Spirit Notes is a Christian note-taking app that keeps sermon audio, typed notes, Scripture, and a Bible reader in one place.^1 Type a reference such as "John 3:16" and the full verse appears inside the note, with no copy-paste, and it works offline. Licensed translations include ESV, NIV, NKJV, NLT, KJV, CSB, and others. A customizable Bible reader links highlighted verses back to notes on that passage. Record while you write; timestamps jump you to that moment in the audio. You can also import sermon audio from other apps, search inside verse text, and print or share a note.^1
Recordings are now transcribed privately on your device as you record or when you import them, so you can read, search, and tap a word to replay that moment. Scripture mentioned in a sermon is detected as it is spoken and marked on the timeline, and VerseSnap recognizes references when you point your camera at a Bible page, a book, or church slides. Playback can be sped up with voice enhancement and background-noise reduction, and note stats chart your notes, recordings, and Scripture references.^2
Leio McLaren built it after years of church notes vanished across notebooks and phone recordings, then licensed popular English Bible translations for the app.^3 The manifesto: no ads, no selling your data to publishers, notes encrypted on your device and in your iCloud, so the maker cannot read them. Core features work offline on a missions trip or anywhere reception is thin.^4
iOS (iPhone and iPad). Freemium: up to 5 notes with full access and no sign-up, then Spirit Notes Pro by subscription for unlimited use.^2
