Marginalia Trials of Faith

Bible Trivia & Scripture Study

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

A passage and a question every day, from whichever book you choose. Plus Study Mode, which shows you exactly what you know and what you don't. MARGINALIA: TRIALS OF FAITH A unique medieval puzzle game where illuminated manuscript pages have been corrupted by animated marginalia creatures. Restore order by correctly interpreting sacred scripture, applying divine symbols, and making moral choices aligned with Biblical wisdom. TWO GAME MODES SIMPLE PUZZLE MODE Master the art of manuscript restoration through 5 introductory levels: • Tap Bible verses to highlight sacred truths • Use holy symbols (crown, sword, chalice) to transform creatures • Watch your gold leaf restoration meter rise with each correct answer • Experience creature transformations: from chained to empowered, whispering to exposed BIBLICAL JOURNEY MODE Navigate moral dilemmas inspired by scripture: • Face creatures representing virtues and sins • Choose responses that align with Biblical teachings • Learn the deeper meaning behind each story • Progress through carefully crafted moral challenges MEDIEVAL AESTHETIC • Authentic illuminated manuscript parchment design • Gold leaf restoration effects • Red and blue rubrication borders • Animated marginalia creatures (lion, serpent, ape, demon, dove, dragon) • Medieval color palette and typography GAMEPLAY FEATURES • 10 total levels (5 puzzle + 5 biblical) • No timers - contemplate at your own pace • Helpful hint system • Reset levels freely • Haptic feedback on interactions • Beautiful animations (60 FPS) • Completely offline - no internet required • No ads during gameplay • Family-friendly content EDUCATIONAL VALUE • Exposure to King James Version scripture • Learn medieval Christian symbolism • Understand illuminated manuscript traditions • Explore virtue ethics (courage, humility, peace, truth) • Suitable for theology classes, homeschooling, or personal study DESIGN PHILOSOPHY • Interpretation over memorization • Contemplation over speed • Correction over punishment • Beauty over bombast • Respectful treatment of sacred content Perfect for: Bible study enthusiasts Puzzle game lovers Medieval history fans Educational gaming Theology students Anyone seeking thoughtful, beautiful gameplay "This is not a game ABOUT the Bible. It's a game that USES the Bible as a puzzle language." Experience the convergence of faith, art, and gameplay in this contemplative medieval puzzle adventure.

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A NEW PATH: THE QURAN Tap Play and you'll find a fourth path waiting. All 114 surahs, from Al-Fatihah to An-Nas, in 1,200 all-new questions written from inside the tradition — the Quranic names of the prophets, the language its own readers use, and every passage quoted from Pickthall's translation. Every citation was checked against the text itself. TRIVIA MODE — 4,000 NEW QUESTIONS Every path now has a second way to play. Story mode asks what you would do; Trivia Mode asks what you know. A thousand straight recall questions per path — names, numbers, places, who said what and where it's written — in twenty sets of fifty. Trivia keeps its own leaderboards and achievements, so it never touches your story progress. STUDY MODE A new section that shows you what you actually know. Your answers build a map of scripture, book by book: the ones you have mastered glow, the ones you have never opened stay dark. Questions you miss come back on a spaced-repetition schedule, just before you would forget them — a short daily review that takes a couple of minutes. TODAY: A DAILY PASSAGE AND A DAILY QUESTION Choose a tradition and a book, and each day brings a passage from it and a question to test yourself on. Build a streak. Pick from any of the fifteen texts on the Bookshelf — including the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapada, the Tao Te Ching and the Eddas, which now have question sets of their own even though their paths are still to come. GO DEEPER (PREMIUM) Every trivia question now has a study note behind it: who this person was, where the passage sits, why the answer is what it is, and where to look next. Finish a set of fifty and get a review of what it covered and what is worth going back to. A CORRECTION TO THE BOOKSHELF QURAN An earlier text-processing pass had wrongly replaced a word throughout the bundled Quran, which changed the sense of 66 verses — including the declaration of faith itself. Pickthall's original wording has been restored throughout and checked verse by verse. Our apologies to anyone who read those passages. THE BOOKSHELF Fifteen complete sacred texts, free to read, right in the app. Search any book, jump to any chapter, and pick up where you left off. CONTINUE READING — FREE The Bookshelf remembers your place. One tap puts you back on the page, in any of the fifteen texts, with no purchase needed. BOOKMARKS AND NOTES — PREMIUM Save as many places as you like, see them all in one list, and jump straight to any of them. Tap any verse to write a note about that exact line. Both sync privately through your own iCloud.

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Seller
  • Reality Software Entertainment LLC
Size
  • 202.5 MB
Category
  • Trivia
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.5 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 18.5 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 18.5 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 15.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 2.5 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
  • © 2026