SermonSearch vs apologetics.pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SermonSearch
Access and follow along with preached sermons through synchronized transcripts and audio playback. Search a vast archive, highlight key passages, and save sermons for offline listening. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with iCloud syncing.
- Synchronized audio and transcripts
- Full-text sermon search
- Highlighting and note-taking
- Offline sermon saving
- Background playback
- iCloud syncing for library
- Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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SermonSearch is a free, ad-free way to sit with the preached Word. It gathers sermons from Trinity Christian Fellowship in Lexington, Kentucky, shared with permission, and carries hundreds of sermons that open the Scriptures to your iPhone and iPad so you can hear the Word wherever you are. Offered freely by For His Glory, LLC. READ ALONG WITH THE WORD Every sermon carries a full transcript that scrolls in step with the audio, gently highlighting each line as it is spoken. Tap any paragraph to return to that moment in the sermon, or search within the transcript to jump straight to a phrase you remember. It is the closest thing to sitting with the text open in front of you as the Word is preached. SEARCH THE WHOLE ARCHIVE Looking for a particular passage, theme, or phrase? Search across titles, speakers, series, topics, and the full text of every transcript, then begin listening from the exact moment a phrase was spoken. Browse by Scripture reference, speaker, series, or topic to find the sermon you have in mind. KEEP WHAT STAYS WITH YOU Highlight the lines that speak to you, add a note, and return to them later. Share a highlight as a simple quote card, or share a moment from a sermon with a friend so they can listen from that very spot. LISTEN ANYWHERE A quiet, focused player with background playback, lock screen and Control Center controls, AirPlay, and adjustable speed. Sermons in a series play through in order, and you can pick up right where you left off. SAVE SERMONS OFFLINE Save sermons offline to carry with you on a flight, a commute, or anywhere a connection is hard to find. If you choose, the newest sermon can be saved automatically over Wi-Fi, ready when you are. A simple storage manager keeps you in control of space. NEW SERMONS, QUIETLY If you would like, SermonSearch can let you know when a new sermon is posted. No reminders, no nudges, just the new ones. MADE FOR iPad A native two-pane reader lets you browse on one side while you read and listen on the other, with keyboard and pointer support throughout. YOUR LIBRARY, KEPT PRIVATELY Mark the sermons that feed you as favorites, keep a quiet history of what you have heard, and continue where you left off. Your favorites and listening history can sync across your own Apple devices through your private iCloud, so what you save on one device is there on the next. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no sign-in. SermonSearch collects no personal information, and there are no ads. Your favorites and history sync only through your own private iCloud; they are never seen, received, or stored by us. What is between you and the Word stays with you. BILINGUAL Available in English and Spanish. Change languages anytime in Settings. SermonSearch is a labor of love, made and offered freely, that more might hear the Word and read along with it. To God be the glory. SermonSearch is an independent app by For His Glory, LLC, sharing TCF's sermons with permission. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Trinity Christian Fellowship.
apologetics.pro
This app provides a comprehensive, offline library of evidence supporting the Christian faith. It offers detailed arguments for Christianity and examinations of other belief systems, with cited sources and responses to common objections. Users can search, save, and share content, and suggest corrections.
- 15 organized cases on faith and beliefs
- Offline search of claims and evidence
- Save and share content
- Suggest corrections within the app
- Support for large text and screen readers
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apologetics.pro is a free, searchable library of the evidence for the Christian faith: the historical case for Jesus and the resurrection, the reliability of the Bible, the classic arguments of philosophy and science, and honest examinations of atheism, relativism, Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientology, Buddhism and Hinduism. It is the companion app to apologetics.pro and carries the site's complete evidence repository. HOW IT IS ORGANIZED The evidence is arranged in 15 cases. An apologetic case argues for Christianity. A polemic case examines another belief system, and opens with "What it is": a fair description of that system, in terms its own adherents would recognise, before any critique. Every case makes a set of claims. Every claim is backed by numbered exhibits: ancient historians, manuscripts, archaeology, philosophy, science and Scripture, each with the citations and links to check the source yourself. Under each exhibit, the most common objections are stated fairly and answered directly, conceding what should be conceded. WORKS OFFLINE The whole repository downloads to your phone the first time you open the app and refreshes quietly whenever you have a connection. Read it on a plane, in a study group, or anywhere the signal is poor. Search works offline too, and tolerates typos. FEATURES - 15 cases: Historical Jesus, Resurrection of Christ, Reliability of Scripture, The Trinity, Relativism, Problem of Evil, Philosophy, Science, Atheism, Islam, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientology, Buddhism, Hinduism - Search cases, claims, evidence and objections instantly, with no connection - Shuffle to a random claim - Save any exhibit to come back to later - Share a claim, an exhibit or an objection as a link to its full write-up on the website, or copy it as text with its sources - Suggest an addition or a correction from inside the app, no account needed - Large text and screen readers supported WHO IT IS FOR Christians who want to know why they believe, skeptics who want the strongest version of the case rather than a caricature, students, pastors, teachers, and anyone in a conversation about faith who wants the sources at hand. No account. No ads. No tracking. Free. Found a mistake? Every claim, exhibit, source and objection has a link to suggest a correction. A reviewer reads every suggestion and emails you what happened to it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SermonSearch at daily against apologetics.pro's every 6 days. apologetics.pro's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SermonSearch against 5.0 for apologetics.pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SermonSearch ships an update daily, apologetics.pro every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | SermonSearch | apologetics.pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | For His Glory LLC | Cory Cline |
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apologetics.pro
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SermonSearch
No in-app purchases
apologetics.pro
No in-app purchases
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