Rapture Process vs SermonSearch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rapture Process
Access hundreds of sermons by Rev. Lee Vayle with synchronized audio and transcripts. Download messages for offline listening and customize your reading experience with adjustable font sizes and dark/light modes.
- Hundreds of sermons
- Synchronized audio and transcripts
- Offline audio download
- Adjustable font size
- Dark/light mode settings
- Easy message search
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The Rapture Process app brings many of Rev. Lee Vayle's sermons to iOS in an easy to use format. You can select one of the hundreds of messages to listen to and read simultaneously. You also download the audio for later and listen offline! There are a few settings you may want to change- to change the font and increase its size, go to the "Settings" tab on the bottom right and tap the plus and minus buttons. Here you can also change the dark/light mode settings. (By default on iOS 13.0 and later the app will use your system's dark mode settings.) To find a message, first tap a button on the main page. Once you find the desired sermon, tap on it. You can now either download the audio to listen offline, or tap "Open Message" to open it now. It'll bring you to the transcript tab, and the sermon will appear. The play button is near the bottom of the screen, and for more media options, you can switch to the audio tab. Rev. Lee Vayle's sermons are under public domain, and direct permission has been given from his former church to fully host his sermons in Rapture Process. Enjoy Rapture Process!
SermonSearch
Access and follow along with preached sermons through synchronized transcripts and audio playback. Search a vast archive, highlight key passages, and save sermons for offline listening. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing.
- Synchronized audio and transcripts
- Full-text sermon search
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Offline sermon saving
- Background playback
- iCloud syncing for library
- Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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SermonSearch is a free, ad-free way to sit with the preached Word. It gathers sermons from Trinity Christian Fellowship in Lexington, Kentucky, shared with permission, and carries hundreds of sermons that open the Scriptures to your iPhone and iPad so you can hear the Word wherever you are. Offered freely by For His Glory, LLC. READ ALONG WITH THE WORD Every sermon carries a full transcript that scrolls in step with the audio, gently highlighting each line as it is spoken. Tap any paragraph to return to that moment in the sermon, or search within the transcript to jump straight to a phrase you remember. It is the closest thing to sitting with the text open in front of you as the Word is preached. SEARCH THE WHOLE ARCHIVE Looking for a particular passage, theme, or phrase? Search across titles, speakers, series, topics, and the full text of every transcript, then begin listening from the exact moment a phrase was spoken. Browse by Scripture reference, speaker, series, or topic to find the sermon you have in mind. KEEP WHAT STAYS WITH YOU Highlight the lines that speak to you, add a note, and return to them later. Share a highlight as a simple quote card, or share a moment from a sermon with a friend so they can listen from that very spot. LISTEN ANYWHERE A quiet, focused player with background playback, lock screen and Control Center controls, AirPlay, and adjustable speed. Sermons in a series play through in order, and you can pick up right where you left off. SAVE SERMONS OFFLINE Save sermons offline to carry with you on a flight, a commute, or anywhere a connection is hard to find. If you choose, the newest sermon can be saved automatically over Wi-Fi, ready when you are. A simple storage manager keeps you in control of space. NEW SERMONS, QUIETLY If you would like, SermonSearch can let you know when a new sermon is posted. No reminders, no nudges, just the new ones. MADE FOR iPad A native two-pane reader lets you browse on one side while you read and listen on the other, with keyboard and pointer support throughout. YOUR LIBRARY, KEPT PRIVATELY Mark the sermons that feed you as favorites, keep a quiet history of what you have heard, and continue where you left off. Your favorites and listening history can sync across your own Apple devices through your private iCloud, so what you save on one device is there on the next. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no sign-in. SermonSearch collects no personal information, and there are no ads. Your favorites and history sync only through your own private iCloud; they are never seen, received, or stored by us. What is between you and the Word stays with you. BILINGUAL Available in English and Spanish. Change languages anytime in Settings. SermonSearch is a labor of love, made and offered freely, that more might hear the Word and read along with it. To God be the glory. SermonSearch is an independent app by For His Glory, LLC, sharing TCF's sermons with permission. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Trinity Christian Fellowship.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SermonSearch at daily against Rapture Process's every 2 months. SermonSearch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Rapture Process's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SermonSearch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rapture Process has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rapture Process ships an update every 2 months, SermonSearch daily. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Rapture Process | SermonSearch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Brodeur | For His Glory LLC |
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Rapture Process
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In-app purchases
Rapture Process
No in-app purchases
SermonSearch
No in-app purchases
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