Scripture Compass
Scripture for How You Feel
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A new verse every hour, matched to how you're feeling. Widget on your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch. Peace finds you.
Find the right verse for exactly how you feel.
Scripture Compass matches you with Bible verses based on your current emotions and life situation. Whether you're anxious, grateful, grieving, or searching for purpose — check in with how you feel and receive a verse that speaks to where you are.
HOW IT WORKS
Select your emotion, set your intensity, and add context like work, relationships, or faith. Scripture Compass finds a verse that fits — in your preferred Bible translation.
EMOTION CHECK-IN
Choose how you are feeling — Anxious, Grateful, Lonely, Overwhelmed, Joyful, Grieving, Lost, Hopeful, Angry, Fearful, or Peaceful — and rate your intensity. The more specific you are, the more personal your verse.
TRACK YOUR JOURNEY
See your emotional and spiritual patterns over time. Weekly breakdowns show which emotions come up most and how your journey is evolving. Save verses to revisit when you need them.
DAILY TASKS & STREAKS
Build a daily habit with simple spiritual tasks — read a verse, reflect, journal, save, and share. Track your streak and earn achievements as your practice grows.
JOURNAL & REFLECT
Write reflections on verses and devotionals. Track your mood before and after. Search and filter your entries to see how Scripture has shaped your thinking over time.
SHARE BEAUTIFUL VERSE CARDS
Save and share verses as elegant images with friends, family, or on social media.
iOS HOME SCREEN WIDGET
Keep today's verse visible on your home screen as a gentle daily reminder.
PERSONALIZED TO YOU
Set your denomination, preferred Bible translation, age group, and personal struggles during setup. Scripture Compass uses this to tailor every verse to your background.
PREMIUM — TRY 7 DAYS FREE
Unlock the full experience:
• AI-powered verse insights — historical context, practical application, and a prayer prompt for every verse
• Daily devotionals — personalized reflections, prayers, and action steps generated fresh each day
• Spiritual chat — ask questions about Scripture, life, and faith with an AI advisor
• 50 chat messages per day
All data stays on your device. No account required.
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more Version 2.0.12 improves stability, widgets, Live Activities, and AI reliability.
- Improved Home Screen and Lock Screen widget updates so today’s verse, mood, streak, theme, and saved verses refresh more reliably.
- Fixed an issue where saving a verse from a widget could save the wrong verse.
- Improved Live Activity behavior and expiration handling.
- Improved Discover and daily check-in consistency so verse sessions update widgets more predictably.
- Added safer subscription/paywall handling to prevent configuration-related launch issues.
- Fixed streak handling so simply viewing a streak badge no longer counts as daily engagement.
- Strengthened AI request handling, response parsing, and backend entitlement checks.
- Removed unused ad SDK remnants.
- Updated internal SDKs, including Appstack, for continued stability and performance.
- General bug fixes, cleanup, and reliability improvements.
2.0.12 6 days ago
What's New in 2.0.11
LIVE ACTIVITIES
Bring Scripture to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. See today's verse at a glance, and tap to open the full verse with its AI devotional insight. The Dynamic Island view has been redesigned for clear, distraction-free recognition, and Live Activities can auto-start when you open the app. A new toggle lives in Settings and onboarding.
WIDGET OVERHAUL
Redesigned lock-screen widgets for easier reading. Fixed medium widget text wrapping and truncation. Smoother handling when a widget can't reach your latest verse.
RELIABILITY
Added crash reporting so we catch issues before you do. Daily devotional and verse insight now fall back gracefully when AI is briefly unavailable — your routine never breaks. Fixed a launch crash that affected some users on the prior build.
DESIGN POLISH
A new forest-toned splash screen. An "Update Available" banner so you'll know when a fresh build is ready. Fixed extra spacing at the top of tabs when the banner is hidden.
DEEP LINKS & ONBOARDING
Tapping scripture-compass.app links now opens the app directly. Optional email capture is back in onboarding for anyone who'd like updates. Reminders now default on to help you build a daily Scripture habit.
LIVE ACTIVITY FIXES
Fixed a toggle that could get stuck disabled. Fixed "Try It Now" sometimes failing to start a Live Activity. Fixed a Dynamic Island display where verse references could be mistaken for the clock.
