Soultime · User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged

A single verse isolated during playback

While audio plays, a focus mode shows only Genesis 1:2 in white over a blurred sunset, under “Genesis · Chapter 1”, with a pause button in the corner.

A single verse isolated during playback
Soultime · interface and imagery remain the rights holders’ property. User-contributed screenshot · resized, content unchanged.

Design takeaway

Isolating the verse being read aloud makes listening and reading one act. Nothing on screen shows what came before or comes next.

What this example establishes

While audio plays, a focus mode shows only Genesis 1:2 in white over a blurred sunset, under “Genesis · Chapter 1”, with a pause button in the corner.

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

98 · Reading and Scripture

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 proposal