# Doorpost: Bible App Blocker — Write a verse. Unlock your day > Write a verse. Unlock your day (iPhone/iPad app by Joseph Tung.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doorpost-bible-app-blocker/id6802520119 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Joseph Tung](https://appshunter.io/developer/6779988542) - Category: Lifestyle, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 38 MB - Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, European Spanish - Released: 2026-08-19 - Data updated: 2026-09-18 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/doorpost-bible-app-blocker/id6802520119/reviews.md ## What is Doorpost? "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/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly | $2.99 | per month | | Yearly | $19.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | The Doorpost Full Version | $19.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.3 — 2026-09-03 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. ### 1.2 — 2026-09-01 New in this update: • A home-screen and lock-screen widget showing today's verse and your streak • Re-lock: your blocked apps can close again after a set amount of use, asking for a new verse • A verse journal with your streak of consecutive days • An optional evening reminder before your day ends • Choose the exact verse suggestion shown each day • Share the verse you wrote — as a card, a sticker, or a moving "doorpost" you can lay over a photo of a real door • A refreshed look throughout • Faster launch and a number of fixes to verse matching across translations Writing a verse to unlock your apps is the heart of it, and the free trial lets you live with the habit before deciding. ### 1.1 — 2026-08-25 The Doorpost now keeps a journal. Every verse you write is saved with its date, and your streak of consecutive days sits at the top. You'll find it in Settings. A widget for your home screen and lock screen shows whether today's verse is written, along with your streak. It resets on its own when your day rolls over. The empty text box now suggests a verse each day. If you'd rather find your own, just start typing. An optional evening reminder can nudge you an hour before your day ends, naming the day's suggested verse. It only arrives on days the verse is still unwritten. Turn it on in Settings. Writing a verse feels better too: the words settle onto the screen, and the reference is inscribed beneath them. Also fixed: switching between light and dark mode now updates every screen immediately. ### 1.0 — 2026-08-20 No release notes. ## More apps by Joseph Tung - [Eggy: Speech Coach](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eggy-speech-coach/id6783632767) All apps by Joseph Tung: https://appshunter.io/developer/6779988542 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-18.*