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The learning app you’ll actually want to scroll

Get smarter by scrolling.

Trade mindless scrolling for a feed of timeless words, from the Bible and the Founding Documents to the Stoics, each explained in plain English and made to stick with a quick quiz.

Coming soon to the App Store

See how it works
  • Free to read
  • No ads
  • No account needed
A Bible card in Mind Over Scroll: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom,” Psalms 90:12 in the King James Version.
A Founding Documents card in Mind Over Scroll: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” from the Declaration of Independence, over a painting of the founders. Above it, a greeting, a 6-day streak, today’s goal at 15 of 30 XP and Continue reading Genesis 1; below it, Plain English and Read full text.
A Stoic Wisdom card in Mind Over Scroll: “Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts,” from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.

The feed

A great line on every card.

Swipe up through a psalm, a clause of the Constitution, a letter from Seneca. Each card is one passage in its original words, set like a page from a fine book, with Plain English a tap away.

  • Plain English

    What the passage means today, in words anyone can follow.

  • Go deeper

    The backstory, a key term and the questions worth asking.

  • Your feed, your way

    For You mixes the collections you pick, or read one on its own.

  • Like, save and share

    Keep the cards you love and send a quote to a friend.

The opening of the Gettysburg Address as a card in the feed: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty…” with Plain English and Read full text below.
The same card in Plain English: “Eighty-seven years ago, in 1776, the founders created a new country built on freedom and on the idea that all people are created equal,” with Original text and Go deeper below.

Read full text

One line in. The whole story.

When a line stays with you, open the whole document, chapter, speech or opinion it comes from, with your passage highlighted in place.

  • Contents

    Jump to any section, or to any chapter in the collection, and turn to the previous or next.

  • Continue reading

    Every text remembers where you stopped, and Home takes you straight back.

  • The whole library Premium

    The complete Declaration, a whole psalm, Lincoln’s full address, start to finish.

Genesis 1 in full, open at verse 14 of 31 where reading stopped, with the 15 XP a full text earns and a Back to your passage button.
Contents over the full text: “You’re at verse 14 of 31 in Genesis 1,” then the chapters of The Bible collection book by book: Genesis 1, marked Reading, Genesis 4, Leviticus 25, Ruth 1, Psalms 23, 90 and 119, and Proverbs 15.

Quick quizzes

A quick quiz makes it stick.

After every third card comes one question on the card you just read, explained whether you get it right or not.

A quick quiz in the feed on a card from the Meditations: “What does Marcus say colors the soul?” Your habitual thoughts is marked correct for 10 XP: “The soul is dyed by the thoughts.” What you think about most becomes the character of your mind.
  • +10XPfor every right answer
  • +2XPjust for trying
  • 10in a rowearns the Sharp Mind badge
  • +50XPfor 10 right answers in a week

Streaks, XP, levels and badges

Small wins. Every day.

Every card you read and every answer you get right earns XP. Meet your daily goal to keep your streak, climb from Scroller to Luminary, and collect badges along the way.

Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time. We were entrusted by nature with the ownership of this single thing, so fleeting and slippery that anyone who will can oust us from possession.

Seneca · Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter I

Collections

Timeless words, made for now.

Every passage in its original words, with notes that make it click. Pick the collections you love and your feed follows.

  1. The engraved title page of the first King James Bible, 1611.

    King James Version · 1611

    The Bible

    Psalms, proverbs, prophets and parables in the King James Version, with respectful plain-English notes for readers of every background.

    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

    Psalms 23:1
  2. The first page of the Constitution of the United States, 1787.

    1776–1791

    Founding Documents

    The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers, clause by clause.

    We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…

    The Constitution · Preamble
  3. An engraving of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.

    c. AD 65–180

    Stoic Wisdom

    Time, worry and what is in your power, from a statesman, a teacher born enslaved and an emperor: Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.

    There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power.

    Epictetus · Enchiridion
  • An engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

    1796–1987

    Great American Speeches

    Six addresses that changed how Americans saw their country, from Washington’s farewell to the Brandenburg Gate.

  • Contemplation of Justice, the marble statue at the U.S. Supreme Court Building.

