Homeward

Reflect with Scripture.
Take one faithful step.

Homeward is a Catholic-first app for daily prayer, Scripture, and private reflection, with an AI companion that cites its sources and stays within clear boundaries.

Coming soon Planned for Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2027 Coming to the App Store and Google Play
Open the door

Write to us — support@homewardbible.com

A private Bible-reflection app — not clergy, therapy, or a sacrament.

The narthex of a small stone church, its inner door open onto a lit nave.
The narthex

Begin where you are

Some evenings call for a quiet review. Others leave something unresolved. Homeward helps you slow down, consider Scripture, and choose what comes next.

  • Your private writing remains under your control
  • Scripture citations are shown in context
  • The AI companion never speaks for God
The oratory at evening: a small chapel with a lit window and a single lamp.
The oratory

Prayer for today. An Examen for tonight.

One practice with two expressions: Prayer for Today — settle, the day in the Church Year, a passage of Scripture chosen for the day, a moment to listen and respond, one step, a closing prayer — and the Evening Examen: arrive, give thanks, review, name, choose. No streaks. No punishment for missing a day.

A quiet listening room in warm stone, two chairs and a low lamp.
The quiet chamber

Reflect — one question at a time

Bring what is weighing on you, and the companion asks one question at a time, attaching Scripture only from Homeward's own Bible library. Ask about the faith, and the answer comes cited from the Church's own sources — with its sources shown, and with an honest ‘This is best answered by someone who can know the particulars’ when a question is not one a companion should settle.

An AI companion grounded in Catholic teaching. Every Scripture passage is drawn from Homeward's Bible library, and every citation is verified before it appears.

It is not confession to clergy, spiritual direction, therapy, or a sacrament. It cannot grant absolution, determine whether you are forgiven, or speak for God.

A stone library wall of wooden pigeonhole shelves under an arched window.
The library

Scripture, with its context intact

A library of the whole Catholic canon, read on a scroll. Search a passage or bring a question; Homeward shows the text, its citation and the surrounding context — never an invented quotation.

World English Bible (Catholic) · Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · Bible Crampon (1923) · Biblia Sacra Vulgatæ Editionis (Clementine Vulgate) at launch · every citation verified against the text

A cloister garden: an arcade, an octagonal well, cypress and lavender in amber light.
The cloister garden

A garden for what you wrote

Your entries live in a cloister garden: a month with a gold mark on the days you wrote, a folio for the day, the notes you carry forward. Encrypted on the device before they are stored and never synced. Your journal and Examen entries are never uploaded; a carried note leaves the device only when you choose to bring it into a reflection, and the one step you carry is stored sealed to your device's key so tomorrow can ask how it stands.

A vaulted aisle painted with stars, a zodiac-like calendar wheel on the wall and coloured light on the floor.
The church year

The aisle that tells time

The seasons, feasts, and observances that shape the Christian year.

Catholic by default. Feasts with a longer scroll open it for members of Homeward Plus; the first passage is free to read.

A dark side chapel with a stand of lit candles glowing against the stone.
The candle chapel

A chapel that stays lit

Take a candle, place it, and carry the flame to it; it burns down in real time. Nothing here is sold, and your candles never leave the device.

Privately kept

Yours to keep or remove

Your reflections form a private record you control.

  • Encrypted on your device before storage
  • AI processing disclosed when it is used
  • Deletion always available, on the device
  • Never used to train AI models, never sold
  • No account, no email, no password — a key on your device stands for this copy of the app.
Read how privacy works
Alongside your church

Built to support — not replace — human care

Bring your notes to a priest, a counselor, or a trusted friend when that would help. Homeward is a companion for reflection, not a confessor, a spiritual director, or a substitute for your parish.

Membership

Keep walking what you began

Prayer for Today, Scripture, the Candle Chapel, the Church Year, and the complete written Evening Examen are free without a membership. They will remain so.

Homeward Plus opens with the public launch. Nothing is charged today.

  • Unlimited Reflect conversations
  • The Weekly Review, woven from your daily prayer
  • The Church Year's event scrolls

Homeward is free to download. Homeward Plus is an optional subscription bought inside the app through the App Store or Google Play: planned at US$59.99 a year after a 7-day free trial (about $5 a month, billed $59.99 once a year), or US$9.99 a month. It renews automatically at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings; the free trial becomes the annual plan unless cancelled before it ends. Free trials and introductory offers, when we make them, convert to a paid subscription at the disclosed price unless cancelled before the trial ends. Eligibility limits may apply. Prices may change; your store shows the exact price in your currency, and the final price and terms are shown in the store before you buy.

Who makes Homeward

One person, in the open

Homeward is built and operated by Ilia Libelman, a self-employed individual in Israel. Homeward is not operated by a company; an Israeli limited company is planned. Write to support@homewardbible.com — a person reads every message.

Read the legal notice →
Questions

Asked before the doors open

Is Homeward free?

Yes. Prayer for Today, Scripture, the Candle Chapel, the Church Year, and the complete written Evening Examen are free without a membership, and they will remain so.

What is Homeward Plus and what does it cost?

Homeward is free to download. Homeward Plus is an optional subscription bought inside the app through the App Store or Google Play: planned at US$59.99 a year after a 7-day free trial (about $5 a month, billed $59.99 once a year), or US$9.99 a month. It renews automatically at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings; the free trial becomes the annual plan unless cancelled before it ends. Free trials and introductory offers, when we make them, convert to a paid subscription at the disclosed price unless cancelled before the trial ends. Eligibility limits may apply. Prices may change; your store shows the exact price in your currency, and the final price and terms are shown in the store before you buy.

It opens unlimited Reflect conversations, the Weekly Review and the Church Year's event scrolls.

Is Homeward Catholic?

Homeward is Catholic-first: answers about the faith are grounded in Catholic teaching and cited from the Church's own sources, the calendar is Catholic by default, and the Bible library carries the whole Catholic canon. It is an independent project and carries no ecclesiastical approval; your own church and tradition remain the authority.

Is the AI a priest?

No. Reflect is an AI companion, not a person, not clergy, and not a sacrament. It never speaks as God or Jesus, never grants absolution or assigns penance, and never diagnoses. It is not confession, spiritual direction or therapy.

Where does the Bible text come from?

Only from translations stored in Homeward's own database, never from the AI. Today those are public-domain editions; their names and attribution lines are on the Licenses page.

Is my journal private?

Your journal, the Examen and your carried notes are encrypted on the device before they are stored and never synced. Your journal and Examen entries are never uploaded; a carried note leaves the device only when you choose to bring it into a reflection, and only as part of that turn. There is no account: a key on your device stands for this copy of the app. Nothing you write trains AI, and nothing is sold.

Who makes Homeward?

Homeward is built and operated by Ilia Libelman, a self-employed individual in Israel. Homeward is not operated by a company; an Israeli limited company is planned. Write to support@homewardbible.com — a person reads every message. The legal notice has the rest.

When and where does it launch?

Homeward is planned to publish on the App Store and Google Play on Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2027, for iPhone and Android. Pre-order and pre-registration open when the stores allow it; homewardbible.com/get will always lead to the right place.

Coming soon

Coming to the App Store and Google Play — planned for Ash Wednesday, February 10, 2027.

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Pre-order and pre-registration open when the stores allow it; the QR code will always lead to the right place.