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Guides for setting up your family, recording Scripture, listening together, Bible plans, study notes, badges, and settings.

Getting Started

Welcome to Family Bible App
What the app is and the three pillars every family uses.
Creating your account and profile
Sign up, complete your profile, and choose your role.
Creating a family
Start a new family group for your relatives to join.
Inviting family members
Send email invitations and manage pending invites.
Joining an existing family
Accept an invite, search, or request to join.
Navigating the app
Where Record, Listen, Family, Dashboard, and Profile live.

Recording

How recording works
Verse-by-verse recording and family progress basics.
Using the cassette recorder
Choose a passage and record on the cassette interface.
Choosing what to record next
Recording scope and default record point settings.
Following a recording plan
Let a guided plan steer your next chapters.
Reviewing and uploading recordings
The Recording Summary screen before sharing.
Resuming a recording session
Pick up drafts where you left off.

Listening

How listening works
Continuous chapter playback in your family's voices.
Filtering by family, reader, and plan
Customize whose voices you hear.
Trim silence for tighter playback
Podcast-style playback without dead air.
Choosing where listening starts
Default listen point and plan resume.
Favoriting verses
Save verses and return from your Dashboard.

Bible Plans

Recording plans vs. listening plans
Two phases of the same guided journey.
Subscribing to a recording plan
Pick a plan and start recording toward completion.
When listening plans become available
Listening unlocks after family recording is complete.
Subscribing to a listening plan
Listen through a completed plan in order.
What happens when a plan is completed
Celebrations, badges, and next steps.

Study Notes

Adding a study note on a verse
Attach reflections to any verse while listening.
Written notes vs. audio notes
Two ways to capture what a verse means to you.
Sharing notes and commenting
Turn private reflections into family conversation.

Family & Collaboration

The Family page and activities feed
Your family's shared home inside the app.
Family roles and permissions
Who can record, invite, comment, and add notes.
Tracking completed chapters
See how much of the Bible your family has recorded.

Dashboard, Badges & Activities

Using your Dashboard
Your personalized home for what to do next.
Badges and how to earn them
Milestones that celebrate your family's journey.
Recording and listening streaks
Stay consistent day after day.

Profile & Settings

Bible translation preferences
BSB and WEB — what changes when you switch.
Notification settings and preferences
Control when and how the app emails you.
Recording and listening preferences
All Profile settings in one place.
Subscription plans and limits
Free vs. paid plans and what changes.

Can't find what you need?

Email us at hello@familybibleapp.com or open the app for hands-on help.

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