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Bible Apps for smartphones and tablets
There are over 100 Bible apps for PDAs, Smartphones (iPhone, Droid, ...) and tablets (iPad, Zoom, Galaxy, ...) listed at AppBrain.
The other option for tablets and e-readers is to get a Kindle version (below) or use a web bible from your PC, Mac, or browser on your tablet..
Apps used by my friends or recommended in several sources.
(xx) = # reviews
| App | Rating/Reviews |
| Android | iOS | App
Brain | App
advice |
 | YouVersion1 - LifeChurch | 4.7 (896,725) | 4+ (5,369) | 93 | x |
 | Bible Study - Olive Tree | 4.6 (25,350) | 4+ (36,019) | 91 | x |
 | Bible.is | 4.6 (74,710) | 4+ (412) | 92 | x |
 | Bible Gateway | 4.5 (7,870) | 4+ (4,543) | 89 | x |
 | Glo Bible | | 4+ (9,800) | | x |
 | Blue Letter Bible | | 4+ (3,409) | | x |
 | AcroBible NIV $10 | 4.7 (164) | 4+ (434) | 93 |
 | Logos | 4.7 (12,820) | 4+ (37,095) | 94 |
 | NIV Bible by Tecarta | | 4+ (4,522) | 92 |
 | PocketBible (Laridian) | | 4+ (?) | | x |
 | Mantis | 4.1 (97) | 3.5 (12,041) |
1. The Bible app by LifeChurch.tv allows you to track your progress and join discussions on YouVersion.com
Web Bibles:
| Bible Gateway | Search for keywords |
| NIV -- Biblica | Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society) is the worldwide publisher and copyright holder of the New International Version (NIV).
This is (as far as I know) the updated NIV published in 2011. |
| Bible Study Tools | Today's New International Version Bible - TNIV (2005)
Online Study Tools |
Top Online Bible Search Tools
Table below is from rabble.rule: iPhone Bible App Comparison, Jan., 2010
Ratings below were updated April, 2014.
| Logos
| Bible Study
Olive Tree
| LifeChurch
YouVersion1
| Bible.is
|
iOS (Apple) | x | x | x | x |
Andriod
(Droid, Zoom, Galaxy, ...) | x | x | x | x |
| Free books | 61 | 1506 | 41 | ? |
| Available books | ~3000 | 500+ | 41 | ?8 |
| Free modern translations | x | | | |
| Commentaries | x | x | | ? |
| Dictionaries | x | x | | ? |
| Maps/Media | x | | | ? |
| Bookmarks | x | x | x | ? |
| Notes | | x | (read-only) | ? |
| Notes syncing | | Evernote &
OliveTree.com | YouVersion
.com | |
| Audio | | | | x |
| Search 7 | ? | 6 | 5 | ? |
| Reading plans | x | | x | ? |
| Original language tools3 | x | x | | |
| Works offline | reader only | x | some books2 | ? |
| Social sharing | x | | x | |
| Events | | | x | |
| Split screen | | x | | |
| Passage Guide4 | x | | | |
| Paging/scrolling | Paging | Either | Scrolling | |
Number of reviews (xxx) updated April, 2014.
Note: The top rated Bible at AppBrain and Google Play was the Jehovah's Witnesses "JW Library" with a score of 98. [(51,960 reviews on Google) 4.9]
It includes their New World Translation as well as The Bible in Living English, The American Standard Version and the King James Version.
1. The Bible app by LifeChurch.tv allows you to track your progress and join discussions on YouVersion.com
2. NIV and TNIV require you to be connected to their server.
3. Original language tools are tools to get more information out of original language books or original language data in English books.
4. Logos has a passage guide and Greek and Hebrew word study tools.
5. Hyde's main complaint with YouVersion is lack of the NIV when offline and note taking which is not as good on the iPad. He likes it for use on an android phone.
6. NIV costs $22 for Olive Tree
7. Matches on search for "righteous" in the the first 5 books of the old testament and listed the number of matches. For reference biblegateway.com found 19 (including righteousness).
Life church didn't allow restriction to the old testament and took a long time to search everything and results were not in order (some genesis came at the end).
Search in Bible.is was flakey on android. it flipped back before I could see results.
8. Bible.is only seemed to have New Testament. I couldn't figure out how to get the old testament.
Kleinpaste gives the ESV Bible a 5 out of 5 but has issues of readability and the philosophy of translation. (It only works on the Apple platform iOS)
Kindle & Tablet versions:
Doug liked Today's New International Version (TNIV). He liked the highlighting, notes and commentary lookup feature on his iPad.
It got a 3.5 out of 5 score at the iBooks store for $10. Some people did not like the navigation. The kindle version at Amazon is not available in the U.S.
I couldn't find a TNIV version which would work on Amazon's Kindle or tablets with Google's Android OS (Samsung Galaxy, Zoom, ...) .
As of the beginning of 2010, the problem with most e-Reader bibles was navigation. Having to go the the table of contents rather than direct jumps to verses. The King James Version is the exception.
There are Kindle versions of:
The New American Standard Bible (NASB)
and The King James Version $5.
The American Standard Version
The English Standard Version (ESV) Study Bible $10
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) $5
See: Bible Reading on the Kindle | eReaderChat.com
James Reynolds jlreynolds48@hughes.net Offered the following comment:
One thing you may be interested in is that navigation on a Kindle is COMPLETELY dependent upon the quality of the conversion NOT upon the specific translation.
The best (formatting & ease of navigation) Kindle Bibles are those published by Illya Antonenko at Osnova.com
His products set the Gold Standard. I don't even waste my time looking at any Bible resources from other publishers if he offers the product.
We offer some Free Kindle eBooks that I have converted at our church web site. Please stop by and check them out.
Thanks again for the info.
In the Master's service
James
Links:
Reviews:
Best Bible Apps: iPad/iPhone Apps AppGuide
AppBrain.com
Best Bible Apps | Rachel Wojnarowski
6 Best Bible Apps for Android Smartphones
Top 10 Bible Apps And Best Bible Apps For IOS & Android
rabble.rule: iPhone Bible App Comparison
krishk.wordpress.com (requires sign-in)
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