Scripture O'Clock
A Bible verse for every minute
$0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
At 3:16 it shows you John 3:16. At 8:28, Romans 8:28. Every minute of the day has its own verse, on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and nightstand.
The time is the reference.
At 3:16, Scripture O'Clock shows you John 3:16. At 8:28, Romans 8:28. At 4:13, Philippians 4:13. The hour is the chapter and the minute is the verse, so every minute of the day brings a new passage — and the clock quietly teaches you where the words live.
It's a simple idea that turns an ordinary glance at the time into a moment with the Word.
A VERSE FOR EVERY MINUTE
Every minute of the day is mapped to Scripture. The most beloved times are matched to the verses you'd expect — 1:09 brings "Take courage, and be strong," 11:28 brings "Come to me all you that labor and are burdened," 6:33 brings "Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God." Every other minute is matched to a meaningful passage at that exact chapter and verse, drawn from the Psalms, the Proverbs, the Gospels and the Epistles.
At the top of the hour, where there is no "verse 0," the clock shows the opening verse of that chapter. Every other minute of the day has a verse whose chapter and verse are exactly the time. Because the Catholic canon includes the deuterocanonical books, nothing is ever substituted or approximated.
SEVEN LOOKS, OR LET THE CHURCH CHOOSE
Midnight & Gold, Parchment, Violet, Rose, Marian Blue, Sacred Heart, Ordinary Green. Six are named for the colours the Church actually wears. Or turn on Follow the Church's Seasons and the clock dresses itself — violet through Advent and Lent, rose on Gaudete and Laetare, white at Christmas and Easter, red at Pentecost, green through Ordinary Time. Your iPhone works the calendar out on its own, offline.
ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
Add the widget and the verse sits just beneath the time your iPhone already shows, so the clock and the Scripture read together as one. On iPhone models with an always-on display, it stays quietly visible.
ON YOUR NIGHTSTAND
Set your iPhone on its side while charging and StandBy turns it into a full-screen verse clock — a bedside companion that greets you with Scripture at whatever hour you happen to wake. Leave the app open overnight and it fades down after a few still minutes; a tap brings it back.
ON YOUR WRIST, AND ON IPAD
An Apple Watch app and complication put the verse a glance away all day. On iPad the clock fills the screen, which makes it a quiet fixture on a kitchen counter or a desk.
A DAILY VERSE, IF YOU WANT ONE
Choose a time and one verse arrives each morning — either the verse belonging to that minute, or verses on one of the seven virtues: humility, kindness, patience, diligence, generosity, temperance, and chastity, each the traditional answer to one of the capital sins. It's off until you turn it on, and your iPhone schedules every one of them by itself.
SHARE A VERSE
Tap the verse to share it as a card, or to copy the words — for a text to a friend, a group chat, or a note of your own.
QUIET BY DESIGN
Scripture O'Clock collects nothing. There are no accounts, no tracking, and no analytics, and the only notification is the daily verse you ask for. Buy it once and it's yours — no subscription, no ads, and nothing held back for a later purchase. Every verse is stored on your device, so it works perfectly with no internet connection at all.
Verses are from the Douay-Rheims, Challoner revision — the traditional English Catholic Bible — which is in the public domain.
Seven colours, an Apple Watch app, iPad, and a daily verse.
Scripture O'Clock now comes in seven looks: Midnight & Gold, Parchment, Violet, Rose, Marian Blue, Sacred Heart, and Ordinary Green. Six of them are named for the colours the Church actually wears. Open the About screen, tap a swatch, and the clock, the widgets, and the StandBy nightstand clock all change together.
Or let the calendar decide. Turn on Follow the Church's Seasons and the app dresses itself: violet through Advent and Lent, rose on Gaudete and Laetare, white at Christmas and Easter, red at Pentecost, and green through Ordinary Time. It works all of that out on your iPhone, with no internet connection needed.
A daily verse, if you want one. Pick a time and one verse arrives each morning - either the verse belonging to that minute, or verses on one of the seven virtues: humility, kindness, patience, diligence, generosity, temperance, and chastity, each the traditional answer to one of the capital sins. Your iPhone schedules all of it by itself.
Also new in this version:
An Apple Watch app and complication, so the verse is on your wrist all day.
iPad. The clock finally fits a kitchen counter.
Tap the verse to share it as a card, or to copy the words.
The clock dims itself after a few still minutes on a nightstand, and a tap brings it back.
Text now follows your chosen text size, and VoiceOver reads the verse and its reference together as one thought.
Fixed: on a 24-hour clock the app was folding the hour to 1-12 and hiding the real time. It now shows the true time above the verse.
Still no accounts, no ads, no subscriptions, and no tracking. Every verse lives on your device.
The developer, GERALD RYAN OCONNOR, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- GERALD RYAN OCONNOR
- Size
- 2.5 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 RO-KC
