
Doorpost: Bible App Blocker
Write a verse. Unlock your day
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"Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."
Deuteronomy 6:9
A doorpost is where the words went. Somewhere you pass every day, on your way out.
The Doorpost keeps the apps you name closed until you have written out a verse
from your Bible by hand.
Not tapped. Not swiped. Written.
One screen, one box. Type the reference and the words, and your apps open for
the rest of the day. Then they close again, and tomorrow needs another verse.
HOW IT WORKS
Choose the apps you reach for without deciding to. The Doorpost holds them shut
using Apple's Screen Time. When you want them, open The Doorpost, open your
Bible, and copy the verse across.
Get it right and everything opens until your day resets. Get it wrong and you
are told what is missing, never what to write.
WRITTEN FROM A REAL BIBLE
The Doorpost checks what you typed against the text of the verse you named, so
it knows the difference between a verse and a sentence. It is deliberately
forgiving about translation and unforgiving about effort: your ESV, NIV, NKJV,
CSB or NASB wording will pass, and stopping half way will not.
Tell The Doorpost which Bible you read and it judges you fairly against it.
Choose the King James and it holds you to the King James exactly.
A verse rests for 30 days after you use it, so the same easy favorite cannot
carry every day. There are 31,102 to choose from.
QUIET BY DESIGN
No streaks. No badges. No notifications. No leaderboards. No accounts. Nothing
that turns this into another app demanding your attention.
Set your own reset time if you are up past midnight, so the evening does not end
mid-sentence.
PRIVATE
The Doorpost collects nothing. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising
and no tracking. It makes no network requests at all beyond the App Store. The
Bible is bundled, so everything you type stays on your device.
iOS never even tells The Doorpost which apps you chose. It only ever holds
tokens that the operating system alone can read.
THE FULL VERSION
The Doorpost is free to use: writing a verse to unlock your day always will be,
in every translation the app carries. Unlimited blocked apps, whole categories,
websites, and your own daily reset time come with the full version: $2.99 a
month, or pay $19.99 annually.
SCRIPTURE
Verses are checked against the Berean Standard Bible and the King James Version,
both public domain.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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What's New in Doorpost
1.3
September 3, 2026
A gentler first run, and a clearer free trial. New in this update: • A short, calm setup that ends by letting you write your very first verse • The 7-day free trial is now on the monthly plan • The onboarding speaks your language — Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean • Small refinements throughout Writing a verse by hand to unlock your apps is still the heart of it — the free trial lets you live with the habit before deciding.
MoreSubscription plans
Monthly
Unlimited access to all configuration settings
$2.991 Month
7 Days trial1
In-App Purchases
$19.99
The Doorpost Full Version
Unlimited access to all configuration settings




