Dwell — Audio Bible App

Dwell is built for listening. You choose a translation, a narrator and, if you like, quiet background music, and the app reads Scripture to you — a chapter, a book, a listening plan or a topical playlist. You can loop a verse or a chapter to learn it by heart, and download for offline listening.

Twin brothers Jonathan and Joshua Bailey started it; a Kickstarter campaign in 2018 raised more than $125,000 against a $50,000 goal. Unlike most entries in this directory, Dwell is a company, not a ministry, and it is a paid subscription. There is a free 7-day trial and no credit card is needed to start it.

If you want a free audio Bible instead, YouVersion and Faith Comes By Hearing, both in this directory, offer audio at no cost.

• Started
  The site’s copyright runs from 2017; the Kickstarter campaign closed successfully in February 2018
• Founders
  Jonathan and Joshua Bailey, twin brothers
• Legal status
  Dwell App, LLC — a company, not a nonprofit
• Cost
  After a 7-day free trial: $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Duo (2 people) $89.99 a year, Family (up to 6) $109.99 a year, Lifetime $399.99 once
• For churches
  One subscription covers the congregation, priced by attendance from $69.99 a month; the first 30 days are free
• Translations
  18, among them ESV, NIV, NKJV, KJV, NLT, CSB, NASB, LSB and The Message, plus Spanish (NVI, RVR1960) and Portuguese (NVI-PT)
• Voices
  20+ narrators with US, UK and Australian English, Spanish and Portuguese voices
• You get
  Listening plans, topical playlists, background music, read-along text, a sleep timer, looping for memorization, offline listening
• Apps
  iOS and Android
• Beliefs
  Their About page calls Scripture inspired and authoritative, anchors the app in the Nicene Creed, and welcomes Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox Christians
• Reach
  3 million+ installs and 40,000+ daily users, by their own reporting
• Polish
  No Polish translation, voice or interface is offered
• Contact
  support@dwellbible.com · help.dwellbible.com
• What we checked
  The founders, company, prices, translations and voices come from dwellapp.io (About, Pricing, Churches and home pages). The name of the current CEO and a head-office address are not published there

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