Scripture Brain

The Bible memory app

Hide God's Word in your heart. Then keep it there.

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10 (KJV)

Scripture Brain takes you from reading a verse to knowing it by heart, then brings it back right before it would fade.

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Free to start. iPhone and Android. See how it works

The memorization story

You have read it a hundred times. Now know it.

01

It moves you.

You read a verse and it lands. For a moment it is the truest thing in the room.

Be still, and know that I am God.

02

By Thursday it is gone.

Reading is not remembering. Most verses slip away before they ever reach your heart.

Be still, and know that I am God.

03

So you build it.

Scripture Brain has you assemble the verse yourself, a little harder each step, until you can say it without looking.

Be still, and know that I am God.

04

And it stays.

Right before a verse would fade, the app brings it back. A few seconds of review, and it is yours for years.

Be still, and know that I am God.

The Memorize journey

From the page into your memory.

Every verse climbs the same ladder. Tap a step and watch the verse disappear, the way it does in your head when you are learning it for real.

Step 1 / 4

Tap to fill

A few words are missing. Tap the right ones to fill them in. The blanks aim at the words you tend to miss.

Hear it first. A real human voice reads the verse, so it settles in your ear before you ever try to say it.

Psalm 23:1 (KJV)

Take it in
Take it in
Fill the gaps
Fill the gaps

Spaced review

Watch a verse get stronger.

Each verse comes back just before you would forget it, from days to weeks to months. Strong verses come back less often. Shaky ones come back sooner. Verses climb from New to Learning to Strong to Mastered, and the app opens on exactly what is due today. Nothing to plan.

Next review Today

Keep scrolling and watch the verse grow stronger.

Memorize home: what is due today
Memorize home: what is due today

Verse Intelligence

Understand it while you memorize it.

Tap any verse and go deeper without leaving the page. See what the passage means, what the original words really say, and where else Scripture speaks to it.

For so the , that he gave his only begotten .

John 3:16

Tap a gold word to look underneath it.

Cross-referencesRomans 5:81 John 4:9Ephesians 2:4

Commentary, right on the verse
Commentary, right on the verse
  • Classic commentary on the passage (Matthew Henry)
  • Study notes with background and context
  • Cross-references that light up the verse
  • The Hebrew or Greek behind key words, with definitions and tap-to-hear pronunciation
  • The people and themes in the verse
  • Parallel translations, side by side

New: Play

Memory games made from real Scripture.

Memorizing is better together. Rebuild a verse with a friend, race a group, or run a live game for your whole youth group.

Try Play

Take a turn. Beat Daniel to the verse.

A playable taste of Play, the new memory game in the app. Rebuild Romans 8:28 one word at a time against a friendly opponent, just like with a friend.

A few words are hidden. Good for warming up and for new players.

1 point a letter, +2 within 5 seconds, +5 for 3 fast in a row.

Built for this page, same rules as the app.

Take turns with friends

Take turns with friends
Watch it happen live
Fair, simple scoring
Stuck? Ask for a hint
Easy, Medium or Hard
Win it, then rematch
Live group games
1

Take turns with friends

Two to four players rebuild a verse, one word per turn. Place yours, then watch your friend's word lift off the tray and fly into its place.

Take turns with friends
2

Watch it happen live

See your friend choose a word in real time. The suspense is half the fun.

Watch it happen live
3

Fair, simple scoring

A point per letter, a small bonus for speed and streaks, and a clear breakdown after each verse.

Fair, simple scoring
4

Stuck? Ask for a hint

A hint lights the right word and its space in emerald, so you keep moving.

Stuck? Ask for a hint
5

Easy, Medium or Hard

The host chooses how many words are hidden. On Hard, only the first word is shown. Play your own verses, a collection, or any verse you find.

Easy, Medium or Hard
6

Win it, then rematch

A celebration with liquid score bars and starlight where the scores meet.

Win it, then rematch
7

Live group games

One big screen runs the game, everyone plays on their own phone, and it ends on a podium. Join by code or QR. Made for youth groups and classes.

Live group games

Race

Two to eight players rebuild the same verse at the same time.

Quick chat

Friendly preset phrases like Amen and Nice. No open chat, so it stays safe.

