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Best Daily Audio Bible Podcasts (2026)
Four daily audio shows, each with its own app, where a host reads the Bible with you and explains it. Compare the plan, the host, the cost and the extras.
Updated September 2026
·4 daily audio Bible podcasts compared
⏱️ Best if you are short on time
The Bible with Nicky and Pippa
🤝 Best community
Daily Audio Bible
⛪ Best for Catholics
Bible in a Year (Fr. Mike Schmitz)
| #1 | ||||
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| Price | ||||
| Price | Free | Freedonation-supported | Free podcastapp extras $8.99/mo or $59.99/yr | Freeno ads |
| The show | ||||
| Host | Nicky and Pippa Gumbel | Brian Hardin | Fr. Mike Schmitzwith Jeff Cavins | 7 teachersincl. Skip Heitzig |
| Whole Bible in a year | ✓ | ✓plus Psalms, Proverbs, kids plans | ✓ | New Testament in a year+ 19 journeys |
| Episode length | 12-25 minyou choose | Not stated | 20-25 min | About 10 min |
| Teaching + prayer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Teaching |
| Bible translation | Not stated | Changes each week | RSV-2CE | NIVin samples |
| Start any day | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ? |
| Community | ? | Prayer Wall, hotline | ? | Group plans, voice notes |
| Where it runs | ||||
| iPhone + Android | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Listen offline | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ |
| Last update | Jul 2026 | Sep 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| App Store rating | 4.913.5K ratings | 4.71K ratings | 4.991K ratings | 4.84.9K ratings |
| Try it | Try now | Try now | Try now | Try now |
Independent ranking. Every app here is scored the same way. Nobody can pay to rank higher. Free matters. If the best parts are locked behind a paywall, the score goes down. Every fact comes from the maker's own website or its App Store / Google Play page, checked 28 September 2026. Ascension lists $8.95/mo on its site and $8.99/mo in the App Store; the Bible in a Year podcast itself is free.
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