Comparison

Scripture Before Scroll vs Read Your Bible Through

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Read Your Bible Through

Features
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Read your Bible through in a year. Read Your Bible Through gives every day of the year its own reading. Open the app in the morning, and today's reading is waiting: two chapters from the Old Testament and one from the New Testament, or three and two on Sundays. Keep going, and by the end of December you will have read the whole Bible. Everyone reads the same chapters on the same day, in the app and on readyourbiblethrough.com. Your church, your family, and your friends are on the same page, so you can talk about this morning's reading with anyone who is reading along. THREE READING PLANS • Bible Plan: the Old and New Testaments side by side, each from the beginning. The New Testament is finished in August, and the Old Testament takes its place for the rest of the year. • Psalms Plan: all 150 Psalms, three times a year. One a day on weekdays and two on weekends, with Psalm 119 in four parts. • Proverbs Plan: all 31 chapters of Proverbs, every month. One a day, doubling up at the end of a short month. Switch plans just under the date, and the app remembers your choice. Missed a day, or reading ahead? Tap any day on the calendar. THE KING JAMES VERSION, BUILT IN The whole Authorized King James Version is inside the app, set as it is printed, with the words of Jesus in red. Tap a reading, and it opens right there. Go on to the next chapter, or on into the next day, or jump to any book. Any reading also opens on BibleGateway. Set it the way you like to read: larger or smaller text, more space between the lines, a white, sepia, or black page, serif or sans-serif type, and one verse per line if you prefer. WEBSTER'S 1828, FOR THE HARD WORDS More than 600 of the King James's words have gone out of use or changed their meaning - "prevent" once meant to go before. They are underlined: tap one to read it in Noah Webster's 1828 dictionary, written while they still meant what the translators meant. MARK EACH DAY READ When you finish a day's reading, mark it read at the bottom of the chapter. See how far through the year you are, or through the month on the Proverbs Plan. Catching up on last Tuesday counts for last Tuesday. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets show where you pick up - today's reading, or the day you're on if you're behind - and let you mark it read without opening the app. Others show your progress, your streak, your weeks of reading, every chapter you've read, today's reading in all three plans, and a verse from your reading, on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. On iOS 18, open your next reading from Control Center. EVERY CHAPTER YOU HAVE READ A grid of all 1,189 chapters in the Bible fills in as you read, whatever plan you are on and whatever year it is. Tap a chapter to read it, press and hold to mark it yourself, or turn on Auto-Track, and marking a day as read fills in its chapters for you. A DAILY REMINDER Choose a time and a plan, and get a daily notification with that day's chapters, so you know what to read before you open the app. ON IPAD On iPad, the Bible is always open beside the page, at your place. Choose another day, and it stays where you are; read on into the next day, and the calendar follows. Keyboard shortcuts move between days and turn the pages. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Sign in with Apple or Google, and the days and chapters you mark follow you from one device to the next. Sign in to readyourbiblethrough.com with the same Apple or Google account, and the days you mark there show up in the app, too. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL The plans, the Bible, and everything you mark are saved on your device first, so it all works on a plane or in a church basement. If you have signed in, anything you marked while offline syncs when you are back online. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE No ads and no tracking. You don't need an account: without one, everything stays on your device. If you make one, you can delete it from inside the app. Read Your Bible Through is a ministry of Central Baptist Church, and it is free.

Screenshots

Scripture Before Scroll4 screens
Read Your Bible Through4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scripture Before Scroll at every 6 days against Read Your Bible Through's every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scripture Before Scroll ships an update every 6 days, Read Your Bible Through every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Scripture Before Scroll versus Read Your Bible Through: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScripture Before ScrollRead Your Bible Through
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames LibertyCandee Generations, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Scripture Before Scroll

No in-app purchases

None

Read Your Bible Through

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scripture Before Scroll free?
Scripture Before Scroll is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read Your Bible Through free?
Read Your Bible Through is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scripture Before Scroll or Read Your Bible Through have ads?
Neither Scripture Before Scroll nor Read Your Bible Through shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scripture Before Scroll or Read Your Bible Through?
Scripture Before Scroll ships an update every 6 days, and Read Your Bible Through every 3 weeks. Most recently, Scripture Before Scroll was updated on October 31, 2026 and Read Your Bible Through on October 31, 2026.

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