Kookah Book vs HolyScroller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kookah Book
Manage and learn your favorite hymns with a customizable, local songbook. View lyrics, sheet music, and audio, track your progress, and search for hymns with powerful filters. Securely back up your collection and share songs with friends.
- Create and organize multiple songbooks
- View lyrics, sheet music, and play audio
- Track songs to learn and familiarity
- Advanced search with powerful filters
- Customize song details and attach audio
- Local data backup
- Import and export songs
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Kookah Book: Your Personal Hymnal App Discover a new way to manage and learn your favorite hymns with Kookah Book. This intuitive app is designed for church members and song leaders who want a customizable, local songbook solution. Key Features: Create Your Songbook: Add and organize hymns in multiple books. Learn with Ease: View lyrics, sheet music, and play audio all in one screen. Track Progress: Mark songs to learn and rate your familiarity. Advanced Search: Find any hymn quickly with powerful filters. Customization: Edit song details, add sheet music, and attach audio files. Secure Backup: Keep your songbook safe with local backups. Share with Friends: Easily import and export songs between users. Log Your Worship: Keep track of the hymns you sing most often. Kookah Book stores all your data locally on your device, ensuring your personal collection is always at your fingertips, even without an internet connection. Whether you're leading worship or learning new hymns, this app provides all the tools you need to enhance your musical worship experience.
HolyScroller
This app offers a unique way to read the Bible using a familiar swipe-based interface. It allows users to focus on individual verses, reflect spiritually, and replace addictive social media habits with divine wisdom. It includes multiple translations, languages, and extensive commentaries.
- Swipe-based Bible reading
- Multiple Bible translations
- 10+ languages supported
- Verse-by-verse commentaries
- Daily readings
- Dark/Light mode
- Catechism study
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Scroll the scriptures! This app reimagines Bible reading with a familiar, swipe-based design—like TikTok, but for your soul. Instead of videos, you scroll through the Bible one verse at a time, helping you focus deeply, reflect spiritually, and break free from addictive social media habits. Features: - No ads, no in-app-purchases, no tracking - Multiple Bible Translations – Including KJV, ASV, BBE, and more - 10+ Languages – Read the Bible in English, Spanish, French, Czech, Albanian, Chinese and others - 6,000+ Verse-by-Verse Commentaries – Insights from Church Fathers (e.g., Augustine, Origen, Jerome) and historic theologians - Daily Readings – Automatically opens to todays BCP lectionary readings - Dark/Light Mode – For comfortable reading at any hour - Catechism – The 1662 BCP Catechism for deeper study Whether you’re looking to build a daily reading habit, deepen your understanding, or replace doomscrolling with divine wisdom—this app is your new companion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kookah Book at 5.0 against HolyScroller's 4.0. HolyScroller's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Kookah Book holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Kookah Book ships an update every 3 months, HolyScroller weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kookah Book | HolyScroller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 324 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Elwell | PETER THOMAS HUGHES |
In-app purchases
Kookah Book
No in-app purchases
HolyScroller
No in-app purchases








