Bible.is · User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged

A donation appeal for oral cultures

In Discover, a photo of people listening to an audio player, the sentence “70% of the world’s population lives and learns in an oral culture while 50% cannot read well enough to understand the Bible.”, and a “DONATE ONLINE” button.

A donation appeal for oral cultures
Bible.is · interface and imagery remain the rights holders’ property. User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged.

Design takeaway

An appeal tied to the app’s mission, with giving outside the app. Figures about the world need a source and a date in the app as well.

What this example establishes

In Discover, a photo of people listening to an audio player, the sentence “70% of the world’s population lives and learns in an oral culture while 50% cannot read well enough to understand the Bible.”, and a “DONATE ONLINE” button.

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 4 September 2025 · from embedded image metadata
Reviewed
6 October 2026
Version
Not recorded

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

115 · Habits and spiritual formation

Giving and offerings

From leaving giving to the church, through a quiet way to give, the church’s offering in the app, a regular gift and showing what a gift does, to a gift tied to an ad-free app and, as the warning case, pressure and promises: decide where the ask appears, what is chosen for the giver, and what the app says a gift will do.

Research-informed design proposal · draft for review