Bible · Focus · Screen time

A Bible verse is the key to your apps.

OneVerse pauses the apps that pull you in — until you read one verse. Your most distracting habit becomes a daily moment with Scripture.

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Private by design No account, no tracking Apple Screen Time
The OneVerse home screen: a daily verse, a reading streak, and time reclaimed from the feed.

How it works

Three seconds of Scripture before the scroll.

No new habit to remember. The apps you already reach for become the doorway.

You reach for the feed

Open a distracting app and it's paused — powered by Apple Screen Time, right on your device.

Read today's verse

OneVerse opens to a calm reading room. One verse, one breath — the pause that breaks autopilot.

Unlock, or walk away

The app opens for 15 minutes, then quietly locks again. Or just close it — that's the real win.

The real pause

A moment, not a tap-through.

Most blockers are a wall you learn to tap past. OneVerse replaces the reflex with something worth arriving at — a single verse, held in a quiet, unhurried screen.

  • Strict mode is on by default — the verse is the only way through.
  • Calm, never punishing — a warm reading room, not a red “blocked” wall.
  • A gentle breath timer settles you before the feed.
A OneVerse pause screen showing Philippians 4:6 over a warm, calm background with a breathing timer.

Why it works

Built to change the habit, not just block it.

Your habit is the trigger

Nothing new to remember. The apps that pull you in become the prompt to pause.

A real pause

Strict mode by default removes the easy shortcut, so the moment actually lands.

Calm, never punishing

A warm, editorial reading room designed to feel like a breath — not a scolding.

Private by design

No account, no servers, no tracking. Everything stays on your device and your iCloud.

The whole Bible

All 31,095 verses of the World English Bible, in order, with per-book progress.

Streaks & reading plans

Topical journeys, gentle streaks, and shareable verse cards keep the habit alive.

More than a blocker

Read the whole Bible, one verse at a time.

Every pause moves you forward. Follow the entire Bible verse by verse, or choose a topical plan for whatever you're walking through — your place is always kept.

31,095
verses, in order
66
books tracked
7
topical plans
OneVerse reading plans: the whole Bible plus topical journeys like Peace over Anxiety.

Private by design

Your faith is yours. So is your data.

OneVerse runs entirely on your iPhone. There's no account to make and no server to hold anything — because we don't run one. Your verses, streaks, and app choices never leave your devices.

No accountNothing to sign up for.
No trackingNo analytics, no ads, no IDFA.
On-deviceStored locally & in your iCloud.
Opaque blockingThe app never sees which apps you picked.

Coming soon

Make the pause the moment you look forward to.

Trade a few seconds of scrolling for a verse a day. Your screen time falls — and something better takes its place.

Download on the App Store

Coming soon to iPhone.