Leaderboards

Everyone, your church and each of your groups, this week and all time.

Verse Rain

Catch the verse as it falls.

An arcade game: words fall and you catch each one in its place. Combos, stars and three raindrop lives. Review that feels like play. Words rain down. Catch each one in order to build the verse. Combos earn stars, and you have three raindrops.

Verse Rain on the Play tab
Verse Rain on the Play tab
Raindrops Combo 0Stars 0

Psalm 119:11 (KJV)

Tap a word, or press its first letter.

Live group games

Run the room from one big screen.

This is what a host screen looks like. Everyone joins on their own phone with the code, then it ends on a podium. Made for youth groups and classes.

Real captures of the host screen, with 36 players.

Players join with a code
Players join with a code
The podium at the end
The podium at the end
Everyone joins with a code or a QRA full-screen QR, readable from the back of the roomMid-race standingsRound over: podium and standingsThe final: the podium and full standings

Everyone joins with a code or a QR

Groups

Memorize with people who keep you going.

Memorize alongside friends, family or your whole church. Leaders set the verses, everyone works the same ones, and you encourage each other along.

  • Shared verses the whole group works on
  • Discussion, reflections and prayer requests
  • Shepherd View for leaders: open questions, members who may need encouragement and unanswered prayers, in one place

Every day

Scripture finds you, instead of the other way around.

Verse of the Day

Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

Tap an app on the home screen.

  1. Choose which apps Verse Gate guards.
  2. Tap one of them.
  3. A verse from your library meets you first.
  4. Read it, or tap Not now. Then the app opens.

Verse Gate

A verse from your library meets you before the apps you choose. One tap of Not now always lets you through.

Home-screen widget

The Verse of the Day on your home screen, on iPhone and Android.

Verse of the Day

A fresh verse each day, shareable as a beautiful image.

Gentle reminders

Nudges for your streak, your reviews, your groups and your milestones.

Watch it grow

See what you have learned, and level up.

Insights show verses mastered and due, your day streak, recall precision, your toughest verses and a heat map of the exact words you miss. Every bit of practice and play earns Scripture Points up a ladder.

Your level, streak and what is due
Your level, streak and what is due
  1. Seedling
  2. Sower
  3. Disciple
  4. Scribe
  5. Herald
  6. Scholar
  7. Teacher
  8. Sage
  9. Luminary

Scholarship Memory Challenge

Memorize Scripture. Prove it. Earn your place at the final.

Students join with a code, take a daily test from memory, climb a leaderboard, and the top students are invited to a live final.

  1. 1Join with a code
  2. 2Take the short daily test
  3. 3Climb the leaderboard
  4. 4Be invited to the live final
How the challenge works
Memorize Scripture. Prove it. Earn your place at the final.
Memorize Scripture. Prove it. Earn your place at the final.

For churches, ministries, schools and groups

One license. Your whole community memorizing together.

Give every member of your organization full Pro. You buy the seats online in minutes, manage everything from your own organization page, and see group totals without ever seeing anyone's private activity.

  • Buy seats online and start today
  • A join code your members enter in the app
  • Your name and logo inside the app
  • Send a message to every member
  • Rotate the code any time
  • Members host live games and climb your church's own leaderboard
Starting at 10 seats
$29.99
per seat, per year
Your church's leaderboard
Your church's leaderboard

Free and Pro

Every practice drill is free. Pro unlocks the rest.

Start free, with a free trial of Pro when you are ready for more.

  • Every practice drill
  • Up to 10 verses
  • One friends game a day, hosting or joining
  • 10 live games a month as a player
  • 3 Verse Rain plays
  • One Verse Intelligence deep-dive every 7 days
  • One group
  • Unlimited verses
  • Premium translations
  • Unlimited Verse Rain and games
  • Host live games
  • Unlimited Verse Intelligence
  • Create and lead groups, join several
  • Premium fonts and themes
Monthly$4.99per month
Best for most peopleYearly$39.99per year
Lifetime$159.99one time

Part of a church or school? Your organization can cover you. Learn about Organization licenses

Start hiding it in your heart today.

Download Scripture Brain and learn your first verse in a few minutes.

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