What we’ve shipped
Every change to Selah, newest first, written for the people who use it rather than the people who built it. Last shipped .
Check-ins and prayer reminders now reach you on iPhone, even without Telegram.
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Check-ins and prayer reminders now reach you on iPhone, even without Telegram.
Before, Selah's gentle check-ins and your daily prayer reminder only arrived if you had linked Telegram. Now they arrive as a push on your phone, and tapping one opens the prayer or the chat it is about.
Your reading reminder now lives on your phone.
It follows the time you pick for your daily reading. The old fixed 7:30 reminder carries over.
The Reader now has one search bar, not three (web, early access).
Press ⌘K to search. Chips let you narrow to this chapter, this book, or everywhere. The separate chapter search popover is gone.
Emails from Selah have a new look.
Welcome, invite, and announcement emails now use the same warm Ember colors as the app.
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The passage picker now lets you type a reference to jump straight to any verse (web, early access).
Type "Rom 8:2" and press Enter — the Reader opens right to that verse. Typing "Rom" narrows the list to Romans, and "Rom 8" highlights chapter 8.
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Onboarding now shows the right colors.
The sign-up and reading-plan screens were still showing old green tones after the app moved to a warmer palette. They now match.
Tapping a verse on a note now opens the Bible beside your note (web, early access).
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Tapping a verse on a note now opens the Bible beside your note (web, early access).
Before, a small pop-up appeared. Now the full Bible panel opens with the passage and previous and next chapter buttons, so you can keep reading without leaving the note.
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One button now opens your passage in the Reader (web, early access).
"Full Reader" and "Open beside" are merged into a single "Open in Reader" button. Tap it to open that passage with the note in the Reader's note column.
Notes show one heading list, not two (web, early access).
The separate table of contents panel is gone. Use the Outline tool to jump to any heading.
Telegram now asks which prayer you mean when two fit.
Write "keep praying for Sarah" with two active Sarah prayers and Selah will ask you to pick — instead of guessing.
Writing a thought on a verse now opens right under the verses (early access).
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Writing a thought on a verse now opens right under the verses (early access).
Tap Write on a selection and a small box appears below the last verse you picked. Save it and it closes in place. Esc cancels, and Cmd+Enter saves.
Word Study now shows Hebrew and Greek definitions for almost every word.
Tapping a Hebrew word previously came up empty about a third of the time. Nearly every tapped word now opens its full lexicon entry, and Greek LSJ articles appear too.
Word Study has one consistent layout on the web.
Every word follows the same order — meaning, usage, where it appears in the Bible, related words, and a "Go deeper" section — no matter the language. Empty sections stay hidden.
The AI companion can now look up Greek and Hebrew words by their English translation.
Ask "which Greek words are behind 'love'?" or "what does John 21:15 use for 'love'?" and get the Strong's entries behind any English term.
Reading plans on iPhone can now send a daily reminder.
When you start or build a plan, you can add a 7:30 AM notification that opens that day's reading. Turn it on or off in Notifications in Settings.
iPhone onboarding marks a lane done only after you finish the real step.
Before, tapping a lane counted it as complete. Now it waits — a prayer added, a sermon imported, a question asked.
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Each account has a daily AI allowance.
Free accounts get about $0.50 of AI use a day and Plus gets $5, over a rolling 24 hours. When you reach it, Selah says so plainly instead of failing. Work Selah does on its own after an import, like building your knowledge graph, never counts against you.
Voice dictation has a daily limit.
Free accounts get 30 minutes a day and Plus gets 3 hours. A single dictation stops on its own at 4 minutes on iPhone.
Sermon recordings are measured from the audio itself.
Free recordings can run up to 60 minutes and Plus up to 4 hours. A recording that is too long gets a clear message instead of a vague error.
The early-access web app got a polish pass.
Section labels are cleaner, dates use a consistent short format, empty states are quieter, and spacing is tighter throughout. The dark-mode button in Appearance settings is now readable.
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Scrolling the home page no longer logs an error.
Scrolling past the sermon recording preview could throw a hidden error. It is fixed.
Voice dictation and Telegram voice notes are working again.
Both had stopped transcribing. They're fixed.
The Selah home page has a fresh new look.
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The Selah home page has a fresh new look.
Live previews of the app — capturing notes, reading Scripture, word study, reading plans, and more — animate as you scroll, so you can see what Selah does before you sign up.
Notes have a new study panel on the web (early access).
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Notes have a new study panel on the web (early access).
A slim rail on the right opens your Bible passage, cross-references, connections, or Ask right beside the note. The panel remembers which tool you last used.
Ask now follows you across the app (early access).
