Siri and Shortcuts.
- “Hey Siri, add a prayer request in Hesed.”
- “Hey Siri, start quiet time.”
- “Hey Siri, what's today's verse?”
Hesed
Free for iPhone and iPad
Pray for the people you love. Then let them know.
A free Bible journal for iPhone and iPad with quiet time, verse cards and a Faithfulness Wall. No ads, no account.
Coming soon to the App Store
Tell me when it launches →
Gratitude box
What are you thankful for today?
This week
- Coffee on the porch
- Mom walking again
- A long call with James
Try it. What you add is sent to the Hesed team, without your name. Please leave out other people's private details. Privacy
Hesed HEH-sed
The Hebrew word for God's steadfast, loyal love.
Hesed helps you live out God's steadfast love: spend a few quiet minutes with God, pray for the people in your life, and let them know you did.
Prayer list
Pray for the people you love.
Keep a simple prayer list of people and requests. Hesed reminds you who to pray for today, and when you've prayed for someone a few times it nudges you to reach out.
After you pray, it suggests a fitting verse and a short message you can text in one tap.
Quiet time
Quiet time, made calm.
A gentle, full-screen time with God: be still, read, pray, write and reach out. Breathe with a guided rhythm, pick how long you have, and let a Quiet Time Focus silence everything else.
Start it from Siri or CarPlay.
Verse cards
Verse and reflection cards.
Turn today's verse, or something God is teaching you, into a beautiful card in line art, watercolor and linen designs.
Journal
A journal you can type or say.
Write a line or two, or just talk and Hesed types it for you. Drop daily thanks into the Gratitude box.
The Faithfulness Wall
“Thus far the Lord has helped us.”
1 Samuel 7:12
Every answered prayer and every thank-you lands on your wall, so on hard days you can look back and remember.
Bible
The whole Bible, offline.
Free and stored on your phone.
Free and private.
- No ads
- No account
- No subscriptions
Your prayers and journal stay on your iPhone and iPad.
A look inside
Screenshots
Hesed is coming soon.
Free for iPhone and iPad.
Coming soon to the App Store
Tell me when it launches
Questions or ideas? See Hesed support or email [email protected].
Support
Hesed Support
Need a hand, found a bug, or have an idea? Email [email protected] and a real person will write back, usually within two days. In the app, Settings → Report a bug opens an email with the details already filled in.
Common questions
- Do I need an account?
- No. Hesed has no sign-in, no ads and no subscriptions. It's free.
- Where are my prayers and journal stored?
- On your iPhone or iPad. If you turn on iCloud sync, they also go to your own private iCloud, which only you can see. We never see them.
- I got a new phone. How do I keep my journal?
- Turn on iCloud sync in Hesed's Settings on both devices, or restore your new phone from an iCloud or computer backup of the old one.
- Can Hesed silence notifications during quiet time?
- Apple doesn't let apps turn on Do Not Disturb, but Hesed walks you through a one-time Quiet Time Focus setup: Settings → Silence notifications.
- How do I use Siri?
- Try “Hey Siri, add a prayer request in Hesed” or “Hey Siri, start quiet time in Hesed.”
- The read-aloud voice sounds robotic.
- In Hesed's Settings you can pick a different voice. Hesed's built-in natural voices work offline. You can also download a free Premium voice from Apple in the Settings app → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices.
- Why don't I see the King James Version?
- In the United Kingdom the KJV is under Crown copyright, so Hesed offers the Berean Standard Bible and World English Bible there.
Bible translations
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. World English Bible (WEB), public domain; “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org. King James Version (1769), public domain outside the United Kingdom.