“By small means the Lord can bring about great things.” — 1 Nephi 16:29
By Small Means turns 239 chapters into one clear daily step — five days a week, with streaks that don’t shame you, a map that unlocks as you read, and everything working offline. Start today, wherever you are in your reading.
“I promise that as you prayerfully study the Book of Mormon every day, you will make better decisions—every day.”— President Russell M. Nelson, Liahona, Nov. 2017, 62–63Start your first week free See how it works ↓
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You’ve started the Book of Mormon more times than you can count. 1 Nephi goes great. Then somewhere around the Isaiah chapters, life happens — and the guilt of “being behind” makes it easier to not open it at all.
It’s not a discipline problem. It’s a design problem. You have a 500-page book and no map for it — no daily portion, no sense of progress, nothing that says you showed up today, and it counted.
By Small Means fixes the design.
The whole book is pre-scheduled into a one-year plan that follows the Come, Follow Me weekly rhythm. You pick which five days are yours.
A quick comprehension check, an optional reflection, and your streak grows. XP, levels, and badges mark real progress through the actual book.
Locations reveal themselves on the map as you reach them. “Go Deeper” links take you into Gospel Library, General Conference talks, and Scripture Central content related to the day’s assigned passage — and earn bonus points.
Your streak counts your scheduled days — weekends never break it, and a Compass Token (earned each perfect week) covers a missed day. No punishment mechanics, ever.
Mid-Alma? January 1? Doesn’t matter. The plan meets you where you are.
Install it on your phone; your data lives on your device. No account required.
By Small Means links you into the Church’s own resources every day — it never replaces them.
The math is done. You just show up.
Try the first week in the app — unlock the full year when you're ready.
Gospel Library is the library — and it’s excellent. By Small Means is the habit coach that gets you through it. It gives you the daily portion, the streak, and the finish line, and it links you into Gospel Library every single day. They’re built to work together.
No. By Small Means is an independent, unofficial study aid. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All scripture reading happens through links to the Church’s own Gospel Library.
The app links you to the official text in Gospel Library rather than embedding it, so you’re always reading the Church’s own current edition — with your own highlights and notes there intact.
Scheduled days you complete keep your streak alive; weekends and off-days never count against you. Earn a perfect week and you get a Compass Token, which covers one missed day automatically. The design goal is consistency, not guilt.
We think of it the other way around: the points, streaks, and map exist to help you keep a commitment you already wanted to keep. The reverence lives in the reading itself — which happens in Gospel Library, not in a game.
Any modern phone, tablet, or computer. It installs from the browser like an app and works fully offline. (Native iOS/Android apps are on the roadmap.)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints takes no official position on the real-world location of Book of Mormon lands. Our main map is a relative, narrative map of how places connect in the story. Real-world theories appear only in a clearly-labeled optional layer — as theories, never doctrine.
If it’s not working for you within 30 days, email us and we’ll refund you, no questions asked.
Take the free one-year printable reading schedule with you — all 239 chapters mapped to 52 weeks.