About
The lantern is His. The flame is yours to tend.
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
A lamp in the Psalm does not light the whole road. It lights the ground at your feet, which is enough to take the next step. That is the whole idea behind this app.
Thy Lantern gives you a small, steady light each day: a verse, a short reflection, a prayer, and a reason to come back tomorrow. It is not trying to be your whole devotional life. It is trying to be the part of it that is easy to keep.
The app was built as Closer To God and renamed to Thy Lantern in October 2026. The name changed. The intent did not.
How the content is made
Every verse is fetched, never remembered.
The Bible text in this app is not typed from memory and it is not paraphrased. Each verse is pulled from the Berean Standard Bible, which is in the public domain, and checked again before it ships.
Written, then screened
Every batch of content runs through a validator before it is allowed in: repeated openings, near duplicates, tired phrasing and overused verses are all rejected.
Reviewed by people
Question reports and book write-ups go to a review queue. Anyone can flag a question they think is wrong.
One translation, no licence
The BSB is public domain, so Scripture in this app is never locked behind someone else's permission.
That is how 17,680 quiz questions, a summary for all 66 books with 1,189 chapter summaries, and 918 days of reflections came to exist before anyone downloaded the app.
What we will not do
The promises that shaped the product.
We will not farm your attention
There is no feed to scroll. Quiet hours, a daily digest and a hideable Home exist so the app can be put down.
We will not punish a hard week
Grace days and Away mode mean a missed day does not undo a year.
We will not score your feelings
The mood check-in is encrypted, visible only to you, and earns no points. How someone feels is not something to score.
We will not sell you
We do not sell personal information. Your journal and private prayer requests are encrypted, and you can take your data out or delete the account whenever you want.
Where it is going
Built for one person, and for the circle around them.
The quiet half of this app is one person and a verse. The other half is a community: a shared prayer wall, a plan read together, a quiz your circle plays at the same time, and leaders who can actually pastor the people in it.
Thy Lantern is in review with the app stores. Write to us at support@thylantern.com and we will tell you the day it lands.