Show HN: I built a Bible verse feed to replace doomscrolling
Hey all, I just released my latest iOS app, Scroll Hope. It is a tiktok like scrolling feed, but the content is Bible verses with fun dynamic backgrounds. It also tracks your reading progress and keeps stats over time.
You can try it out on the website, or on iOS if you want the app lockout feature which lets you block your social apps. Completely free, with the option to support the app with a tip and unlock some additional icon and sharing options.
Coming soon is audio and auto-scroll, so you can set the phone down and read/listen hands free.
Android is on the way, the lockout feature is taking some additional review time.
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The WEB is woefully under-utilized for such a good, readable, modern and openly licensed translation. I do read from the Greek New Testament and when I've compared the WEB with it, I've been pleasantly surprised at the level of Greek nuance they were able to capture with their English phrase choices. (I do not know Hebrew and have not checked the WEB on that.)
I’ll be sure to share it with my brother in ministry, perhaps his church will enjoy it. Hopefully the Android version will come soon, I know my parents and a few other friends would love it as well. God bless!
As for "streaming", thats an interesting idea, I'm working on auto-scroll, but for straight reading I could probably do something cool with the scrolling and backgrounds highlighting the current verse but keeping the surrounding context in the view.
The webapp is mostly promotional right now, but I'm considering adding an account system since Android doesn't have an iCloud like service to auto-sync all of your related devices. At that point I'll add in more persistence to the web. That'll be a ways off though, and after getting the android app into the play store as is.