Ink & Word
Free Bible journaling app for phone, tablet and computer

A study Bible you can write in.

A Bible journaling app with wide margins for your notes, drawings and hand-lettering.

It's full of study aids too. Names, places and customs are explained as you read, and there's commentary on every verse, word studies and over 1,000 illustrations.

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Also for Windows, Mac and Android (APK). Free, with no ads.

John 3 in Ink & Word with "born again" circled, verse 5 highlighted, and margin sketches: a moon by "by night", "New birth!" with an arrow, a cross on a hill and wind lines labelled "Born of the Spirit"
Ink & Word on a phone: John 3 with people, places and hard words underlined, and Nicodemus tapped, showing a card: Pharisee who visited Jesus
your notes, in the margins
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On your phone

Understand what you're reading

Most of us read the Bible on a phone, often in a spare moment with no study Bible nearby. Ink & Word puts the background into the text. Names, places, customs and hard words are lightly underlined: tap one to see who or what it is, then keep reading.

  • More than 4,000 people and places
  • Feasts, customs, symbols and the names of God
  • Old and difficult words in plain English
  • Commentary on every verse, a tap away
John 3:1 on a phone with Nicodemus tapped: a card says he was a Pharisee who visited Jesus, with More for his whole entry
Romans 8 on a phone with the Ink & Word Commentary below it, explaining verse 1
tap any dotted word
Bible journaling

Room to write in the margins

Journal beside the text with Apple Pencil, an S Pen or your finger: underline, doodle, letter a verse or jot down a thought. There's no PDF to import and no second app, and your notes stay with their verse in every translation.

  • Wide margins with a faint grid
  • Pens, pencils, highlighters and layers
  • Typed notes, pictures and blank sketch pages
drawn in the app
Bible journaling in Ink & Word: Psalm 23 with margin doodles: a shepherd's crook, a sheep, still waters, and the words My Shepherd, I shall not want
Over 1,000 illustrations

See the story

A picture opens each major story, so you can see the scene before you read it. Cutaways and maps show the tabernacle, the temple, the feasts and the journeys.

David runs to meet Goliath
David runs to meet Goliath1 Samuel 17
Through the Red Sea
Through the Red SeaExodus 14
Walking on the water
Walking on the waterMatthew 14
The father runs to the prodigal son
The father runsLuke 15
Mary meets the risen Jesus
Mary meets the risen JesusJohn 20

Pictures that explain

A labelled cutaway picture in Ink & Word
Labelled cutawaysHow things were built
The map of the Exodus in Ink & Word
16 Bible mapsWith today's countries
Inside the tabernacle
Inside the tabernacleHebrews 9
The first Passover
The first PassoverExodus 12

Made by computer from the Bible's own words and checked against each passage. God the Father is never drawn, only light, cloud or fire.

Word studies and verse mapping

Go deeper, word by word

Tap a word to see the Hebrew or Greek behind it, what it means and everywhere else it's used. And when you're looking for something, search understands questions as well as keywords.

  • Hebrew and Greek, word by word
  • Every use of a word, in every translation
  • Search by word, topic, person or question
The verse pop-up for John 3:16 with the word study of the Greek word agapaō in its Word study tab
Advanced search in Ink & Word, with key passages grouped by meaning
the Greek behind "loved"
Commentaries

Commentary that keeps your place

Open a commentary beside the passage and it scrolls along as you read. Choose from 17, including the Ink & Word Commentary, summarised from popular commentators, and classics such as Matthew Henry, Calvin and Spurgeon.

  • A Bible dictionary and topical index
  • Customs, feasts, maps and a timeline
  • An introduction to every book
it follows your reading
Ruth 1 beside the Ink & Word Commentary, with notes on verses 16 to 18
Every device

On iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac

Use Apple Pencil, an S Pen, your finger or a mouse. Turn on sync and your notes follow you, stored in your own Google Drive.

Ink & Word on an iPad, reading John 3
Ink & Word in a window on a computer, reading John 3
Ink & Word on a phone, reading John 3
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offline: the Bibles, commentaries, pictures and maps are on your device

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servers or accounts

Free

no ads or subscriptions

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sync between phone and tablet, with computers coming

A few optional extras use the internet, such as sync and online translations like the ESV and NLT.

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Get Ink & Word

Free on every device, with no ads and no account. Version 2.40.

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play
  • AndroidAPK · Android 10+ · 241 MB
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  • WindowsWindows 10+ · 383 MB
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  • MacApple silicon · 396 MB
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On Android, allow installs from your browser when asked. The Windows and Mac installers aren't signed yet: on Windows choose More info, then Run anyway; on a Mac, right-click the app and choose Open the first time.