Pray.com · User-contributed screenshot · resized; the entered phone number blurred

A mobile number at sign-up

“What’s your mobile number?” with a country selector and phone field (the number entered is blurred), a line on agreeing to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and confirming “you are at least 16 years old”, a Continue button and the phone keypad.

A mobile number at sign-up
Pray.com · interface and imagery remain the rights holders’ property. User-contributed screenshot · resized; the entered phone number blurred.

Design takeaway

A phone number is more than most apps need to begin. Ask only for what the first use requires, and say why.

What this example establishes

“What’s your mobile number?” with a country selector and phone field (the number entered is blurred), a line on agreeing to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and confirming “you are at least 16 years old”, a Continue button and the phone keypad.

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; the entered phone number blurred
Source or capture date
Captured 20 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; with the entered phone number blurred. Interface, imagery and Scripture text remain the property of their respective rights holders.

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First use

From opening on a passage, a prayer or a question box with nothing asked, through a first page of places to start, guest use and a short tour, to questions first and payment before the first use: decide what a new person must give, and when, before they reach what they came for.

Research-informed design proposal · draft for review