Nothing between opening the app and the verse
Footlamp has no advertising in any format, anywhere. It has no sign-up screen, no sign-in screen, and no field asking for your email address. You install it, you open it, and you are reading.
What the app never does
- Show an advertisement, on launch or anywhere else
- Ask for a name, email address, phone number or postal address
- Ask you to create a password or log in
- Request an advertising identifier or track you across apps
- Gate a chapter, a translation, a search or the verse of the day
What it does instead
- Creates an anonymous identity silently on first launch, so Explain, Ask and your conversations work without an account
- Keeps reading, search, topics, compare and the verse of the day entirely on your device
- Sends only what you give Explain or Ask, or a verse you ask a prayer for, and only when you ask
- Links your subscription to your existing App Store or Google Play account, so no new payment details are handed over
Why the ads went
An earlier version of this app was ad-supported, which meant an advertisement stood between opening it and the first verse. That is now gone, replaced by an optional Premium subscription. Nothing the free app used to do moved behind that subscription: reading, all three translations, keyword search, topic collections, verse compare, the verse of the day, generated prayers and the daily reminder are free and unlimited, and will stay that way.
Premium adds two things — unlimited Explain and Ask, and your past conversations kept to read back and continue — because those are the things that cost money to run. You can reach the offer deliberately from the Profile screen rather than only discovering it by running out.
Transparency inside the app
- The Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use open from inside the app, both before and after subscribing, so the documents never become unreachable.
- The purchase screen states plainly that you can cancel from your own store account settings at any time.
- The Profile screen shows your subscription status and how many Explain and Ask requests remain today, so the state of your account is never hidden.
- Send feedback from the Profile screen whenever you want to.
The full privacy policy is the authority on what is collected and why.
Questions
Does Footlamp show ads?
No. There is no advertising in any format, anywhere in the app, and no ad SDK in it.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no sign-in, no email address and no password. An anonymous identity is created silently on first launch so Explain, Ask and your conversations work.
What personal information is collected?
No name, email address, phone number, postal address or payment details — nothing in the app asks for any of them. Explain and Ask requests and their answers are stored against an anonymous identifier so your conversations work.
Is my reading tracked?
No. Reading, search, topics, verse compare and the verse of the day all run on the device and send nothing. Anonymous app usage and crash analytics are collected; there is no cross-app tracking and no advertising identifier request.
How is the app paid for, if not by ads?
By an optional Premium subscription that makes Explain and Ask unlimited and keeps your past conversations. Everything the ad-supported version did is still free and unlimited.
Open it, and start reading
Free on iOS and Android. No ads, no sign-up, and nothing to hand over.
Free. No ads, no sign-up, no account. Android and iOS.