A Bible verse on your home screen
Three widget sizes, artwork that stays readable behind the text, and a full Bible that works offline. No account, no sign-in.
Coming to Google Play
Not released yet — this page will carry the store link and the price on the day it is.
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The animation above shows the widget cycling through verses. On a real device it refreshes on Android's schedule — the platform sets a minimum interval — so we describe it as "scheduled by the system" rather than promising it changes the moment you look.
What "AI" means in the name: it refers to the background artwork, which we generate with an AI image model and then check for legibility behind the text. This app does not write, explain or answer anything — the Bible text is a fixed public-domain translation. If you came looking for an app that discusses a verse with you, this is not it, and we would rather say so here than have you find out after installing.
Three sizes, because one never fits
Shown at their real Android proportions. The smallest is the hard one: it fits at most three lines of verse, so we shorten the verse rather than cut a sentence in half.
Background styles
Public-domain engravings and classical paintings, plus modern artwork generated with AI. Every image is listed with its source inside the app, and the scrim behind the text is baked into the image so it never depends on your wallpaper.
EngravingsGustave Doré, 1866 — public domain
Classical paintingsThe Met Open Access — CC0
AI artgenerated with an AI image model
Minimalquiet, low-contrast
The swatches above are illustrations, not the shipped artwork — the final set is still being chosen, and each one has to pass a contrast check before it goes in.
What it does
Works offlineThe Berean Standard Bible (public domain) ships inside the app. There is no download step and no server to reach.
No accountNothing to sign in to, and nothing to sync — because there is no account to sync.
No ads on the widgetAnd none inside the reading view. In the free version a single banner sits at the bottom of the app, in a fixed-height slot so nothing jumps when it loads.
Honest about refreshAndroid decides how often a widget may update. The app says "scheduled by the system" rather than promising instant updates it cannot deliver.
No made-up numbersWe are new: no ratings, no install count. When we quote a figure about anyone — including ourselves — it comes with a source and a date.
Text you can redistributeWe ship translations that are legally free to include, so the text cannot be pulled out from under you later.
What Bible apps chargeNine major apps, their published prices where they exist — and the seven we could not obtain.
Disclosure: this site is published by the makers of AI Verse Widget. Every guide below says so where it matters, and our app appears in the comparison tables alongside the others.
Guides
We research this category properly and publish what we find, including the parts that argue against us.
What they actually costWhy the price on the store page is not a price, and how to find the real number before you pay.
Is that app legit?A five-minute checklist you can run on any Bible widget app — including ours.