Thank you for using Scripture Compass.
2.0.11 5 May
Today's verse, now on your lock screen — automatically.
This update brings Scripture Compass to your lock screen in a whole new way, plus polish across every widget size.
Live Activity — Just Open the App
Today's verse now appears on your lock screen automatically, with no installation and no extra taps. Open Scripture Compass once and the verse rides along on your lock screen (and Dynamic Island, if your phone has one) for up to eight hours. It refreshes every time you complete a mood check-in, so the verse always matches where you are.
Redesigned Widgets
Home widgets cleaned up across small, medium, and large. Long verses wrap properly now instead of cutting off mid-word.
The lock screen circular widget shows the book and chapter:verse in editorial serif — clean and readable at a glance.
The rectangular lock screen widget leads with the verse text in italic serif, reference attributed below.
All widgets honor your chosen widget theme end-to-end, Live Activity included.
One-Tap Save from the Widget
Tap the heart on the medium or large home widget to save today's verse to your collection without opening the app. The heart fills when a verse is saved, so you can see at a glance what's already in your collection — whether you saved it from the app or from the widget.
Live Activity Controls in Settings
A new Live Activity section in Settings lets you toggle the lock-screen banner on or off, and preview it on demand with a "Try It Now" button.
Smarter Reminders
Morning and evening check-in reminders are now on by default for new installations, so your Live Activity has reliable refresh points through the day. You can always turn them off in Settings.
Onboarding:
The widget install walkthrough now explains the lock-screen Live Activity alongside the home screen widget, so new members understand the full glance experience from day one.
Under the hood:
Fixed a bug where the medium widget would truncate long verses to a single line.
Fixed the "Try It Now" button in Settings to reliably start a preview Live Activity.
Live Activities now persist across navigation and app backgrounding, instead of vanishing the moment you leave the verse screen.
Duplicate Live Activities from previous sessions are now cleaned up automatically so you never see the same verse twice on the lock screen.
Improvements to attribution reliability for marketing analytics.
2.0.10 24 Apr
A new verse every hour — now on your lock screen, too.
This update brings Scripture Compass to your lock screen in a whole new way, plus polish across every widget size.
Lock Screen Live Activity
Today's verse now appears on your lock screen automatically — no installation, no extra taps. Open the app once and today's verse rides along on your lock screen (and on the Dynamic Island, if your phone has one) for up to eight hours. It refreshes whenever you do a new mood check-in.
Redesigned Widgets
Home screen widgets cleaned up across small, medium, and large. Long verses now wrap properly instead of cutting off mid-word.
The lock screen circular widget shows the book and chapter:verse in an editorial serif — clean and readable at a glance.
The rectangular lock screen widget leads with the verse text in italic serif, attributed below.
All widgets now honor your chosen widget theme end-to-end — Live Activity included.
One-Tap Save from the Widget
Tap the heart on the medium or large home widget to save today's verse to your collection — without opening the app. The heart fills when the verse is saved, so you can see at a glance what's already in your collection, whether you saved it from the app or from the widget.
New Live Activity Controls in Settings
A dedicated Live Activity section in Settings now lets you toggle the lock-screen banner on or off, and preview it on demand with a "Try It Now" button.
Onboarding
The widget install walkthrough now explains the lock-screen Live Activity alongside the home screen widget, so new members understand the full glance experience from day one.
Under the hood
Fixed a bug where the medium widget would truncate verses to a single line.
Live Activities now persist across navigation and app backgrounding, instead of vanishing the moment you leave the verse screen.
Duplicate Live Activities from previous sessions are cleaned up automatically so you never see the same verse twice stacked on the lock screen.
A few quiet fixes to improve widget and attribution reliability.
2.0.9 23 Apr
What's new in 2.0.8:
• Weekly email recap — opt in during onboarding (or skip — totally up to you) to get a gentle summary of your reflections and streak each week
• Widget polish — the home screen widget now taps through to Today's verse, and we've cleaned up the lock screen setup instructions so adding it is easier
• Smoother onboarding — you can now move back through steps freely, and the paywall has a clearer exit. A few duplicate prompts have been removed so the flow feels calmer
• Widget reliability — fixed a handful of small issues where verses occasionally repeated or the widget showed a stale offline state
• Under-the-hood — cleaned up older code paths and sped up a few screens
Thank you for being part of the Scripture Compass community. Every review and note you send helps shape what's next.
