Comparison

SermonSeeds vs By Name

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

Head to head
About

SermonSeeds

Capture, organize, and analyze insights from sermons and spiritual studies. Track reading progress, share discoveries, and gain insights into your spiritual development with a privacy-first design. Supports offline use and optional cloud backup.

Highlights
  • Sermon note-taking with scripture integration
  • Advanced search and filtering
  • Book study tracking
  • Faith analytics
  • Secure sharing
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional cloud backup
Features
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Transform your spiritual journey with SermonSeeds, the comprehensive faith companion designed to help you capture, organize, and cultivate meaningful insights from sermons and spiritual studies. **Capture Every Spiritual Moment** Never lose another powerful sermon insight. SermonSeeds makes it effortless to record detailed notes during church services, including speaker information, scripture references, location details, and personal reflections. Our intuitive interface ensures you can focus on the message while seamlessly documenting your spiritual growth. **Organize Your Faith Journey** Keep your spiritual life organized with powerful filtering and search capabilities. Sort your sermon notes by church location, speaker, sermon series, or date range. Find specific insights instantly with our comprehensive search that looks through all your notes, scripture references, and personal reflections. **Track Your Spiritual Reading** Beyond sermon notes, SermonSeeds helps you maintain a complete record of your spiritual book studies. Track reading progress, capture meaningful quotes, rate books, and organize your theological library with detailed notes and insights. **Share Your Faith** Spread inspiration by sharing your favorite sermon insights and book discoveries with friends and family. Send detailed notes via email or text, and help others grow in their faith journey. **Powerful Analytics for Spiritual Growth** Gain meaningful insights into your spiritual development with comprehensive analytics. Track your engagement patterns, discover your most active periods of growth, and identify the topics and themes that resonate most deeply with your faith journey. **Privacy-First Design** Your spiritual journey is personal. SermonSeeds stores all your data locally on your device with optional encrypted cloud backup. Your notes, insights, and spiritual reflections remain completely private and secure. **Key Features:** - Comprehensive sermon note-taking with scripture integration - Advanced search and filtering across all content - Book study tracking with progress monitoring - Faith analytics and growth insights - Secure sharing via email and messaging - Dark and light theme support - Accessibility features for all users - Offline functionality - no internet required - Optional encrypted cloud backup - Clean, intuitive interface designed for worship settings Whether you're a seasoned believer looking to deepen your spiritual practice or someone beginning their faith journey, SermonSeeds provides the tools you need to cultivate lasting spiritual growth. Join thousands of users who have transformed their relationship with scripture and spiritual learning. Download SermonSeeds today and start cultivating the seeds of faith in your life.

About

By Name

This app helps you remember the names of people you meet by using spaced retrieval techniques. Add names with quick notes and receive regular reminders to review them, strengthening your memory over time. It offers a simple, distraction-free way to keep track of your connections.

Highlights
  • Quickly add names with notes
  • Siri voice input for hands-free adding
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly review reminders
  • Track daily, weekly, and monthly totals
  • Edit and delete entries easily
  • Home screen widget for quick access
Features
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You meet people all the time. At work, at events, around the neighborhood. And most of us forget their names before we've walked away. By Name is built on a simple idea backed by research: when you review a name after meeting someone, you're far more likely to remember it next time. That's spaced retrieval — the act of recalling information strengthens the memory each time you do it. The power is in the review. Drop names into the app throughout your day, then look back through them that evening. By Name sends you daily, weekly, and monthly reminders to review the people you've met — and each time you do, the memory gets stronger. When you meet someone, add their name with a quick note about where you met them or what you talked about. That's it. No social media, no contact syncing, no complexity. Just a running record of the people who crossed your path — and a reason to look them up again. You can add names by typing or through Siri. Just say "Hey Siri, met someone in By Name" and speak naturally. The app tracks how many people you've remembered today, this week, this month, and overall. Tap any name to edit details. Swipe to remove. Shake to undo. Our Good Shepherd calls us By Name; this app helps you remember all those you met. FEATURES - Quick-add names with notes in seconds - Siri voice input — add people hands-free - Daily, weekly, and monthly review reminders - Track daily, weekly, and monthly totals - Edit names, notes, and dates anytime - Swipe to delete with shake to undo - Home screen widget - Clean, distraction-free design - No account required. Your data stays on your device.

Screenshots

SermonSeeds4 screens
By Name4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SermonSeeds at daily against By Name's every 8 days. On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SermonSeeds against 5.0 for By Name. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SermonSeeds ships an update daily, By Name every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SermonSeeds versus By Name: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSermonSeedsBy Name
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames PerryGabe Carter

Customer experience

SermonSeeds

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

By Name

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SermonSeeds

No in-app purchases

None

By Name

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SermonSeeds free?
SermonSeeds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is By Name free?
By Name is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SermonSeeds or By Name?
SermonSeeds and By Name are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SermonSeeds or By Name have ads?
Neither SermonSeeds nor By Name shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SermonSeeds or By Name?
SermonSeeds ships an update daily, and By Name every 8 days. Most recently, SermonSeeds was updated on October 31, 2026 and By Name on October 31, 2026.

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