Bug fixes

Come and be still. — a new daily bell for Altar Circles. Every day at the same shared moment, everyone in your Circles is invited to pause together for 30 minutes at the altar. A single, quiet ping — no feeds, no pressure. The Lock Screen countdown shows how much of the window is left. Also in 1.3.6: • A gentler paywall — "Not now" routes straight to your one-time first-year offer instead of a friction-y confirmation • Shield-demo scripture is now legible in both light and dark mode • Settings → Daily Rhythm → Altar Bell lets you turn the bell off any time Return to stillness — together.

A calmer, more personal Altar. • Redesigned onboarding — a mini-preview shows exactly how Altar meets you the next time you reach for a distracting app. • Your plan is now personalized to the topics you chose. "Without Altar / With Altar" columns make the payoff concrete. • Cleaner paywall — a real-time trial timeline, polished pricing, and a real reader review to keep things honest. • A one-time helper appears on your first real shield so nothing is a surprise. • Sharper Scripture scanning — passages resolve on-device, faster, and even offline. Thank you for being here.

This update makes Scan to Unlock noticeably better. • Smarter passage detection — Altar now recognizes the passage you scan right on your device, so it's faster and can identify Scripture even without a connection. • Fewer wrong matches — when a passage can't be confidently identified, Altar asks you to confirm instead of guessing, so you always land on the right verse. • A better scanning camera — a new flashlight and tap-to-focus help you capture clear text in any lighting. • A calmer devotional moment — the verse you scanned stays on screen while your devotional is prepared. • Reflect, your way — after each devotional you can write a short reflection, or skip it and unlock when you're ready. Plus reliability improvements and polish throughout. Thank you for being part of Altar.

This release smooths out a few quiet corners of Altar: • Scan to Unlock — if your camera is unavailable, you can now type the passage instead, so the flow never dead-ends. • Manually entered passages now save correctly to your History. • A gentler first-time setup when enabling AI-assisted reflections. • Circles — "View past entries" now reliably holds onto the previous day's check-ins after the daily bell rings. • Behind-the-scenes polish and stability improvements. Thank you for making space for stillness with us.

Circles is now open to everyone. Free accounts can start one Circle with a friend and join any Circle you're invited to — no subscription required. Also in this update: • A redesigned onboarding that's more honest about screen time • A calmer, more focused Home tab • A clearer first-tap consent flow for Bible Assistant • Trial messaging cleaned up to match the 3-day length • Faster, more reliable verse-of-the-day refresh • Account deletion, accessibility, and stability fixes

Altar Circles is now free. Invite a friend, walk through Scripture together, and check in on each other once a day. Free includes one Circle with one invited friend. Altar Pro expands you to up to five Circles with larger seat counts. What else is new in 1.3: • Altar Circles — invite-only prayer accountability groups. Sign in with Apple, post a daily quiet-time check-in with two photos (BeReal-style), react and reply, no public feed, no follower count, no comparison. • Memory Calendar — a quiet monthly grid of your check-ins to each Circle. Tap a day to revisit the moment. • Live Activity — when your daily Altar window is open, the countdown lives on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island so you don't miss it. • Real streak tracking — your flame burns when you've checked in today and rests when you haven't. Skip a day and it resets honestly. • AI Bible Companion now opt-in — first time you tap the AI button, we ask before sending anything to OpenAI. Revocable any time in Settings. • Polished onboarding — set your prayer time, decide on notifications, and meet your first Circle invitation right at the end. Quieter fixes: • Verse of the Day now actually rotates across the full library • Streak pill is calibrated against your real check-in history • Circles list header no longer overlaps your first Circle • Progress tab empty state guides you to your first stone • Memory tab photos: tap the small frame to swap big and small • Deleted Circles no longer push notifications

A quieter, more polished Altar Circles: • Edit a reply you've already left. Tap "Edit" on your own reply to revise it. • Each Circle now wears a small glowing scripture mark — a quiet reminder of the Word you're walking by together. • Refined Create Circle flow with a clearer name field and a thirty-character limit so names sit cleanly on your home list. • Reminders now stop properly after you leave or disband a Circle. • Shared check-in photos render in a consistent orientation for everyone in the Circle. Thanks for praying with us.

Altar Circles is here. Walk through Scripture with a tight circle of friends. Daily check-ins, gentle reminders, and a synchronous "altar window" — a quiet moment your Circle gathers in together. No likes, no follows, no feed — just the people you chose. • Create a private Circle (invite-only, up to 12 members) • A new daily verse for everyone, every day • Reciprocity-first: share before you read theirs • Block and report tools with a 24-hour response commitment Plus the usual quiet-time companions — daily verse, reading plans, and Scan to Unlock — refined and faster.

Altar now welcomes you with a free tier. Try the moment-of-temptation flow on one shielded app, with a daily verse, streak history, and a verse-only intervention — no purchase needed. Altar Pro unlocks: • AI Bible companion grounded in Scripture • Scan to Unlock — point your camera at any Bible page and receive a short devotional • All intervention styles: reflection, guided prayer, scan-to-unlock • Unlimited app, category, and website shielding • Customizable strictness, unlock duration, and daily budget Pricing • Annual: $59.99/year with a 7-day free trial • Monthly: $6.99/month • Founders who joined at $39.99/year keep that price for life — Apple grandfathers it automatically. We've also rebuilt onboarding into a 14-step quiet conversation that ends with a 30-day plan personalized from your own answers — not from numbers we made up. Thank you for being here.

Bug fixes and improvements to the subscription experience.

Stability and reliability fixes: • More accurate unlock timer after backgrounding • Fixed rare crashes in streaks and camera preview • Tightened Scan to Unlock free-tier limits • Friendlier error messages when offline