Listen
Browse Scripture by book and chapter, listen with the soothing voice of Evensong, the grounded warmth of The Elder, or the thoughtful clarity of The Scholar, and build custom playlists around the passages you want to remember.
ListeningAn Apple Music-style library for Scripture.MemorizationA tap-to-reveal active recall method for meditation and memorization.
ListeningAn Apple Music-style library for Scripture.
MemorizationA tap-to-reveal active recall method for meditation and memorization.
One rhythm. Two ways in.
Memorize
Turn any verse or passage into a personalized, multisensory practice: hear it in your chosen voice, reveal it word by word, and measure your progress as Scripture moves from something you read to something you remember.
The same passage can be heard, saved, practiced, and revisited without leaving Cadence.
Choose how Scripture meets the moment.
Cadence begins with three distinct narrators because different voices draw us into different passages—and different moments call for different ways of listening.
- Evensong
- Soft, literary, atmospheric, and quietly beautiful.
- The Elder
- Warm, grounded, steady, and wise.
- The Scholar
- Thoughtful, precise, intellectually alive, and full of wonder.
The Cadence player
Press play on any narrator
Choose a passage and a voice below to begin listening.
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Born from Above
John 3 · The Message
The Way of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1–13 · The Message
Genesis
Genesis 1:24–31 · ESV
John
John 2:1–11 · ESV
Make Scripture memory feel possible.
“Memorize more Scripture” is an easy goal to set and a hard one to sustain. Cadence makes it achievable by combining tap-to-reveal active recall with instant, visible progress—turning a daunting ambition into small wins that build over time. When a passage needs reinforcement, hear it again in your chosen voice. Together, active recall, immediate feedback, and repeated listening help memorization become a lifelong practice.
Watch the verse unfold.
Tap anywhere to reveal the next word or phrase. Cadence slows the passage down so you can understand it, sit with it, and lock it in before moving on.
This verse
3 of 24
words revealed
Memorized
50
words this month
1,284 all time
Queue
346
words waiting
Illustrative interface concept — not live app data.
Playlists
Your favorite verses.
All in one place.
Create playlists that speak to your life right now. Whether you need peace, strength, or perspective—open Cadence and you’re two taps away from the verses that matter most.
Curate what you love
Build playlists around what encourages you most. Anytime, anywhere.
Listen your way
Switch narrators to hear each passage read by Evensong, The Elder, or The Scholar. The same words can land differently with a new cadence, emphasis, and feeling.
Keep what you’re memorizing close
Gather the verses you’re learning into one playlist, then listen and review whenever you want reinforcement.
Illustrative interface concept
Psalms for Anxiety
5 passages
EvensongThe ElderThe Scholar
Psalm 34:4
I sought the Lord, and he answered me.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord.
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength.
Psalm 91:4
Under his wings you will find refuge.
Psalm 121:1–2
My help comes from the Lord.
Looking ahead
Curated journeys through Scripture.
Cadence Stories will bring selected passages together with thoughtful narration and, where appropriate, ambient music, sermon excerpts, or licensed music. Stories will be editorially curated by Cadence and introduced gradually.
An invitation to build with care.
Cadence has intentionally selected the ESV and The Message as its preferred primary translation partners. We recognize the responsibility involved in presenting and narrating Scripture and would be honored to explore partnership with the appropriate rights holders.
hello@cadencewithin.comFrom the founder
Why I’m building Cadence
Josh Wallace is an entrepreneur based in Gilbert, Arizona. He has built and operated Next Gen Pianos for approximately fifteen years and is developing Backlist, a reading app centered on complete author catalogs and new-release alerts. He has been married for twenty-five years, has three children, and has attended and served at Ironwood Church in Mesa since 2015. Cadence grows from his love of Scripture, reading, music, and memorization.