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“Pick an audio length”

A sheet over a session titled “Take Courage” offers four lengths: “2 min · Pause & Pray”, “5 min · Pause & Renew”, “10 min · Meditate & Reflect” and “15 min · Meditate & Deepen”. Behind it, Exodus 3:11–12 is shown.

“Pick an audio length”
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Design takeaway

Offering lengths respects the listener’s day. Check that the short versions still read the passage whole, and say what is left out.

What this example establishes

A sheet over a session titled “Take Courage” offers four lengths: “2 min · Pause & Pray”, “5 min · Pause & Renew”, “10 min · Meditate & Reflect” and “15 min · Meditate & Deepen”. Behind it, Exodus 3:11–12 is shown.

Limits and further verification

A still image shows one interface state. Gestures, timing, accessibility, persistence and what happens next were not tested. App version not recorded.

Provenance

Platform
iOS app · device model not recorded
Image origin
User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged
Source or capture date
Captured 17 October 2025 · from embedded image metadata
Reviewed
6 October 2026
Version
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Screenshot captured by Tobias Treppmann for his app-pattern research and supplied for this design reference. Resized for the web; content unchanged. Interface, imagery and Scripture text remain the property of their respective rights holders.

Compare the relevant patterns

108 · Habits and spiritual formation

Devotional audio

From guided prayer with Scripture read twice and room for silence, through a teaching conversation and a one-voice devotional talk, to a sleep story that fades out, and an endless generated stream as a warning case: decide what each format does with Scripture, with the listener’s attention, and with the end of the session.

Research-informed design proposal