Comparison

Holy Scroll vs Scrollture

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Holy Scroll

This app integrates Bible reading into your daily phone usage habits. It offers a verse-by-verse infinite scroll experience, similar to social media feeds, to make reading Scripture effortless and engaging. Users can also add notes and like verses that resonate with them.

Highlights
  • Verse-by-verse infinite scroll
  • Habit-based reading integration
  • Double-tap to like verses
  • Hold to add notes
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Hidden features on demand
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THE BIBLE APP THAT WORKS WITH YOUR HABITS, NOT AGAINST THEM
 Listen. You already know you should read your Bible more. I'm not going to lecture you about that.
 Here's what I am going to tell you: you reach for your phone about 150 times a day. You scroll through Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, whatever. Your thumb does this thing where it just keeps moving. Swipe, swipe, swipe. You don't even think about it anymore.
 And every single time you do that, there's this little voice in your head that says "I should be reading Scripture instead."
 So you try. You download a Bible app. Maybe you've downloaded five of them. You open it with good intentions. You're going to read a chapter today. You're finally going to get through Romans.
 But here's what actually happens: You open the app. You hunt for where you left off. You can't remember if you were in chapter 3 or chapter 4. You finally find it. You start reading. Then a notification pops up. You swipe it away. You go back to reading. But now you're thinking about that text message. You finish the verse. You close the app. You tell yourself you'll come back to it later.
 You don't come back to it later.
 And the whole time, your thumb? Your thumb is bored. Because your thumb has been trained by ten years of Instagram to expect something different. It expects to keep moving. It expects that smooth scroll. That rhythm. That flow.
 Fighting that is exhausting… So stop fighting it!
 Holy Scroll works with the way you already use your phone, not against it. It's verse-by-verse infinite scroll. Just like your Instagram feed, just like TikTok, just like everything else on your phone. But it's Scripture.
 You open the app. You see your name. One button that says Continue. You tap it. You're exactly where you stopped yesterday, yesterday morning, ten minutes ago, whenever. And you just start scrolling.
 Verse after verse after verse. Your thumb does what it already knows how to do. You keep reading. You get into this rhythm. Time kind of disappears. You look up twenty minutes later and you've read three chapters without trying. I'm not making this up. This is what happens when the friction disappears. WRITE WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS! A verse moved you? Double tap to like a verse! God spoke to you? Hold down to add a note! Notes aren't for organization. They're for remembrance. When God speaks on the mountain write it down. Six months from now when you're in the valley and can't feel Him, you'll need proof this was real. Your notes become your ammunition.
 THE MOST DISTRACTION-FREE BIBLE APP IN EXISTENCE! Everything you need hides until you reach for it. Search, notes, translations, highlights, bookmarks. All there. All instant. All hidden until you want them. Power features that know their place. This is what respecting your attention looks like.
 WHO THIS IS FOR? This is for believers who are tired of trying harder. Who know they should read Scripture but keep choosing their feed instead. Who want to be the person who's read Romans, not the person who keeps starting and quitting. This is for people who are hungry but exhausted.
 If you've been losing the attention war on your phone, Holy Scroll is what you've been looking for.
 DOWNLOAD HOLY SCROLL TODAY! Holy Scroll is what happens when you stop fighting your habits and start working with them.
 You're going to scroll anyway. You might as well scroll Scripture. That's it. That's the whole idea.
 You can download it right now. It's free. Open it tomorrow morning instead of social media. See what happens. I think you'll finish books of the Bible you never thought you'd read. I think you'll become the person who actually knows where verses are instead of just nodding along when someone mentions them. I think this might be the thing that finally makes Bible reading feel easy instead of exhausting.
 But hey, don't take my word for it. Download it. Try it for a week. See if I'm lying.
 Your thumb already knows what to do.

About

Scrollture

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Stop doomscrolling. Scroll this instead. Scrollture is the Bible as a feed. One verse fills the screen, and a swipe brings the next. Open anywhere, tap the dice for a random verse, or pick up where you left off. Scrolling is free, with no limit and no ads. EVERY VERSE, EXPLAINED All 31,086 verses of the 66-book Bible have their own short study. Tap a verse to see what it meant to the people who first heard it, the history around it, the Greek or Hebrew words underneath, a simpler way to say it, related verses, and what it could mean for your day. Many verses also show a fact you probably didn't know, right in the feed. A FEW VERSES A DAY Pick a daily goal: 3 verses, 10 verses, or a whole chapter. Ari, a lion cub, keeps you company, and his mane grows with your streak. One gentle reminder a day, morning or evening. Never two. WATCH YOUR CITY RISE Every chapter you read builds something. Genesis raises Noah's Ark, and every book of the Bible has a building of its own. Each day you meet your goal plants a tree in your garden. KEEP WHAT SPEAKS TO YOU Save verses, write in the margin, and keep them in folders like Comfort, Promise, and Prayer. Turn any verse into a card for your story or your feed. FIND THE RIGHT VERSE Search by reference or by word. When you're anxious, tired, grieving, or unsure of the next step, open verses chosen for that moment. Reading plans take you through John in 21 days, Proverbs in 31, or Psalms in 30. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Put today's verse on your Lock Screen or Home Screen, or Ari with your place in the Bible. YOUR BIBLE, YOUR WAY • Five translations: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), King James Version (KJV), World English Bible (WEB), American Standard Version (ASV), and Douay-Rheims • Protestant (66 books) or Catholic (73 books) • Paper, Parchment, and Night themes, with adjustable text • Works offline • No account needed. Your saves, notes, and progress sync with iCloud SCROLLTURE PLUS Scrolling is free forever, and so are your first 20 studies and 20 saves. Plus opens every study and unlimited saves. • Yearly: $29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial • Monthly: $4.99 a month Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.mangolab.app/scrollture/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.mangolab.app/scrollture/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Holy Scroll4 screens
Scrollture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holy Scroll at none against Scrollture's 2. Scrollture's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scrollture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Holy Scroll asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holy Scroll ships an update every 3 weeks, Scrollture every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Holy Scroll versus Scrollture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoly ScrollScrollture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (100 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings100 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB134 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiscipleship Tech, Inc.Thi Quynh Nhu Phan

In-app purchases

None

Holy Scroll

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Scrollture

Subscriptions2
  • Scrollture Premium$4.991 Month
  • Scrollture Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Holy Scroll free?
Holy Scroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrollture free?
Scrollture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Holy Scroll or Scrollture have ads?
Neither Holy Scroll nor Scrollture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Holy Scroll or Scrollture?
Holy Scroll ships an update every 3 weeks, and Scrollture every 6 days. Most recently, Holy Scroll was updated on November 9, 2026 and Scrollture on November 7, 2026.

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