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ESV Bible App

Crossway's official English Standard Version app with reading plans, notes, highlights, cross-device sync, and audio. An optional subscription unlocks study Bibles, commentaries, and extra audio narrators.

ProvisionalBible studyBroadly evangelical
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Why this is listed

Confirmed on esv.org (2026 copyright): free to download on iOS and Android, free account adds notes and plans, paid subscription adds study resources. Crossway is a not-for-profit evangelical publisher and the ESV's copyright holder.

How to start

  1. Open esv.org (opens an external site) and read what Crossway says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Confirm the cost and level fit: free, introductory, over ongoing.
  3. Note the tradition — Broadly evangelical. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
  4. Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.

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