Old Hymns
The Android app will be on Google Play — coming soon. Meanwhile you can read a hymn in the browser, free (US$0 / KSh 0).
Old Hymns, Large Print
A quiet hymnal in large type. More than five hundred public-domain hymns, taken from the Otterbein Hymnal of 1892. The words are always free.
The words
Every hymn is taken from The Otterbein Hymnal, prepared by Edmund S. Lorenz, United Brethren Publishing House, Dayton, Ohio, 1892 (copyright 1886). The book is in the public domain in the United States. A convenient transcription is Project Gutenberg eBook 16455; this site and the app use the 1892 wording and do not use Project Gutenberg’s trademark.
No text first published after 1930 is included. There are no CCLI-licensed songs and no modern copyright hymns. Tune names are facts, as printed in 1892. There are no recordings.
Prices
Always free, and never locked behind a purchase.
remove_ads)A one-time purchase on this Google Play account. Google Play sets the charged local price.
Kenya shilling figures use KSh 129.91 = US$1 (Central Bank of Kenya, 6 November 2026) and are illustrative. In the current build the advertising keys are placeholders, so the SDK is never initialised. Light ads may appear on the home and settings screens, and after you leave a hymn, never on the page of words.
Questions
Are the hymns free?
Yes. Every hymn text is free (US$0 / KSh 0). Remove ads is optional.
Can I read a hymn in the browser?
Yes. The hymn page is free (US$0 / KSh 0) and uses the same 1892 wording.