Word Rhythm
Igbo + KJV
The Open Igbo Contemporary Bible and the King James Version on one screen — four display modes, red letter from the Igbo text's own speaker markers, fully offline.
Four daily slots: morning, day, evening, and the before-bed devotional. text-to-speech audio
Word Rhythm: Igbo + KJV is a free, offline Bible that carries two texts: the Biblica Open Igbo Contemporary Bible (OICB) and the King James Version. Not two apps, not two tabs — two translations placed against each other, verse by verse.
For anyone who reads Igbo at home and studies in English, or who wants to see how a familiar verse reads in both: one setting decides which text you see, and every screen follows that decision.
Everything inside
Two texts, one screen
- Four display modes: Igbo only, KJV only, Igbo first, KJV first
- Switch modes from the reading menu — the choice is remembered and applied everywhere
- Bilingual modes stack the two texts in portrait: primary translation first, the other below it
- On tablets, landscape phones and unfolded foldables the two texts can sit side by side in parallel columns, and you can swap which one is on the left
- Highlights, notes, bookmarks, favourites and search results all render in the mode you chose
- Reading plans follow the same rule — a plan’s chapters look like the reader, not a third style
Red letter from the Igbo text itself
The words of Christ are red in the KJV, and independently marked in the Igbo text — the Igbo spans come from the translation’s own speaker markers, verse by verse, not copied from the KJV’s character positions, which point at different words in a different language.
- 2,038 Igbo verses carry the red letter; 1,414 of them are marked whole
- In parallel columns each column is coloured from its own data, so a KJV range can never bleed into an Igbo line
The whole Bible, offline
- All 66 books in both translations, stored on your device
- Every one of the 31,102 KJV verses has its Igbo text — no gaps, no placeholders
- Nothing to download, nothing to sign in to, no connection required — read on a plane, underground, or with no airtime
Search that forgives missing diacritics
- Type plain “uwa” and find “ụwa”, “Jisos” and find “Jisọs” — underdots are optional
- Combine words with AND, OR, NOT and NEAR, or search an exact phrase
- Results render in your display mode, red letter included
Read, study, keep
- Highlights, bookmarks, notes and tags — each entry follows your display mode
- Verse memorisation with typed and blanked practice
- Daily reading plans, from a book at a time to the whole Bible
- Devotional cards: a short message, a reflection and a guided prayer
- Find Scripture by feeling, by life situation, by topic, or from the 100 most-searched verses
Share it as text, a picture, or a video
- Send a verse as text, as an image card, or as a short video in your own setting
- Choose either translation or both — the display mode travels with the share
- Every Igbo share carries the attribution its licence requires
- Four home-screen widgets: today’s verse in light and dark, top verses, a take-a-break card, and a “how are you feeling” shortcut
Listen — read-aloud
- Text-to-speech playback of the passage you are reading, with your device’s voices
- The KJV reads with an English voice; Igbo playback depends on whether your device offers an Igbo voice — where it does not, the app does not pretend to
Free, with ads
- Free to read, supported by ads
- Longer devotional collections can open for one day after a short rewarded ad — optional, and never required for Bible reading, search or sharing
- Analytics and crash reports are opt-in and stay off until you agree
- Highlights, notes and plans are stored only on your device
What stays in English
The app interface is English, and so are devotional reflections and reading-plan notes. That is a deliberate editorial decision while the Igbo devotional corpus is being prepared, not a missing translation.
Two translations, one screen — and after the first launch, no connection needed.
Igbo: Biblica® Open Igbo Contemporary Bible™ © 1980, 1988, 2019, 2020 Biblica, Inc. (CC BY-SA 4.0). KJV: public domain.
Read. Reflect. Pray. Grow.
Read about IGB
- Bible Verses About Unity: 13 KJV Passages for a Divided RoomThirteen Bible verses about unity in the KJV — for a church that split, a family that stopped talking, or a group chat that needs one line — with a short note on what each passage actually asks.
- KJV Verses About Fear: 14 Passages, and the Peace That Answers ThemKJV verses about fear for the specific thing you are dreading — the news, the room, the dark — and the peace verses that answer each one, with a note on what the passage actually promises.
- Thankful Bible Verses KJV: 10 Passages to Read and ShareTen thankful Bible verses in the KJV — for an ordinary morning and for Thanksgiving Day — with a short note on what each one carries, and a way to send one as a card or a video.