Comparison

Trek 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

Trek

Features
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Trek is a small group Bible study app built for leaders and members who want to go deeper together without the complexity of church platforms or the chaos of group chats. For leaders: Create structured sessions with scripture passages, context, and discussion questions. Publish when you're ready, keep drafts private. Your group arrives prepared. For members: Follow along with every session. Take personal notes, share insights with the group, and keep track of prayer requests, all in one place. What's inside Trek: - Organized sessions with passages, context, and discussion questions - Personal notes — keep them private or share with the group - Shared prayer requests tracked across every session - Group membership via invite link or code - Food planning for each gathering - Direct Bible links to YouVersion Trek is built for real small groups; a group of friends, a church community, a Bible study that meets around a kitchen table. Just what your group needs to meet, study, and grow together. Your group. Your journey. God's Word.

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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Carry Scripture into the moments between Sundays. Sermon Sidekick brings Bible reading, guided study, sermon notes and your personal Journal together around the passage. A VERSE FOR THIS MOMENT Open Now to a Scripture clock and a verse to explore. Open the chapter for context, save the verse or return to your reading. The main tabs are Now, Bible, Sermons, Journal and Me; open Study from Now or Me. READ WITH ROOM TO THINK Find a passage by reference, continue from a saved place and adjust the text for comfortable reading. Select multiple verses, choose from seven highlight colors, save, copy or share a passage and write notes beside Scripture. Reading controls offer text sizes from 85% to 300% and spacing adjustments. Read Aloud uses your device's voices for BSB and KJV chapter reading, including listening with the screen locked. Licensed online editions need a connection and do not use that Read Aloud feature. GO DEEPER INTO THE PASSAGE Explore guided study through Read, Understand, Explore and Practice. Follow reading plans and look into the Bible's people, places, events and words. Silas helps you open passages and use reading tools. Genesis, Mark and Psalms include complete free book studies; other books include sample lessons. KEEP YOUR WORDS CLOSE Gather reflections, prayers and sermon notes in Journal. Attach or remove Scripture, add a device-local photo, search saved writing and edit entries with the keyboard toolbar. Autosave keeps your work, and Recently deleted offers a 30-day recovery window. Voice controls can turn speech into note text and keep an audio recording when you choose. Kept audio stays on its recording device; written work can sync with an account. Speech recognition may use Apple or Google's online service and requires microphone and speech-recognition permission. Optional AI summaries of selected notes require sign-in and consent and have a separate displayed allowance; they are not Plus-exclusive. TAKE SUNDAY INTO YOUR WEEK Enter a participating church's code to read its published messages and keep service notes together. You can also take sermon notes without a church code. Available messages depend on your church. OPTIONAL SIDEKICK PLUS Plus opens complete studies beyond the free samples in the other 63 books and adds five themes. Ask the Passage and online questions with Silas require Plus, a connection and consent before sending permitted passage context and your question to an AI service. Updated versions name OpenAI in their disclosure. Availability and usage limits are shown in the app. AI answers can be wrong; check them against Scripture and your pastor. Silas's reading tools and your saved writing remain available without Plus. Sidekick Plus is a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. Prices and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Deleting the app or your 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

Trek4 screens
Sermon Sidekick3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trek at none against Sermon Sidekick's 2. Trek also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Sermon Sidekick sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Trek asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trek ships an update every 10 days, Sermon Sidekick monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Trek versus Sermon Sidekick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrekSermon Sidekick
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter SchmitkeChristopher Judge

In-app purchases

None

Trek

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Sermon Sidekick

Subscriptions2
  • Sidekick Plus$7.991 Month
  • Sidekick Plus$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Trek free?
Trek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sermon Sidekick free?
Sermon Sidekick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trek or Sermon Sidekick have ads?
Neither Trek nor Sermon Sidekick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trek or Sermon Sidekick?
Trek ships an update every 10 days, and Sermon Sidekick monthly. Most recently, Trek was updated on October 13, 2026 and Sermon Sidekick on October 18, 2026.

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