Sermon Notes PRO vs Grace to You
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sermon Notes PRO
Capture sermon or lecture insights with an intuitive interface. Record audio simultaneously with notes, automatically time-tagging them for easy recall. Organize your recordings by various criteria and export them for further study.
- Simultaneous audio recording and note-taking
- Automatic time-tagging of notes
- Export notes and audio
- Organize by date, category, speaker, location
- iCloud database transfer
- Dark mode support
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Sermon Notes is an application to help you get the most out of a sermon or lecture. Featuring a user intuitive interface and audio recording sizes optimized for the mobile platform. Highlights • Simultaneously record audio while taking notes • Automatic time tag aligns notes with audio track • Export to iTunes App File Sharing and/or e-mail • Simple, clean design • Database transfer between iOS devices via iCloud • Easily organize by date, category, speaker, or location • Dark mode support (iOS 13 and newer) • Default font size support based on iOS settings John 3:16
Grace to You
Access over fifty-five years of verse-by-verse Bible teaching from John MacArthur. Search for sermons, listen to broadcasts, or enjoy nonstop teaching with Grace Stream. All content is free to access.
- Verse-by-verse Bible teaching
- Search sermons by passage or topic
- Listen to radio and TV broadcasts
- Daily devotionals
- Grace Stream 24/7 teaching
- Save sermons for later
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Grace to You is the streaming app that brings you the Bible-teaching ministry of John MacArthur. When you download this app, you carry instant access to over fifty-five years of verse-by-verse Bible teaching in your pocket. That’s thousands of hours of in-depth teaching available at the touch of your fingertip—and all free of charge. Search for sermons on Bible passages or topics that interest you, listen to our radio and television broadcasts on your schedule, set a new habit with one of our daily devotionals, or—if you don’t know where to start—tune into Grace Stream anytime for nonstop, verse-by-verse Bible teaching. Rebuilt from the ground up, our new app provides a fresh look and simpler navigation, helping you find your way through the vast library of John MacArthur’s Bible-teaching resources. • Enjoy more robust search capabilities. • Sign in to keep track of your progress and save sermons to watch later. • Tune in to Grace Stream anytime for nonstop, 24/7 Bible teaching. For more information about Grace to You, please visit gty.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sermon Notes PRO at 85% against Grace to You's 28%. Sermon Notes PRO also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.4) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). Grace to You's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Grace to You is free to download; Sermon Notes PRO costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sermon Notes PRO holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 253 and 801 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Sermon Notes PRO's written reviews are positive against 28% of Grace to You's.
Sermon Notes PRO ships an update every 3 months, Grace to You every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sermon Notes PRO | Grace to You |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (253 ratings) — better | 3.4 (801 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.8% of reviews — better | 28.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 253 | 801 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChuChu Train Productions | Grace to You |
Customer experience
Sermon Notes PRO
Grace to You
User reviews
Sermon Notes PRO
From 253 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for organizing sermons
- 👍 Easy to use and write
- 👍 Helps track routines and improve
- 👍 Convenient for spiritual writing
- 👍 Allows adding subcategories
Room to improve
- 👎 Design/graphics could be better
- 👎 Not necessary, waste of money
- 👎 Needs more update features (editing, font size, bold, underline)
- 👎 Frustrating to close keyboard to save
- 👎 Grotesque look on iPhone 6/6 Plus
Grace to You
From 801 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Incredible preaching content
- 🚀 New app improvements
- 💡 Now Playing icon
Room to improve
- 🐛 Cumbersome navigation
- 🔍 Difficult to find specific sermons
- 💤 Loses playback position
- 🙈 Missing sharing functionality
- 🤔 Confusing organization
Bugs and requests
Sermon Notes PRO
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes every time trying to open a note
- Crashing
- Having trouble with recording, needs practice
- Multiple copies of the same category
Requested features
6 requests- Upload own screenshots or pictures
- Add a feature to upload own screenshots or pictures
- More update features: deleting or editing speakers, editing sermons, font size, bold, underlining
- Access scripture within the app
- Add an option to take a photo or video in app
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- Update for iPhone 6 Plus display
Grace to You
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sermons missing
- Overlapping/unreadable UI elements
- Crashes when locking screen
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back the old app
- Add ability to share sermons
- Improve search and navigation
- Restore playback position
- Organize by book/chapter instead of volumes
In-app purchases
Sermon Notes PRO
No in-app purchases
Grace to You
No in-app purchases
Questions
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