PocketBible Bible Study App
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4.17.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About PocketBible Bible Study App
PocketBible enhances your walk with God by putting resources and features at your disposal to improve your understanding of Scripture, empower your teaching and ministry, and keep you in the Word every day.
PocketBible couldn't be simpler to use. Go anywhere in the Bible by selecting book, chapter, and verse. Split the screen to view Bibles and commentaries side-by-side. Select the "Today" button to read today's devotional or Bible reading plan. Search for any word or verse in any book in your library. Take notes, highlight, and bookmark your Bibles; share these annotations with PocketBible running on any of your devices.
When you install PocketBible, you'll have instant access to the KJV Bible. Register to get access to over 50 free resources, including:
• 11 Bibles
• 4 extensive commentaries and cross-reference resources
• 6 Bible dictionaries
• 17 Bible reading plans and devotionals
• 14 other reference works
Hundreds of additional Bibles and contemporary reference books are available via in-app purchase. Bibles and reference books reside on your device. No Internet connection is required once they've been downloaded.
Are you already a PocketBible user? PocketBible for iOS can access any of your previously purchased books and Bibles. And the notes, highlights, or bookmarks you've created on another platform will sync seamlessly to PocketBible on your iOS device!
FEATURES:
• Easy book, chapter, and verse selection.
• Quickly find any word or phrase in your entire library.
• Track your progress as you read devotionals and Bible reading plans each day.
• Record what you learn with highlights, notes, and bookmarks synced between all your devices.
• Parsed Greek New Testaments, interlinear Bibles, and Bibles with Strong's numbers available for deeper study.
• No Internet access required after download.
EXPAND YOUR LIBRARY:
Choose from hundreds of popular Bibles and Bible reference titles including NIV, ESV, Spanish Bibles, Catholic Bibles, Study Bible notes, Greek and interlinear Bibles, plus dozens of commentaries, dictionaries, and other reference books.
MORE FEATURES:
• Split the screen to open multiple Bibles and/or reference books side-by-side.
• Press and hold to preview footnotes and cross-reference links.
• Copy verses to clipboard and paste to other apps.
• Choose from a variety of color schemes, fonts, text sizes, and margin settings to create a custom reading experience.
• Extensive built-in help.
IN-APP UPGRADE TO ADVANCED FEATURES:
▹ Synthesized voice reads the text even while the display is off, or turn on autoscrolling and follow along as it reads.
▹ Full-screen Reading Mode lets you focus on the text as you read.
▹ Journal feature lets you create named notes not attached to a Bible verse.
▹ Name your highlight colors to remind you what a particular color means.
▹ Automated verse and word studies.
▹ Display book panes "tiled" or as tabs.
▹ Additional color schemes, ability to hide verse numbers, disable sleep-on-idle, print directly from your device, and more.
The Advanced Feature Set is an automatically renewing subscription service, available through in-app purchase at $0.99/month or $9.99/year, depending on the term you choose. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the same rate as the initial subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. This subscription does not include a "free trial period". Laridian agrees to provide the features of the Advanced Feature Set as described above during the entire subscription period. Laridian's privacy policy can be found here: http://lpb.cc/privacy
PocketBible couldn't be simpler to use. Go anywhere in the Bible by selecting book, chapter, and verse. Split the screen to view Bibles and commentaries side-by-side. Select the "Today" button to read today's devotional or Bible reading plan. Search for any word or verse in any book in your library. Take notes, highlight, and bookmark your Bibles; share these annotations with PocketBible running on any of your devices.
When you install PocketBible, you'll have instant access to the KJV Bible. Register to get access to over 50 free resources, including:
• 11 Bibles
• 4 extensive commentaries and cross-reference resources
• 6 Bible dictionaries
• 17 Bible reading plans and devotionals
• 14 other reference works
Hundreds of additional Bibles and contemporary reference books are available via in-app purchase. Bibles and reference books reside on your device. No Internet connection is required once they've been downloaded.
Are you already a PocketBible user? PocketBible for iOS can access any of your previously purchased books and Bibles. And the notes, highlights, or bookmarks you've created on another platform will sync seamlessly to PocketBible on your iOS device!
FEATURES:
• Easy book, chapter, and verse selection.
• Quickly find any word or phrase in your entire library.
• Track your progress as you read devotionals and Bible reading plans each day.
