ScriptSearch vs Selah Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Selah Journal
A peaceful digital space for daily reflection, prayer, and personal growth. It offers guided and free-form journaling with daily spiritual content to foster mindfulness and clarity.
- Guided and free-form journaling
- Daily reflection with verses and prayer
- Clickable worship songs
- Calming design
- Secure private entries
- Personal growth tools
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Selah Journal is a peaceful space to reflect, pray, and grow each day. Designed to encourage mindfulness and spiritual clarity, Selah helps you slow down, process your thoughts, and capture meaningful moments in your life. Features: • Guided and free-form journaling • Daily reflection that provides verses, prayer, and clickable worship song that match the theme of journal entry • Beautiful, calming design • Secure private entries • Personal growth through intentional reflection Whether you are building a journaling habit, deepening your faith, or simply creating space for mental clarity, Selah Journal provides a gentle environment to reconnect with what matters most. Take a moment. Breathe. Reflect. Selah. Subscription Information Selah Journal offers an optional auto-renewing subscription (Selah Premium) that provides unlimited journal prompts, unlimited saved reflections, enhanced features, and a deeper spiritual growth experience. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://brycebusateri.github.io/selah-journal-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ScriptSearch at 32 against Selah Journal's 2. Selah Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. ScriptSearch sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Selah Journal sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ScriptSearch against 5.0 for Selah Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScriptSearch has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ScriptSearch ships an update every 2 days, Selah Journal every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScriptSearch | Selah Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chad Sives | MADELYN ELIZABETH BUSATERI |
Customer experience
ScriptSearch
Selah Journal
In-app purchases
ScriptSearch
- Continuous Support$4.991 Month
- Give A Small Gift$4.99
- Support with a Medium Gift$9.99
- Support with a Generous Gift$49.99
Selah Journal
- Selah Premium$3.991 Month








