Rooted Bible
The complete Bible, narrated verse by verse — follow along word by word, keep it all offline, and study the original Hebrew and Greek.
Now in closed betaFree at release · no account, no ads, no tracking
Android first · iPhone & iPad coming soon
Be first — join the beta
Rooted Bible is finished and in its final testing round before public release. Beta testers get the full app now, through the Play Store, updating automatically — and two weeks of ordinary use by a small group is literally what unlocks the public launch. Sign up here; Erik emails you the install link, usually within a day.
Get it on Android
Rooted Bible isn't in the Play Store yet, so the full app installs directly — Android calls this sideloading. It's a normal, safe way to install an app; your phone will just ask a couple of extra questions the first time. Prefer to skip all that? The web app works beautifully on Android too — no install questions at all.
Install steps
- Download the app on your phone (about 13 MB).
- When the download finishes, tap the notification — or open Files ▸ Downloads and tap the file.
- Your phone may say "For your security, your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source." Tap Settings, switch on Allow from this source, and go back.
- If Google Play Protect asks, choose Install anyway. The warning appears for any app outside the Play Store, not because anything is wrong.
- Tap Install, then Open. On first search the app offers everything as downloads — take what you want.
Updates install the same way, right over the top — your downloads and place in the text are kept.
Or: the everything edition
One big download with the entire narrated Bible already inside — every chapter of audio, all text and read-along, ready the moment it opens. Best on Wi-Fi; it's about 1.5 GB.
Download the everything edition
Same app, same install steps as above — it just arrives full. You can also install the small version and tap “Get all” in its Library instead.
The web app — iPhone, iPad & Android
Rooted Bible also runs entirely in the browser: same text, same narration, same word-by-word read-along, same original-language study tools — and it works offline once you save books to your device. Nothing to sideload, nothing to approve.
On iPhone or iPad
- Open rooted.mcnairmedia.net/app in Safari (it must be Safari, not Chrome).
- Tap the Share button — the square with the arrow pointing up.
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
- Open Bible from your home screen. iOS only allows offline storage and full-screen reading for apps installed this way.
On Android
- Open rooted.mcnairmedia.net/app in Chrome.
- Tap the ⋮ menu in the top corner, then Add to Home screen (on some phones it says Install app), then confirm.
- Open Bible from your home screen and save books in its Library for offline.
Choosing between the two on Android? The full app above adds background playback with lock-screen controls, one-tap download of the entire Bible, and AI answers on phones that support them. The web app is the fastest way to start — and you can install the full app later without losing anything; they share the same account-free content.
What's new
Questions
Is it free?
Yes.
Which translation is this?
The Berean Standard Bible — a modern, accurate public-domain translation — lightly prepared for listening as the Rooted edition.
When does it launch publicly?
It's in Google's required closed-testing period now. When that completes, this page becomes the download page — Play Store, iPhone web app, and a direct download for people who prefer one.