Grammar Fix
GRATUIT
Free
Description
Most Bible apps have become social platforms, full of followers, feeds, and features that just add noise and distract you from simply reading the Bible. Cardinal is different. It's just you, God, and Scripture. No noise.
Quiet Time: Your Daily Time Set Apart
A single guided sitting with Scripture every day. Pause, read, reflect, apply, pray, close. Each day offers a curated pericope, fifteen to twenty-five verses, the natural "scene" boundaries the text is built around, not a whole chapter dumped on you. Your journaling and prayers carry forward between sessions, and your archive is searchable and private.
Seven curated reading paths: Story of Jesus through John, 30 Days in Psalms, Psalms & Proverbs, the Four Gospels, a 90-Day Starter, Acts to Revelation, and the whole Bible in One Year. Or describe your own and let AI build it for you (Cardinal Pro). Switch paths any time. Tap Illuminate on any passage for historical context and Hebrew or Greek word studies (Cardinal Pro).
No streaks. No badges. No missed-day guilt. Just time set apart.
A Complete Bible
Six major English translations: NIV, KJV, NKJV, ESV, NLT, and NASB. NKJV is bundled and works offline; the others stream chapter-by-chapter the first time you open them. Switch translations instantly to compare a passage. Adjust text size, bold weight, and red-letter display from the reading menu. No locked content. No upsells to unlock books.
Listen as You Read
Hear Scripture read aloud while the words light up line by line, in time with the narration, so your eyes stay with your ears. Listening works the same in the Bible and in Quiet Time, and the page follows along on its own. Choose from five narrators: New King James, King James, ESV, New Living, and Christian Standard. Set a sleep timer, adjust the pace, and send the audio to AirPlay or your car. It keeps playing on the lock screen. No video, no host, just the voice and the text.
Ask: Your Personal Bible Scholar
Ever read a passage and think, "What does that actually mean?" Ask is Cardinal's AI Bible scholar. Ask anything about Scripture and get real, verse-grounded answers in seconds: cross-references, Hebrew and Greek word studies, historical context, connections across books. Available with Cardinal Pro.
Sermon Notes
Take notes on Sunday with a structure that matches how sermons are actually preached. Big idea, main points with their own verse attachments, application, and ways to serve. Group notes by series with auto-numbered parts. Tap any main point for an AI "dig deeper" reflection (Cardinal Pro). Share as plain text or keep them private.
Prayer List
At the end of each Quiet Time, add what you prayed for to a running list that lives alongside your sessions. Mark prayers answered when God shows up. Private and never shared.
Scripture Memorization
A simple flashcard tool. Pick verses that matter to you, and Cardinal shows them as first-letter hints so you can practice recalling each word. Tap a letter to reveal the word; tap the card to flip to the full verse.
Highlights and Favorites
Liquid Highlight: long-press and drag across any words in the reader. Your highlight lands precisely on the words you chose, not the whole verse. Overlapping highlights merge into one. Save favorites and write in the margins of any verse.
Home Screen Widgets
Pin a Verse of the Day, today's Quiet Time passage, or your Memorize progress to your home screen, so the first thing you see in the morning is the Word, not a notification stack.
Works Offline
Read NKJV, study, highlight, and take notes anywhere. (The other translations and the audio narration stream chapter-by-chapter, and Ask needs a connection.)
Why Cardinal?
Cardinal is for people who want to read Scripture, sit with it, and talk to God. That's it.
Terms of Use: https://jedbridges.github.io/cardinal-legal/terms-of-use.html
Quiet Time: Your Daily Time Set Apart
A single guided sitting with Scripture every day. Pause, read, reflect, apply, pray, close. Each day offers a curated pericope, fifteen to twenty-five verses, the natural "scene" boundaries the text is built around, not a whole chapter dumped on you. Your journaling and prayers carry forward between sessions, and your archive is searchable and private.
Seven curated reading paths: Story of Jesus through John, 30 Days in Psalms, Psalms & Proverbs, the Four Gospels, a 90-Day Starter, Acts to Revelation, and the whole Bible in One Year. Or describe your own and let AI build it for you (Cardinal Pro). Switch paths any time. Tap Illuminate on any passage for historical context and Hebrew or Greek word studies (Cardinal Pro).
No streaks. No badges. No missed-day guilt. Just time set apart.
A Complete Bible
Six major English translations: NIV, KJV, NKJV, ESV, NLT, and NASB. NKJV is bundled and works offline; the others stream chapter-by-chapter the first time you open them. Switch translations instantly to compare a passage. Adjust text size, bold weight, and red-letter display from the reading menu. No locked content. No upsells to unlock books.
Listen as You Read
Hear Scripture read aloud while the words light up line by line, in time with the narration, so your eyes stay with your ears. Listening works the same in the Bible and in Quiet Time, and the page follows along on its own. Choose from five narrators: New King James, King James, ESV, New Living, and Christian Standard. Set a sleep timer, adjust the pace, and send the audio to AirPlay or your car. It keeps playing on the lock screen. No video, no host, just the voice and the text.
Ask: Your Personal Bible Scholar
Ever read a passage and think, "What does that actually mean?" Ask is Cardinal's AI Bible scholar. Ask anything about Scripture and get real, verse-grounded answers in seconds: cross-references, Hebrew and Greek word studies, historical context, connections across books. Available with Cardinal Pro.
Sermon Notes
Take notes on Sunday with a structure that matches how sermons are actually preached. Big idea, main points with their own verse attachments, application, and ways to serve. Group notes by series with auto-numbered parts. Tap any main point for an AI "dig deeper" reflection (Cardinal Pro). Share as plain text or keep them private.
Prayer List
At the end of each Quiet Time, add what you prayed for to a running list that lives alongside your sessions. Mark prayers answered when God shows up. Private and never shared.
Scripture Memorization
A simple flashcard tool. Pick verses that matter to you, and Cardinal shows them as first-letter hints so you can practice recalling each word. Tap a letter to reveal the word; tap the card to flip to the full verse.
Highlights and Favorites
Liquid Highlight: long-press and drag across any words in the reader. Your highlight lands precisely on the words you chose, not the whole verse. Overlapping highlights merge into one. Save favorites and write in the margins of any verse.
Home Screen Widgets
Pin a Verse of the Day, today's Quiet Time passage, or your Memorize progress to your home screen, so the first thing you see in the morning is the Word, not a notification stack.
Works Offline
Read NKJV, study, highlight, and take notes anywhere. (The other translations and the audio narration stream chapter-by-chapter, and Ask needs a connection.)
Why Cardinal?
Cardinal is for people who want to read Scripture, sit with it, and talk to God. That's it.
Terms of Use: https://jedbridges.github.io/cardinal-legal/terms-of-use.html
What's new (v2.36.0)
Bible search is rebuilt. Type any word, like "grace," and you get every verse that uses it, ranked and highlighted, in whatever translation you are reading. A new Related section gathers verses by meaning, so a search for "anxiety" can surface passages about worry and peace even where that exact word never appears. From any word's Word Study, tap "View all occurrences" to see every place its original Hebrew or Greek word is used across Scripture. If you study closely, you can filter by Testament or section and sort by relevance, canonical order, or chronology. Switching translations is smoother too, and chapters that stream in now load reliably.
