Comparison

AnyTorah vs Sacred Scriptorium

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

Head to head
About

AnyTorah

Features
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This app allows access to core Torah texts - Tanakh, Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud, Rambam and Shulkhan Arukh (as well as Midrash Halakha and Midrash Aggada) and their commentators. It is powered by the texts in the Sefaria library, with an interface that allows for easy use and access, and is particularly tailored for the needs and interests of serious Torah learners. A commentators panel allows the user to select 3 commentators to easily cycle between, and different ones can always be selected from the menu. It is particularly powerful on the iPad, making full use of the large screen for the main text and a commentators panel on the side.

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Sacred Scriptorium

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Every day, Sacred Scriptorium sets a small portion of Scripture on your desk โ€” the next few untranslated verses of the book you've chosen, in the original Greek or Hebrew. You render them in your own words. That's the whole practice: ten minutes, most days, and verse by verse the Scriptures become your own translation. MADE FOR REAL PROGRESS โ€ข Today's portion picks up exactly where you left off โ€” no syllabus, no falling behind โ€ข Tap any word for its dictionary form, meaning, and full parsing; help when you want it, silence when you don't โ€ข Optional transliteration under the Greek while your alphabet confidence grows โ€ข A daily streak, and Stats that show how much of the New Testament is in your own words โ€ข Peek at the Berean Standard Bible on demand โ€” hidden by default, so the rendering stays yours THE COMPLETE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT All 27 books of the SBL Greek New Testament ship in the app, with word-by-word morphology and the SBLGNT's own critical apparatus for readers who want to see the textual variants. THE HEBREW BIBLE, BOOK BY BOOK A growing set of Hebrew Bible books (Westminster Leningrad Codex) with morpheme-level analysis โ€” prefixes, suffixes, and stems each explained, with qere/ketiv notes. YOUR TRANSLATION, ACCUMULATING โ€ข The My Translation shelf fills in verse by verse, book by book โ€ข Revise any verse; keep parallel translation sets (a literal pass, a colloquial one) โ€ข Write chapter notes right from the translation desk โ€ข Study any chapter in side-by-side panes: original, your translation(s), the Berean Standard Bible, and your notes โ€” two panes on iPhone, up to four on iPad and Mac โ€ข Compose and share any span of verses as clean prose, with your own paragraphing VOCABULARY THAT STICKS A spaced-repetition trainer built from New Testament frequency tiers quietly grows what you can read unaided โ€” and everything you translate feeds what the app knows you know. FREE TO START, ONE PURCHASE FOR EVERYTHING John, Philippians, and 1 John in Greek, and Jonah and Ruth in Hebrew, are free forever โ€” months of daily practice. A single small one-time purchase unlocks every other book of the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Bible as it grows. No subscription, ever. QUIET BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your translations sync privately through your own iCloud, visible to no one but you. Works fully offline. For pastors keeping a promise to their Greek, students who want daily contact with the text, and curious readers ready to meet the Scriptures in their original languages. Privacy Policy: https://stevenhovater.com/scriptorium-privacy Offered under Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AnyTorah1 screens
Sacred Scriptorium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AnyTorah at none against Sacred Scriptorium's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Sacred Scriptorium sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AnyTorah asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
AnyTorah versus Sacred Scriptorium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnyTorahSacred Scriptorium
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School LTDSteven Hovater

In-app purchases

None

AnyTorah

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sacred Scriptorium

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is AnyTorah free?
AnyTorah is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sacred Scriptorium free?
Sacred Scriptorium is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AnyTorah or Sacred Scriptorium have ads?
Neither AnyTorah nor Sacred Scriptorium shows ads.

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