Comparison

Ministry Time vs Scriptly

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

Head to head
About

Ministry Time

This app simplifies ministry record-keeping with features like time tracking, Bible study logs, and daily notes. It offers calendar views and automated reports to help users stay organized and focused on their ministry activities.

Highlights
  • Calendar view of ministry activity
  • Easy time and compensation tracking
  • Bible study logging
  • Daily notes
  • Automated yearly and monthly reports
  • Monthly report submission reminders
  • Light and dark mode options
Features
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Ministry Journal helps you keep track of your ministry in a simple and organized way. Whether you are a publisher or a pioneer, the app makes it easy to record your time, Bible studies, and notes – all in one place. Key Features: • Calendar View – see your daily, weekly, and monthly ministry activity at a glance. • Easy Time Tracking – add ministry time and compensation in just a few taps. • Bible Studies – keep track of the number of studies you conduct. • Notes – add personal notes for each day to never forget important details. • Yearly & Monthly Reports – automatically calculate your service year (September–August) and prepare monthly reports. • Reminders – get a helpful reminder to submit your report at the start of each month. • Light & Dark Mode – choose the look that fits your style. Stay focused on your ministry — let Ministry Journal handle the organization.

About

Scriptly

Features
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Scriptly is a Bible you can write in. Most Bible apps give you text and a highlighter. Scriptly gives you a page — with a margin wide enough to think in. Read the passage on the left, and write whatever you want beside it in your own hand. A REAL PAGE • Ruled, squared, dotted or blank paper, in the page colour you like. • Put the margin on the left or the right, so your palm never covers the text. • Pinch to zoom the page; the text stays crisp at any size. WRITTEN, NOT TYPED • Pen, highlighter and eraser, with your own colours and widths. • Scribble out to erase — draw back and forth over a stroke and only what you cross is removed. • Your handwriting stays anchored to the verse it belongs to, on any screen. READ DEEPER • Multiple translations, in English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. • Tap a word to see the Greek or Hebrew behind it, with its lexicon entry. • See everywhere else a word appears, and open any of those verses in place. YOURS, AND PRIVATE • No account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics. • Your notes are stored on your device, and we have no server that could hold them. Turn on iCloud sync and your notes follow you between iPads, in your own private iCloud container. It is off unless you use it, and we can neither see nor reach it. Scriptly is made for iPad and Apple Pencil.

Screenshots

Ministry Time4 screens
Scriptly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ministry Time at 13.0 against Scriptly's 16.4. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ministry Time ships an update fortnightly, Scriptly every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Ministry Time versus Scriptly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinistry TimeScriptly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanchenko Oleksandrk5Software

In-app purchases

None

Ministry Time

No in-app purchases

None

Scriptly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ministry Time free?
Ministry Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scriptly free?
Scriptly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ministry Time or Scriptly have ads?
Neither Ministry Time nor Scriptly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ministry Time or Scriptly?
Ministry Time ships an update fortnightly, and Scriptly every 8 days. Most recently, Ministry Time was updated on September 29, 2026 and Scriptly on September 21, 2026.

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