Sacred Scriptorium vs Congregate Daily

Every day, Sacred Scriptorium sets a small portion of Scripture on your desk — 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 • Today's portion picks up exactly where you left off — no syllabus, no falling behind • Tap any word for its dictionary form, meaning, and full parsing; help when you want it, silence when you don't • Optional transliteration under the Greek while your alphabet confidence grows • A daily streak, and Stats that show how much of the New Testament is in your own words • Peek at the Berean Standard Bible on demand — 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 Hebrew Bible books (Westminster Leningrad Codex) with morpheme-level analysis — prefixes, suffixes, and stems each explained, with qere/ketiv notes. YOUR TRANSLATION, ACCUMULATING • The My Translation shelf fills in verse by verse, book by book • Revise any verse; keep parallel translation sets (a literal pass, a colloquial one) • Write chapter notes right from the translation desk • Study any chapter in side-by-side panes: original, your translation(s), the Berean Standard Bible, and your notes — two panes on iPhone, up to four on iPad and Mac • 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 — 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 — months of daily practice. A single small one-time purchase unlocks every other book of the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Bible. 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/

Congregate Daily is designed to keep you in the Bible, even when you don’t have time to complete an entire daily reading. What sets the app apart is its concise daily summaries, which help you understand the key events and meaning of each passage in less than five minutes. Then go deeper with complete passages, maps, timelines, quizzes, notes, and more. Choose a reading plan that fits your goals, track your progress, and receive a daily reminder when it’s time to read. Want to read with others? Create a co-reading group for friends, family, or your church. Everyone follows the same daily schedule, can discuss each summary/reading, and encourages one another along the way through discussion posts. Features include: * Multiple reading plans (chronological, canonical, Old Testament, New Testament) * Clear daily summaries * Multiple Bible translations * Historical timelines and biblical location maps * Daily quizzes to reinforce what you read * Personal notes with export support * Reading progress and monthly reviews * Custom daily reading reminders * Shareable verse, quote, and reading graphics * Co-reading groups with shared schedules, discussions, and group progress * Account sync across devices * Light and dark appearance options Whether you have a few minutes for the summary or time for the complete passages, Congregate Daily helps you understand the Scripture, remember what you read, and stay connected with others throughout your readings.