Comparison

Scripture Journey vs Pilgrim

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

Head to head
About

Scripture Journey

Features
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The personal Bible study app that makes your pastor's sermon last all week. Every Monday morning, Scripture Journey takes the sermon your pastor preached on Sunday and turns it into a 5-day, sermon-driven Bible study—built around the same passage, but going deeper into the text every day. By Saturday, the sermon hasn't just been heard, it's been lived. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Five days, one sermon. Monday lands the main point. Tuesday through Friday go deeper—passage, original-language roots, application, journaling, and conversation with an AI study companion that has read every line of the sermon and every line of your journal. • Your pastor, not someone else's. Sermon Journeys are built from real sermons preached at real churches—Lakepointe, Elevation, Life.Church, Transformation Church, Church of Eleven22, and more. If your church is on the list, your week starts with Monday's journey waiting. Don't see it? Request your church right in the app—we read every request and add the ones that are a good fit. • An AI companion that reads your journal. As you journal across the week, your AI study companion notices the threads in your thinking. By Friday it's not answering generic questions—it's helping you connect what you wrote on Tuesday to what you're wrestling with today. • Ask anything, Scripture-first. Bring a real-life question and get an answer grounded in Scripture, your pastor's sermons, and Christian books—every source cited. Ask the Pastor across a church, or Ask the Book on any title. • Hebrew and Greek, gently woven in. No symbols, no Greek alphabet—just the original-language roots of the words you're reading, surfaced naturally where they matter. • Faith at the dinner table. Family devotionals turn the week's theme into a 5–7 minute conversation—open, teach, discuss, pray. There when you want it. • A growing library of Christian book studies. Marriage, parenting, blended family, identity, mental and emotional health—dozens of popular Christian books turned into 5-day journeys, with an AI you can ask about any of them. • Weekly streaks, not daily guilt. Engaging Scripture four times a week is the threshold where Bible engagement starts changing lives (research-backed). We celebrate any engagement that hits the weekly mark. No red badges. No daily streaks to break. FREE WHILE WE'RE GETTING STARTED Scripture Journey is completely free right now, with the full experience unlocked. We're building alongside real readers, not spreadsheets. A few features are marked "Future Premium" so you always know the roadmap—and early users will get a generous heads-up before anything ever changes. WHAT'S INSIDE • Sermon Journeys from participating churches, refreshed every Monday • An AI study companion across every day and journey—it reads your journal • Ask the Pastor, the Book, or anything—Scripture-first AI, every source cited • Hebrew & Greek root meanings, woven in naturally • A library of dozens of Christian book studies—marriage, parenting, identity, and more • Family devotionals for the dinner table—5–7 minutes, the whole family • A weekly Feed of short, shareable takeaways from this week's sermons • "The Message"—revisit the heart of Sunday's sermon anytime • Journal across the week with cross-day AI insights • Request your church—we add the ones that are a good fit WHO IT'S FOR • People who want their Sunday sermon to stick • Small group members preparing midweek • Families who want a simple devotional at the table • Anyone who wants a Bible study guided by their own pastor's preaching PARTICIPATING CHURCHES • Lakepointe Church • Elevation Church • Life.Church • Transformation Church • Church of Eleven22 • Gather Church • Bethel Church (Redding) • Hungry Generation • Mosaic Church Charlotte • More churches added every month TERMS & PRIVACY • Terms: https://getscripturejourney.com/terms • Privacy: https://getscripturejourney.com/privacy • Support: https://getscripturejourney.com/support

About

Pilgrim

A Bible companion for Protestants offering daily readings, in-depth study tools, and shared plans. Access multiple translations, offline reading, and a catechism browser. Focuses on personal growth without social pressure.

Highlights
  • Daily reading plans
  • Multiple Bible translations
  • Offline reading capability
  • Shared reading plans
  • Catechism browser
  • Verse and catechism memory cards
  • Sermon note linking
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A Bible-first companion for thoughtful Protestants. Pilgrim brings daily reading, deeper study, and shared plans into one place — and lets you bring anyone along. Free. No ads. No subscription. Prayer lists now live in a separate app called Prayer. Your prayers are still here until you move them. EIGHT TRANSLATIONS, FREE Read in ESV, CSB, NIV, NLT, NASB, KJV, ASV, or WEB. Modern translations stream from the Pilgrim proxy. KJV, ASV, WEB, and the Berean Standard Bible are bundled for full offline reading — on a plane, in the woods, anywhere. SHARE WITH ANYONE Send a reading plan to a friend and walk through it together. Tap any verse to share it as a route.bible link. No closed networks, no follower counts. You decide who's in. READING PLANS THAT GO SOMEWHERE Bible-in-a-Year, your way: chronological, canonical, or both at once. The Heidelberg Catechism over 52 weeks. The Westminster Shorter and Larger. MacArthur's 30-day mastery method. Plus thirteen shorter plans — Psalms, the Gospels, Genesis through Joshua, and more. CATECHISM BROWSER The Heidelberg Catechism, Westminster Shorter, Westminster Larger, and Luther's Small Catechism — every question, every answer, every proof text. Read straight through or jump by question number. Tap any reference to open it in the Reader. MEMORY Verse cards and catechism cards in one rhythm. Spaced review at your pace. No leaderboards. No streak shaming. NOTES Sermon notes auto-link Scripture references back to the Reader. FREE BY DESIGN ESV is licensed from Crossway for non-commercial use. CSB, NIV, and NLT come through the same non-commercial channel. NASB ships via the YouVersion Platform under Lockman's terms. Pilgrim stays free with no in-app purchases. CONTACT Bug? Feature request? https://everlight-digital.com/support — or email brendan@everlight-digital.com.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Scripture Journey at 15.1 against Pilgrim's 17.6. 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

Scripture Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, Pilgrim every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Scripture Journey versus Pilgrim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScripture JourneyPilgrim
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPepStar LLCBRENDAN ISAAC PRATT

In-app purchases

None

Scripture Journey

No in-app purchases

None

Pilgrim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scripture Journey free?
Scripture Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pilgrim free?
Pilgrim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scripture Journey or Pilgrim have ads?
Neither Scripture Journey nor Pilgrim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scripture Journey or Pilgrim?
Scripture Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pilgrim every 11 days. Most recently, Scripture Journey was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pilgrim on October 31, 2026.

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