• Record what you learn with highlights, notes, and bookmarks synced between all your devices.
• Parsed Greek New Testaments, interlinear Bibles, and Bibles with Strong's numbers available for deeper study.
• No Internet access required after download.
EXPAND YOUR LIBRARY:
Choose from hundreds of popular Bibles and Bible reference titles including NIV, ESV, Spanish Bibles, Catholic Bibles, Study Bible notes, Greek and interlinear Bibles, plus dozens of commentaries, dictionaries, and other reference books.
MORE FEATURES:
• Split the screen to open multiple Bibles and/or reference books side-by-side.
• Press and hold to preview footnotes and cross-reference links.
• Copy verses to clipboard and paste to other apps.
• Choose from a variety of color schemes, fonts, text sizes, and margin settings to create a custom reading experience.
• Extensive built-in help.
IN-APP UPGRADE TO ADVANCED FEATURES:
▹ Synthesized voice reads the text even while the display is off, or turn on autoscrolling and follow along as it reads.
▹ Full-screen Reading Mode lets you focus on the text as you read.
▹ Journal feature lets you create named notes not attached to a Bible verse.
▹ Name your highlight colors to remind you what a particular color means.
▹ Automated verse and word studies.
▹ Display book panes "tiled" or as tabs.
▹ Additional color schemes, ability to hide verse numbers, disable sleep-on-idle, print directly from your device, and more.
The Advanced Feature Set is an automatically renewing subscription service, available through in-app purchase at $0.99/month or $9.99/year, depending on the term you choose. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the same rate as the initial subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. This subscription does not include a "free trial period". Laridian agrees to provide the features of the Advanced Feature Set as described above during the entire subscription period. Laridian's privacy policy can be found here: http://lpb.cc/privacy
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.17.0
Last updated on Oct 23, 2023
Old Versions
NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
• Changed "Change Login ID or Password" to "Account Login" on the menu to better reflect what this function does.
• We are now required to give you the option to delete your Laridian account anywhere that we give you the ability to create an account. Added a "Delete Account" feature to the Account Login dialog. Provided a full description of the data being deleted, the implications of deletion (since it affects PocketBible running on non-iOS platforms and permanently removes access to products you have paid for), and alternatives to account deletions in different situations — all to help reduce accidental permanent deletion of accounts.
FIXES
• Account Login screen how has a dark background in all contexts when a dark color scheme is chosen.
• Fixed a layout problem on the Cloud Library screen for non-AFS subscribers.
• Addressed an issue that caused the status line at the bottom of the library lists to be unreadable in some color schemes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause an error or crash when deleting a note.
• Changed "Change Login ID or Password" to "Account Login" on the menu to better reflect what this function does.
• We are now required to give you the option to delete your Laridian account anywhere that we give you the ability to create an account. Added a "Delete Account" feature to the Account Login dialog. Provided a full description of the data being deleted, the implications of deletion (since it affects PocketBible running on non-iOS platforms and permanently removes access to products you have paid for), and alternatives to account deletions in different situations — all to help reduce accidental permanent deletion of accounts.
FIXES
• Account Login screen how has a dark background in all contexts when a dark color scheme is chosen.
• Fixed a layout problem on the Cloud Library screen for non-AFS subscribers.
• Addressed an issue that caused the status line at the bottom of the library lists to be unreadable in some color schemes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause an error or crash when deleting a note.
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Version History
4.17.0
Oct 23, 2023
NEW FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS
• Changed "Change Login ID or Password" to "Account Login" on the menu to better reflect what this function does.
• We are now required to give you the option to delete your Laridian account anywhere that we give you the ability to create an account. Added a "Delete Account" feature to the Account Login dialog. Provided a full description of the data being deleted, the implications of deletion (since it affects PocketBible running on non-iOS platforms and permanently removes access to products you have paid for), and alternatives to account deletions in different situations — all to help reduce accidental permanent deletion of accounts.
FIXES
• Account Login screen how has a dark background in all contexts when a dark color scheme is chosen.
• Fixed a layout problem on the Cloud Library screen for non-AFS subscribers.
• Addressed an issue that caused the status line at the bottom of the library lists to be unreadable in some color schemes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause an error or crash when deleting a note.
• Changed "Change Login ID or Password" to "Account Login" on the menu to better reflect what this function does.
