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One verse per screen, with a step bar
Jeremiah 17:5–8 (NIV) is shown one verse at a time: verse 6 sits alone mid-screen under a four-part progress bar, with the reference and an information button above, “Bible version: NIV” below, and text-size and notes buttons at the bottom.
Observed in Glorify: app profile, research screenshots and design review.
Design takeaway
A verse at a time slows reading down and suits meditation on a short passage. The step bar keeps the passage boundary in view; the rest of the chapter is out of sight.
What this example establishes
Jeremiah 17:5–8 (NIV) is shown one verse at a time: verse 6 sits alone mid-screen under a four-part progress bar, with the reference and an information button above, “Bible version: NIV” below, and text-size and notes buttons at the bottom.
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 28 August 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
How much text at once
One word, one verse, one verse in focus with its context, one passage or a whole chapter: choose the unit of Scripture a reading screen asks someone to hold, and let them move along the spectrum.
Research-informed design proposal129 · Reading and ScriptureFeeds, cards and stories
From scrolling a chapter as one page, through pages to turn, full-screen cards in order and a small daily set of stories, to a feed that carries on verse after verse and a shuffled feed that never ends: decide how a reader moves through Scripture, where they stop, and how far each verse is from its context.
Research-informed design proposal · draft for review