A quiet daily practice of saying scripture out loud, and having a companion listen with you.
You say the verse out loud, and By Heart listens. Then it shows you which words you have, and which are still on their way.
Open a verse and tap Say it. By Heart listens while you recite, with the words hidden and only their shape on the screen.
Stuck partway? Show me some of it brings back a few words, and only a few.
When you finish, the app shows what you said and what slipped. Not with a red X. With a soft highlight on the word, so you can see it, remember it, and try again.
It counts words: 21 of 22, and the one that got away. Then it offers one next step, like fixing the word that slipped.
Each day opens on a short stack of cards, each one a tap from being said. The rest wait in your library, sorted into what you’re learning, what you know by heart, and folders of your own.
A small heart beside every verse fills as it becomes yours.
Every verse you say earns points toward the next level. A streak counts the days you practice, and milestones mark the firsts along the way.
Learn every verse in a collection, like Psalm 23 or the Romans road, and its badge is yours to keep.
Five verses a day. Find where each one lives. Everyone gets the same five, and there are new ones each morning.
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Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
“Thy word have I hid
in mine heart, that I
might not sin against Thee.”
By Heart is built on the old practice of hiding scripture in the heart: carrying it with you, ready to speak, ready to remember. Not information to retain. Words to become part of you.
I built By Heart because I kept forgetting verses I thought I knew. I could recognize them on the page, but I couldn’t say them, and saying them is the point.
So I made a small practice for myself: a few quiet minutes a day, out loud, with a companion that listens and tells me the truth gently. This is that practice, made into an app.
Jeremy
Join the mobile app waitlist. We’ll email you when By Heart is ready to download this fall.
Waitlist members get the TestFlight first.
One email when it launches. Nothing else.