• We are now required to give you the option to delete your Laridian account anywhere that we give you the ability to create an account. Added a "Delete Account" feature to the Account Login dialog. Provided a full description of the data being deleted, the implications of deletion (since it affects PocketBible running on non-iOS platforms and permanently removes access to products you have paid for), and alternatives to account deletions in different situations — all to help reduce accidental permanent deletion of accounts.
FIXES
• Account Login screen how has a dark background in all contexts when a dark color scheme is chosen.
• Fixed a layout problem on the Cloud Library screen for non-AFS subscribers.
• Addressed an issue that caused the status line at the bottom of the library lists to be unreadable in some color schemes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause an error or crash when deleting a note.
4.16.0
Oct 7, 2023
The primary purpose of version 4.16 is to update the code that reads our Bible files and understands how Bibles interact with each other. In addition, a number of other changes have been made:
NEW FEATURES
- Added a "direct keyboard entry" go-to-verse style to better support hardware keyboards on iPad.
- Added press-and-hold link previews for most types of links in the note viewer.
- Added ability to link to document fragments in notes. (Use plain text editor to add id= attribute to a tag; link with href="#id" syntax.)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Do a better job of managing the toolbox size when using a hardware keyboard attached to an iPad.
- Support more types of link previews in book and Bible text. Change the way they are displayed to take up no more of the screen than required.
- Accommodate more types of links being pasted into notes from PocketBible books and Bibles.
- Added VoiceOver labels and hints to many more buttons.
- Slight visual changes to the shape and borders of book panes to provide better definition when panes are displayed in tiles.
- Added the version numbers of the Bible reference data in a Bible to its "About This Book" screen.
- Users Guide is automatically re-installed on request if accidentally deleted.
BUG FIXES
- Changes in the way the iOS speech synthesizer handles empty strings passed to it would cause PocketBible to sometimes repeat a verse or paragraph when reading it.
- Duplicate notes could be created while changing the name of a Journal note. (AFS)
- Links to websites in notes could fail if the URL contained spaces.
- Text in alert dialogs was difficult to read when using a light color scheme while the device is in dark mode or a dark color scheme while in light mode.
- Book, chapter, or verse numbers could get truncated in the "spinner" go-to-verse style.
- The "spinner" style go-to-verse dialog wasn't being displayed the first time it was invoked after having been selected in Settings.
- The app could crash when a shortcut key was used to open the "today" menu on an iPad with a hardware keyboard.
- Long-press on a toolbar button in landscape mode on an iPhone activated the wrong button.
- Long press on go-to button to see list of recent verses would not display correctly if the active book was not a Bible.
- Selecting a recent search caused the search to be performed but the results were immediately dismissed.
- Login/Create Account screens now have dark background when dark color scheme is active.
NEW FEATURES
- Added a "direct keyboard entry" go-to-verse style to better support hardware keyboards on iPad.
- Added press-and-hold link previews for most types of links in the note viewer.
- Added ability to link to document fragments in notes. (Use plain text editor to add id= attribute to a tag; link with href="#id" syntax.)
ENHANCEMENTS
- Do a better job of managing the toolbox size when using a hardware keyboard attached to an iPad.
- Support more types of link previews in book and Bible text. Change the way they are displayed to take up no more of the screen than required.
- Accommodate more types of links being pasted into notes from PocketBible books and Bibles.
- Added VoiceOver labels and hints to many more buttons.
- Slight visual changes to the shape and borders of book panes to provide better definition when panes are displayed in tiles.
- Added the version numbers of the Bible reference data in a Bible to its "About This Book" screen.
- Users Guide is automatically re-installed on request if accidentally deleted.
BUG FIXES
- Changes in the way the iOS speech synthesizer handles empty strings passed to it would cause PocketBible to sometimes repeat a verse or paragraph when reading it.
- Duplicate notes could be created while changing the name of a Journal note. (AFS)
- Links to websites in notes could fail if the URL contained spaces.
- Text in alert dialogs was difficult to read when using a light color scheme while the device is in dark mode or a dark color scheme while in light mode.
- Book, chapter, or verse numbers could get truncated in the "spinner" go-to-verse style.
- The "spinner" style go-to-verse dialog wasn't being displayed the first time it was invoked after having been selected in Settings.
- The app could crash when a shortcut key was used to open the "today" menu on an iPad with a hardware keyboard.
