Bible Seal vs Blessen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Seal
This app helps you build a consistent Bible reading habit by blocking distracting apps until you complete a reading. It offers guided journeys, scripture memorization, and AI-powered Bible chat to deepen understanding. Keep verses visible with widgets and track your progress with streaks.
- App blocking for distractions
- Guided Bible reading journeys
- Scripture memorization tool
- AI-powered Bible chat
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Streak tracking for habit building
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Put God before your phone. Become someone who reads the Bible consistently, understands what they read, and can quote Scripture from memory. Choose the apps that distract you. Bible Seal blocks them until you complete a Bible reading—turning the urge to scroll into time with Scripture. READ BEFORE YOU SCROLL Choose the apps or categories that steal your attention. Decide when they stay blocked and how long they open after you read. BUILD A BIBLE HABIT THAT LASTS • Follow Bible journeys with short readings shaped around your goals and current season • Know what to read instead of wondering where to begin • Build a streak that makes showing up feel natural • Read in the built-in Berean Standard Bible or King James Version QUOTE SCRIPTURE FROM MEMORY Practice meaningful verses through interactive recall. Bible Seal brings them back over time until you can say the whole verse without looking. UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT PASSAGES Ask Bible Chat questions about what you are reading, explore passages in context, and return to recent conversations when you need them. KEEP SCRIPTURE CLOSE Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to keep meaningful verses in view throughout your day. Bible Seal uses Apple’s Screen Time technology. Screen Time authorization is required for app blocking. A Bible Seal subscription is required for access. Available plans, prices, and any free-trial eligibility are shown before purchase and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Bible Chat may make mistakes. For important matters, verify answers against Scripture and trusted sources. Terms of Service: https://biblesealapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://biblesealapp.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Blessen
This app integrates Bible verses and prayers into your daily life through customizable widgets for your home and lock screens. It offers a guided prayer experience and allows you to share scripture-based messages with others.
- Bible widgets for Lock and Home Screens
- Daily Bible verses and prayers by theme
- Guided, one-line prayer experience
- Share custom 'Blessings' with scripture
- Full Bible reading functionality
- Themed verse and prayer cards
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Blessen brings the Bible into your everyday life with beautiful Bible widgets, daily verses, prayers, and a simple way to share Scripture with the people you care about. Keep a daily Bible verse on your Lock Screen or Home Screen, browse verses and prayers for different moments, read the full Bible, or send someone a Blessing when you don’t know what to say. Bible widgets for your Lock and Home Screens Keep Scripture where you’ll see it throughout the day. • Add a Bible verse widget to your Lock Screen • Choose small, medium, or large Home Screen widgets • Discover beautifully designed verses and prayers • Make Scripture part of your morning, your day, or the moments in between Daily Bible verses and prayers Explore a library of Bible verses and prayers organised by theme, with every card designed around its own background image. Whether you’re looking for encouragement, peace, strength, gratitude, hope, or a prayer for a specific moment, Blessen makes it easy to find words that feel right. Open any verse or prayer in fullscreen for a focused reading experience. Pray one line at a time Prayers in Blessen are designed to help you slow down and stay with the words. As you read, the current line is highlighted and the prayer moves with you, creating a simple, guided prayer experience without distractions. Send a Blessing Sometimes you want to be there for someone, but you don’t know what to say. • Choose a Bible verse or prayer • Pick the design you want them to see • Send it to one person or a group • Let them open your Blessing in the exact design you selected Send Scripture to a friend before an important day, to someone going through a difficult moment, or simply to remind someone that you’re thinking of them. Read the full Bible Blessen is more than a Bible verse widget or daily devotional. Open the full Bible whenever you want to read Scripture in context and spend more time with God’s Word. A modern way to keep Scripture close Blessen was created to make the Bible feel at home on the screen you use every day. Beautiful Bible widgets, thoughtfully designed verses and prayers, daily Scripture, and meaningful Blessings give you simple ways to read, reflect, pray, and share. Keep Scripture close. Send it when it matters. Premium / Subscription: Unlock the full Blessen experience with Blessen Premium. Blessen is free to download and use. Blessen Premium unlocks all widget themes and full customization, the complete library of 520 prayers, saved favorites, unlimited Blessings, Circles of up to 10 people, and sending one Blessing to several Circles at once. Blessen Family covers up to 6 accounts (1 owner + 5 invited). Terms of Use: https://blessen.app/legal/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://blessen.app/legal/privacy Support / Contact: help@lumengate.io
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Blessen at freemium against Bible Seal's subscription. Blessen also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 1). Bible Seal's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bible Seal sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and Blessen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bible Seal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blessen has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bible Seal ships an update weekly, Blessen every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Seal | Blessen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROBERTS OLEINIKS | LUMENGATE LTD |
Customer experience
Bible Seal
Blessen
In-app purchases
Bible Seal
- Weekly Access (7-day trial)7 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Weekly Access (7-day trial)7 Days trial$8.997 Days
- Monthly Access3 Days trial$8.991 Month
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- Weekly Access$8.997 Days
- Annual Access$39.991 Year
- Annual Access$59.991 Year
- Annual Access (7-day trial)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Blessen
- Individual Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Family Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Individual Annual Offer14 Days trial$48.991 Year
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- Individual Annual14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Family Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year







