Looking for a free SmartVerses alternative?
SmartVerses and TajiCast both detect the Bible verse being preached and put it on screen live. SmartVerses is a broader presentation suite built around AI credits and paid plans; TajiCast runs the whole service too — scripture, songs and slides — with no credits and no weekly allowances, it works offline, and where SmartVerses starts at $12.60 a month billed yearly, TajiCast's paid plan is $5. Here's an honest comparison.
Download TajiCast for WindowsTajiCast vs SmartVerses
| TajiCast | SmartVerses | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, or $5/month | Free plan, then $12.60–$89/mo billed yearly |
| Free-tier limits | Unlimited, no credits | 1 device · 200 AI credits/week · 2 cloud transcription hrs lifetime |
| Real-time verse detection | Yes | Yes |
| Paraphrase detection | Yes (free) | Paid (Standard+) |
| Works offline | Yes | Yes |
| NDI lower-thirds (vMix, OBS) | Yes | Yes |
| Full-screen projector output | Yes | Audience display |
| Speech recognition | Your choice, cloud or offline | AI credits / cloud hours |
| Song library, arrangements and a running order | Yes | Yes |
| Slide designer, with themes for a whole deck | Yes | Yes |
| Imports ProPresenter, EasyWorship and FreeShow libraries | Yes | — |
| ProPresenter integration | Outputs via NDI | Yes (paid) |
SmartVerses details checked September 2026 against smartverses.app. Pricing and features change, so confirm on their site before deciding.
What SmartVerses costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | One device, 200 AI credits a week, 2 cloud transcription hours in total, offline transcription, auto Bible detection, basic paraphrase detection. |
| Standard | $12.60/mo billed yearly ($151.20) | Two devices, 15,000 credits a month, 30 cloud transcription hours a month, full paraphrase detection, AI slide builder. |
| Pro | $27.00/mo billed yearly ($324) | Three devices, 40,000 credits, 60 cloud hours, HD slide images, sermon recap slides. |
| Ultra | $89.10/mo billed yearly | Unlimited devices, 200,000 credits, 200 cloud hours. Marked coming soon. |
The free plan is more generous than most, and worth saying so: 200 AI credits a week keeps coming, and offline transcription is included rather than reserved for a paid tier. Two things are worth checking before you settle on it, though. The cloud transcription allowance is 2 hours for the lifetime of the account, not per month. And paraphrase detection — recognising a passage the preacher never announced, which is the hard part and the reason to want this software at all — is basic on free and full only from Standard up.
TajiCast has no credits to spend, no cloud-hour allowance, and full paraphrase detection at no cost. It now has the surrounding suite as well: a song library with arrangements and a running order, and a slide designer with themes, scripture on a slide and PowerPoint import. SmartVerses still has forms and a service timer, which TajiCast does not, and if those are what your service turns on, that is a fair reason to pay them.
Where TajiCast comes out ahead
No credits to run out of
No weekly AI-credit or transcription-hour allowance to watch. The free plan runs every service, and Pro is a flat $5 a month.
Paraphrase detection on the free plan
Recognising a passage the preacher never announced is the hard part, and the reason to want this software at all. SmartVerses keeps it for paid tiers.
No credits, either way
Run transcription on your own computer with no account and no connection, or switch to Cloud on Pro. Neither is metered by the week.
Both outputs, first-class
Full-screen projector display and full-width NDI lower-thirds for vMix or OBS.
Where SmartVerses might suit you better
Fair is fair: SmartVerses is a broader presentation suite. Beyond verse detection it also builds service slides, manages songs and lyrics, runs live audience forms, and integrates natively with ProPresenter. If you want one platform that does all of that, SmartVerses offers more than TajiCast, TajiCast concentrates on doing automatic verse detection and display well.
Compare TajiCast with other tools
Still weighing your options? See how TajiCast compares with ProPresenter, EasyWorship, FreeShow, BibleShow, PewBeam, and Loghema. You can also browse the best free church presentation software and other free Bible verse software.