2.0.8 22 Apr
What's New in Version 2.0.7
A new verse every hour, matched to how you're feeling
Your home screen widget now rotates a fresh verse every hour — personalized to the mood you picked in your morning check-in. Set your active hours in Settings so the widget only changes while you're awake.
Choose your widget style
Long-press your widget and tap Edit to pick between three modes: Hourly Verse (a new verse every hour), Daily Devotional (today's devotional on your home screen), or Last Check-in (the verse from your most recent mood check-in).
Recent Verses on your Today tab
Never lose a verse again. Your last 5 verses now appear on the Today tab below the Daily Devotional — tap any of them to see the full verse card with sharing and insights.
Apple Watch complication
Add Scripture Compass to your watch face. See today's verse at a glance in circular, rectangular, inline, or corner styles — no need to open the app.
Lock screen widget
Add a verse widget to your lock screen. See scripture the instant you pick up your phone, before you even unlock.
Daily check-in streak with grace days
Your streak now shows on the widget. Miss a day? You get one free grace day per week so your streak stays alive.
Cleaner onboarding
Navigate freely between all onboarding screens with the back button. The paywall now has an exit button so you can review features before subscribing.
Bug fixes & improvements
Fixed verse shuffle so verses follow a stable daily order
Fixed streak grace day not activating correctly
Widget tap now opens the Today tab for easy access to your verse and devotional
Removed broken Save and Devotional buttons from the widget for a cleaner look
Improved lock screen widget setup instructions
All notifications removed to reduce interruptions — the widget is your daily companion now
2.0.7 14 Apr
What's New in Version 2.0.6
A new verse every hour, chosen for you
Your home screen widget now refreshes with a new verse every hour — personalized to how you're feeling today. Pick your mood in the morning check-in, and the widget serves verses matched to where you are, all day long. No two hours are the same.
Set your active hours
Choose when your widget rotates verses. Set a start and end time in Settings → Widgets → Active Hours. Outside your window, the widget holds your last evening verse so nothing changes while you sleep. Your morning reminder automatically syncs to your start time.
Daily streak with grace days
Your check-in streak now shows right on the widget with a badge. Miss a day? You get one free grace day per week — your streak stays alive. We want to encourage the habit without punishing real life.
Apple Watch — verse on your wrist
The watch app now shows the same mood-matched hourly verses as your iPhone widget, plus your streak count. And new: add Scripture Compass as a watch face complication to see today's verse without even opening the app. Available in circular, rectangular, inline, and corner styles.
6 widget themes
Choose from Sage Cream, Forest Devotional, Golden Hour, Sage Mist, Parchment, and Midnight Prayer. Each theme is designed to blend beautifully with your home screen. Pick your style in Settings → Widgets → Widget Theme.
Refreshed design
Updated UI across the app with refined typography, smoother animations, and a more polished experience throughout.
Bug fixes & improvements
Verses now follow a stable daily order
Fixed an issue where the streak grace day wasn't activating correctly
Improved onboarding flow with fewer screens and faster time-to-value
Performance improvements and reduced app size
2.0.6 13 Apr
A brand new look, smarter widgets, and a faster way to find the verse
you need today.
A beautiful new design
We rebuilt the entire app around editorial typography, curated nature
photography, and a premium compass brand mark. Every screen — Home,
Discover, Journey, Journal, Chat, Settings — now feels like a calm,
sacred space instead of a checklist.
Home screen widgets, now with themes
Pick from 6 hand-designed widget themes — Sage Cream, Forest
Devotional, Golden Hour, Sage Mist, Parchment, and Midnight Prayer.
Scripture appears on your home screen and lock screen throughout the
day, matched to how you're feeling.
A fuller verse rotation
Your widget now rotates through the full verse library for your
current mood — no more seeing the same handful of verses on repeat.
We quietly track what you've seen over the past two weeks so every
day feels fresh.
