Verse Arcade
Matthew Sharkey Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Verse Arcade is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Matthew Sharkey. Rated 5.0/5 from 13 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated September 11, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 13 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 87 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 11
- 2026 · v1.3.0
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About Verse Arcade
Open the Bible and actually want to. Verse Arcade turns Scripture into a fast, friendly daily game — and nobody loses. TWO THINGS EVERY DAY One verse goes live for everyone at the same time. Read it, then race the clock through five questions about that exact verse: which book it's from, who's speaking, who's being addressed, what happens next. Beside it, a second round: five questions about one book of the Bible, the same book for everybody, from a bank of over 400. YOU CAN'T LOSE, ONLY LEARN Miss one? No buzzer, no shame. A wrong answer reveals a genuinely interesting fact, and the run ends with "3 things you now know" — never "3 wrong". This app is built for people who feel behind. Nobody starts knowing every verse. A STREAK, WITH A NET Earn XP, level up, and grow a streak with a flame that gets hotter the longer you go. Busy day? A streak freeze quietly saves you. Your reminder learns the hour you actually play. BATTLE ANYONE, RIGHT NOW Tap quick match and we put you with whoever else is looking — no code, no queue, no rating. Or share a room code and race a friend: the same verse, you both tap ready, and a bar shows where they are. Prefer a machine? Race Rookie, Deacon or Prophet. Winner and loser earn exactly the same. AN ARCADE IN THE BACK Manna Rush: seven days in the wilderness, and on the seventh the best thing is to rest. Word Catch: a verse comes loose from the page and you tap the words back in order. Cross Word: two words that share a letter, standing as a cross — solve it and the squares turn to wood with the verse carved underneath. No high scores. Nothing ranked. PLAY FOR YOUR CHURCH Find your congregation and give it the points you earn. Giving costs you nothing — your own XP and rank stay exactly where they are. Every Monday your church meets another its own size, and whoever gives more raises a statue in their churchyard. Small churches play small ones, so a congregation of four can win its week. A ROOM THAT IS YOURS An Upper Room under your player card that belongs to nobody else. Furnish it, choose what it's made of, and let friends knock. Pray in it: a prayer is built for you out of four movements, so you always know what comes next, and it will read itself aloud if you'd rather listen. THE PRAYER WALL Tuck a note into the stones and the wall deals somebody else's to you. Hold the candle until the wick catches. A stranger only ever sees the category — your own words reach your church and your buddies, or nobody at all. Anonymous unless you sign it. YOUR WHOLE BIBLE, FILLING IN All 66 books, 1,189 chapters and 31,102 verses. Every one you read, study or keep lights up on your own copy, and reading a book all the way through presses its seal. Open a chapter with no signal and it still draws every verse. Read in KJV, WEB or BBE. STUDY, WITHOUT A SCORE The Study tab is a library with a librarian in it. See your accuracy book by book, weakest first, drill what needs it, and review the verses you kept before they fade. Nothing in Study is ranked or scored against anyone. PEOPLE, NOT A SCOREBOARD Build your character at the door — figure, skin tone and hair, all free — then earn full-look skins and a companion that walks beside you. Tap somebody's face and wash their feet: twelve a day, one for each disciple, and the only thing here you can do to a person that isn't a challenge. There is no count of who likes you, and no board anywhere ranks a person against a friend. MADE THOUGHTFULLY • Play today's verse as a guest. A free account opens the rest and keeps your streak. • Sign in with Apple, Google or email to sync across devices. • Sound, music and haptics you can dial down or off anytime. • Delete your account and all your data in-app, whenever you want. • No ads. No tracking. We never sell your data. Verse text is the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), a modern, public-domain translation. Scripture is always free — and always will be. Start your streak today. It's one verse.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
13 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.3.0 · Updated September 11, 2026
Everything here is new since 1.2.0. TODAY IS TWO THINGS NOW • The Play tab is today's verse, today's trivia round and your road. Nothing else. • Trivia is four hundred questions about the BOOKS of the Bible. Five on one book each morning, the same book for everyone. No XP, no rank, nothing to fall behind on. • A compass names what is open right now and goes quiet once your day is done. Never a score, never a list of what you missed. EVERY RUN ENDS WITH WHAT YOU LEARNED • Miss a question and the fact behind it is waiting at the end — "3 things you now know", never "3 wrong". • Earn a piece for one of your rooms and you are told the moment it is yours. BATTLE ANYONE, RIGHT NOW • Quick match: tap it and we put you with whoever else is looking. No code, no queue, no rating. • Or share a room code. You both read the same verse, you both tap ready, and a bar shows where the other player is. • Pick the round: the verse, or trivia on one book. • 10 XP for turning up, three a day — winner and loser get exactly the same. • Six looks earned in battle. Jonathan and Deborah from playing live, win or lose; Francis, Hildegard, Aquinas and Melisende from winning. No progress bar to grind, and nothing counts what you have lost. THERE IS AN ARCADE IN HERE • Manna Rush: seven days in the wilderness. Gather the fresh flakes, leave yesterday's, and on the seventh day the best thing is to rest. • Word Catch: a verse comes loose from the page and you tap the words back in order. • Cross Word: two words that share a letter, standing as a cross. Solve it and the squares turn to wood with the verse carved underneath. • Your first go on each machine is worth 5 XP a day, for turning up rather than for doing well. No high scores, and nothing here can be lost. • Share a machine: one free go, no account, no download. PRAY, AND BE PRAYED FOR • The Prayer Wall: tuck a note into the stones, and the wall deals somebody else's to you. Hold the candle until the wick catches. • A stranger only ever sees the category. Your own words reach your church and buddies, or nobody at all. Anonymous unless you sign it. • No note carries a count, so no note can become a ladder of who is loved. READING FINALLY UNLOCKS SOMETHING • Read every chapter of a book and its seal is pressed into your Bible. Sixty-six to find, and the short ones take an evening. • A wardrobe page: everything there is to wear and what brings it. No counts, no bars. • Four rings and four badges for chapters opened, the first at ten. Nothing here can be taken back. • Three looks that layer BEHIND your own character instead of replacing it — a vine, a pillar of fire, sheltering wings. Your face, your robe, your items stay. FIRST LIGHT • Whoever opens a day's verse first holds its light, and everyone who opens it after is worth a point to them. Nothing is taken from anybody — the points are minted, not moved. No second place, and a fresh start at midnight. YOUR CHURCH HAS SOMEBODY TO PLAY THIS WEEK • Every Monday your church meets another its own size. Whoever gives more raises a statue in their churchyard, and your congregation picks which one. Nobody is named on the losing side, and Monday starts everyone at nothing. • Small congregations play small ones, so a church of four can win its week. • The board reads Today, This week or All time, so a church playing hard now is not buried under one that banked points two years ago. THE REST • Your week, on a Sunday: what you did over seven days. Your own numbers, nothing compared to anybody. • Your reminder learns the hour you actually play. • Put a favourite verse, book and translation on your card. • Drag anything in your Upper Room, hall or churchyard exactly where you want it, and pick what the room is made of: clay, limestone, cedar or dusk. All four free, and none of them makes a bigger room. No ads, no tracking, and a wrong answer still teaches you something.
App privacy
The developer, Matthew Sharkey, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Gameplay Content
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
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