# First: Seek Before You Scroll — Bible screen time app blocker

> Bible screen time app blocker (iPhone/iPad app by Josiah David Maraat.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/first-seek-before-you-scroll/id6802811125 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Josiah David Maraat](https://appshunter.io/developer/1887732621)
- Category: Reference, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-29
- Data updated: 2026-09-28

## What is First?

Seek before you scroll.

Choose the apps that usually win your morning. First holds them while you read Scripture at an unhurried pace.

When the reading ends, the choice is yours: leave the apps closed, or go on with your day. If the apps never open, the morning still happened.

Leave them closed for an hour and a flower opens in your garden. Every flower is worth the same. Nothing is counted, ranked, capped, or sold. You can go on with your day whenever you choose.

An optional prayer keeps the passage in view before that choice. Highlight a verse, write a note, or return to your saved passages. A quiet breathing pause and optional ambient sound can help you settle in; silence is always an option.

FIRST IS FREE
Daily reading, app protection, prayer, saved verses and notes, and the garden are free.

FIRST PRO
Read the Bible at your own pace, follow a book in order, and revisit your reading history and dashboards. Missing a day never creates catch-up debt.

Everything stays on your iPhone: no account, no server, nothing to sign in to. First uses Apple's Screen Time permission to shield the apps you choose. You can withdraw permission in Settings.

Scripture is the World English Bible, dedicated to the public domain.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://firstdaily.app/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://firstdaily.app/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First Pro | $19.99 | per year |
| First Pro | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First Pro Lifetime | $49.99 | one-time |


## Is First safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess First.

## Is First legit?

First: Seek Before You Scroll has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for First is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-09-20

Reading plans are now easier to find from Home and Settings. Browse daily selections, follow a book, or read the Bible at your own pace.

A skippable walkthrough introduces reading, the optional pauses, and the garden. Existing readers can try a short Garden introduction, with both guides available again in Settings.

Scripture uses a new reading typeface. Sound settings offer a brief preview that ends by itself, and the quiet hour has a calmer Home.

Garden close-ups keep neighboring flowers visible, greenhouse corners meet cleanly, and the sun glow fades smoothly in dark appearance. Reminders now keep the reading in focus.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-07

A reading now ends with a choice: leave the apps closed, or go on with your day. An optional prayer keeps the passage in view before you choose.

Leave the apps closed for an hour and a flower opens in your garden. Every flower stays, with no counts or rankings. Opening your apps remains your choice.

The shield and Home reflect what is growing, and your flower stays with you when you go on.

Arrange your flowers and bouquets in a sunlit greenhouse, and take a closer look at each planting.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-01

You can now turn off the breathing pause from the pause itself, First mentions Pro once — after your first reading, never before — the name step says the name can change later, and the sun's eyes open a little rounder as you breathe in, and an unlock no longer outlives a reboot, a reading now says how long it really takes instead of rounding to a minute, and the reading day stays one day on the night the clocks fall back. Nothing else changed.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-29

No release notes.

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