Common Ground Bible
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What is Common Ground Bible?
Common Ground Bible is a Scripture app built around reading, memorizing, and meditating on God's Word. It presents the full Berean Standard Bible with six highlight colors, a memorization queue with a spaced repetition schedule, and four guided meditation methods. Highlights, progress, and journal entries are stored on the device, and no account is required.
Pricing. Common Ground Bible is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Reading the Berean Standard Bible without a social feed
- Memorizing verses on a spaced repetition schedule
- Guided meditation on Scripture with a private saved journal
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Description
Common Ground is a Scripture app built around three practices: reading, memorizing, and meditating on God's Word. No social feed. No AI-generated content. No gamification. Just you and the text. READ A clean, distraction-free reading experience built on generous typography and the full Berean Standard Bible. Highlight verses in six theologically-grounded colors - Promise, Truth About God, Gospel, Conviction, Mystery, and Command. Fresh Read mode strips everything away so you can meet the text without your previous notes in the way. MEMORIZE Add any verse to your memorization queue. A two-phase learn system walks you through each verse before handing it to a spaced repetition schedule that brings it back at the right intervals. The Navigators Topical Memory System is built in as a curated starting point. MEDITATE Guided meditation sessions anchored to Scripture - not breathing exercises, not ambient noise. Choose from four established methods: Picture · Ponder · Pray (a blend of Ignatian and Reformed practice), Lectio Divina, the Puritan Method, or the Five P's. Each session ends with a sentence you carry into your day. Your reflections and prayers are saved in a private journal
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Questions about Common Ground Bible
Does it require an account or a server connection?
No account is required. The listing says all data lives on your device and nothing leaves your phone. It does not state whether the app works offline.
Which Bible text does it use?
It uses the full Berean Standard Bible. The listing credits Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee for the production of the text.
Does it include social features, AI content, or gamification?
There is no social feed, no AI-generated content, and no gamification. It describes the app as focused on the text itself.
All the facts
- Price
- Free
- App Store rating
- not yet rated
- Number of ratings
- 0
- Current version
- (118 days ago)
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- App Store category
- Reference
- Good for
- Reading the Berean Standard Bible without a social feed, Memorizing verses on a spaced repetition schedule, Guided meditation on Scripture with a private saved journal
- Requires
- iOS 15.1 or later
- Size
- 35 MB
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Developer pages
- Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
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