6 Best Religious Apps To Keep You Closer To God

If you’re looking for a new way to revitalize spiritual practices in your life, the answer could be as close as your phone. With the right suite of apps, you can transform the way you pray, meditate, or study God’s word. You’ll find powerful choices for any faith that will help you keep your religion at the center of your daily habits, and pursue your faith in a fresh new way.

YouVersion’s Bible App

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This free Bible app is a must-have for anyone interested in diving deeper into the Christian Bible. This app offers Bibles in over 700 languages and more than 1000 versions. Devotions and reading plans offer guidance that will help you explore the Bible in depth. Whether you’re interested in focusing on texts relevant to a particular holiday or topic, or you want something to keep you on track for reading the entire Bible in a set amount of time, this app has an organized schedule you can follow to achieve your goals.

Social features further enhance the app, with an activity stream that lets you see what your friends are highlighting, noting, and bookmarking. This is a powerful tool for opening up a meaningful dialogue with others if you’re interested in expanding your study and sharing your ideas and reflections.

The Pope App

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The Pope App is an intriguing example of Pope Francis’s efforts to connect with Catholics in a more modern fashion. The app offers live feeds of Vatican landmarks, video of the Pope’s speeches, media galleries, an events calendar, and more. If you’re looking for an easy way to learn more about the Pope, this app has all the details you need in one convenient spot.

PocketTorah

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This Jewish app is a powerful tool for those who want to learn the weekly Torah and Haftarah portion. You have access to the entire text of the Torah and Haftarah in Hebrew as well as translations. Swiping back and forth, you can even use Tikkun view to see the Hebrew vowelized or as it appears in the Torah without vowels and with crowns. Tap any verse to hear audio of the Hebrew with proper trope. This is an immersive way to become closer to the Jewish faith.

Buddha Box HD

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Buddha Box HD is an advanced version of the free Buddha Box app that’s designed to work with new generation devices like the iPhone 6s Plus. It incorporates a wide-screen build for better display on the larger Retina screens. The app contains nine colorful boxes, 36 images of Zen, and 39 chants to help you meditate. A meditation timer will help you time your meditations so you never get so caught up in your daily concerns that you forget to schedule time for this restorative practice. Set up a gentle fade-out or a gong alert to let you know when the meditation is over.

Prayer Notebook

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The Prayer Notebook is a versatile tool that you can use to enhance your practices in any faith. The notebook acts as a helpful assistant that reminds you of the people and things you need to pray for. Make sure you really follow through when you tell someone you’ll pray for them, and make your regular prayers more focused and purposeful. You can organize your prayers by category and schedule particular prayers to occur daily, weekly, or monthly.

One of the app’s most unique elements is its suite of social features. You can email your prayer list to others, Tweet or share your prayers on Facebook, and send a text or email to let someone know you’ve prayed for them.

iSalam: Qibla Compass

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The function of this app is as simple as it is important. The compass helps Muslims find the direction of Kaabah in Mecca from anywhere in the world so they know what direction to face for prayer. Using your phone’s GPS sensor and internal compass, the app gives you the directional guidance you need to properly orient yourself.

Though you may not think of religion and technology as being compatible, there are actually many crossroads where the two meet beautifully, providing valuable tools like these for enhancing your spiritual life.

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