[016]Worth borrowing fromApp Store / Google Play · FaithSubscription (mostly annual)Data as of 2026-11-02
An annual-subscription app that makes users read scripture before unlocking, sold through faith community channels.
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Don't chase the English "scroll the Bible" trend. If you must enter, build only "read first, then unlock," which comes with its own distribution, and launch before the 2027 Ramadan and February Lent seasons.Verified revenue for indie devs peaked in February and fell 37% by October, with half the apps now listed for sale. Realistic expectations are a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month. Only people with their own faith community or who can appear on camera themselves should try this.Worth studying · grade and headline derived from the full text · next review 12-01
| Background | 2025-12 A solo-built Scroll The Bible turns the Bible into a feed, ranking #3–5 on the US Books chart |
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| Upside | The guilt of "sorry, Bible, for scrolling my phone" is a real need; people will pay to "control themselves" |
| Demand | Users want to lock apps, track streaks and set custom lock-time windows. They resent a paywall on the scripture itself and weekly billing. |
| Competition | Of the same kind that charted, 32 of them. Those launched after August, 19 of them, at most 31 ratings. Top are Bible Chat and Hallow |
| Revenue | Combined, TrustMRR's 18 businesses went from $40,206 in February to $25,445 in October. Bibly's peak went from $20,349 to $3,077. |
| Growth | Paid Meta acquisition with a founder-on-camera persona (BibleScroll runs 303 ads). Store search does almost nothing |
| Window | By holiday timing: in 2027, Ramadan starts around 2-08, Lent around 2-10, and Easter around 3-28. Get listed before mid-January. |
| Who it's for | Only for people who are believers themselves and have a church / ministry / congregation fan channel; template-translating types should stay away |
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- 11-07BibleScroll added 31,960 Google Play installs in a week (33,754 total, up from 4,088 a week earlier), climbed from 170 to 128 on the Philippines Play Top Grossing chart, and Meta shows 314 ads running. Meanwhile DivineTV and Flint kept sliding. What's working is still teams that run Meta influencer ads.
- 11-06BibleScroll went from 4,088 to 19,623 Google Play installs in under five days (+15,535 in one day), reached #10 on the US Free category chart and 128 on the Philippines Top Grossing chart. BePresent's 534 Meta ads across three Pages are what's pushing it. Flint's revenue fell 32.8% and DivineTV's 11.9% over the same period. This route now comes down to ad budget, not templates or on-camera presence.
- 11-04BibleScroll 11-02 added 15,535 Google Play installs in a single day (4,088→19,623), entering the US Free category chart at #10 for the first time. DivineTV and Flint revenue kept falling, and Flint's two-day drop widened from −9.1% to −15.3%.
- 11-03BibleScroll added 15,535 Google Play installs in a single day (4,088→19,623) and entered the US Free category chart at #10 for the first time. The same day, DivineTV revenue was −21%, Flint −9.1%, and Nuraly −32.5%. The indie dev side of this market is still trending down.