    1803–1969

    Landmark Supreme Court Cases

    The decisions that define your rights: a key line from each opinion, and what it means for you.

  • An engraving of Benjamin Franklin reading, 1787.

    c. 600 BC–1899

    Money Wisdom

    Saving, earning, markets, debt and generosity, from Aesop and Confucius to Franklin, Adam Smith and Carnegie. Educational only, not financial advice.

Art credits
  • The Bible: Title page of the first edition of the King James Bible, 1611, engraved by Cornelis Boel. Public domain.
  • Founding Documents: The Constitution of the United States, page 1, 1787. National Archives. Public domain.
  • Stoic Wisdom: The equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, engraving by Marco Dente, 1515–1527. Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0.
  • Great American Speeches: Abraham Lincoln, engraved portrait, U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Public domain.
  • Landmark Supreme Court Cases: Contemplation of Justice by James Earle Fraser, U.S. Supreme Court Building. U.S. government photograph. Public domain.
  • Money Wisdom: Benjamin Franklin reading, engraving by Thomas Ryder after Stephen Elmer, 1787. Rijksmuseum. CC0.
  • The paintings and portraits in the app’s screens are public domain or CC0, each credited in the app under Profile › Sources and translations.

What’s Next

You vote. We build it.

Vote on the collections and features we build next, right in the app. The most wanted ships first, and What’s New tells you when your pick arrives.

  • Read the board for free, no account needed. Voting and suggestions come with Premium.
  • Suggest an idea of your own. A moderator reads each one first, and you earn 25 XP if it’s added.
  • When your pick ships, it says You picked this, and you earn The Elector badge.
  • Report or block anything that doesn’t belong.
What’s Next in the app: “Vote on the collections and features we build next. The most wanted ships first.” The Federalist Papers in full is shipping next, marked You voted, above the ideas ranked by votes, led by Shakespeare.
Further down the board: Have an idea? with a Suggest button, your own suggestions, and Shipped, where Streak freezes is marked You picked this.
Shown with example ideas and votes.

Day and Night

Paper by day. Lamplight by night.

Day is warm paper and ink; Night is amber light on blue-black, for reading after dark. Leave it on Automatic to match your iPhone, or keep it in Day or Night.

Day

A Money Wisdom card in Day, dark ink on warm paper: “Remember, that time is money,” from Benjamin Franklin’s Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748.

Night

The same card in Night, ivory and amber on blue-black.

Ready for iPhone Duo

Unfold it. Read it like a book.

Closed, open or upright, the page follows the screen. Fold or unfold it mid-card, and you’re still on the card you were reading.

Mind Over Scroll open on iPhone Duo’s inner display like a book: Psalm 23 on the left page, “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want…”, and its Plain English on the right, with what it means, the backstory, a key term and questions worth asking.

  • Closed

    The outer display holds one page, just like any iPhone.

  • Open

    Two pages either side of the fold: a card beside its Plain English, a full text beside its card.

  • Upright

    One tall page that keeps the words and buttons clear of the fold.

Pricing

Free to read. Premium to go deeper.

Every card, its Plain English and its quiz are free, and so are streaks, levels and badges. Premium opens the full text behind every card, and adds voting and suggestions on What’s Next.

Free

$0

No account needed

  • Every card, in its original words
  • Plain English, backstories and quizzes
  • Streaks, XP, levels and badges
  • Reading paths, saves and the What’s Next board
  • A morning reminder, if you’d like one

Premium

3-day free trial

$29.99/ year

About $2.50 a month, billed yearly

  • Everything in Free
  • The full text behind every card: the whole document, chapter, speech or opinion
  • Your passage highlighted in place
  • Voting and suggestions on What’s Next

Or $4.99 a month, with no free trial.

The app’s subscription screen: How your free trial works, with today, the trial reminder and the day billing starts, and Annual at $29.99 a year with a 3-day free trial.

3 days free, then $29.99 a year. Renews automatically until you cancel. Cancel anytime in Settings › your name › Subscriptions at least 24 hours before the trial ends and you won’t be charged. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The free trial is for eligible new subscribers. See the Terms of Use.

Make every scroll count.

Mind Over Scroll is coming soon to iPhone.

Coming soon to the App Store