Focal vs Pear Bible

Stay focused: Immersive Bible scenes transform to hook you back when your mind wanders. Grow in wisdom: Home screen widget of a daily proverb. More style packs and advanced features on the horizon.

Read God's Word daily with real accountability and connection by reading with friends in a shared bible. A shared bible lets you hold one another accountable, encourage each other in the Word, and discuss Scripture in Scripture! Read in a group to get more people into God's Word, or 1-on-1 with a spouse or friend for stronger accountability and deeper connection. As you read together, annotate the text directly with highlights and comments to share what stands out to you, ask a question, or start a discussion. Over time, fill your shared bibles with encouragement, discipleship, and testimony so you can look back and remember God's truth in every season. FEATURES SHARED READING PLANS - In a group or with a friend/spouse, read a book of the Bible, the New Testament, or the entire Bible - View your friends’ progress, highlights, and comments directly in a shared bible - Share reflections and review each other’s annotations after every reading - Easily access today's reading without distractions - Get daily reading reminders and updates from the people you're reading with - Customize reading days of the week and chapters to read per day - 1-on-1 plans are in tandem for stronger accountability. Both people need to read for the plan to continue! SHARED BIBLES - A shared bible for every pair of friends or group - Share reading plans, highlights, and discussions in your shared bible for encouraging and discipling one another - A long term home for your shared highlights and comments. Over time, look back and remember conversations, studies, and encouragement based in Scripture - Seamlessly review updates from your friends in the shared bible's activity feed BIBLE READER - Verse-by-verse reader for deeper, focused reading - Chapter-by-chapter reader for a traditional reading experience - Highlight and comment on verses directly in the text, together (per-word and whole verse) - Link to scripture in comments by verse reference or keyword search - Navigate the bible by chapter/verse reference, keyword search, or book selection - Available Translations: ESV, CSB, NKJV, NASB2020 WIDGETS - With the Pear widget, never miss a day with today's reading and the growth of your tree on your home screen COLLECTIONS - Use collections to collaboratively organize highlights and comments into themes - Study doctrine together and save the biblical proof - Filter collections to view a set of annotations across the Bible - Collections allow you to create layers of annotations in your bible without running out of space or getting disorganized! FRIENDSHIP TREE - As you read with each other, grow a seed into a tree bearing fruit representing your time in God's Word together! MISSION Pear Bible's mission is to help people read the Bible regularly or for the first time. We believe this is enabled by making full Scripture easy to engage with, and easy to share, wherever you are. The reading experience on Pear is born out of these two things. The result: we're building the platform for shared reading plans and highly interactive bibles that create real accountability and connection.