- Long-press on a toolbar button in landscape mode on an iPhone activated the wrong button.
- Long press on go-to button to see list of recent verses would not display correctly if the active book was not a Bible.
- Selecting a recent search caused the search to be performed but the results were immediately dismissed.
- Login/Create Account screens now have dark background when dark color scheme is active.
4.14.2
Sep 25, 2020
- Deleting saved layouts (Advanced Feature Set) could cause the app to crash.
- If the user deleted the Users Guide then tried to view it, an error message was generated. It is now re-installed automatically.
- Reordering controls were erroneously being shown for the Device Library list.
- Reordering controls throughout the app lacked the contrast to be seen in dark mode when a light color scheme was chosen.
- If the user deleted the Users Guide then tried to view it, an error message was generated. It is now re-installed automatically.
- Reordering controls were erroneously being shown for the Device Library list.
- Reordering controls throughout the app lacked the contrast to be seen in dark mode when a light color scheme was chosen.
4.14.1
Sep 19, 2020
FEATURES
- Added saved/named layouts on iPad. (Advanced Feature Set required)
- Added keyboard shortcut keys for use on iPad with keyboard. Shortcuts can be customized with Advanced Feature Set.
- Added trackpad and mouse support in book panes, including 2-finger trackpad and scroll-wheel scrolling.
- Added "Back History", "Forward History", "Recent Searches", and "Recent Verses" as long-press actions on the back, forward, and goto buttons, respectively.
- Added "Sync to Current Verse" to the menu (syncs to most recently viewed verse) and to the Selection tool bar for Bibles (syncs to the selected verse). Both options only needed/visible when automatic Bible/commentary sync is turned off.
ENHANCEMENTS
- Customizable sorting of list of open books in each pane.
- Choosing a range of verses for searching requires fewer button presses.
- Long-press preview now works on the asterisks that mark footnotes in books and Bibles.
FIXES
- Resolved an issue with background colors on certain menus.
- Resolved an issue where the list of open books showed the wrong book as being active after closing the currently active book.
- Resolved an issue with AFS subscription expiration not being recognized.
- Added saved/named layouts on iPad. (Advanced Feature Set required)
- Added keyboard shortcut keys for use on iPad with keyboard. Shortcuts can be customized with Advanced Feature Set.
- Added trackpad and mouse support in book panes, including 2-finger trackpad and scroll-wheel scrolling.
- Added "Back History", "Forward History", "Recent Searches", and "Recent Verses" as long-press actions on the back, forward, and goto buttons, respectively.
- Added "Sync to Current Verse" to the menu (syncs to most recently viewed verse) and to the Selection tool bar for Bibles (syncs to the selected verse). Both options only needed/visible when automatic Bible/commentary sync is turned off.
ENHANCEMENTS
- Customizable sorting of list of open books in each pane.
- Choosing a range of verses for searching requires fewer button presses.
- Long-press preview now works on the asterisks that mark footnotes in books and Bibles.
FIXES
- Resolved an issue with background colors on certain menus.
- Resolved an issue where the list of open books showed the wrong book as being active after closing the currently active book.
- Resolved an issue with AFS subscription expiration not being recognized.
4.13.4
May 13, 2020
Fixes:
▹ Addressed an issue that could cause the app to crash when navigating in Bibles containing the Apocrypha.
▹ Addressed an issue with images in Autostudy results (Advanced Feature Set).
▹ Addressed an issue that could cause the app to crash when navigating in Bibles containing the Apocrypha.
▹ Addressed an issue with images in Autostudy results (Advanced Feature Set).
4.13.3
May 12, 2020
New Features:
▹ Long-press on most links to preview the link target. Long-press on Bible reference link to get a quick look at the passage. Long-press on a Strong's number to see the definition. Send the link preview to clipboard, printer, or file. Launch a verse Autostudy from a verse preview (Advanced Feature Set required).
Enhancements:
▹ Increased contrast in inactive panes when using dark color schemes.
▹ Changes to the launch screen, text rendering, and app icon to stay current with the latest app requirements. These are important but are not visible to the user.
▹ Long-press on most links to preview the link target. Long-press on Bible reference link to get a quick look at the passage. Long-press on a Strong's number to see the definition. Send the link preview to clipboard, printer, or file. Launch a verse Autostudy from a verse preview (Advanced Feature Set required).
