Comparison

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal vs My Sermon Notes

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

My Sermon Notes

Capture sermon notes with fill-in-the-blank outlines and access them offline. Submit prayer requests, receive church announcements, and join or create ministry groups. Stay connected with your congregation through interactive features.

Highlights
  • Interactive fill-in-the-blank sermon notes
  • Offline access to sermon notes
  • Submit and view prayer requests
  • Receive church announcements
  • Create and join church groups
  • Event sign-ups and reminders
Features
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Take interactive, fill-in-the-blank sermon notes at your church with My Sermon Notes. You can also interact with your church in other ways, including prayer requests, announcements, and more. NOTES Our fill-in-the-blank notes system gives you an outline of your pastor's sermon to easily and effectively take notes. You always have access to your past sermon notes, whether online or offline, and our search feature allows you to locate previous sermons you're interested in. PRAYER REQUESTS Pray for others in your church congregation using the Prayer Requests feature. Prayer requests are submitted with the option of being anonymous or restricted to the church staff only. When new prayer requests are added, users can receive push notifications. Users can leave comments of encouragement on published prayers. ANNOUNCEMENTS Receive push notification updates from your church with the latest announcements. Share images, links, contact info, and more. GROUPS Create and join groups for any category of your church ministry. Small groups, serving teams, or age groups. Create a group for your youth ministry to offer exclusive sermons, announcements, and prayer requests only to group members. Groups can be public, private (requires permission to join), or hidden (users can only be added by an admin). FEATURE OVERVIEW - Sermons notes are saved locally and in the cloud and are searchable by tags. - Users can submit connection card information directly to the church staff. - Church members can view and sign up for events or contact the event coordinator. Notification reminders are sent for upcoming events. - Prayer requests can be submitted to church staff or congregation. Members will receive notifications when new prayer requests are added. - Church members can join or leave ministry teams or contact the team coordinator.

Screenshots

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal4 screens
My Sermon Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sermon Notes & Bible Journal at 4.6 against My Sermon Notes's 3.8. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 13). My Sermon Notes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, 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. My Sermon Notes 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sermon Notes & Bible Journal has 1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Sermon Notes & Bible Journal's written reviews are positive against 80% of My Sermon Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal ships an update every 4 months, My Sermon Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal versus My Sermon Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSermon Notes & Bible JournalMy Sermon Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1K ratings) — better3.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews73.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better13
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.1.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChuChu Train ProductionsCT Software Systems, LLC

Customer experience

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

All ratings1,034 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative19.0%

My Sermon Notes

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

My Sermon Notes

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

My Sermon Notes

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 My Sermon Notes free?
My Sermon Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or My Sermon Notes?
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is rated higher. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while My Sermon Notes averages 3.8 from 13 ratings.
Do Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or My Sermon Notes have ads?
Both Sermon Notes & Bible Journal and My Sermon Notes show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal or My Sermon Notes?
Sermon Notes & Bible Journal ships an update every 4 months, and My Sermon Notes monthly. Most recently, Sermon Notes & Bible Journal was updated on October 30, 2026 and My Sermon Notes on October 16, 2026.

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