A King James Bible, made calm
A quiet place
to read Scripture.
Stillwater is a distraction-free reader for the King James Bible — with narrated audio, daily devotions, and six warm themes built for unhurried, screen-calm reading.
Be the first to know when Stillwater launches. One email at launch — no lists, no noise.
The reader
Open it, and just read.
No feeds. No badges. No cross-references shouting for a tap. Every screen is typeset like a fine book — wide margins, a literary serif, and one warm accent — so the words are the only thing in the room.
- A verse of the day, and a gentle nudge back to where you left off.
- Adjustable type, three reading typefaces, and a full King James text.
- Tap a verse to highlight, bookmark, or share it as a quiet card.
Narrated audio
Close your eyes and listen.
Rest your eyes and let Scripture be read to you. Psalm 23 is free to listen from day one, with the Gospel of John arriving as the first update.
- Follow-along highlighting keeps the read verse lit as you listen.
- Tap any verse to seek, adjust speed, or set a sleep timer.
- Full lock-screen and background playback — keep listening anywhere.
Six warm themes
Kind to the eyes,
morning or midnight.
Read on soft paper by day and slip into a true, warm dark at night. Six themes — Light, Dark, Night Shift, Sepia, Slate and Dawn — each hand-tuned for contrast and calm.
- A genuine dark mode, not a washed-out invert.
- Night Shift warms the whole palette for late reading.
- Every theme meets WCAG AA contrast, checked screen by screen.
Daily devotions
A morning and an evening, every day.
Charles Spurgeon’s beloved Morning & Evening — all 732 readings, in their original public-domain text — paired to the day and waiting when you open the app.
- Two short reflections a day, tied to a verse.
- Short, gentle reading plans for journeys through Scripture.
Quiet by design
Built for reading, not scrolling.
Stillwater is made by a small studio that believes Scripture deserves your full attention. No advertising, no infinite feed, no streaks or notifications pulling you elsewhere — just a calm, beautiful place to read as slowly and as deeply as you like.
Free to read
The complete King James Bible is free to read, always — with bookmarks, highlighting, reading plans, and warm themes. An optional membership adds narrated audio, notes, private sync, and more.
Yours, and private
No account, no tracking — your reading is yours alone. With membership, highlights and bookmarks sync across your devices through iCloud. Fully VoiceOver accessible, so everyone can read along.
No noise
No ads, no trackers selling your reading habits, no notifications begging you back. Nothing between you and the text — the calm is the point.
Be the first to read in stillness.
We’ll email you once — the day Stillwater is live.