Comparison

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal vs COGIC

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

Head to head
About

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

Capture sermon or lecture insights with simultaneous audio recording and note-taking. Organize your thoughts by date, category, speaker, or location, and easily export your content.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous audio recording and note-taking
  • Automatic time-tagging of notes to audio
  • Export notes via email or iTunes File Sharing
  • Organize notes by date, category, speaker, location
  • iCloud database transfer between devices
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Sermon Notes is the place to keep every sermon you hear: your notes, the scripture, the recording, and what you want to do about it. Write while you listen, record the message, and come back to it any time. Sermon Notes keeps your notes private on your device and in your own iCloud, with no account to create. TAKE NOTES AS YOU LISTEN Start a sermon and write. Add the speaker, church, series and main passage, then add notes, scripture and photos of the slides as the message goes. Notes can be bold, italic, in lists, or highlighted in nine colors, and every note can be folded, locked or moved. Suggestions fill in the speakers, churches and series you've used before, so a new sermon takes seconds. RECORD THE MESSAGE Tap Record and Sermon Notes captures the sermon while you keep writing. Tap Bookmark the moment something stands out, from the app, the Lock Screen or your Apple Watch, and a note is dropped in at that exact time. Later, tap any time tag to hear that part again, or skip back and forward 15 seconds. Recordings are saved as you go, so a call or a dead battery won't lose them. TRANSCRIPTS AND SERMON RECAPS Turn a recording into a transcript, made on your iPhone, with the scripture it mentions picked out. Sermon Recap writes a summary of the message, its main points, discussion questions for a small group, and steps to live it out, from your notes, the transcript or both. It all runs on your device on supported models, nothing is sent to a server, and every verse it shows comes from the Bible in the app. THE BIBLE BUILT IN Read six translations right in the app, with no connection needed: KJV, WEB, ASV, BBE, Darby and Young's Literal. Select verses and add them to a sermon, highlight words in a passage, and search for any word or reference. Verses you've used in sermons are marked in gold, so you can find every message on a passage. LIVE IT OUT A sermon is meant to change the week after it. Add the steps you want to take, alone or from a recap's suggestions, set a reminder, and check them off on your iPhone or your wrist. The Live It Out tab shows what's left this week and how far you've come. YOUR LIBRARY, BEAUTIFULLY KEPT See your sermons by month, series, speaker, church or book of the Bible, as photo cards or compact colored bars. Every series, speaker and church gets its own cover. Search everything you've written, mark favorites, and drag sermons into your own order. A Series Recap brings a whole series together, week by week. SHARE WHAT STAYED WITH YOU Send a sermon as a PDF, plain text or Markdown, make a share card from a takeaway, or share a sermon with family and friends to read. SERMON FOCUS Turn on Sermon Focus to set aside the apps that pull at you while a sermon records. It uses Screen Time, lifts on its own when the sermon is over, and is free for everyone. APPLE WATCH, IPAD AND MORE Bookmark from your wrist with a tap or a Double Tap, start and stop recordings, check off steps and carry a verse with you on a complication. On iPad the app spreads out into wide columns, and it works on iPhone Duo folded or open. COMING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION Your sermons, notes and recordings come over the first time you open the app, and the features you bought before are still yours. AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chuchutrain.com/privacy-policy.html

About

COGIC

Access official church news, information, and video streams from the Church of God in Christ. Stay updated on conference information and explore their online store.

Highlights
  • Official church news
  • Church information
  • Video streams
  • Conference updates
  • Online store access
Features
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This is the Official Mobile Application of the Church of God in Christ. The Church Of God In Christ, a Pentecostal denomination estimated to have a membership of nearly seven million members worldwide. When you download this FREE app, you're only a tap away from official church news and information, delivered straight from the Church of God In Christ. You'll also have access to our video streams from our national conventions throughout the year. Conference updates and information as well as our online store and much more.

Screenshots

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal4 screens
COGIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sermon Notes & Bible Journal at 73% against COGIC's 0%. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 42 months). COGIC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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 Notes & Bible Journal sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. COGIC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sermon Notes & Bible Journal has 1K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Sermon Notes & Bible Journal's written reviews are positive against 0% of COGIC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal ships an update every 4 months, COGIC every 42 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal versus COGIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSermon Notes & Bible JournalCOGIC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1K ratings) — better4.1 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better28
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 42 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsDavid Perry

Customer experience

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

All ratings1,036 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative19.0%

COGIC

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when app goes to sleep
  • Loses notes when closing the app
  • Ignores regional settings
  • Audio quality issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add formatting options (bold, italics, bullet points)
  • Integrate with Bible apps
  • Improve note-taking experience (e.g., Apple Pencil support)
  • Provide better file management and export options

COGIC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Features$9.991 Month
  • Premium Features7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • Database Transfer$4.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • Unlimited Entries$9.99
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  • All Features$99.99
None

COGIC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal free?
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is COGIC free?
COGIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or COGIC?
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is rated higher. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while COGIC averages 4.1 from 28 ratings.
Do Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or COGIC have ads?
Both Sermon Notes & Bible Journal and COGIC show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or COGIC?
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal ships an update every 4 months, and COGIC every 42 months. Most recently, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal was updated on November 6, 2026 and COGIC on November 6, 2026.

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