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How to read the Bible every day in Tamil: streaks, reading plans and badges
In the தமிழ் வேதாகமம் (Tamil Vedhagamam) app, a reading day counts when you finish a chapter — scroll to its last verse, or tap the next-chapter button beneath it. Read on consecutive days and your streak grows; it stays alive if your last chapter was yesterday, and only breaks once a whole day ends with nothing finished. There are 17 badges, from your first chapter to all 66 books, and everything is stored on your phone only.
What counts as reading
The app never asks you to tick a box. Opening a chapter and reading to the end is enough: when the last verse scrolls into view, or when you tap the next or previous button that sits under it, that chapter is recorded as read for today. Each chapter counts once, however many times you return to it, so chapters read is a real measure of how much of the Bible you have covered, not how often you opened the app.
Streak rules
- Consecutive days. Your current streak is the number of days in a row, ending today or yesterday, on which you finished at least one chapter.
- A day of grace, by design. If you read yesterday but have not read yet today, the streak still shows — the Today screen tells you whether today is done. The streak only breaks when a day passes with no chapter finished.
- Longest streak is kept. When a streak ends, the current count starts again from your next chapter, but your longest streak is remembered and badges earned on it stay earned.
- One chapter is enough. A streak asks for one finished chapter a day. Reading more counts towards the chapter badges, not the streak.
- Days follow your phone's clock and time zone.
The 17 badges
| Badge | பதக்கம் | How to earn it |
|---|---|---|
| First step | முதல் அடி | Finish your first chapter |
| 10 chapters | 10 அதிகாரங்கள் | Finish 10 different chapters |
| 50 chapters | 50 அதிகாரங்கள் | Finish 50 different chapters |
| 100 chapters | 100 அதிகாரங்கள் | Finish 100 different chapters |
| 500 chapters | 500 அதிகாரங்கள் | Finish 500 different chapters |
| 3-day streak | 3 நாள் தொடர் | Read 3 days in a row |
| One-week streak | ஒரு வாரத் தொடர் | Read 7 days in a row |
| One-month streak | ஒரு மாதத் தொடர் | Read 30 days in a row |
| 100-day streak | 100 நாள் தொடர் | Read 100 days in a row |
| 50 days | 50 நாட்கள் | Read on 50 different days, in any pattern |
| One year | ஒரு வருடம் | Read on 365 different days |
| First book | முதல் நூல் | Finish every chapter of one book |
| Gospel | சுவிசேஷம் | Finish Matthew, Mark, Luke or John |
| Psalms | சங்கீதம் | Finish all 150 Psalms |
| New Testament | புதிய ஏற்பாடு | Finish all 27 New Testament books |
| Old Testament | பழைய ஏற்பாடு | Finish all 39 Old Testament books |
| Whole Bible | முழு வேதாகமம் | Finish all 66 books |
A badge unlocks the moment its condition is met, with a short toast on screen, and it is dated. The days badges reward faithfulness over time without demanding an unbroken run: fifty scattered mornings earn 50 days even if no streak ever passed a week.
Using it with a Bible reading plan
The app does not ship a fixed reading plan — no calendar telling you which chapters to read on 14 March. It gives you the counter instead, which works with any plan you already follow, printed or from your church. The arithmetic is simple: the Bible has 1,189 chapters, so about 3¼ chapters a day finishes it in one year, 4 a day in ten months, and 13 a day for a 90-day plan. The New Testament alone is 260 chapters — one a day is under nine months, three a day is three months. The Progress tab shows chapters finished and the percentage, so you can see at a glance whether you are ahead of or behind your plan.
The Progress screen
The Progress tab shows your current and longest streak, the number of days you have read, chapters finished out of 1,189 with a percentage, the books you have completed, and every badge — earned ones with their date, the rest greyed out with what they need. Badge names appear in Tamil in Tamil mode and in English in Tanglish mode.
Nothing is ever taken away
Progress is recorded append-only on your phone, and badges are never revoked — not by a broken streak, not by an app update, not by a change to the badge rules in a future version. Nothing is uploaded and there is no leaderboard; the record is between you and the text. If you delete the app, the record goes with it. See where the app keeps your data.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as reading a chapter?
Scrolling to the last verse of a chapter, or tapping the next or previous button beneath it, records the chapter as read for that day. Each chapter counts once.
Do I lose my streak if I miss one day?
The streak survives as long as your last finished chapter was yesterday. If a full day passes with no chapter finished, the current streak resets, but your longest streak and any badges you earned are kept.
How many badges are there?
Seventeen: five for chapters read (1 to 500), four for streaks (3 to 100 days), two for total days read (50 and 365), and six for completing books — a first book, a Gospel, the Psalms, the New Testament, the Old Testament and the whole Bible.
Can a badge be taken away?
No. Once earned, a badge is permanent. Badges and progress survive app updates and are stored only on your phone.
Does the app have a one-year Tamil Bible reading plan?
Not a fixed calendar plan. It counts chapters finished out of 1,189 and shows the percentage, so it works alongside any plan: about 3¼ chapters a day completes the Bible in a year, 13 a day in 90 days.
How do I read the Bible every day in Tamil as a beginner?
Start with one chapter a day — a Gospel such as Mark or the Psalms — read it to the end so the app records it, and let the streak on the Today screen remind you whether today is done. Badges mark the first chapter, the first week and the first book.