Christian screen-time apps: what the App Store listings actually say
There are now 55 iOS apps whose name promises to put Scripture or prayer between you and your phone. Every one of them is listed as free. We read what each developer declared to Apple - in-app purchases and App Privacy labels - and put the whole set in one table. Read on 14 September 2026.
What the 55 listings declare
- 87% (48 of 55) carry in-app purchases. "Free" in this category almost always means a paywall you meet later.
- 35% (19 of 55) declare Data Used to Track You - the label Apple requires when data is shared with data brokers or used for cross-app advertising.
- 29% (16 of 55) declare Data Not Collected.
- 5 of 55 have neither in-app purchases nor any declared data collection: Bible Blocked, Firstfruits: Bible Screen Time, Focus Bible, Lock Bible, Ruach - Christian Screen Time.
- 69% (38 of 55) first appeared on the App Store in 2026, and 28 have fewer than ten ratings. This is a very young category - treat any "best of" list, including one written by us, accordingly.
How this was put together, and what it is not
Nobody installed these apps. Every field below is the developer's own declaration to Apple, read from the App Store on 14 September 2026: the in-app purchase flag and the App Privacy labels come from each app's product page, the rest from Apple's public lookup API. That is a narrow claim on purpose. We would rather publish something we can prove than a hands-on review of 55 apps that nobody ran.
Two things the labels do not tell you. Data Not Collected is a declaration, not an audit - Apple does not verify it. And an app with in-app purchases is not automatically worse: some of these are one-time unlocks, some are subscriptions, and the listing flag does not distinguish them. Open the App Store page to see which.
Selection was by name: the app's own title has to say it is a screen-time, blocker, lock or focus product, not a Bible reader with a widget. That rule is mechanical, so it will have missed apps that describe themselves differently, and it may have included one or two that are really something else. The raw data, including the search terms, is in the repository this site is built from.
All 55 listings
| App | In-app purchases | App Privacy label | Ratings | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma: Prayer Lock & Bible chatCommitted Tech Ventures, Inc. | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 370 | 2026-07-23 |
| BeBible: Focus & SocialTappedIn Apps LLC | Yes | Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 34 | 2026-08-31 |
| Bible BlockedBoaz Burnett | No | Data Not Collected | 4 | 2026-08-31 |
| Bible BlockerCarson Matthews | Yes | Data Not Collected | 1 | 2026-01-26 |
| Bible Break: Screen Time LimitCode By Cutting, LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 1171 | 2026-05-17 |
| Bible Focus - App BlockerDaniel Ni | Yes | Data Not Collected | 185 | 2026-07-17 |
| Bible Focus - Grow Your EdenROYCE MICHAEL PEEVER | Yes | Data Not Collected | 4 | 2026-06-11 |
| Bible Focus: Earn Screen TimeRewired LLC | Yes | Data Not Collected | 1188 | 2026-08-04 |
| Bible Focus: Quiet ScriptureValue Makers Inc. | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 25 | 2026-01-27 |
| Bible Focus: Screen Time LockNEPHILIM, LLC | Yes | Data Linked to You | 2 | 2026-08-27 |
| Bible Focus: Speed ReadingMahanti Corporation LLC | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 1 | 2026-09-11 |
| Bible Lock Prayer Widget VerseYASAR CAKIR | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 0 | 2026-03-25 |
| Bible Lock Screens + DevosJames Maher | No | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You | 69 | 2023-05-19 |
| Bible Lock: Put God FirstMJH VENTURES LLC | Yes | Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 299 | 2026-08-27 |
| Bible Mode: Reduce Screen TimeFriday Labs LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 12190 | 2026-09-04 |
| Bible Pause: App BlockerFOURPLEX SIA | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 1 | 2026-02-26 |
| Bible Streak: Quiet Time FocusReuben Oliver | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 83 | 2026-09-02 |
| Bible Time: Holy PauseVSEVOLOD AHMADULLIN RUSLANI, IE | Yes | Data Not Collected | 2 | 2026-03-17 |
| Bible Time: Reduce Screen TimeBarjinder Goyal | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 24 | 2026-09-04 |
| Bible Verse Lock Screen喜兰 梁 | Yes | Data Not Collected | 270 | 2026-06-06 |
