Shepherd vs Open Book

Put Scripture on every screen you look at. Shepherd turns your iPhone into a daily reminder of God's Word — with widgets for your home screen and lock screen, an auto-updating verse wallpaper, and a studio for turning any verse into something beautiful enough to share. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN • Verse of the Day on your home screen, in small, medium, large, and iPad sizes • Lock screen widgets, so today's verse is there every time you check the time • Choose what your widget shows: the daily verse, the passage you're reading, or daily artwork • Pick your translation and theme for each widget DAILY VERSE WALLPAPER • A fresh wallpaper with today's verse, every day — set it up once and it updates automatically • Two styles: the classic antique look, or daily artwork created for each day's verse • Matches light and dark mode on its own THE VERSE IMAGE STUDIO • Turn any verse into a shareable image in seconds • 50 hand-crafted antique palettes — parchment, oxblood, sage, midnight ink, and more • A library of classic serif typefaces • Square, Story, landscape, and wallpaper formats • Use your own photos as backgrounds, or generate unique AI verse artwork A READER THAT STAYS OUT OF THE WAY • Six translations: KJV, NIV, ESV, NLT, NKJV, NASB • Download translations for offline reading • Highlights, notes, and a bookmark that syncs across your devices • The words of Jesus in red • Fast full-text search SHEPHERD STUDIO (optional subscription) Everything above is free — the daily verse, the widgets, the wallpaper automation, and the starter studio. Shepherd Studio unlocks the full creative toolkit: all 50 palettes, every font, your own photo backgrounds, high-resolution exports, and 20 AI verse images every month. Monthly or yearly; cancel anytime. Prefer no subscription? AI verse images are also available as simple one-time packs. No ads. No tracking. Just the Word, beautifully.

Open Book blocks adult content and the apps that pull you off track, using Apple's built-in Screen Time controls. You set it up, you manage it, and your choices stay on your iPhone. 30-DAY CHALLENGE Start a 30-day challenge from Home. Every day that blocking stays on with no pause counts as a kept day. See all 30 days at a glance, get a short note after days 7, 14, 21 and 30, and start over whenever you want. Earn a named rank as your kept days add up, from First day to 30 days. Your challenge is kept on your iPhone. AN URGE BUTTON When an urge hits, tap "I have an urge" on Home. A one-minute breathing guide helps it pass, and your own reasons, up to three, are there to read. Your reasons stay on your iPhone. NATIVE BLOCKING. NO VPN. Open Book uses Apple's Screen Time framework, not a VPN or traffic inspection. When blocking is on, Safari's adult-content filter turns on automatically. Use Apple's own picker to choose apps, app categories and websites to block. KEEP THE APPS YOU NEED Blocking a whole category? Add app exceptions so a work chat app or another app you rely on keeps working. SHORT PAUSES ON YOUR TERMS Need a break? Pause blocking for 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Blocking is scheduled to resume when the pause ends, and you can resume it sooner. iOS may delay the resume while your phone is idle. YOUR ACTIVITY, PRIVATELY The Activity tab lists when blocking started or stopped and when pauses began and ended. Filter it by type. It records event types and times only, never websites, app names or browsing history. WEEKLY RECAP Turn on the weekly recap from Activity to get a short notification each Sunday evening. It counts your pauses for the week and the days you had none. The recap is built on your iPhone from your Activity log. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your blocking choices, activity log, challenge and recaps stay on your device. Open Book never sees your browsing and doesn't share your activity with anyone. To improve the app, it sends a few anonymous usage events, such as starting or finishing a challenge. They never include websites, app names or Screen Time data, and they aren't linked to your account. A minimal account, created without an email or password, supports purchase restore and account deletion. You can delete it anytime in Settings. YOU'RE IN CONTROL Stop blocking whenever you want, after a 30-second wait that gives an urge time to pass, unless you have started a Strict mode lock. You can also turn off Screen Time access in iPhone Settings at any time. Open Book is for managing your own iPhone. It is not a parental-monitoring tool. STRICT MODE (OPEN BOOK PLUS) Want a firmer commitment? Strict mode locks blocking for 1, 3, 7 or 30 days. Until the lock ends, Open Book won't stop blocking, pause, remove apps or add exceptions. You can also make stopping take longer: wait 5, 15 or 60 minutes instead of 30 seconds. Strict mode only limits Open Book's own controls. Each lock has one emergency exit: after your stop wait, it ends the lock early and blocking stays on. Turning off Screen Time access in iPhone Settings still ends all blocking at any time, and a built-in guide shows how to put a Screen Time passcode on those settings. Strict mode requires Open Book Plus: a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Everything else in Open Book is free. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. The lifetime purchase is a single payment and does not renew. Restore a purchase in Settings > Account & subscription. Privacy Policy: https://useopenbook.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://useopenbook.com/terms Support: https://useopenbook.com/support