Enhancements:
▹ Increased contrast in inactive panes when using dark color schemes.
▹ Changes to the launch screen, text rendering, and app icon to stay current with the latest app requirements. These are important but are not visible to the user.
4.13.2
Jan 9, 2020
Fixes:
▹ Tab labels were sometimes invisible or difficult to read. (Advanced Feature Set)
▹ Keyboard did not always activate when editing a note on iPhone.
▹ Note editor on iPad did not save until returning to view mode.
▹ Tab labels were sometimes invisible or difficult to read. (Advanced Feature Set)
▹ Keyboard did not always activate when editing a note on iPhone.
▹ Note editor on iPad did not save until returning to view mode.
4.13.1
Dec 7, 2019
○ App would crash when entering the Settings menu on some devices.
○ Provide a quicker way to exit note viewer/editor for iOS 11/12 devices.
○ Disable note editor functions on iOS 11/12 devices that are not actually supported.
○ Provide a quicker way to exit note viewer/editor for iOS 11/12 devices.
○ Disable note editor functions on iOS 11/12 devices that are not actually supported.
4.13.0
Dec 4, 2019
Enhancements for iOS 13:
▹ Allow selection of different color schemes for light mode and dark mode.
▹ Added more "night" color schemes to PocketBible's existing dark mode support. (Advanced Feature Set)
Enhancements:
▹ Present the Autostudy feature using the full screen on iPad. (AFS)
▹ Present the table of contents for non-Bibles on iPhone differently so that it syncs to your current position right away.
▹ Present search results on iPhone differently so that you don't see the previous search form before seeing results.
▹ Integrated the Note List, Note Editor, and Note Text Editor into one dialog on iPhone to make it easy to move between reading/editing notes and reading Bibles/books without losing your place.
▹ Improved text contrast, especially on dark backgrounds, throughout the app.
▹ Swipe down to dismiss full-screen dialogs on iPhone.
▹ Added haptic feedback for "Copy" operation on the selection toolbar.
Fixes for iOS 13:
▹ Highlight color list didn't fit on the screen on an iPad in landscape orientation.
▹ Notes were not always saved when the rich-text editor was dismissed.
▹ Unwanted blue border was visible around the rich-text editor.
▹ It was possible to choose settings that would cause text to disappear under the "notch" on an iPhone 11.
General fixes:
▹ The note viewer and rich-text editor on the iPhone did not do kinetic scrolling.
▹ Sometimes the active pane was sent to the location of the pane to its left during "back" operation if the two panes contained the same Bible.
▹ History of previous searches would not be updated once it was "full".
PocketBible now requires iOS 11.0 minimum.
▹ Allow selection of different color schemes for light mode and dark mode.
▹ Added more "night" color schemes to PocketBible's existing dark mode support. (Advanced Feature Set)
Enhancements:
▹ Present the Autostudy feature using the full screen on iPad. (AFS)
▹ Present the table of contents for non-Bibles on iPhone differently so that it syncs to your current position right away.
▹ Present search results on iPhone differently so that you don't see the previous search form before seeing results.
▹ Integrated the Note List, Note Editor, and Note Text Editor into one dialog on iPhone to make it easy to move between reading/editing notes and reading Bibles/books without losing your place.
▹ Improved text contrast, especially on dark backgrounds, throughout the app.
▹ Swipe down to dismiss full-screen dialogs on iPhone.
▹ Added haptic feedback for "Copy" operation on the selection toolbar.
Fixes for iOS 13:
▹ Highlight color list didn't fit on the screen on an iPad in landscape orientation.
▹ Notes were not always saved when the rich-text editor was dismissed.
▹ Unwanted blue border was visible around the rich-text editor.
▹ It was possible to choose settings that would cause text to disappear under the "notch" on an iPhone 11.
General fixes:
▹ The note viewer and rich-text editor on the iPhone did not do kinetic scrolling.
▹ Sometimes the active pane was sent to the location of the pane to its left during "back" operation if the two panes contained the same Bible.
▹ History of previous searches would not be updated once it was "full".
PocketBible now requires iOS 11.0 minimum.
4.0.12
Mar 12, 2019
• Added an option to hide "Note" links at the start of a verse.
• "Manage AFS Subscription" now goes directly to Account Settings instead of bouncing through Safari first.
