Penned Grace

Penned Grace · Scripture writing app

Slow down a busy day
by writing one verse by hand.

Penned Grace is a scripture writing app for iPhone and iPad. Choose a passage and write it one word at a time. What you write stays on the page, and over time it becomes a Bible in your own hand.

Try the last one

Coming soon to the App Store

Free · No ads · No signup · Works offline
The iPhone and iPad app is being prepared for review. Android will follow.

The Today screen

Your handwriting stays in the passage

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Three ways to write. All of them count.

Take your time when you can. Type when you are short on it.

  1. GodGod

    Trace

    Follow faint letters stroke by stroke. The easiest way to begin.

  2. lovelove

    Copy

    Look at the verse and write it yourself. Pause for 1.2 seconds and the next word comes up.

  3. world

    Type

    No pen needed. Pasted text is not counted; only what you type is.

02

Your handwriting stays in the passage

Write with Apple Pencil or your finger. Choose a fountain pen, a pencil or a ballpoint and five line weights; the ink thins and thickens with your pressure. Finished words take their place in the passage and become a page you wrote yourself.

The writing screen: John 3:16 above a dotted writing grid
The replay screen

Replay it. Export it.

Every stroke is kept. Replay the whole session from the first line, export a one-page PDF, or make a card with just the verse and your handwriting.

The reflection screen with a guiding question and mood tags

After writing, a reflection

The app offers you a question. Note the line that stayed with you and pick how you feel. Reflections never appear in anything you share.

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Marks, not streak pressure

A few words is enough to leave today’s mark. Twelve milestones stay once earned.

September

  1. 1
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  22. 22Missed a day. Every mark before it is still here.
  23. 23
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  27. 27
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What you won’t find here

  • leaderboards
  • points
  • red warnings
  • ads
  • forced signups

Just you, and today’s verse.

  • Free, with no adsEvery feature in the first release is free. No ads, no tracking.

  • Your writing stays on your phoneEverything is stored on the device by default. Cloud backup is optional and can be deleted at any time.

  • No signupOpen it and start writing. Sign in with Apple only if you want your writing to follow you.

  • A pause you can turn offA short quiet moment and a prayer before writing, if you want one.

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The whole Bible on your phone

Built-in translations work without a connection. Add two more when you want them.

BSB
Berean Standard BibleEnglish, built in
和合本
Chinese Union Version 1919Traditional and Simplified, built in
WEB
World English BibleEnglish, download when needed
KJV
King James VersionEnglish, download when needed

Search by reference or keyword. Word stems are matched, so “loving” finds “loved”.

Four reading plans, a little each day

Follow one at your own pace. Change translation or switch to typing and your progress still counts.

  1. Psalm 11960 days
  2. Psalms in 30 Days30 days
  3. Proverbs in 31 DaysA chapter a day
  4. Philippians Selections16 days

The home screen offers a new verse each day, with separate readings for Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost and Thanksgiving.

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Articles

All articles

Today, one verse is enough.

Penned Grace runs on iPhone and iPad (iOS 16.4 or later), in English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Coming soon to the App Store