LDS Scripture Focus vs Sefer Mormon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LDS Scripture Focus
Enhance scripture study by focusing on one word at a time, improving comprehension and retention. This app offers a clean interface to track reading progress and provides reminders for daily engagement.
- Single-word reading focus
- Accelerated reading rate
- Clean layout
- Reading progress tracking
- Daily study reminders
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Have you ever read a chapter of scripture, only to discover that you don’t remember a word of what you just read? You start again at the beginning, squint your eyes and discipline your mind, attempting to drink in the meaning of the text. What if you could study by focusing on one word at a time, like taking a magnifying glass to the word of God? LDS Scripture Focus helps you capture the grand narrative of the scriptures as it clears away the noise that exists on a page of text. By reading one word at a time at an accelerated rate you eliminate the natural tendency to subvocalize and instead center your mind on the meaning of what you read. In addition, the clean layout of LDS Scripture Focus makes it easy to chart your reading progress, with reminders to help motivate you to engage in daily personal scripture study. LDS Scripture Focus is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Sefer Mormon
This app offers the Book of Mormon translated into Hebrew, featuring Hebrew text, narration, and comparative Hebrew-English versions. It explores the book's history and its connection to the God of Israel through Jewish prophetic traditions.
- Hebrew text translation
- Hebrew narration
- Comparative Hebrew-English text
- Explores Jewish prophetic traditions
- Focuses on the God of Israel
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Completed in the years 2018–2024 by a team of four professional Israeli linguists, this excellent Hebrew translation of the 1830 English edition of the Book of Mormon is available in several formats—Hebrew text, Hebrew narration, and comparative Hebrew–English text. The Book of Mormon’s history of Jewish prophet-migrants from Jerusalem to the Americas in 600 B.C., until the demise of their civilization in A.D. 421, serves as another witness to humanity of the God of Israel besides the Old and New Testaments. Drawing on Hebrew prophetic methodology and Jewish scribal tradition, historical records kept by Jewish prophets over a thousand years here appear crafted into a sophisticated scriptural masterpiece, showing the richness of the Hebrew translation to be native to the book’s content. Those who seek to know the God of Israel in the person of Israel’s Messiah will find that his first coming in the Meridian of Time and his second coming in glory are in direct fulfillment of covenants he had made with his people Israel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LDS Scripture Focus at 4.3 against Sefer Mormon's 1.5. LDS Scripture Focus also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (45 vs 2). Sefer Mormon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LDS Scripture Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sefer Mormon asks for nothing beyond the download.
LDS Scripture Focus holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LDS Scripture Focus has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of LDS Scripture Focus's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sefer Mormon's.
| Parameter | LDS Scripture Focus | Sefer Mormon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (45 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LDS Mobile Apps LLC | Institute of Ancient Studies |
Customer experience
LDS Scripture Focus
Sefer Mormon
In-app purchases
LDS Scripture Focus
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
Sefer Mormon
No in-app purchases