• Addressed an issue that caused "dynamic title bar height" setting to be forgotten between launches of the app.
• Addressed touch alignment in full-screen reading mode (AFS).
• Some users were not able to access the in-app store to purchase the Advanced Feature Set.
• "Manage AFS Subscription" now goes directly to Account Settings instead of bouncing through Safari first.
• Addressed an issue that caused "dynamic title bar height" setting to be forgotten between launches of the app.
• Addressed touch alignment in full-screen reading mode (AFS).
• Some users were not able to access the in-app store to purchase the Advanced Feature Set.
4.0.11
Nov 21, 2018
• Moved the "Expand Toolbox" button so that it doesn't interfere with editing notes or other Toolbox content.
• Addressed an issue where the note viewer and editor did not do kinetic scrolling on a "fling" gesture.
• Addressed cosmetic issues when running on newer iPads.
• Addressed an issue where the note viewer and editor did not do kinetic scrolling on a "fling" gesture.
• Addressed cosmetic issues when running on newer iPads.
4.0.10
Sep 24, 2018
○ Resolved layout issues in landscape on iPhone X/XR/XS devices.
○ Resolved an issue that resulted in empty tabs (Advanced Feature Set).
○ Addressed occasional misplacement of toolbar on iPad.
○ Resolved a crash upon rotation while editing a note.
○ Resolved an issue that resulted in empty tabs (Advanced Feature Set).
○ Addressed occasional misplacement of toolbar on iPad.
○ Resolved a crash upon rotation while editing a note.
4.0.9
Sep 11, 2018
NEW FEATURES
- Added "Flexible Tab/Tool Bar Height" feature. When enabled, title bar and pane tabs (AFS) expand or contrast with the selected text font size.
- Added media player support so that you can control synthesized speech from the lock screen and task-switching screen.
FIXES
- Starting an advanced search with the iPad toolbox closed would result in the search being ignored until it is entered again.
- Initiate a cloud sync when a list of bookmark categories or highlight colors is requested so that local data can be kept up-to-date.
- Searching book/journal notes could cause a crash under certain conditions.
- Changing the name of a highlight color was not be reflected in the list of color names until the list was dismissed and re-displayed.
- Bibles would sometimes go to an earlier verse than the one requested.
- The screen was not always being redrawn under the area occupied by the keyboard after the keyboard was dismissed in certain circumstances.
- Removed an option to output Autostudy results to PDF. Save as text or HTML instead.
- Added "Flexible Tab/Tool Bar Height" feature. When enabled, title bar and pane tabs (AFS) expand or contrast with the selected text font size.
- Added media player support so that you can control synthesized speech from the lock screen and task-switching screen.
FIXES
- Starting an advanced search with the iPad toolbox closed would result in the search being ignored until it is entered again.
- Initiate a cloud sync when a list of bookmark categories or highlight colors is requested so that local data can be kept up-to-date.
- Searching book/journal notes could cause a crash under certain conditions.
- Changing the name of a highlight color was not be reflected in the list of color names until the list was dismissed and re-displayed.
- Bibles would sometimes go to an earlier verse than the one requested.
- The screen was not always being redrawn under the area occupied by the keyboard after the keyboard was dismissed in certain circumstances.
- Removed an option to output Autostudy results to PDF. Save as text or HTML instead.
4.0.8
Jun 9, 2018
Fixed a crash that occurred when PocketBible was launched from another app.
4.0.7
May 23, 2018
Enhancements:
- Autostudy reports can now be viewed using the iOS 11 Files app to browse PocketBible's public documents folder.
Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where the bottom half of the screen could be blank after the keyboard was hidden.
- Resolved issues in some recently released Bibles where the go-to-verse screen would be missing some books.
- Passage Action would not output any text when Revelation 22:21 was included as the ending verse.
- Word attribute links, when displayed on a "cornflower blue" highlight background, were the wrong color.
- Predefined search limits like "Matt-Rev" did not work correctly with Spanish Bibles.
- When sending verses from the NIVEC and CSBEC to the clipboard, use "NIV" and "CSB", respectively, as the Bible abbreviation in the reference.
Minor Changes:
- Updated Help, mainly to add info about viewing Autostudy files in the Files app in iOS 11.
- Updated credits/dedication text.
- Updated the format and contents of the "About this Book" screen.
