Comparison

Scroll vs Written

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

Head to head
About

Scroll

This app delivers a single Bible verse daily, providing in-depth analysis including its plain sense, historical context, original language meaning, and modern application. Users can ask questions about the text and explore full study essays for verses that resonate deeply, helping to build a consistent spiritual practice.

Highlights
  • One verse delivered daily
  • Verse analysis (plain sense, background, original word)
  • Cross-translation comparisons
  • Ask questions directly from the text
  • Full study essays for deeper dives
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Saved verse library
Features
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You keep meaning to read the Bible. Then the day fills up, a chapter feels like a lot, and it doesn't happen — again. Scroll makes it one verse a day. Short enough that you'll actually open it. Deep enough that the verse stays with you. HOW IT WORKS Each day, one verse — unpacked like a patient teacher is sitting beside you: • The plain sense — what it actually says • The background — the story and setting behind it • The original word — the Hebrew or Greek your translation leaves out • Across translations — how the great versions render it • What's easy to miss — the detail that changes everything • For today — what it means for your life now ASK ANYTHING Wondering what a word means, or why it's phrased that way? Ask, and get an answer straight from the text — not opinions. GO DEEPER When a verse grips you, open a full study essay on it. The verses that won't let you go get the depth they deserve. BUILD THE HABIT A quiet daily streak turns "I should read more" into who you is saved to your library, kept for good. WHY SCROLL Most Bible apps hand you a plan and a lot of reading. Scroll does the opposite: less to read, more to see. One verse, fully understood, beats a chapter you skim and forget. Start with today's verse. It takes two minutes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sumitvairagar.github.io/selah-ai/privacy-policy.html Scroll Premium — auto-renewing annual subscription, $49.99/year (7-day free trial)."

About

Written

This app facilitates focused Bible reading and personal reflection. It offers tools for memorization, prayer tracking, and daily gratitude, with widgets for quick access to your study.

Highlights
  • Chapter progress tracking
  • Verse memorization modes
  • Prayer request management
  • Daily gratitude journaling
  • Custom study chains
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
Features
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Written: Bible Study is a personal Scripture study app built for focused reading and daily reflection. Read the Bible with chapter progress, bookmarks, highlights, notes, cross-references, commentary, word study, audio playback, and widgets that help you return to where you left off. Capture sermons with formatted notes, photos, embedded Scripture, related passages, folders, and PDF sharing. Return to your verse notes alongside their passages while reading. Memorize verses with practice modes for first letters, fill-in-the-blanks, typing, speaking, and hearing the passage aloud. Save each verse with its own translation and organize verses into collections. Keep prayer requests, praises, and daily gratitude entries close to your study workflow. Add photos to gratitude entries, mark prayers answered, and return to meaningful moments from widgets. The app also includes custom study chains, physical Bible mode, and lock screen/home screen widgets for quick access.

Screenshots

Scroll4 screens
Written4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Written at none against Scroll's 2. Written also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). Scroll's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Scroll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Written asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scroll against 5.0 for Written. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Written has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scroll ships an update weekly, Written every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scroll versus Written: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrollWritten
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSumit VairagarDrew Dudney

Customer experience

Scroll

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Written

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scroll

Subscriptions2
  • Scroll Premium$4.991 Month
  • Scroll Premium$29.991 Year
None

Written

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scroll free?
Scroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Written free?
Written is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scroll or Written?
Scroll and Written are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do Scroll or Written have ads?
Neither Scroll nor Written shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scroll or Written?
Scroll ships an update weekly, and Written every 4 days. Most recently, Scroll was updated on October 14, 2026 and Written on October 13, 2026.

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