Whetstone helps you read the Bible, listen to it, pray, and learn verses by heart, on your own or with your church.
READ
A full Bible reader with eight translations: BSB, KJV, World English Bible, Bible in Basic English, NLT, NKJV, NIV and ESV. The four public-domain translations download for reading without a signal, and you can search them word by word. Highlight, bookmark and take notes, open six classic commentaries right beside the text, and share any verse as a picture.
LISTEN
Recorded audio in four translations, with ten readers to choose from. The BSB has four narrators, the World English Bible is read by David Williams, and the KJV and the Bible in Basic English have computer voices, with four accents for Basic English. Pick your translation and reader when you set up, or change them any time on the Audio tab. Play in order, loop a chapter or a book, set a sleep timer, and download chapters or whole books for offline listening.
MEMORIZE
Training Cycles run 42 days. Pick your verses (five is the target, and a cycle can hold up to ten), and each day's session takes about ten minutes: read, listen, recall, and say the verse out loud while the app checks it word by word. Missing a day doesn't reset anything. Verses you learn come back for review on a spaced schedule so they stay with you. Six practice drills and a game give extra reps when you want them.
READING PLANS
More than 70 plans in three groups.
- Bible: the whole Bible in a year, in 180 days or in 90 days, M'Cheyne's calendar, the Bible in chronological order, the New Testament on weekdays, single books, and more.
- Topics: 45 one-week plans on subjects like grace, anxiety, forgiveness, marriage and prayer. Each day is one whole chapter, and the verses on the topic are underlined as you read.
- Fits a cycle: plans that last exactly 42 days, including seven six-topic series.
Run more than one plan at a time, invite a friend to read along, and listen to the day's chapters instead of reading them.
PRAYER
Keep a prayer list. A few requests come up in each day's session, and answered prayers move to their own list.
YOUR CHURCH
Create a group for your church, family, class or friends, or join one with an invite code. Share announcements, a prayer wall, a calendar with event sign-ups and reminders, the sermon library with notes and slides, and your church's podcast. A church can also publish a public page with service times, location and sermons, and people can find listed churches by name, city or ZIP.
MADE TO BE EASY
A home-screen verse widget, text size and light or dark themes, reminders you set yourself, guided tours on every tab, and a step-by-step guide.
No ads. Your reading and notes stay yours, and an account is only needed for reminders, groups and syncing between devices.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- Six-week memorization cycles with daily training
- Sword Drill: typed recall and voice recitation with live scoring
- Four translations: NIV, NLT, NKJV, and ESV
- Full Bible reader — passages you read stay available offline
- Audio Bible for listening on the go
- Prayer list and a church prayer wall — post requests and pray with your congregation
- Habit tracking with per-habit reminder times
- A daily reminder at the time you choose
- Field Guide — a built-in manual for every feature
Whetstone works fully without an account. Sign in only when you want your progress synced across devices or to join your church's community.
Free, with no ads, no subscriptions, no tracking, and no analytics. Whetstone will never be monetized.
Scripture text: ESV® Bible (Crossway); NIV, NLT, and NKJV via API.Bible — each with its publisher's copyright notice inside the app.
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