- Autostudy reports can now be viewed using the iOS 11 Files app to browse PocketBible's public documents folder.
Fixes:
- Resolved an issue where the bottom half of the screen could be blank after the keyboard was hidden.
- Resolved issues in some recently released Bibles where the go-to-verse screen would be missing some books.
- Passage Action would not output any text when Revelation 22:21 was included as the ending verse.
- Word attribute links, when displayed on a "cornflower blue" highlight background, were the wrong color.
- Predefined search limits like "Matt-Rev" did not work correctly with Spanish Bibles.
- When sending verses from the NIVEC and CSBEC to the clipboard, use "NIV" and "CSB", respectively, as the Bible abbreviation in the reference.
Minor Changes:
- Updated Help, mainly to add info about viewing Autostudy files in the Files app in iOS 11.
- Updated credits/dedication text.
- Updated the format and contents of the "About this Book" screen.
4.0.6
Apr 7, 2018
• Certain portions of Spanish Bibles were blank.
• The screen could go blank when navigating to a new verse, especially on iOS 9 devices.
• The screen could go blank when navigating to a new verse, especially on iOS 9 devices.
4.0.5
Mar 2, 2018
Bug Fixes:
- Translation name in title bar was wrong for certain Bibles.
- Text margins were lost after editing a note on iPad.
- Strong's number search didn't work in CSBEC.
- Autostudy Today (Advanced Feature Set) would omit certain passages depending on what Bible was being used.
- Inconsistent handling of screen area behind the notch on iPhone X when displaying panes as tabs (Advanced Feature Set).
- Expiration date of AFS Subscription could be displayed incorrectly in some circumstances (Advanced Feature Set).
- Minor corrections to the PocketBible User's Guide.
- Minor error in "About this Book" for CSBEC.
- Translation name in title bar was wrong for certain Bibles.
- Text margins were lost after editing a note on iPad.
- Strong's number search didn't work in CSBEC.
- Autostudy Today (Advanced Feature Set) would omit certain passages depending on what Bible was being used.
- Inconsistent handling of screen area behind the notch on iPhone X when displaying panes as tabs (Advanced Feature Set).
- Expiration date of AFS Subscription could be displayed incorrectly in some circumstances (Advanced Feature Set).
- Minor corrections to the PocketBible User's Guide.
- Minor error in "About this Book" for CSBEC.
4.0.4
Feb 2, 2018
New Features:
○ Word-level text selection for copy, find, and look-up operations. Double-tap to select a word; another tap extends the selection.
○ Advanced Feature Set (AFS) subscribers get the ability to Autostudy a selected word.
○ When using the Book/Chapter/Verse grid for navigating in the Bible, the book section is initially expanded for quicker navigation.
○ New "page curl" animation when using two-finger swipe to move between open books.
○ New "gesture demo" introduces the gestures recognized by PocketBible.
Fixes:
○ Word Autostudy was not working on word attributes (AFS).
○ Previous searches were shown in reverse order.
○ It was hard to see which book was selected in iPad search results when using certain color schemes.
○ Certain characters were not being handled correctly when used in passwords.
○ Word-level text selection for copy, find, and look-up operations. Double-tap to select a word; another tap extends the selection.
○ Advanced Feature Set (AFS) subscribers get the ability to Autostudy a selected word.
○ When using the Book/Chapter/Verse grid for navigating in the Bible, the book section is initially expanded for quicker navigation.
○ New "page curl" animation when using two-finger swipe to move between open books.
○ New "gesture demo" introduces the gestures recognized by PocketBible.
Fixes:
○ Word Autostudy was not working on word attributes (AFS).
○ Previous searches were shown in reverse order.
○ It was hard to see which book was selected in iPad search results when using certain color schemes.
○ Certain characters were not being handled correctly when used in passwords.
4.0.3
Jan 7, 2018
Fixed an bug related to selecting pane tabs on iPhone X
4.0.2
Jan 5, 2018
* Added 2-finger horizontal swipe to go to next/previous chapter in a Bible or reading in a devotional. Removed the ability to configure 1-finger swipe to perform this action.
* Added 2-finger vertical swipe to rotate through open books in the active pane.
* Added 3-finger horizontal swipe to activate the next/previous pane when in tabbed pane mode (Advanced Feature Set Subscription required).
