Embark Bible
A quieter way to walk with Jesus.
It opens by asking what you're grateful for. You speak, or you type. Scripture meets you there.
Free forever for the Bible, journal, prayers and garden.
“What are you grateful for today?”
Before anything else
Speak, don't type
Say it out loud.
Tap the microphone and answer. Voice journaling means you can put the day into words without composing them first.
Audio is never recorded. Apple's recognizer transcribes your speech on the phone, and only the text is saved — on the device, where it stays.
Guided prayers
Words for when you don't have your own.
Each prayer is written from your own journal entries and grounded in real verses. They're in the first person, so you can pray them as your own words rather than read someone else's.
Listen
Sit still and let it be read to you.
Guided audio sessions, with the words on screen as they're read. For the walk, the commute, or the last ten minutes of the night.
A garden that grows
Twenty-two friends from Scripture.
They arrive as you keep showing up. A lamb for gentleness. A lion for courage. An owl for wisdom. Each one carries a characteristic and the verses behind it.
Five worlds open as your garden fills.
- A garden
- A barn
- An ark
- The deep
- The heights
Talk with them
Every animal is a Bible study leader.
Each has its own personality, and each one listens first. Tell it what kind of day it's been.
Then it points you somewhere in the gospel — a passage, not a platitude.
The whole book
A full Bible, in your pocket.
The New Living Translation, with the Berean Standard Bible bundled in for when you're offline.
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Instant search
Any verse, the moment you half-remember it.
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Five colours
Highlight what you want to keep. Copy or share any verse.
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Widgets
A verse on your Home Screen and your Lock Screen.
On iPad, too.
The same quiet room, with more space to sit in it.
Pricing
The Bible part is free. It always will be.
Free forever
The full Bible, voice journaling, guided prayers and your garden. No trial that quietly ends, no verse behind a paywall.
Embark Premium
- Weekly $6.99 per week
- Monthly $19.99 per month
- Yearly $99.99 per year Best value
Embark Premium starts with a 7-day free trial. Cancel any time in your iPhone Settings — see Support for how.
Privacy
Nobody is reading over your shoulder.
There's no account to make and nothing to sign up for. Your journal, your garden and your highlights never leave the phone.
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No account
No sign-up, no email, no password. Open it and begin.
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No tracking
No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs watching.
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No recordings
Your voice is transcribed on the phone. The audio is never kept.
The full privacy policy spells out the few things that do need the internet, and what each one sends.