Verse insights, now inline
Every verse now comes with its meaning, historical context, a
personal application for your life today, and a short prayer — right
below the verse card. No more tapping through menus to see what
Scripture Compass actually gives you.
Morning and Evening Check-ins
Gentle daily notifications that truly check in with you. Tap an
emotion, get a verse matched to exactly where you are in that moment.
The verse then powers your widget for the rest of the day.
Faster, simpler onboarding
Seven steps instead of eleven. We cut the questions and replaced
them with a live demo — try a real emotion check-in before you even
commit. See the value first, decide second.
Cleaner settings
Your preferences (Bible translation, denomination, struggles,
personal note) all live on one tidy screen now. Changes save
automatically — no more hunting for a save button.
Plus dozens of polish improvements
- New brand mark across the app and splash screen
- Animated scroll cue on the verse screen so insights are never missed
- Smoother navigation when opening the app from a notification or
widget tap
- Faster onboarding and fewer keyboard prompts
- Many small bug fixes and performance improvements
Thank you for walking with us. If this update blesses you, we'd love
a review — it helps more people find the app.
2.0.5 8 Apr
Performance and reliability improvements. Behind-the-scenes enhancements to attribution tracking and analytics for a smoother experience. Bug fixes and stability improvements.
2.0.4 7 Apr
What's New in Scripture Compass 2.0.3
Smoother, More Reliable Experience
We've done a deep quality pass to make Scripture Compass faster and more
stable than ever:
- Fixed an issue where the app could freeze when achievement celebrations
appeared at the same time as other modals
- Fixed a freeze that could occur when navigating away while viewing verse
insights
- Resolved memory leaks across multiple screens for smoother performance
- Fixed a race condition in chat that could cause unexpected behavior
Improved Onboarding
- Streamlined the onboarding flow — fewer steps to get you started
- Added back buttons so you can easily revisit previous steps
Better Readability & Accessibility
- Increased text sizes across Chat, Discover, and other screens for easier
reading
- Improved color contrast throughout the app to meet accessibility standards
Annual Plan Option
- Weekly subscribers can now easily switch to an annual plan and save 50% —
look for the banner in Settings
Under the Hood
- Improved error handling across all main screens
- Better attribution tracking for a smoother subscription experience
- Updated privacy policy and terms of service links
Thank you for using Scripture Compass to deepen your faith journey. We read
every review — your feedback helps us improve!
2.0.3 1 Apr
We've been busy improving the app based on your feedback.
Here's what's new:
Back Navigation in Onboarding
Annual Plan for Weekly Subscribers
If you're on a weekly plan, you'll now see a banner in Settings offering an easy upgrade to the annual plan and save big.
Bug Fixes & Stability
Thank you for using Scripture Compass. May God's Word meet you wherever you are.
2.0.2 31 Mar
Smarter Experience, Smoother Feel
We've been listening to your feedback and working to make Scripture Compass feel even better. Here's what's new:
Improved Stability
Fixed an issue where the app could freeze after saving a reflection from the verse insights screen
Coaching tips now properly dismiss after you've seen them — no more persistent banners
Refined Design
Improved text contrast throughout the app for better readability
Cleaner journal experience with a direct action button when your journal is empty
Streamlined onboarding flow — fewer steps to get you into the app faster
Under the Hood
Performance improvements across all screens
Better error handling throughout the app
Thank you for being part of the Scripture Compass community. Your reflections, prayers, and daily practice inspire everything we build. If you're enjoying the app, we'd love a review — it helps others find encouragement through Scripture too.
2.0.1 25 Mar
Performance and stability improvements. Enhanced behind-the-scenes attribution tracking for a better overall experience.
2.0.0 20 Mar
Improved app performance and reliability. Under-the-hood enhancements to attribution tracking ensure a smoother, more seamless experience. Minor bug fixes and stability improvements.
1.0.9 19 Mar
Improved onboarding experience — We've streamlined the setup flow with an optional email field so we can keep you updated on new features and content.
Performance and reliability improvements — Under-the-hood enhancements for a smoother, more stable experience.
Bug fixes — Resolved minor issues to improve app stability.
