Why five minutes

Most of us don't need a bigger Bible plan. We need a smaller one we'll actually keep. 5 Minutes Bible is a daily on-ramp: one passage, a sentence or two of context, one honest question. Five minutes, most days, for a long time.

The anti-guilt Bible app

Streaks here run on grace. You bank grace days as you go; a missed morning spends one instead of erasing weeks of rhythm. We never send a “you're about to lose your streak” push. The goal is a habit you keep because it's kind, not because it's scary.

Free, forever

Everything is free — every track, every translation, groups, journal, all of it. There is no premium tier and there never will be. Running costs are covered by donations from people who want to keep it free for everyone else. Give if you’d like to keep it that way.

How the readings are made

Every reading plan, setup paragraph and reflection question is drafted with help from an AI writing assistant and then read, edited and approved by a human before it can ever appear in the app. Nothing you read is generated on the fly, and the app never talks to an AI while you use it.

Who makes it

5 Minutes Bible is built and run by Erik Short in Idaho. Say hello: hello@5min.bible.

Scripture & attribution

• Scripture quotations marked BSB are from the Berean Standard Bible, public domain (berean.bible).
• Scripture quotations marked ESV are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. esv.org
• Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
• NIV, NKJV and The Message are provided under license via API.Bible; each passage carries its publisher’s copyright line.