Comparison

Sermon Scribe vs ScriptSearch

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sermon Scribe

This app helps users engage more deeply with religious services and personal study. It allows for recording and transcribing sermons, taking notes, and exploring biblical content. Features include AI-generated summaries, reflection questions, and a Bible exploration tab.

Highlights
  • Record and transcribe sermons
  • AI-generated summaries and outlines
  • Real-time note-taking
  • Bible exploration and insights
  • Daily devotionals
  • Cloud syncing
Features
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Sermon Scribe: Your all-in-one faith companion. Whether you're attending a Sunday service, diving into personal Bible study, or spending quiet time in prayer—Sermon Scribe is built to help you stay present, reflect deeply, and grow spiritually. Capture Every Word, Remember Every Insight With one tap, record sermons or devotionals and get accurate speech-to-text transcriptions. Take notes in real-time, highlight Scripture references, and revisit key teachings with AI-generated outlines, summaries, and reflection questions. Understand the Bible Like Never Before Sermon Scribe's Bible tab lets you explore any book of the Bible with clarity. Access concise overviews, chapter-by-chapter breakdowns, and deep insights into key verses, themes, and characters—making Scripture easier to grasp and apply. Grow Your Faith Daily - Daily Devotionals to keep you grounded - Bible study tools to enhance your understanding - Journaling for thoughts, reflections, and spiritual growth - Bible chat to explore your questions with thoughtful, Bible-rooted responses Organize & Reflect with Ease Everything you record or write is searchable and synced to the cloud, so your sermons, notes, and reflections are always at your fingertips. Whether you're in church, in a small group, or alone with your Bible, Sermon Scribe helps you preserve your spiritual moments, revisit them anytime, and deepen your walk with God. We hope you enjoy this app and that it helps you grow in your faith. We are always looking for feedback to improve your experience, so please do not hesitate to reach out. Terms: https://jamappworks.xyz/tos Privacy: https://jamappworks.xyz/privacy Disclaimer: A subscription is required to use Sermon Scribe's advanced features, however, everyone is given a free trial period to experience the app before choosing to commit to one of the subscription plans.

About

ScriptSearch

This app helps users explore the Bible by offering advanced search capabilities, cross-reference tracking, and tools to highlight and bookmark passages. It also provides daily curated verses and automatically saves study sessions.

Highlights
  • Keyword, phrase, and theme search
  • Cross-reference and connection search
  • Passage highlighting and bookmarking
  • Auto-generated study notes
  • Daily curated verse and passages
  • Adjustable font size
Features
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ScriptSearch is a powerful all-in-one Bible study and search app designed to help you explore Scripture faster, deeper, and more intuitively. Whether you're tracing a theme, chasing a cross-reference, studying biblical languages, or reading classic commentary, ScriptSearch helps you get there in seconds. Now export in PDF or docx. SEARCH SMARTER Go beyond a basic Bible concordance. Search a verse or passage and instantly see every match, highlighted right in the text. Run a theme search to discover related Scripture you didn't know to look for. Use connection search to follow any verse across the entire Bible through cross-references, synonyms, and thematic links - and see why each connection surfaced, with clear tags for Scofield references, community-affirmed cross-references, and shared themes. One unified results list ranks the strongest connections first, with an optional "text matches only" filter. SCOFIELD REFERENCE BIBLE & GAEBELEIN COMMENTARY Study with two commentaries - C. I. Scofield's Reference Bible (1917) and Arno C. Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (1913–1922) - woven throughout the app. Verses show an inline marker: tap to read without leaving your reading - Scofield's concise notes with their classic catchword lead, or Gaebelein's passage-by-passage exposition. Every book opens with an introduction from your chosen source. Scofield's cross-references also power connection search as full, two-directional passages. Add any commentary to a study note in a single tap. CLARENCE LARKIN'S PROPHETIC CHARTS All 90 charts from Clarence Larkin's Dispensational Truth (1920), the drawings generations of Bible students learned the ages from. More than 1,450 Scripture references printed on the charts are tappable: Study it or read it in context. Verses that appear on the charts link back to them from the Bible reader, commentary, reading plans and connection search. WORD STUDY - GREEK & HEBREW Tap any verse to explore it word by word in biblical Greek and Hebrew. Powered by the Textus Receptus (New Testament) and the Masoretic Text (Old Testament), each word includes its definition, transliteration, pronunciation, and grammatical form explained in plain English. Search the Strong's Concordance to find every occurrence of any word across the entire Bible, filtered by book. AUTO STUDY NOTES ScriptSearch automatically (and optionally) keeps track of the searches you run, the connections you explore, the passages you read, and the commentary you consult - then offers to save it all as a study note when you're done. Scofield references are saved as tappable links you can reopen or import inline. Every session becomes a record of where your study took you. BUILD A WEB OF INTERCONNECTED STUDIES Through automated study tracking, build a web of interconnected ideas and link your studies together through bi-directional notes. STUDY TOGETHER Create or join a private study group and explore Scripture alongside others. Share your studies and favorite verses to the group, then talk them through in real-time group chat and comment on what others post. HIGHLIGHT & BOOKMARK PASSAGES Mark Scripture with color highlights. Bookmark any verse so you can find it instantly. Everything you mark is saved, organized, and backed up to your account. DAILY DISCOVERY Start each day with a verse and connected passages curated around a theme - now drawn from richly annotated Scripture, so there's always commentary to explore. A fresh starting point for your Bible study, every morning. ScriptSearch is the Bible study app for anyone who wants to go deeper - one connection at a time.

Screenshots

Sermon Scribe4 screens
ScriptSearch4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sermon Scribe and ScriptSearch both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ScriptSearch's written reviews are positive against 64% of Sermon Scribe's. ScriptSearch also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). Sermon Scribe's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 32) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sermon Scribe sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and ScriptSearch sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScriptSearch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sermon Scribe has 1.6K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Sermon Scribe's written reviews are positive against 100% of ScriptSearch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sermon Scribe ships an update every 6 days, ScriptSearch every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sermon Scribe versus ScriptSearch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSermon ScribeScriptSearch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better32
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB268 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAM AppWorks LLCChad Sives

Customer experience

Sermon Scribe

All ratings1,479 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%

ScriptSearch

All ratings29 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sermon Scribe

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Recording not working as expected
  • Subscription issues, unable to cancel

Requested features

2 requests
  • Export options for notes, outlines, and reflections
  • Improved recording reliability

ScriptSearch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sermon Scribe

Subscriptions10
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Weekly$4.997 Days
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  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Sermon Scribe Plus - Annual$69.991 Year
4 purchases

ScriptSearch

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous Support$4.991 Month
One-time3
  • Give A Small Gift$4.99
  • Support with a Medium Gift$9.99
  • Support with a Generous Gift$49.99

Questions

Is Sermon Scribe free?
Sermon Scribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScriptSearch free?
ScriptSearch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sermon Scribe or ScriptSearch?
ScriptSearch is rated higher. Sermon Scribe averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while ScriptSearch averages 5.0 from 32 ratings.
Do Sermon Scribe or ScriptSearch have ads?
Neither Sermon Scribe nor ScriptSearch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sermon Scribe or ScriptSearch?
Sermon Scribe ships an update every 6 days, and ScriptSearch every 2 days. Most recently, Sermon Scribe was updated on October 30, 2026 and ScriptSearch on October 21, 2026.

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