14 days freeThe Life of Jesus
From the angel’s visit to Mary to the first days of the church.
His Birth · The Beginning · In Galilee · Stories He Told · On the Road to Jerusalem · The Last Week · He Is Risen · The Church Begins
An illustrated Bible · iPhone & iPad
Read the Bible every day, and keep the book you made.
One short passage a day, word for word, then the scene it tells to paint while the words settle. Day by day, what you read becomes a Bible illustrated by your own hand.
Free to startNo adsNo accountBerean Standard Bible
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“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.”
Why it works
Most of us mean to read the Bible every day, and lose the thread by the second week. Scriptorium makes each day small enough to finish.
A few verses, a short note on where they fit, a prayer, and one illustrated scene. The Good Shepherd, day 55, is about two minutes of reading and about five minutes of painting at the Easy level.
A day in Scriptorium
Read first. Then paint what you read.
I
Scripture, word for word
Each day opens on its passage from the Berean Standard Bible, never paraphrased, with a short note on where you are in the story. Tap a verse to underline it. A short prayer closes the reading.
The Life of Jesus · Day 55
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own.
John 10:11–12
II
Then paint the scene you read
Give the day’s scene its colors, one numbered area at a time, while the passage settles. No drawing skill needed.
Every scene starts at Easy, about a hundred areas you can tap without zooming. Choose Standard or Detailed when you want to linger. Find takes you straight to an area you’ve missed.
III
Watch it come alive
When the last area is filled, your finished painting appears in full, with its verse beneath it. Many scenes move for a few seconds to quiet music.
Then write a line or a prayer, if you like. It stays with the page.
Not every scene moves; those that don’t end on the finished painting and its music. Animations download the first time you finish a scene.
IV
Keep the Bible you made
Every scene you finish is filed in My Bible beside its passage, in the order of the story. Leaf back through it on a hard day and see how far you’ve come.
A prayer · Day 55
Lord Jesus, thank You for knowing me by name and carrying me when I am weary. When I wander, bring me home on Your shoulders.
26 seconds
A whole day, from the passage to the page.
John 10, the last areas of His robe, the scene coming alive, and the book turning from The Door for the Sheep to the Good Shepherd. Screens from the app, cut into a short preview with its own music.
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.John 10:27
Journeys you can finish
Four journeys, 229 days.
One passage a day, in the order of the story. Switch whenever you like; each journey remembers where you are. Every journey starts free.
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3 days freeStories of the Old Testament
From Creation to the return from exile: the stories Jesus grew up with.
In the Beginning · The Fathers · Out of Egypt · Judges and Kings · The Prophets · Exile and Return
3 days freePsalms & Rest
Short passages for quieter days.
Be Still · Trust · Love · Hope · Joy
Christmas opens Dec 1Seasons
Read as they come: each appears when its time arrives.
Christmas, Dec 1 – Jan 6 · Holy Week and Easter · Thanksgiving
My Bible
A book that is yours.
Each page holds the scene you painted, its passage, the lines you underlined and what you wrote.
- Turn its pages. Your bookplate, with your name, opens the book.
- Export the whole book as a PDF to keep, print or give.
- Share a page as a picture, or as a short video in which the scene comes alive.
- On iPad in landscape, the painting and the passage sit side by side, like an open book.
Quiet by design
Nothing between you and the page.
No confetti, no badges, nothing flashing for your attention. A reading app should be the calmest thing on your phone.
No ads
Not one, on any day, free or Premium.
No account
Open it and read. There is nothing to sign up for.
On your device
What you read, paint, underline and write is never uploaded. Export your book to keep a copy elsewhere.
One reminder, if you want it
A single quiet notification at the time you usually read. Off unless you turn it on.
Free and Premium
Start reading today, for free.
Every journey starts free. Premium opens every day of every journey.
Free
$0
No trial clock, no card
- The first 14 days of The Life of Jesus
- The first 3 days of every other journey
- Easy and Standard levels
- My Bible, PDF export and sharing
Premium Yearly
$29.99 / year
7 days free for new subscribers
- Every day of all four journeys, 229 in all
- The Detailed level for every scene
- Renews yearly; cancel anytime in Settings
Premium Lifetime
$59.99 once
One purchase, no renewals
- Everything in Premium, for good
- Restores on your other iPhone or iPad with the same Apple ID
Prices shown in US dollars; the App Store shows the price in your currency. Subscriptions are handled by Apple: cancel at least 24 hours before the trial or the year ends, in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
Questions
Before you start
Which Bible translation is it?
The Berean Standard Bible (BSB), word for word. It is in the public domain. Passages are never paraphrased or reworded, and all of them ship inside the app.
Do I need to be good at painting?
No. Every area is numbered; you tap a color, then tap its areas. Easy has about a hundred areas you can tap without zooming, and Find shows you any you’ve missed.
Where are my paintings kept?
On your device only. Nothing you read, paint, underline or write is uploaded. In this version they are not synced between devices, so export your book as a PDF if you want to keep it somewhere else.
Does it work offline?
Every passage ships inside the app. The animations of finished scenes download the first time you finish a scene, so that moment needs a connection once; if one didn’t play, open the page in My Bible and tap Replay when you are online.
Is it on Android?
Not yet. Scriptorium is for iPhone and iPad.
Day one is the angel’s visit to Mary.
Luke 1:26–38, and a scene to paint. It takes a few minutes, and tomorrow there is another page.
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