BibleScroll vs Scripture Before Scroll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BibleScroll
This app encourages daily Bible reading by temporarily blocking distracting applications. It integrates with the YouVersion Bible app, allowing users to engage with scripture before accessing their usual digital content.
- Blocks distracting apps
- Daily Bible reading focus
- Integrates with YouVersion Bible
- 7-day free trial
- Encourages screen time management
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Read the Bible, before you scroll. BibleScroll blocks your most distracting apps every day until you've spent time in Scripture. Read right inside the app, in the translation you trust. Finish today's passage and your apps unlock. Spend less time scrolling and more time with God. • App Blocking: Pick the apps that eat up your day, like social media, games and dating apps. BibleScroll keeps them locked until you've read today's passage. • Read Bible to Unlock: One tap opens today's reading. Finish it, and your apps are open for the rest of the day. • Daily Streaks: Watch your streak grow, and see every day you showed up this week. • Multiple Bible Versions: Choose the translation you like best: the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), American Standard Version (ASV) or World English Bible Catholic Edition (WEBC). • Bible in Spanish and Portuguese: Read in Español with the Reina-Valera 1909 or Biblia de Jerusalén, or in Português with the Bíblia Livre. • Daily Verse: Start every morning with a new verse of encouragement. • Bible Verse Widget: Get a new verse every day, right on your lock screen or home screen. • Saved Verses: Bookmark the verses that stay with you and come back to them anytime. • Distraction-Free Reading: A clean, quiet Bible with no feeds to pull you away. Just Scripture. Download BibleScroll and make the Bible the first thing you open every day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Scripture Before Scroll
This app restricts access to social media until you complete your daily Bible reading. Choose your reading style, track your progress, and test your knowledge with trivia. It prioritizes privacy with no ads or data selling.
- Social media blocking
- Daily scripture reading
- Reading habit tracking
- Bible trivia
- Family Game mode
- Private journaling
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Scripture Before Scroll blocks your social apps until you've read the Bible. No more mindless scrolling before you've spent time with God. HABIT GATE — THE CORE FEATURE Block Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more using Apple's Screen Time. Your blocked apps stay locked until you complete your daily scripture reading. Finish your habit, unlock your feed. BUILD A DAILY HABIT Choose your reading style — a daily verse, a full chapter, or scripture memorization. Track your streak and stay consistent with morning reminders. GO DEEPER Test your Bible knowledge with trivia at beginner, intermediate, and expert levels. Challenge family and friends with Family Game mode. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE No ads. No data selling. Your reading history and journal stay on your device — never shared, never transmitted. Read first. Then scroll.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scripture Before Scroll at none against BibleScroll's 16. Scripture Before Scroll also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). BibleScroll's advantage is ratings volume (7.8K vs 47) and chart position (#12 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. BibleScroll sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Scripture Before Scroll asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BibleScroll against 4.8 for Scripture Before Scroll. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BibleScroll has 7.8K ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of BibleScroll's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scripture Before Scroll's.
BibleScroll ships an update every 10 days, Scripture Before Scroll every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BibleScroll | Scripture Before Scroll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.8K ratings) — better | 4.8 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #12 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Screen Detox Inc | James Liberty |
Customer experience
BibleScroll
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In-app purchases
BibleScroll
- BibleScroll Pro Weekly$9.997 Days
- BibleScroll $25 Annual Donation$25.001 Year
- BibleScroll Annual Donation$39.991 Year
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- BibleScroll $40 Annual Donation$40.001 Year
- BibleScroll $50 Monthly Donation$50.001 Month
- BibleScroll $50 Annual Donation$50.001 Year
- BibleScroll Annual Donation$59.991 Year
- BibleScroll Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- BibleScroll Pro Annual$59.991 Year
- BibleScroll $60 Annual Donation$60.001 Year
- BibleScroll Annual Donation$99.991 Year
- BibleScroll $100 Monthly Donation$100.001 Month
- BibleScroll $100 Annual Donation$100.001 Year
- BibleScroll Annual Donation$199.991 Year
- BibleScroll $200 Monthly Donation$200.001 Month
- BibleScroll $200 Annual Donation$200.001 Year
Scripture Before Scroll
No in-app purchases
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