Privacy
Last updated October 3, 2026
Scripturewell is a free Bible-study app. It has no accounts, no ads and no paid features. This page explains in plain words where your information is kept and what the app sends over the internet. It describes how the app is built today; it is general information, not legal advice.
Beta notes
Scripturewell is in a limited, invite-only beta. It is not a public release, and its content and outside services are still under review.
Where your writing is kept
- Notes, journal entries, reading progress, bookmarks and preferences are saved only in this browser, for this website address. They are not synced to the cloud or to other devices.
- Clearing browser or site data, private browsing, a shared device, switching browser or device, or a change of website address can make this data unavailable.
- Keep another private copy of anything important. Do not rely on the beta as your only copy.
- Backup export and import keep their existing limits, including the 5 MiB import limit.
- Undo after a restore is not always available and only lasts for the current session.
- Notifications can show content on a lock screen, and may not arrive while Scripturewell is closed.
Outside services
Some features may contact outside services, such as Bible text delivery, speech and its fallback, map images and other integrations described below. Their availability is not guaranteed, and their own policies apply. In this hosted beta, MP3 generation and download are not available.
Sharing beta feedback
Please send feedback only through the private channel you were invited with, using made-up or non-sensitive examples. Do not include journal entries, private notes, reading history, real backups or export/import files, passwords or other credentials, tokens, access links, browser-storage dumps, raw logs or screenshots showing sensitive content.
Beta build: Device / OS / browser: Mode and comfort settings: Feature/control: Steps using synthetic or non-sensitive data: Expected: Observed: Reproduces after reload? Yes / No / Not tried Possible data loss? Yes / No / Unsure
What stays on this device
Scripturewell saves the following in your browser’s storage on this device:
- Notes and custom facts you write
- Bookmarks (verse references) and your reading position
- Your Bible version, compare and translate choices
- Narrator voices and audio speed
- Reading comfort and accessibility choices (text size, line spacing, readable font, higher contrast, reduced motion)
- Light or dark theme and Simple or Study mode
- Your learning path
- Reminder settings, pauses, muted topics, feedback and a short reminder history
- Teaching Library saved items, queue, progress, last opened item and reports you saved
- Family Mode settings and devotion progress
- Your prayer journal
- Reading-plan progress and the focus reading setting
- Verse Memory verses, review dates and private notes
- Passage Questions you saved and your notes on them
When storage is blocked: changes stay only in this page's memory and are lost on reload or close. A visible warning explains this. No personal data is sent to shared server storage. Open a normal browser tab for persistent storage; notes and prayer-journal exports remain available during the visit. Full backup and restore require device storage. Older preview versions used a shared server fallback; that route is now disabled, and any old server files are retained privately for owner-led review rather than silently deleted or assigned to another reader.
What Scripturewell does not collect
These statements were checked against the app’s code:
- There is no account or sign-up, and the app never asks for your name, email address, location, contacts or photos.
- There are no ads, advertising trackers or analytics tools in the app.
- Scripturewell does not sell or share your information.
- Your notes, prayer journal, bookmarks, saved questions, Verse Memory progress and reminder history are not sent to a server. Listening sends Bible verse or Kids story text for speech synthesis, not your private memory notes or practice answers.
- There is no cloud sync. Nothing moves between your devices unless you copy a backup file yourself.
- Reminders do not use a push service. Teaching Library reports are saved only on this device and are not sent anywhere.
What the app sends over the internet
Some features need to ask for content. These requests contain only what is needed to return it, not your notes or saved items:
- Bible passages: the book, chapter and version you open go to the Scripturewell server, which requests the text from bolls.life, an outside Bible-text service.
- Listening and audio downloads: the Bible verse or Kids story text you choose to hear, and the narrator you chose, go to the Scripturewell server. The server asks Microsoft’s online speech service to create the audio, or Google’s speech service if that fails. Some devices may use the reading voice built into your browser instead; browser voices may also use online services. Private notes and journal entries are not included in these narration requests.
- Lexicon searches: the word you search for goes to the Scripturewell server, which looks it up in its own word list.
- Fonts and maps: fonts load from Google Fonts, the map tool loads from unpkg, and map images load from Esri. These providers receive your IP address and browser details when that content loads. Google says its fonts service does not set cookies and does not use this information for profiles or advertising (Google Fonts privacy FAQ).
- Hosting: like any website, the company that hosts Scripturewell may briefly process technical data such as IP address and browser type to deliver and protect the service.
- Private-preview abuse protection: the backend keeps connection IP addresses, request counters and timing values temporarily in process memory to limit repeated requests. It does not write these counters to disk or log request URLs, selected passages, speech text, notes, prayers, questions or backups. Idle entries are removed during later request-driven cleanup; all entries disappear when the process restarts. Hosting-provider logs are separate and are not controlled by this local safeguard. API responses, including generated audio, are marked not to be stored in HTTP caches; explicit MP3 downloads still work.
Browser and device limits
- Your data lives in this browser on this device. Clearing your browser data, uninstalling the app or switching to a new device or browser can remove it.
- Private or incognito windows may delete everything when they close.
- Anyone who uses the same device and browser can open your notes and journal.
- Notifications need your permission, and because there is no push service they can only appear while Scripturewell is open or running. You can block them in your device settings at any time.
- Content from outside providers (Bible text, audio services, fonts, maps and linked websites) is governed by those providers’ own policies.
Backups
In the Notes tab, Backup and Restore lets you download a file with your Scripturewell data. The file is created on your device and is not uploaded. It is your portable copy: you decide where it goes. It can contain private notes, prayer journal entries and questions, so keep it somewhere private.
When you restore a backup, the file is read and checked on your device. You see what it contains and choose what to merge or replace before anything changes. Notification permission is never changed by a restore.
Outside websites and resources
The Teaching Library and study tools link to outside pages, such as BibleProject, Encyclopaedia Britannica, GotQuestions.org and Merriam-Webster. Teaching Library entries link to their provider's official pages; some older studies list only general reference sites. Before a Teaching Library link opens, Scripturewell names the provider. External links open in a new tab. Scripturewell does not send those sites your notes or saved items, although your browser may send a referrer. Their own privacy policies apply. A link is not an endorsement in either direction. See Copyright and attribution for source categories and unresolved credits.
Children and families
The Kids section has Bible story retellings and narration. Scripturewell does not ask for or keep names, ages or other details about children. The age group you pick in Family Mode is a reading setting saved on this device. There are no ads or in-app purchases.
What Scripturewell is not
Scripturewell offers Bible study and educational material. It is not medical, mental-health, legal, financial or crisis support. If you or someone near you is in danger or crisis, contact local emergency services or a trusted local helpline.
Deleting your data
You can delete single notes, bookmarks, journal entries, memory verses, saved questions and reminder history inside the app. To remove everything, clear this site’s data in your browser settings or uninstall the app. Consider downloading a backup first.
Questions and changes
If the way Scripturewell handles information changes, this page and its date will be updated. Questions? Email stonern0105@gmail.com.