Comparison

Sermon Design 3 vs My Prompter

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

Head to head
About

Sermon Design 3

This tool guides users through the sermon preparation process, from initial planning to final manuscript. It features a visual outlining tool with building blocks to structure messages and offers a library of predefined and custom sermon movements.

Highlights
  • Visual sermon outlining
  • 5-phase preparation process
  • 40+ predefined sermon movements
  • Custom forms and templates
  • Guided reflection prompts
  • iCloud sync
  • Export to PDF/RTF
Features
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Sermon Design 3 is a tool built to help you prepare thoughtful, intentional sermons. It walks you through the process of thinking through the sermon, from considering its focus and purpose to writing the final manuscript. At the core is a visual outlining tool that helps you design your sermon's flow, using movements like building blocks to construct a message that will fulfill its purpose. Sermon Design uses a 5 phase process: Plan: Think about sermons coming up over the next few weeks, months, or years! Focus: Consider the heart of your sermon, distilling it's core message. Listen: Give attention to the text, asking question that get to heart of what the Word is for the people. Structure: Build the frame of the sermon by giving consideration to the type of movements through which the sermon will move. Write: Finalize the manuscript for the sermon you've been designing. With the iOS version, you can capture ideas while on the go, crafting your sermon in the moments and times when inspiration comes to you. Sermon Movement Library — Access 40+ predefined movement types including Opening, Transition, Anecdote, Exegesis, Theology, Application, Question, Metaphor, Prayer, and more. Custom Forms & Templates — Create and save your own sermon structures. Build templates for recurring sermon types and reuse them across documents. Guided Reflection Prompts — Explore textual, theological, contemporary, personal, and pastoral questions designed to deepen your engagement with scripture. Session Timer — Track your writing sessions and maintain momentum with built-in timing tools that automatically split sessions at midnight. iCloud Sync — Your planning data, custom movements, and templates sync across all your devices via CloudKit. Export & Print — Print sermon plans and manuscripts with professional formatting. Export to PDF or RTF for sharing with team members. **DESIGNED FOR YOUR WORKFLOW** Whether you're preparing Sunday sermons, special occasions, or teaching series, Sermon Design 3 adapts to your needs. Work on individual sermon documents while maintaining awareness of your broader preaching calendar. Create custom movements that reflect your unique preaching style. Build sermon structures that honor traditional homiletical practices while remaining flexible for contemporary approaches. **CROSS-PLATFORM** Available for Mac, iPad, and iPhone with adaptive interfaces optimized for each device. Use sidebar navigation on Mac and iPad, or tab navigation on iPhone. Keyboard shortcuts on Mac make phase switching and common actions quick and efficient. **WHO IT'S FOR** - Pastors and ministers preparing weekly sermons - Lay speakers developing occasional messages - Seminary students learning homiletical practices - Preaching teams collaborating on sermon series - Anyone seeking a systematic approach to sermon preparation Sermon Design Pro is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase or as an annual auto-renewable subscription. The annual subscription automatically renews at the end of each one-year period unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) is forfeited when you purchase the subscription. Privacy Policy: https://stevenhovater.com/sermon-design-privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

My Prompter

This voice-activated teleprompter scrolls your script in real-time as you speak, adjusting to your pace. It works offline, manages multiple prompts, and provides visual feedback to help you stay on schedule.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated auto-scroll
  • On-device speech recognition
  • Real-time pace feedback
  • Manage multiple prompts
  • Adjustable font size
  • Mirror mode
  • iCloud sync
Features
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My Prompter is a voice-activated teleprompter that follows your pace in real time. No foot pedals, no remote controls, no scrolling by hand. Just speak and it keeps up. HOW IT WORKS Paste your text, hit play, and start talking. My Prompter uses on-device speech recognition to match your voice against your script and highlights each word as you say it. Pause and it waits. Speed up and it follows. Skip a paragraph and it finds you. BUILT FOR REAL SPEAKERS • Conference talks and keynotes • Pitch rehearsals and investor meetings • Wedding speeches and toasts • Video scripts and content creation • Karaoke and sing-alongs PACE YOURSELF Set a target time for any prompt. The timer and highlighted word change color to tell you if you're ahead or behind schedule — so you always finish on time. WORKS IN TOUGH CONDITIONS Noisy rooms, strong accents, imperfect pronunciation — My Prompter handles it all. Because it knows your text in advance, it doesn't need perfect speech recognition. It just needs to know where you are. FEATURES • Voice-activated auto-scroll • On-device processing — no internet required, fully private • Manage multiple prompts • Adjustable font size • Target time with live pace feedback • Color-coded pacing — green, yellow, and coral • Mirror mode for glass teleprompter setups • iCloud sync across devices • Dark, distraction-free interface • Works on iPhone and iPad Your words, your pace, your stage.

Screenshots

Sermon Design 34 screens
My Prompter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Prompter at none against Sermon Design 3's 2. My Prompter also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Design 3 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. My Prompter asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sermon Design 3 against 5.0 for My Prompter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sermon Design 3 ships an update monthly, My Prompter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sermon Design 3 versus My Prompter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSermon Design 3My Prompter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven HovaterBogdan Ripa

Customer experience

Sermon Design 3

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

My Prompter

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sermon Design 3

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Unlock$14.99
None

My Prompter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sermon Design 3 free?
Sermon Design 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Prompter free?
My Prompter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sermon Design 3 or My Prompter?
Sermon Design 3 and My Prompter are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Sermon Design 3 or My Prompter have ads?
Neither Sermon Design 3 nor My Prompter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sermon Design 3 or My Prompter?
Sermon Design 3 ships an update monthly, and My Prompter every 2 months. Most recently, Sermon Design 3 was updated on October 31, 2026 and My Prompter on October 13, 2026.

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