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Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

S Tier
Best in class
90
4.61.4K ratings
4dsince update
FreeIn-App Purchases
Lifestyle
category
Utilities
category
4+age rating
1language
Made for iPhone
Made for iPhone Duo
Made for iPad
Made for Apple Watch

What is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal?

Keeps sermon notes, recordings, transcripts and follow-up steps together, stored privately on your device and in your.

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is a free Lifestyle app for writing notes while a sermon plays and recording the message to return to later. It can turn recordings into transcripts and create recaps from your notes, and it includes six Bible translations readable without a connection. You can also add steps to live out and set reminders for them.

Pricing. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.

Good for

  • Taking notes while listening to a sermon
  • Recording a message and returning to specific moments
  • Organizing past sermons by series, speaker or church

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Why this app is in S tier

90/100The average of 4 parts, with no weights
Rating91
Ratings71
App Store search rank97
Update recency100

S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal scores 90 out of 100: rating 91, rating count 71, App Store search rank 97, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and S tier follows from that score within this list.

Description

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

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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

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Questions about Sermon Notes & Bible Journal

Do I need to create an account?

No. The listing says no account is needed, and notes are kept private on your device and in your own iCloud.

Does it work without an internet connection?

The six built-in Bible translations can be read with no connection needed. Transcripts and recaps run on your device on supported models, and the listing says nothing is sent to a server.

Does it work with Apple Watch and iPad?

You can bookmark from your wrist, start and stop recordings, and check off steps on Apple Watch. It also has an iPad section, but that part of the listing is cut off, so other details are not stated on the App Store.

Is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal free?

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases.

Is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal right for me?

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is built for taking notes while listening to a sermon, recording a message and returning to specific moments, organizing past sermons by series, speaker or church. It sits in the sermon note taking list on AppTierList.

Is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal worth it?

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is S tier, ranked #3 of 10 sermon note taking apps with a score of 90 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 1,378 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 2 apps rank above it.

How does Sermon Notes & Bible Journal compare to Sermon Scribe?

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is S tier at 90; Sermon Scribe is S tier at 91. Sermon Scribe ranks higher. Sermon Notes & Bible Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases, Sermon Scribe is free to download, with in-app purchases.

How often is Sermon Notes & Bible Journal updated?

Sermon Notes & Bible Journal was updated 4 days ago, which counts in its favour.

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Ranking

List
Sermon Note Taking (S tier, #3)
Tier
S (Best in class)
Score
90 / 100
Rank in list
#3 of 10
Ranking certainty
settled

Ratings

App Store rating
4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
Ratings
1,378

App

Price
Free + IAP
App Store category
Lifestyle
Current version
(4 days ago)
Size
83 MB
Requires
iOS 17.0 or later
Age rating
4+
Languages
1
Runs on
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
iPhone Duo
Made for iPhone Duo, with screenshots for both screens on the App Store

Links

Developer pages
Website · Support · Privacy policy
Maker
not verified

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