| BibleGate: Screen Time ControlRae Legacy LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 10 | 2026-09-13 |
| BibleScroll: Christian FocusScreen Detox Inc | Yes | Data Not Collected | 4650 | 2026-09-11 |
| Christian Lock: Bible FocusJuan Almena | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 0 | 2026-07-19 |
| DuoFaith: Bible App LockLuke Downie | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 2 | 2026-09-13 |
| DwellFocus - Bible Focus Lock春城 贾 | Yes | Data Not Collected | 1 | 2026-06-29 |
| Faith App Blocker: Seek FirstCALEB JOSUE FELICIANO | Yes | Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 1 | 2026-09-09 |
| Faith Frame : Pray Screen TimeAHMET KEREM YUCALAN | Yes | Data Not Collected | 3 | 2025-04-08 |
| Faith Garden: Prayer LockJason Mayo | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You | 8 | 2026-09-01 |
| Faith Lock: Bible Prayer FocusAppbiz Studio, LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 17 | 2026-07-07 |
| Faith Mode - Christian FocusMax Mode, LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 961 | 2026-09-12 |
| FaithLock:pray,Christian focusHangzhou Escape Universe Technology Co., Ltd | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 6 | 2026-01-17 |
| FaithLocked: Pray to UnlockVictor Cristobal Gonzalez Martin | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 883 | 2026-08-17 |
| Firstfruits: Bible Screen Time oursFirstfruits | No | Data Not Collected | 0 | 2026-09-12 |
| Focus BibleByrne Publishing LLC | No | Data Not Collected | 7 | 2021-05-22 |
| Focus Bible - Go DeeperHidden Planet Productions | Yes | Data Linked to You | 2 | 2026-08-04 |
| Heed - Christian App BlockerJulian Chukwu | Yes | Data Not Collected | 0 | 2026-07-05 |
| Lock BibleNorth Boutique Studios Ltd | No | Data Not Collected | 0 | 2026-08-11 |
| Lock Screen Bible VerseKarol Billik | Yes | Data Linked to You | 40 | 2026-08-26 |
| Noah Bible: App BlockerThendrils LLC | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 3 | 2026-09-02 |
| OneVerse: Bible Verse LockShikhar Kunal | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 0 | 2026-09-07 |
| Pray First: Reduce Screen TimeAlper Ismet SULUN | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 26 | 2026-07-28 |
| Pray Screen Time - Bible FocusManifest Automation, Inc | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 9635 | 2025-09-19 |
| PrayArch: Prayer Screen TimeLead Pamp LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You | 9 | 2026-07-29 |
| Prayer Lock App :BPrayKSP Kumara | Yes | Data Not Collected | 2 | 2026-08-17 |
| Prayer Lock: Bible Screen TimeManthan Prajapati | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 18 | 2026-08-14 |
| Prayin Lock: Bible App BlockerHARUN IRJZ | Yes | Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 16 | 2026-08-18 |
| Psalmo: Daily Bible Verse LockArtmvstd SIA | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 33 | 2026-09-09 |
| Put God First: Bible FocusStay Here Nonprofit Corporation | Yes | Data Linked to You | 137 | 2026-04-17 |
| Redeem: Christian App BlockerFlorian Chancelade | Yes | Data Linked to You | 4 | 2026-09-09 |
| Ruach - Christian Screen TimeHAYDEN MITCHELL FRERICHS | No | Data Not Collected | 2 | 2026-07-02 |
| Sacred Pause: Prayer & FocusCarlo Alexander Di Lorenzo | Yes | Data Not Linked to You | 0 | 2026-09-08 |
| Scripture Before ScrollJames Liberty | No | Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 30 | 2026-09-09 |
| Scripture First: Bible LockAlex Reno | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You, Data Not Linked to You | 78 | 2026-05-28 |
| Scroll Bible App: Holy BibleLitGames Inc. | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Linked to You | 0 | 2026-08-27 |
| Scroll The BibleJCBSN LLC | Yes | Data Used to Track You, Data Not Linked to You | 14061 | 2026-09-12 |
Where Firstfruits sits in this table
It is one of the 5 rows with no in-app purchases and no declared data collection - and it is also one of the newest and least-proven entries on the page, with no ratings at all. Both halves of that are true, and we would rather say both than only the flattering one.
What it does differently is the exchange itself: time in the Bible app you already use counts automatically toward credit, and credit unlocks the apps that eat your day for exactly as long as you earned. How it works explains the mechanism; the home page has the short version.