Stuck on a verse? Tap it, and it’s explained.
Not every verse lands the first time, and not everyone arrives at the Bible with a chapter and verse. Some arrive with a question — “what does the Bible say about anxiety?” — and no idea where to start looking. Explain and Ask are for both.
Any verse, in plain words
Tap a verse while reading and choose Explain. A one-line summary comes first, then what it says, its context and why it matters, in about a minute’s reading. It works on every verse in every book, in all three translations.
A question, in your own words
Ask has its own tab. Type anything, or tap a suggestion — “What is grace?”, “Who was Paul?”, “How do I start praying?” — and get an answer drawn from scripture.
Follow-ups, in the same conversation
Context carries from one turn to the next, so you can think something through instead of starting over. Start a new conversation when the subject changes, so an unrelated question never inherits the last topic.
What an explanation looks like
- The verse, with key phrases highlighted. One to three phrases are marked in the verse itself; tap one for a short note on it.
- In one line. The verse summed up in a single sentence.
- What it says, context, why it matters. Three short sections in plain words, not a commentary shelf.
- Related verses. Two to four references with a line on why each one is related. Their text is quoted from the Bible on your phone, and a tap opens the reader there.
- Think about it. Three follow-up questions; tap one and it is asked in the same conversation.
Pointing back at the text
Explain and Ask are built to send you back to scripture rather than stand in front of it. The verse is on the screen above the explanation, related verses open in the reader with the chapter around them, and the text to read for yourself is always one tap away. Explanations and answers are generated by a language model, so read them the way you would read a note in the margin.
Five a day, free, and nothing hidden
Explain and Ask cost real money to run, so everyone gets five requests a day, shared between the two. Three things follow from that, all of them deliberate:
- The allowance is visible before you spend it. The app shows how many requests remain, so running out is never a surprise delivered mid-thought.
- It resets at your local midnight, at the start of your day rather than at the start of a server’s.
- A failed request is not charged. Only answered requests count, and trying again after a dropped connection costs nothing.
What Premium adds
Premium makes Explain and Ask unlimited and keeps your past conversations, so a thought from last week can be read back and continued rather than retyped. Conversations are kept from the beginning, which means subscribing reveals a history that already exists rather than an empty list.
It is bought through your existing App Store or Google Play account — no new payment details — a previous purchase can be restored on a new device, and it is cancelled from your own store settings at any time. Reading, search, compare, topics, the starter plan, the verse of the day, prayers and reminders are never locked, whether you subscribe or not.
What happens to your question
A question you ask, or a verse you ask to have explained, is sent to our server, forwarded to a language model to be answered, and stored so your conversations work. It is linked to an anonymous identity created silently on first launch, not to a name or an email address, because the app never asks you for one. The privacy policy is the authority on this.
Questions
What do Explain and Ask do?
Explain works on a single verse: tap it while reading and get a one-line summary, what it says, its context and why it matters, with key phrases highlighted, related verses and follow-up questions. Ask takes a question in your own words and answers it from scripture, and you can keep asking in the same conversation.
How many requests do I get for free?
Five a day, shared between Explain and Ask and resetting at your own local midnight. The app shows how many are left before you spend one.
What happens if a request fails?
Nothing is charged. Only answered requests count against the allowance, so trying again after a dropped connection costs nothing.
Are the answers written by a person?
No. Explanations and answers are generated by a language model. The verse text and the related verses you see are quoted from the Bible on your phone, so the scripture itself is always one tap away to read for yourself.
Are my conversations saved?
Yes, they are kept from the start — so subscribing reveals a history that already exists rather than an empty list. Reading back and continuing a past conversation is a Premium feature.
Do Explain and Ask work offline?
No. They are generated, so they need a connection. Everything else — reading, search, compare, topics, the starter plan and the verse of the day — works with no network at all.
Explain your first verse today
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