Best Christian Browser Extensions in 2026

As of 2026, there are two real Christian browser extensions built specifically to pause distracting sites with scripture: Interlude and Verse Guard. Nearly every other well-known "Bible verse instead of scrolling" product, including Psalmo and FaithLock, is a phone app, not something that runs in Chrome or Firefox on your computer.

That's worth saying plainly, because most "best Christian app" roundups quietly mix phone apps and browser extensions together as if they solve the same problem. They don't. A lock-screen widget doesn't do anything while you're at a desktop typing into a browser tab, which is where a lot of actual scrolling, online shopping, and news-checking happens for anyone working at a computer. Here's what's actually available for the browser itself.

1. Interlude

Platforms: Chrome, Firefox · Price: Free, no premium tier

Interlude pauses any site you add with a full-screen scripture screen, and the verse itself changes based on the category you assign the site: comparison-themed verses for social media, anxiety-and-trust verses for news, materialism verses for shopping, purity and patience for dating apps. Instead of forcing a hard block, it offers three honest paths forward: retype the verse reference to continue, write a private one-line journal reflection, or redeem the time by copying an encouraging message to send someone instead. It also supports voluntary date-range fasts (3 days, Lent, or custom) with no quick way to skip past them early. No accounts, no cloud sync, nothing tracked inside the extension.

2. Verse Guard

Platforms: Chrome · Price: Free tier, paid upgrades

Verse Guard blocks social media, news, entertainment, and shopping sites and shows a Bible verse on the block page before letting you through. It includes a focus timer and spiritual challenges, plus pre-built blocklists for porn and gambling domains that are blocked by default rather than something you have to configure yourself. It's the closest direct equivalent to Interlude on the market, with a different emphasis: more built-in blocklists and gamified challenges, versus Interlude's category-matched verses and journal.

We wrote a full head-to-head if you're deciding between the two: Interlude vs Verse Guard.

What about Psalmo, FaithLock, and Bible Mode?

All genuinely good products, worth knowing about if you're also looking for something on your phone, but none of them are browser extensions. Psalmo and FaithLock work as iOS/Android apps with lock-screen widgets and app gates; Bible Mode is iPhone-only. If your distraction problem is mostly a phone problem, they're worth a look. If it's a browser tab open on your laptop at 11pm, they won't do anything, because they were never built to.

A note on secular blockers

If you've also considered a non-faith-based option like Freedom or StayFocusd, the difference isn't features, it's philosophy. Those tools treat the problem as one of willpower and engineer around it with hard timers. Interlude and Verse Guard treat it as a moment worth noticing, not just blocking through.

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