1.0.8 17 Mar
Improved Stability & Performance
Fixed an issue where the app could occasionally become unresponsive during navigation
Enhanced attribution tracking for a better overall experience
General bug fixes and performance improvements
We're committed to making Scripture Compass the best daily companion for your faith journey. If you're enjoying the app, please leave a review — it means the world to us!
1.0.7 14 Mar
Improved Stability & Security.
1.0.6 11 Mar
Improved Stability & Security
Fixed an issue where the app could become unresponsive for some users. Subscription status is now verified continuously, ensuring a smoother and more reliable experience.
Better Ad Attribution
Added support for SKAdNetwork attribution reporting to help us understand which campaigns bring you to Scripture Compass — all while respecting your privacy.
1.0.5 4 Mar
Smarter, More Personal Verses
Tell us what's on your heart in your own words. We replaced the old tag picker with a free-text input so you can describe your day, your struggles, or your joys — and our AI will find a verse that truly speaks to your situation.
"Pick a Verse for Me"
Not sure how you're feeling? No problem. Tap the new "Pick a verse for me" option and let God surprise you with exactly what you need today.
Easier to Read
Verse cards are now clearer and easier to read with improved background contrast.
New Emotion: Fearful
For those moments when anxiety or fear creeps in, there's now a dedicated emotion to help you find comfort in Scripture.
Additional Improvements:
Verse insights now save to your journal as credits
Better journal organization
Edit your denomination and age anytime in your profile
Saved verses stick around longer
Improved error handling throughout the app
1.0.4 27 Feb
Smarter, More Personal Verses
Tell us what's on your heart in your own words. We replaced the old tag picker with a free-text input so you can describe your day, your struggles, or your joys — and our AI will find a verse that truly speaks to your situation.
"Pick a Verse for Me"
Not sure how you're feeling? No problem. Tap the new "Pick a verse for me" option and let God surprise you with exactly what you need today.
Easier to Read
Verse cards are now clearer and easier to read with improved background contrast.
New Emotion: Fearful
For those moments when anxiety or fear creeps in, there's now a dedicated emotion to help you find comfort in Scripture.
Additional Improvements:
Verse insights now save to your journal as credits
Better journal organization
Edit your denomination and age anytime in your profile
Saved verses stick around longer
Improved error handling throughout the app
1.0.3 25 Feb
What's New in 1.3.0:
Achievement Celebrations — Earn achievements as you build your practice. Confetti and all.
Spiritual Growth Charts — See your weekly activity, mood trends, emotion breakdown, and streak history visualized in your Journey tab.
Guided Coaching Tips — Helpful tips that appear as you explore features, then get out of your way.
Siri Shortcuts — "Hey Siri, give me today's verse." Three shortcuts for verse, devotional, and spiritual chat.
Refreshed Onboarding — Updated feature preview showcasing everything new.
Security & Performance — Removed unused permissions, improved privacy compliance, and under-the-hood optimizations.
1.2.0 14 Feb
Smarter verse matching, polished experience, and more reasons to go deeper.
• AI-powered verse selection now personalizes results based on your emotion, intensity, context, denomination, and personal struggles
• New "Understand This Verse" insight button on every verse result — see historical context, practical application, and a prayer prompt
• Chat with a spiritual advisor — ask questions, explore Scripture, and get guidance for life's challenges
• Contextual upgrade prompts that reflect your actual journey progress
• Daily devotionals with reflection, prayer, and action steps
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
1.1.0 3 Feb
Version 2.0.12 improves stability, widgets, Live Activities, and AI reliability.
- Improved Home Screen and Lock Screen widget updates so today’s verse, mood, streak, theme, and saved verses refresh more reliably.
- Fixed an issue where saving a verse from a widget could save the wrong verse.
- Improved Live Activity behavior and expiration handling.
- Improved Discover and daily check-in consistency so verse sessions update widgets more predictably.
- Added safer subscription/paywall handling to prevent configuration-related launch issues.
- Fixed streak handling so simply viewing a streak badge no longer counts as daily engagement.
- Strengthened AI request handling, response parsing, and backend entitlement checks.
- Removed unused ad SDK remnants.
- Updated internal SDKs, including Appstack, for continued stability and performance.
- General bug fixes, cleanup, and reliability improvements.
more Version 2.0.12 6 days ago
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