should make it easy to make the most of those few minutes when one whips out one's phone. Unfortunately, there is no option to change the background and font colours. White on a black background can be hard work for some people and though I have tried to make it work, reading white print on a black background means that I can only use it for the minimum 2 minutes because of eye strain. I want to recommend this app but until it offers a simple black on white option I simply cannot recommend it and have, with regret, deleted it.
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A great find!
This little app is simple to use and there are scripture passages to read as little as 2 mins. Waiting for a bus, waiting at an appointment, commuting or simple having a quiet sit somewhere, this app makes it easy to make the most of those few minutes when one whips out one's phone. My only suggestion would be for an option to change the background and font colours. White on a black background can be hard work for some people. Then it will be definitely get 5* from me!
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Great app.
A simple app that helps me to continue to meditate of God’s word especially when I am tempted to distract myself.
So useful
A friend suggested using this app to prompt me to read my bible. I have found it so helpful in doing just that- whatever amount of time you have. It is also good to have a record of what you have read. Highly recommended 🤩
Best use of time
A great way to continually renew your mind by feeding it the word of God! Convenient and thoughtfully designed. Thank you for this tool!
Precious minutes with the Lord of Lords
Great to step back. Read Gods word that always relevant in my day to day live. God is good and will walk with us challenge us and give us his vision for our lives
Great questions afterwords to go deeper.
Thanks for this valuable app.
Great questions afterwords to go deeper.
Thanks for this valuable app.
Truly Exceptional
For those who need more of Gods word in your day and want to spend extra unplanned time with Him this is perfect. Being able to say you have 5/10 minutes or half an hour and being given the sections of the bible you can complete in that time means you spend more time in His word and that is more restoring that any other app you will ever use.
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Most helpful
This is such an excellent app to help you redeem those little pockets of time where you might be waiting and would be tempted to scroll mindlessly through social media. A lovely design with a great purpose.
I love this app!
Although I haven’t been using it consistently; I love this app because it allows me to read the word without distraction whenever I need an extra dose of the word without distraction.
Really helpful to me
I was going to write about when the app is really helpful to me, but I suddenly realised, when isn’t it helpful to me!
As with most people, I suspect, my concentration span has diminished significantly over the past few years. I’m finding it more and more difficult to focus and then make the time to read my Bible.
With a very simple interface, and a few simple prompts to get you started, you, like me, might well find yourself on the path to getting to know Jesus better by reading His Word.
I may have missed this, but I would like an option to turn off the headings in the Bible passages. They drive me crazy! Okay, crazier than I am already.
Well done, Discipleship Tech team.
As with most people, I suspect, my concentration span has diminished significantly over the past few years. I’m finding it more and more difficult to focus and then make the time to read my Bible.
With a very simple interface, and a few simple prompts to get you started, you, like me, might well find yourself on the path to getting to know Jesus better by reading His Word.
I may have missed this, but I would like an option to turn off the headings in the Bible passages. They drive me crazy! Okay, crazier than I am already.
Well done, Discipleship Tech team.
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Love this app
This app truly does help you redeem your time and use it in a way the pleases the Lord. It’s so much more life giving than scrolling on social media. Love how it’s set up to fit the amount of time you have and super user friendly
Great way to redeem time
Such an easy, accessible way to read the bible instead of caught up scrolling. Love the variety of text offered, and fluency of word with no verse numbers. Love this app!
Long loading times
The app itself was a great but I’m struggling with the time it takes to actually load up a portion of scripture. It’s taking at least a minute and a half to actually load. Please attend to this issue.
Great app, incomplete execution
I really like how accessible and attainable this app makes daily Scripture reading. However, it’s quite buggy when picking up where you left off under “in progress” and jumps all over the place when scrolling back up. It would also be nice to have more translations available, if possible.
Great app, just starting to see the benefits
I’m only just getting into this but I really like it.
I would like to see an account creation ability so that I can have it on more than one device and sync progress across them all
I would like to see an account creation ability so that I can have it on more than one device and sync progress across them all
A godsend
I think the technician at the Apple Store installed this app for me, because, after I had my phone reset, this app was on it. I didn’t know what it was, and then I opened it up and realized it was by the same people that make PrayerMate.
I started using it, and it has been such a blessing in my life. It is so intuitive, and it even capitalizes on that scrolling motion that I want to do when I am bored. Only instead of scrolling X, now I am scrolling God’s word.
I’m sure they will continue to make changes in the future… The ability to highlight and take notes would be good. however, even as it is now, this is a gem of an app.
I started using it, and it has been such a blessing in my life. It is so intuitive, and it even capitalizes on that scrolling motion that I want to do when I am bored. Only instead of scrolling X, now I am scrolling God’s word.
I’m sure they will continue to make changes in the future… The ability to highlight and take notes would be good. however, even as it is now, this is a gem of an app.
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