Selah Notes

Capture distraction-free sermon notes. Let the message stay with you all week through reflection nudges, Bible cross-references, and your own sermon archive.

Selah — a Hebrew word meaning pause and reflect, used 74 times in the Psalms.

Most people forget the majority of a sermon within 24 hours. Selah Notes was built to change that.

It's a free, non-profit sermon companion for individual Christians of all traditions — designed to help you capture what you hear on Sunday, and carry it with you all week long.

— DISTRACTION-FREE CAPTURE —

When you open a session, everything else disappears. Full-screen editor. Hidden navigation. No notifications. No distractions.

Selah Notes integrates with your iPhone's Focus mode to silence interruptions during the sermon. For those who want maximum focus, optional Guided Access locks your phone entirely to the app — nothing can pull you away.

— SMART BIBLE TAGGING —

As you write, Selah Notes automatically detects Bible references in your notes — "Romans 8:28", "Rom 8:28", "Psalm 23" — and tags them silently in the background. Detected references are underlined as you type, confirming they've been captured.

After your session, browse everything by Bible book or verse reference in the Sermon Bank. Watch your own personal concordance grow, sermon by sermon, over months and years.

— THE SERMON BANK —

Every sermon you've ever captured, organised by Bible book in canonical order. See that you have six sermons from Romans, two from John, one from Ecclesiastes. Tap any book to browse the sermons inside it. Tap any verse reference to see every note that touches it.

— MEANINGFUL REFLECTION —

Selah Notes sends four gentle nudges across the week — bringing the message back into your daily life at exactly the right moments:

Monday: Your notes surface back. Read them fresh. Wednesday: A reflection question drawn from what you wrote. Friday: A Bible verse connected to the sermon theme. Sunday: A quiet digest before the next service begins.

— THE PASSAGE, IN THE APP —

Enter the sermon's scripture reference and Selah Notes fetches the full passage text for you to read alongside your notes during the week. Available in ESV, NIV, KJV, and NLT. No need to leave the app.

— PRIVATE BY DESIGN —

No account. No registration. No data collected. Your sermon notes are personal and spiritual — they stay on your device. Optional iCloud sync uses your own Apple account to keep notes across your devices. We never see your notes. Ever.

— FREE FOREVER —

Selah Notes is a non-profit app. There are no subscriptions, no premium tiers, no ads. Every feature is free for every user, always. If Selah Notes has been useful to you, you can support it with a voluntary donation at selahnotes.org/donate.

— ALSO INCLUDES —

· PDF export — share or save your sermon notes beautifully formatted · Full-text search across all your notes · Edit past sermons at any time · Open sermon passages directly in YouVersion, Olive Tree, or Bible Gateway · Verse of the Day notification (optional) · Dark mode — warm and readable in dimly lit church environments · iCloud sync across your Apple devices

Selah. Pause. Reflect. Carry it forward.