Privacy

Verse by Verse · last updated 12 September 2026

Verse by Verse is a Bible reading app. There is a free version that shows ads and a paid version that does not. This page says what the app does and does not do with data, in plain words. If something here is unclear, ask us.

No account

You never create an account. We do not know who you are, and nothing in the app asks for your name, e-mail address or anything else about you.

What stays on your phone

Your choice of church and Bible, your reading progress, your saved verses and your reminder time are stored on your phone only, in the app's own storage and, for the widget, in the app group shared with it. What you read, what you search for and what you save is never sent to us or to anyone else. Deleting the app deletes all of it.

What we measure

We count how the app is used, so we know what works and what to improve: which screens are opened, which features are used, which kind of Bible is chosen, and on what kind of device and app version. This is done through TelemetryDeck, a service built for exactly this, with servers in the European Union.

The counting is anonymous. The app makes an identifier on your phone, scrambles it so that it cannot be turned back into anything, and sends that along with each count; it is not shared with other apps and it is not your advertising identifier. TelemetryDeck does not keep your IP address. We see totals, never a person, and never a verse.

You can switch it off: Settings, then Anonymous statistics. From that moment the app sends nothing at all, not even for the rest of that session.

Ads, in the free version only

The free version shows one ad card between the verses, never on top of a verse. Google serves them, through Google AdMob. To fill that card and count that it was shown, Google receives your IP address and basic information about your device and this app. What Google does with it is governed by Google's privacy policy and described in how Google uses data in its advertising services.

Before the first ad you are asked twice, and both answers are yours to change. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google's own consent form comes first; what you allow there decides what Google may use to choose an ad. Settings has a row, Consent for ads, that opens that form again.

Then iOS asks whether this app may track your activity across apps and websites owned by other companies. Say yes and Google may use your device's advertising identifier to pick an ad that suits you better; say no and you see the same number of ads, chosen with less about you. You can change that answer at any time in the iPhone's own Settings, under Privacy & Security, Tracking. Nothing you read, search or save is sent to Google, ever.

The paid version shows no ads. The ad is not even requested, the advertising code is never started, and the consent form never appears.

Buying the paid version

Purchases go through Apple. We never see your payment details; Apple only tells the app that the purchase was made.

To know whether your subscription is still running, the app uses RevenueCat. It receives the purchase receipt Apple issues and an anonymous identifier that the app makes for you on this phone. It holds no name, no e-mail address and no payment details, and it is told nothing about what you read.

Downloading a Bible

When you download a Bible, the app fetches that file from our server, packs.versebyverse.app. Like any web server, it sees your IP address and the name of the file for the duration of that request. We keep no logs that identify you. Bibles already on your phone need no connection at all.

Notifications

The daily verse reminder is scheduled locally on your phone. No server sends it, and no notification token is sent anywhere.

Sharing

When you share a verse, the app hands the image to the iOS share sheet. What happens next is between you and the app you share it with.

Children

We collect no personal data from anyone, children included.

Your rights

Because we hold nothing that identifies you, there is nothing for us to look up, correct or delete about you. If you want a fresh start anyway, deleting and reinstalling the app gives it a new anonymous identifier. You can write to us about any of this at support.

Changes

If this page changes, the date at the top changes with it.