Scripture First vs God Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scripture First
This app helps Christians prioritize Bible reading over social media and other distractions. It locks selected apps until a user completes a chosen Bible reading plan, offering customizable plans and verse explanations.
- App blocking until Bible reading
- Customizable Bible reading plans
- Pre-built reading plans
- Verse explanations and original language lookup
- Progress tracking
- Privacy-focused with no user tracking
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You wake up. You grab your phone. Twenty minutes of Instagram later, you still haven't opened your Bible. Tomorrow you'll do better. You don't. Scripture First fixes that. Built for Christians who want to put God first but lose every morning to their phones. Pick the apps that pull you in. Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, games, whatever it is. Lock them until you read. When you try to open one, your phone tells you to read the Bible first. Then your apps unlock for the day. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you want to block. 2. Pick a Bible reading plan or build your own. 3. Open Scripture First. Read. 4. Your apps unlock. Go about your day. BUILD ANY PLAN YOU WANT Read all of Proverbs in 6 days. Read 15 minutes a day until you finish John. Read the Bible in a year. Or pick one of the plans we built for you. The Gospels, Psalms, whatever fits your life. You set the goal. You set the pace. The app holds you to it. READ WITH HELP Tap any verse to get a clearer explanation. See related verses. Look up the original Greek or Hebrew. Go as deep as you want, or just read. THIS IS FOR YOU IF You open Instagram before you open the Bible. You've tried to read every day and failed every time. You want a plan that fits your life, not a 365-day program someone else made. You're tired of fighting your phone with willpower alone. SUBSCRIPTION Scripture First is a paid subscription. Your subscription renews automatically until you cancel in your App Store settings. You can manage your subscription anytime from your Apple ID. PRIVACY Apple's Screen Time runs the lock. We don't track you. We don't sell your data. Read the privacy policy before you sign up. Read first. Scroll later. Terms of Use: https://www.downloadscripturefirst.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.downloadscripturefirst.com/privacy
God Focus
This app helps you prioritize scripture and prayer over social media distractions. It offers a 'Faith Pause' feature that temporarily blocks distracting apps until you complete a short Bible passage and prayer. You can also enjoy Bible verses on your home and lock screens to build a daily spiritual habit.
- Christian app blocker
- Bible Scroll reading format
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Scheduled Faith Pauses
- 90-day habit journey
- Saved verses
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Want to doomscroll? Scroll Scripture first. God Focus helps you put Scripture before social media and build a simple daily rhythm with God. Instead of opening distracting apps on autopilot, create a Faith Pause: read a short passage of Scripture, pray, then continue with intention. READ. PRAY. UNLOCK. Choose the apps that distract you most and schedule your Faith Pauses. When a pause begins, those apps are temporarily blocked until you complete your Scripture and prayer. BIBLE SCROLL Read Scripture in a familiar vertical format designed for the way you already use your phone. Move through verses naturally, save passages, explore chapters, and turn scrolling into time in the Word. BIBLE VERSE WIDGETS Keep God’s Word visible throughout your day with Bible verse widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. See Scripture before you even open an app. FAITH PAUSES • Choose distracting apps • Set your Faith Pause times • Read a short Bible passage • Pray • Tap Amen to unlock • Continue until your next Faith Pause BUILD A DAILY HABIT Follow your progress, build a streak, and work toward 90 days of putting Scripture before social media. God Focus is not about quitting your phone or deleting social media. It’s about creating one intentional moment before the scroll. Less of the feed. More of the Word. FEATURES • Christian app blocker • Bible Scroll • Daily Bible verses • Home Screen and Lock Screen Bible widgets • Scheduled Faith Pauses • Prayer reminders • Scripture reading progress • 90-day faith habit journey • Saved verses and deeper Bible reading Start with Scripture. Pray. Then continue. God Focus — Scripture before social media. Privacy Policy: https://puzzleknows.github.io/god-focus-website/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://puzzleknows.github.io/god-focus-website/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: God Focus at 100% against Scripture First's 33%. God Focus also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Scripture First's advantage is ratings volume (94 vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Scripture First sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and God Focus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
God Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scripture First has 94 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Scripture First's written reviews are positive against 100% of God Focus's.
Scripture First ships an update every 5 days, God Focus every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Scripture First | God Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (94 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Reno | OLEG PYSHENKIN |
Customer experience
Scripture First
God Focus
In-app purchases
Scripture First
- Premium$5.991 Month
- Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
God Focus
- Monthly Pro$4.991 Month
- Annual Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Annual1 Year trial$19.991 Year









