Comparison

Featured Bible AI vs Sermon Sidekick

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

Head to head
About

Featured Bible AI

Features
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No Ads. No Nonsense. Just Free Bible AI. Free Bible AI brings the timeless wisdom of the Bible together with the clarity and convenience of modern AI. Whether you're studying deeply, exploring your faith, or simply looking for quick answers, this app helps you understand Scripture in a way that feels personal, accessible, and insightful. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sermon Sidekick

This app integrates Bible reading, guided study, sermon notes, and personal journaling. It offers tools for in-depth passage exploration, verse saving, and note-taking with optional AI summaries. Users can also access published church messages and take service notes.

Highlights
  • Integrated Bible reading and study tools
  • Guided study plans for deeper understanding
  • Sermon note-taking with audio recording
  • Personal journaling with verse attachment
  • Optional AI summaries for notes
  • Access to church-published messages
Features
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Sermon Sidekick brings Bible reading, study and your church's weekly message into one place. Read all 66 books in a calm, focused reader. Return to your place, type a reference like "Romans 8:28" to go straight there, and listen with Read Aloud. Tap a verse to highlight it, save it or add a personal note. On iPad, turn sideways to read across two pages. Study a passage a step at a time. Most lessons have five parts: Read, What it says, What it means, Your response and Remember. Practice recalling the verses you want to keep, play Find the verse to discover answers in the passage itself, and explore the places behind the passages on the study map. Genesis, Mark and Psalms are free in full, and the first lessons of every other book are free too. Carry Sunday into your week. This Week gives you the passage to read, understand and practice, with a private page for your service notes. Enter your church's code to read its message. Your Journal keeps your writing and saved passages together, and syncs to your account when you sign in. "Summarize my notes" is an optional AI feature, five a month, that reads back only the entries you choose, after you agree. Silas, your study companion, opens passages, walks you through a passage, compares BSB and KJV and starts Read Aloud, all on your device. With Sidekick Plus you can also ask Silas about the passage you're reading. After you agree, your question and the passage are sent to an AI service (Anthropic) to write an answer, which is labeled as AI-assisted and can be wrong. Group Study, with Sidekick Plus, lets you read a passage with a small group you lead or join, with shared notes and discussion. What you post is visible to that group's members. You can report a post or block a member, leaders can remove posts, and you must be at least 13 years old. Bible reading, notes, highlights, your Journal and reading progress stay free. Optional Sidekick Plus opens complete studies for every book, Ask the Passage (AI-assisted answers about the passage you're reading), online answers from Silas, Group Study and five more themes. If Plus ends, nothing you wrote is deleted. Sidekick Plus is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Prices, any free trial and renewal terms are shown in the app and by the App Store before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation, and the subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Deleting the app or your Sermon Sidekick account does not cancel a store subscription. Support: https://sermon-sidekick.web.app/support.html Privacy: https://sermon-sidekick.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://sermon-sidekick.web.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Featured Bible AI4 screens
Sermon Sidekick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Featured Bible AI at 15.1 against Sermon Sidekick's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Featured Bible AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Sermon Sidekick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Featured Bible AI versus Sermon Sidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeatured Bible AISermon Sidekick
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLone Mountain Design CoChristopher Judge

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Featured Bible AI

Subscriptions1
  • Bible AI Plus$4.991 Month
2 purchases

Sermon Sidekick

Subscriptions2
  • Sidekick Plus$9.991 Month
  • Sidekick Plus7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Featured Bible AI free?
Featured Bible AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sermon Sidekick free?
Sermon Sidekick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Featured Bible AI or Sermon Sidekick have ads?
Neither Featured Bible AI nor Sermon Sidekick shows ads.

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