One chat opens whether you tap Ask in the Reader, a Library item, or a note — and it knows what you were looking at when you asked. Minimizing keeps your draft and your answer; a dot shows when a reply lands.
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Dark mode now works on the web app (early access).
Choosing Dark in Appearance actually turns it on. System, Light, and Dark all apply right away with no flash.
Reading plan rows show the right status on iPhone.
After a plan's window ends, finished days stay checked and unread days stay empty. The summary no longer shows "Day 31 of 30" on a 30-day plan.
Catch-up days open in the Reader on iPhone.
Tapping a missed day in the catch-up list now opens that passage, not just the small circle.
Cancel your App Store subscription from the app.
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Cancel your App Store subscription from the app.
A new "Cancel subscription" row in Billing settings on iPhone and iPad opens Apple's subscription sheet — no need to dig through iOS Settings.
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Sermon recordings retry automatically on a shaky connection.
If an upload stalls, the app now tries again on its own and resumes when you come back online. The Retry button on a failed recording on iPhone also works correctly now.
Deleting a chat no longer gives back free companion questions.
Free accounts get a set number of questions each month. Removing a conversation was accidentally resetting the count — that's fixed.
Chats on iPhone and iPad now have one home.
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Chats on iPhone and iPad now have one home.
The pill, plus menu, and Chats tile all open a single chat room with a slide-out history drawer. Chats are grouped by Today, This week, and Earlier. Search and folder chips help you find any chat. Long-press a row to rename, move, archive, turn into a note, or delete.
A fresh new look is rolling out to the web app.
The Ember design — ink-style primary button, updated sidebar, and refreshed colors — is live for early-access users. More of the app will follow in the coming weeks.
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Journal on iPhone is stable while scrolling.
Cards no longer overlap or drift, and loading older entries no longer snaps the list back to the bottom.
Library and Pray tabs load faster on return visits.
Switching away and back now shows your items right away instead of reloading.
Sign up for the iOS beta at [selah.so/beta](https://selah.so/beta).
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Sign up for the iOS beta at [selah.so/beta](https://selah.so/beta).
Answer five quick questions and you'll get the TestFlight link and Telegram community link by email.
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The upgrade screen now lists sermon recording.
Free accounts include 3 recordings. Plus includes 40 per 30 days (recordings under 5 minutes don't count toward the limit).
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Deleting your account now warns you about an active App Store subscription.
The confirmation reminds you to cancel in iOS Settings so you aren't billed after you leave.
Unsubscribe links in Selah emails work without signing in.
Clicking unsubscribe no longer requires you to be logged in.
Journal on iPhone is stable while scrolling.
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Journal on iPhone is stable while scrolling.
Cards no longer draw over each other. Switching from Read back to Journal no longer flashes a loading screen.
Reader opens in your translation from the first page.
It no longer briefly shows the default translation before switching to yours.
Web app polish.
Several small visual fixes: the task list toggle is now labeled clearly, folder lists no longer show a redundant "Folder" tag, the three-dot menu on notes is hidden until you hover on desktop, and the Reader search button shows "Search" on a phone.
Plus menu on iPhone is always readable.
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Plus menu on iPhone is always readable.
Action labels no longer print over the Bible text when the menu opens.
Dictate a thought straight from a highlight on iPhone and iPad.
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Dictate a thought straight from a highlight on iPhone and iPad.
The thought sheet now has a mic button. Tap it to speak your note instead of typing it.
Folder filter on the Pray board on iPhone and iPad.
Tap a folder chip above the prayer list to see only that folder's prayers. New prayers you add land in the folder you're viewing. Folder names show their full path (e.g., Sermons / 2026).
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Saving a thought, starring a note, moving to a folder, or deleting now shows a brief confirmation.
Failed actions say so instead of going silent.
One Selah field and mic on iPad.
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One Selah field and mic on iPad.
Chat and dictation are now a single pill at the bottom of every screen. Tap to type, tap the mic to speak.
Note toolbar stays above the keyboard on iPad.
When the keyboard opens in a note, the formatting bar locks just above it so bold, italic, links, and other options stay in reach.
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iPad sidebar shows on every screen.
The sidebar no longer disappears when you navigate between screens.
NASB, NLT, and CSB no longer show a lock while Selah is still loading your plan.
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NASB, NLT, and CSB no longer show a lock while Selah is still loading your plan.
The lock now appears only when the app knows for sure your plan is Free. A slow connection or a temporary network hiccup no longer locks paid translations.
Billing settings shows the right screen for accounts on a complimentary Plus plan.
If you were given Plus directly, your billing screen now shows "Selah Plus" with no manage link — not "You subscribed on the web."