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I built a Bible app for skeptics — here's what I learned about building for an underserved audience (opens in new tab)

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The gap nobody was filling Every Bible app in existence is built for believers. YouVersion has 500 million downloads. Olive Tree, Bible Gateway, Logos — all of them assume you come to the text with faith. But 42% of Americans have deconstructed the faith of their youth (Barna, 2024). 151 million Americans are "Bible disengaged" — an all-time high. There are millions of people who want to engage critically with the Bible and there is nothing built specifically for them. That's the gap Vyrse fi...

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