Comparison

Yearbound vs The Good Scroll

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

Head to head
About

Yearbound

Features
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A space where a promise to yourself becomes a record of quietly witnessing one another.
Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. Invite a Witness to quietly watch over your journal, become a Witness for someone you care about, or write alongside a Co-Writer who shares the same stretch of time. Every entry is encrypted and kept as something deeply, enduringly yours. HOW IT WORKS What did you write three days ago? What feeling lingered last month? What did the you from a year ago believe, fear, or hope for? You don’t have to go searching for your past. Yearbound brings it back to you—quietly, and at exactly the right time. 9 Volumes One life, seen through nine lenses: Journal —What from today would you want to meet again later? Growth —What kind of person are you slowly becoming? Gratitude —What precious thing is already here beside you today? Love —Who is resting most deeply in your heart right now? Mindful —In this moment, are you truly here? Letters —Who are your unspoken words reaching for? Work —Where is this work leading you? Abundance —What does “enough” feel like to you right now? Challenge —What effort today will your future self be grateful for? Manifesto Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. They do not need to be long or polished. A single honest sentence, a quiet promise, a hope you are not ready to let go of—those are enough. Over time, these lines become more than notes. They become a trace of who you want to be and what you want to remain true to. Co-Writer Write on the same page together and share time, feeling, and memory. When one person’s record meets another person’s words, something new takes shape—something neither could have made alone. Co-Writer is not only a feature for writing together, but a way of making shared time visible. Witness Invite a Witness to quietly keep watch over your journal, or become a Witness for someone you care about. It does not require many words. Some days, what we need is not advice or judgment, but simply someone who stays near, remembers, and sees us through. Yearbound makes room for that kind of tender connection. Time Capsule Some feelings need to travel farther, to be met again only after enough time has passed. Time Capsule is a place for those moments. Leave a message from who you are now for who you will be later. When it opens again, it may bring back the air of a forgotten season, along with the beliefs, fears, and hopes you once carried. My Yearbound My Yearbound is where scattered entries gather into a single flow. Daily intentions, returned pages, shared writing, and time capsules begin to connect here as one life. It is not simply where records are stored, but a quiet map that helps you understand the shape of the time you have lived. Privacy and Encryption Every entry is protected with end-to-end AES-256 encryption. From the briefest note to the feelings you could not easily show anyone else, your words remain yours to the end. Yearbound is not made for display, but for honesty. Even your most fragile sentence is held quietly and securely in your own time and language. Tiers Free — 1 volume · 3 lines a day · 1 year of past cards · join as a Witness · invite 3 Witnesses Plus ($29.99 lifetime) — unlimited volumes · full archive · local recordings · join as a Witness · invite 5 Witnesses Pro ($4.99/month · $39.99/year) — write together with 1 invited Pro member · Manifesto · cloud sync · unlimited Witnesses Family ($9.99/month · $79.99/year) — everything in Pro · up to 6 Pro members · 5 additional people · shared volumes Languages Some feelings only reveal themselves fully in a certain language. Every prompt in Yearbound was written separately in English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, German, and French. They are not translations, but lines born in the grain of each language itself. Three lines are enough. Begin in the language closest to your heart. Terms of Use: https://www.yearbound.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.yearbound.app/privacy.html

About

The Good Scroll

This app offers a full-screen feed of Bible verses paired with nature photography, using a familiar swipe gesture. Users can filter verses by theme, save favorites, and share them easily. It provides a peaceful and meaningful scrolling experience without ads or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Vertical swipe feed
  • Curated Bible verses
  • Filter by theme
  • Save favorite verses
  • Share verse cards
  • Nature photography
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You're going to scroll anyway. Make it count. The Good Scroll is a Bible verse feed built for the way you already use your phone. Swipe through full-screen Scripture paired with stunning nature photography, the same gesture you already know, pointed toward something that actually matters. FEATURES - Vertical swipe feed, identical to TikTok and Reels, zero learning curve - 100+ curated Bible verses across 14 themes - Filter by what you need: Peace, Hope, Strength, Courage, Love, Wisdom, and more - Save your favorite verses with one tap - Share verse cards directly to messages, social media, or anywhere else - Beautiful nature photography, mountains, oceans, forests, skies - No ads. No algorithms. No noise. THE THEMES Peace · Trust · Hope · Strength · Courage · Comfort · Love · Gratitude · Joy · Wisdom · Kindness · Perseverance · Creation · Renewal · Blessing · Community · Faithfulness · Forgiveness · Humility · Prayer · Salvation · Guidance · Identity · Grief · Worship Free to download. Free to use. Built to give you something worth scrolling through.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Yearbound at 3 against The Good Scroll's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Yearbound versus The Good Scroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYearboundThe Good Scroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYearbound Studio LLCJared Herring

In-app purchases

None

Yearbound

No in-app purchases

None

The Good Scroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yearbound free?
Yearbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Good Scroll free?
The Good Scroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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