iOS: Plans

Overview

The beginning of wisdom is this: get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.

Proverbs 4:7

Plans are a great way to make the Bible part of your daily life. They give you just a little to read or listen to each day, so you can read the whole Bible in a certain amount of time. YouVersion offers thousands of Plans, in dozens of languages, with devotional content designed to help you daily explore and apply wisdom from God’s Word.

You can do a Plan by yourself, or invite friends to join you in a Plan.

Find a Plan

1. Select the Plans tab if it hasn’t been selected already.
2. Top: select Find Plans.
3. Discover by Keyword: select 🔍.
   Or
   Discover by Topic
   Browse by scrolling and swiping.
   Only Plans in the selected language will be included in the search results. Change the Plan’s language by scrolling to the bottom and selecting Plans Language or More > Language > ▾ (below Plans).
4. When you see a Plan that interests you, select it. The Plan’s Info page displays:
   Description: what this Plan is about.
   Duration: number of days of the Plan.
   Rating: ratings from friends (if available).
   Sample: Daily excerpts from this Plan.
   Save for Later: add this Plan to Saved Plans, to start later.
   About the Publisher: details about the publisher of the Plan. When available, tapping the publisher’s photo will take you to their In-App Page.
   Related Plans: other Plans similar to this Plan.

Top right: Share. Share this Plan with others.

Start a Private Plan

1. Find the Plan you want to start.
2. Select the Plan.
3. Select Start Plan
4. Select By Myself.
5. Select Visible to Friends.
   OR
   Select Private.
   The Plan is added.
   After starting any Private Plan, you can change its privacy from Visible to Friends to Private or vice versa.

Stop a Plan

Stop Plans to remove them from your ongoing Plans list (My Plans tab).

1. Select the Plans tab, if it isn’t already.
2. Select My Plans, if it isn’t already.
3. Select the Plan you want to stop or long-press the plan name in the list and then tap Leave this Plan.
4. Top right: Select ⋯, Stop this Plan.

Turn On/Off Plan Notifications

1. Select the Plans tab, if it isn’t already.
2. Select My Plans, if it isn’t already.
3. Select the Plan you want to turn on/off notification for.
4. Top right: select ⋯, Settings.
5. Select the Settings tab.
6. To turn notifications on, click the switch on the right of the Reminder section to turn it on. Then, click the time button, choose the time you want to get push notifications, and click OK.
   Select the switch to turn the notification off.

Troubleshooting Plans

Lost my Plan reading progress

1. Confirm that you are signed in to the correct YouVersion account.
   If you were doing a Private Plan, your reading progress will be shown on your Activity timeline (tap your Profile Picture (or Initial) from the Home screen or More screen, then scroll down). If you were doing a Plan with Friends, ask any of the participants to confirm you were still on the Plan.
2. Complete all the troubleshooting steps here.

Can’t invite someone who accidentally declines a Plan invite

Unfortunately, there’s no way to re-add them. The host would need to restart the Plan.

Not able to accept an invite to a Plan with Friends

First, complete all the troubleshooting steps here. If the troubleshooting steps don’t help, check if the Plan host sent the invitation.

Who can send the link to invite people to a Plan with Friends?

Only the host of the plan can invite others to join a Plan.

What do I do if I accidentally remove someone in the middle of reading a Plan?

They can’t be added back unless the whole plan is restarted.

How many Plans can I do without creating an account?

You can do 28 Plan days without an account. This could be 28 days of one Plan, 1 day of 28 different Plans, or anything in between.