# VerseGate: Bible App Blocker — Scripture Lock & Screen Time

> Scripture Lock & Screen Time (iPhone/iPad app by Rebecca Stevenson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/versegate-bible-app-blocker/id6794923205 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rebecca Stevenson](https://appshunter.io/developer/6794923207)
- Category: Lifestyle, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-27
- Data updated: 2026-09-13
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/versegate-bible-app-blocker/id6794923205/reviews.md

## What is VerseGate?

Your phone gets the first word most mornings. VerseGate puts one thing in front of it.

Choose the apps that take the most from you. From midnight they stay locked — and they open when you've read the day's verse and answered three short questions about it. Not a reminder you can swipe away. A door.

ONE VERSE A DAY
Not a feed, not a plan to fall behind on. One verse, chosen to match how you say you're feeling that morning, with a plain-English explanation of what it means. No verse repeats until you've seen them all.

YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY READ IT
Three questions, generously marked. Get one wrong and it shows you the verse again with a hint — you are never stuck, never told off, and never locked out for getting scripture wrong. But you can't tap through it either.

BUILT TO BE KEPT
Hold your mornings and the app opens up: new gate scenes drawn from the passages themselves — first light, the shepherd's valley, the burning bush, the empty tomb. Earned by showing up, never bought.

A VERSE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
Home and Lock Screen widgets carry a short verse through the day, at whatever rhythm you choose — hourly, a few times a day, or once.

WHEN YOU MISS A DAY
Your streak freezes rather than vanishing, if you've earned a freeze. Miss without one and it resets — because a streak that can't break isn't measuring anything.

HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS
VerseGate never sees what you use your phone for. Screen Time permission is used for one thing: putting a lock in front of the apps you picked. Nothing you do leaves your device, because there is nowhere for it to go — the app makes no network requests at all.

Calls, messages and alarms are never blocked. An emergency unlock is always there.

World English Bible.

SUBSCRIPTION
VerseGate Premium is an auto-renewing subscription.
- Yearly: £34.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial
- Monthly: £7.99 per month, no trial

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://versegate.net/terms
Privacy Policy: https://versegate.net/privacy

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| VerseGate Premium | $34.99 | per year |
| VerseGate Premium | $7.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-31

Small improvements to how VerseGate appears on the App Store.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-28

No release notes.

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