John 1 vs First Word

A complete Catholic Bible, the Rosary, today's Mass readings and the saints, on your iPhone and iPad. Everything works offline. No account, no ads, no subscription. THE BIBLE • Three Catholic editions, with the deuterocanonical books: the World English Bible Catholic Edition, the Douay-Rheims and the Clementine Vulgate in Latin • A reader that sets Scripture like a book: paragraphs, psalms and poetry in lines, your choice of typeface, size and spacing • Search every verse in every edition, even without a connection • Bookmarks, highlights and private notes, on your device or synced to your own iCloud if you choose PRAYER • The Rosary with all four sets of mysteries, each with a public-domain painting • The Rosary of the Seven Sorrows and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy • 7 novenas with sources, nine-day progress and your intentions • A library of everyday prayers: Morning Offering, Angelus, Regina Caeli, Anima Christi, St. Michael, St. Patrick's Breastplate and more • A guided Lectio Divina and an examination of conscience for Confession (your notes clear when you leave) THE CHURCH YEAR • Today's Mass readings on the United States Roman calendar, opened in their full chapter • The saint of the day from the Vatican News calendar and the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic calendar • My Saints: save the saints you love, keep private intentions, and prepare for their feast days with a novena and an optional reminder • A Year with the Fathers: one reading a day from the Fathers of the Church through 2027, from 1 January. The first seven days are free • Lent and Holy Week: the Collect of each day from the Roman Missal, St Leo the Great's sermons on Lent, the Seven Penitential Psalms and the Missal's prayers for Holy Week • The Stations of the Cross by St Alphonsus Liguori, with Giandomenico Tiepolo's etchings THE FATHERS AND DOCTORS • 26 authors, 273 works, 15 million words, all offline: Augustine complete, the Summa Theologica and the Catena Aurea of St. Thomas Aquinas, John Chrysostom, Jerome, Ambrose, Athanasius, Gregory the Great and more • Open a chapter of Scripture and see which Fathers wrote on it • Each day, Today shows a Father's comment on the Gospel of the day • Read the first part of every work free. Unlock the full library once, with no subscription ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN • A verse widget for the Lock Screen and Home Screen that changes as often as you choose, from every 10 minutes to once a day • My Saint widgets with sacred art PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account or sign-in • No ads and no tracking • Your notes, highlights and intentions stay private: on your device, or in your own iCloud if you turn on sync Reading references are bundled for 2026 and 2027. For the exact lectionary wording, the app links to the USCCB. Local calendars can differ. All artwork is public domain.

First Word is a Scripture alarm and daily reading rhythm built for one simple purpose: make God’s Word your first thought in the morning and your last word at night. Set a real iPhone alarm for the days you choose. When it rings, iOS provides its standard Stop control, while Read Verse opens a calm Scripture wake screen. Read the verse aloud, finish with its reference, and begin the day with words worth carrying. First Word checks the reading with Apple Speech Recognition, preferring on-device recognition when available. If speech recognition is unavailable, a typed fallback keeps the experience dependable. ONE SCRIPTURE, ALL DAY The same daily Scripture stays with you through the whole local day: • First Word: your morning Scripture alarm • Today’s Verse: revisit, favorite, or share it during the day • Quiet Scripture moments: optional reminders at the times you choose • Widgets: today’s passage and your next alarm on the Home and Lock Screen YOUR RHYTHM See a calm local history of morning and evening readings. There are no competitive streaks, missed-day pressure, social feeds, or accounts. WHAT FIRST WORD DOES • Schedules iPhone alarms with Apple AlarmKit • Includes 365 carefully curated World English Bible readings • Offers quiet, spoken, and typed reading paths • Schedules optional quiet Scripture reminders with local notifications • Shows today’s passage and next alarm in Home and Lock Screen widgets • Answers Siri with today’s passage, entirely on device • Saves favorites and reading history on your iPhone • Creates portrait Scripture share cards through the native share sheet • Provides permission recovery guidance when Apple services are unavailable PRIVACY BY DESIGN Your alarms, reminders, favorites, preferences, and reading history stay on your iPhone. First Word has no advertising, no developer-operated analytics, and no account. The developer does not store audio or transcripts. Speech is handled by Apple Speech Recognition under Apple’s services and privacy terms. Sharing happens only when you choose it and sends the generated image to the destination you select. First Word requires iOS 26 or later because it uses Apple’s AlarmKit.