Out now on Android. iPhone coming soon
Sovereign in body.Sovereign in mind.
All Gurbani free. No ads. Checked line by line. Habits, training and food too, in one calm app made by a Sikh, for every Sikh.
Free to download. No ads, no tracking.
What's inside
Everything that keeps you steady, in one place.
Gurbani should never sit behind a paywall.
All Gurbani in Sovereign is free for everyone, always: Nitnem in the gutka you follow, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Sri Dasam Granth Sahib, the recordings, the daily Hukamnama, Sehaj Paath and Simran. So are your habits, training plans and food tracking. Getting fit shouldn't cost you either.
Gurbani, free
Read it. Hear it. Live it.
Every Nitnem bani is on your phone and offline, with transliteration and translations credited by name. Most banis can be heard too, with more recordings on the way. Read or listen to the end and the habit ticks itself.
Made for every Sikh. Not tied to any jatha or group: choose the gutka you follow.
With warm thanks to BaniDB and the Khalis Foundation, whose open Gurbani database we check our banis against.
Follow every line.
Each line lights up as it is read, so you never lose your place.
Kirtan or paath.
Choose either where both are recorded, at any speed from 0.5x to 2x.
Your whole Nitnem.
Play it all in one go, with extra banis too where they are recorded. It keeps going on your lock screen.
Today's Hukamnama.
Every morning. On more days each week as we write them, a short reflection from Sovereign Standard with one thing to try.
Sehaj Paath and Simran.
Sehaj Paath keeps your place. Shabad search, and Simran with a quiet counter.
You don't need a personal trainer.
A good personal trainer costs £30 to £50 a session. That's up to £200 a month for one hour a week. Sovereign gives you the plan, the log and the food targets for free, and Sovereign+ adjusts them to you every day.
Your plan.
Strength, running, cycling, swimming or triathlon. Week by week.
Every set logged.
Weights and reps in seconds. Beat last time, every time.
Food that fits.
Calorie and protein targets, with every source shown.
Workouts that adjust.
Your next session changes with how the last one felt.
Readiness each morning.
From your sleep, heart rate and HRV in Apple Health or Health Connect, and your training. It stays on your phone.
Coming soon, a one-off unlock
Gurbani first. Then the feed.
The first thing you read sets the tone for your day. Pick the apps that eat your time, like Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, and Sovereign will keep them locked until you have read one ang of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and written down what it taught you. Then they will open for the rest of the day. Reading every ang stays free. The lock will be a one-off unlock: buy it once and keep it, or get it with Sovereign+. It is not in the app yet.
One ang a day.
The next ang of your Sehaj Paath, read in full before anything else gets your attention.
The lesson.
A short lesson under the ang brings together what it is saying.
Your own words.
One line on what you read. Not a quiz. It goes into your diary, so your year becomes a book.
Your choice.
Off unless you switch it on. You choose the apps, and you can pause it any time.
Free means free
Free for everyone. Sovereign+ for more.
Sovereign.
All Gurbani free. No ads. Checked line by line. No card, no trial.
- Nitnem in the gutka you follow: SGPC, AKJ, Damdami Taksal, Budha Dal, Nanaksar or Hazur Sahib
- Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Sri Dasam Granth Sahib, with transliteration and credited translations
- Recordings for most banis, kirtan or paath, with line by line read-along, 0.5x to 2x, and play your whole Nitnem, extra banis too where they are recorded. More on the way
- Today's Hukamnama from Sri Harmandir Sahib, every morning, and on more days each week as we write them, a short reflection with one thing to try
- Sehaj Paath that keeps your place, Shabad search, and Simran with a quiet counter
- Habits with gentle reminders and no streak to lose
- The basics of training and food: programmes and logging, the 90-Day Sovereign Standard, food targets, barcode scanning, water and weigh-ins
- Sikh events near you, with reminders
- Coming soon, free too: Hukamnama widgets, Sikhi stories and a daily quiz
One-off unlocks, coming soon. Tools you buy once and keep: the app lock; the ang lock, which keeps your chosen social apps locked until you have read one ang of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji; and the Sovereign alarm, which keeps coming back until you finish a mala, do some push-ups, or read and type out a line. More will follow. Sovereign+ includes every one of them.
Sovereign+ and gifts in the app keep Gurbani free. Every month, 10% of everything we take, before tax, goes to a different charity. This month's charity: to be announced. Support Sovereign Standard.
Questions.
Is it really free?
Yes. All Gurbani is free for everyone, always: the recordings, read-along, search, the Hukamnama, Simran and Sehaj Paath. So are your habits, the 90-Day, the basics of training and food, and events. No card, no trial, no ads. Sovereign+ is £12.99 a month or £89.99 a year in the UK and is the training and food programmes: workouts and food targets that adjust to what you log, and a readiness score each morning. Answers to your Sikhi questions, and one-off unlocks like the ang lock, are coming soon, and Sovereign+ will include them all.
How is it paid for?
By Sovereign+ and by gifts from people who use the app, and by one-off unlocks once they arrive. Every month, 10% of everything we take, before tax, goes to a different charity. This month's charity: to be announced. See how to support Sovereign Standard.
Is it only for Sikhs?
Made for every Sikh. Not tied to any jatha or group: choose the gutka you follow. Anyone is welcome to use the training and food side.
Which phones?
iPhone and Android. Sign in with Apple, Google or a code we email you, and your progress follows you to any phone.
I paid for Sovereign Standard before. What happens now?
Thank you. You won't be charged again, and Sovereign+ is free for you for life. Email info@sovereign-standard.com from the address you paid with and we'll set it up.
Which Nitnem do you follow?
Yours. Choose your gutka, SGPC, AKJ, Damdami Taksal, Budha Dal, Nanaksar or Hazur Sahib, and every bani follows it. Gurmukhi first, with transliteration and credited English translations.
What happens to my health data?
It stays on your phone. What Sovereign+ reads from Apple Health or Health Connect is never sent to our servers, never put in your backup, never used for adverts, never sold and never shared. Disconnect at any time and the copy on your phone is deleted.
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