Bible for MeYour prayer journal is one of the most personal things on your phone. A note beside a verse about a marriage, a diagnosis, a child. That should not be data in someone's dashboard, and it should not sit next to a banner ad. We built Bible for Me so that it can't be.
No account
There's nothing to sign up for. Open the app and read. The app never asks for an email address, a password, or a phone number. Your name is optional and used only to greet you on the Today screen; it never leaves the device.
Because there's no account, there's no server of ours holding your content. We couldn't read your notes if we wanted to. We don't have them.
No ads
There is no advertising in Bible for Me, free or paid. No banners, no interstitials, no "sponsored" devotionals, no ad network SDK inside the app. The app is paid for by people who choose the optional Plus upgrade, which is the honest way to fund software: you pay for the thing, or you don't, and either way you're not the product.
No tracking
The app contains no cross-app tracking, doesn't use Apple's advertising identifier, and doesn't build a profile of you. You won't see the iOS "Allow this app to track you" prompt because there's nothing to ask about.
To be precise: the app does send a handful of anonymous events (for example, "onboarding completed" or "paywall viewed") to TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, so we know whether the app works and whether people find the upgrade useful. These events carry a random identifier that isn't linked to you, your Apple Account, or your content, and they never include what you read, listen to, highlight, or write. The privacy policy lists every one of them.
Where your content actually lives
- On your iPhone. Highlights, notes, bookmarks, prayers, giving records, memorization progress, reading history, and settings are stored locally.
- In your iCloud, if you want. iCloud backup is on by default so a new phone or a reinstall brings everything back. It's your private iCloud, governed by Apple's privacy policy, and it can be turned off in Settings.
- Nowhere else. No Hudley Holdings server stores your content.
What about purchases and location?
Plus purchases are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details; Apple tells the app whether the upgrade is active, via RevenueCat, using an anonymous purchase record. The optional church finder asks for your location only when you tap to search nearby, sends it to Apple Maps for that one search, and doesn't store it. If you say no, everything else still works.
Why this is possible
Two design decisions make the rest follow. First, the app uses public-domain translations, so there are no licensing costs to recover with ads or data. Second, the narration is stored on your phone rather than streamed from an account-gated server, so there's no reason to know who you are. Offline and private turn out to be the same feature.
Questions
Is there a Bible app without ads?
Yes. Bible for Me has no advertising in the free version or in Plus.
Is there a Bible app that doesn't require an account?
Yes. There's no sign-up, no login, and no account in Bible for Me.
Can I use it without iCloud?
Yes. Turn off iCloud backup in Settings and everything stays only on the phone. Just know that deleting the app then deletes your notes too.
How do I delete everything?
Delete the app to remove what's on the phone. To remove the iCloud copy, open the Settings app, tap your name, then iCloud › Manage Account Storage, and delete Bible for Me's data.