* Added a "gesture demo" animation to illustrate the new navigation gestures.
* Improved VoiceOver support.
* Fixed a problem when linking to websites out of user-created notes.
* Fixed a problem logging into accounts with certain characters in the password.
* Made sure autocorrect was off in all search fields to better accommodate unusual words used in the Bible.
* Adjusted the colors used for words of Christ, word attribute (Strong's number) links, and normal text when shown on all highlight colors to improve contrast.
* Added 2-finger vertical swipe to rotate through open books in the active pane.
* Added 3-finger horizontal swipe to activate the next/previous pane when in tabbed pane mode (Advanced Feature Set Subscription required).
* Added a "gesture demo" animation to illustrate the new navigation gestures.
* Improved VoiceOver support.
* Fixed a problem when linking to websites out of user-created notes.
* Fixed a problem logging into accounts with certain characters in the password.
* Made sure autocorrect was off in all search fields to better accommodate unusual words used in the Bible.
* Adjusted the colors used for words of Christ, word attribute (Strong's number) links, and normal text when shown on all highlight colors to improve contrast.
4.0.1
Dec 23, 2017
NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES:
* No more "touch zones". Text scrolls continuously.
* Ability to view interlinear Bibles, where each word in the Bible has associated with it a part of speech, original-language word, or other attributes to aid in your understanding of the text.
* Simplified text selection. Press and hold on a verse to select it. Tap additional verses to select them. Then choose bookmark, highlight, copy, and other options from the selection tool bar.
* The WYSIWYG note editor no longer requires knowledge of HTML tagging.
* More options on the tool bar, which features all-new, more meaningful icons.
* The new Library Manager allows you to easily see what is open in the current pane, what books are installed on your device, and what books are in your Laridian account and ready to be downloaded. Use the Library Manager to download books, open books, delete books, switch to a different book, and close books. Search for specific words in the titles of books and limit your view to categories of books.
* Books are downloaded "in the background" – just get the download started then return to using PocketBible as usual.
* Navigating to verses in Bibles is faster and easier. Display either the abbreviations of books of the Bible or the whole spelling. Sort books in Bible order or alphabetical order.
* When going to a new verse, the current verse will be initially selected, making it easier to navigate to another verse in the same chapter or another chapter in the same book.
* When you bring up the table of contents for a commentary, dictionary, or other book, it will automatically select the current position in the book to make it easier to figure out where you are.
* Available textured backgrounds tinted to match your color scheme.
* Access to more of the fonts installed on your device.
* Added Note Search on iPhone. Previously only available on iPad.
* Added "toggle word attributes" button on the tool bar to turn Strong's numbers (and other word attributes) on and off more easily.
* "Copy Passage" (now "Passage Action") settings are now directly accessible from the Passage Action dialog. AFS owners can do Verse Autostudies directly from this dialog.
* Ability to view a list of categories in which a verse is bookmarked.
* Improved launch speed.
NEW AND IMPROVED ADVANCED FEATURE SET
Existing version 2 or 3 Advanced Feature Set (AFS) owners will see similar advanced features in version 4, but we've created a new Advanced Feature Set Annual Subscription that gives you even more features when used with version 4.
* Autoscrolling of text while PocketBible reads to you has been significantly improved.
* Autoscrolling feature is available without using synthesized voice.
* Synthesized reading of Bible references has been improved. It no longer tries to pronounce the book abbreviations nor will it misinterpret 3:16 as a time-of-day or elapsed time.
* New Reading Mode removes all toolbars, titles, and other controls to let you use the full screen for text. One button and a floating/removable toolbar give you access to essential features in this mode.
* When displaying book panes in tabs, choose to see both the category name and the abbreviation of the active book instead of only one or the other.
* Word Autostudies can now be done on word attributes, like Strong's numbers. Verse Autostudies can be done on passages, not just single verses. Your notes can be included in output.
* New Autostudy Today collects the devotional and Bible text you are scheduled to read on a given date into one convenient document.
* Additional color schemes
* Hide verse numbers, disable "sleep on idle", choose from more fonts (including third-party fonts).
* Download all books in one step.
* No more "touch zones". Text scrolls continuously.
* Ability to view interlinear Bibles, where each word in the Bible has associated with it a part of speech, original-language word, or other attributes to aid in your understanding of the text.
* Simplified text selection. Press and hold on a verse to select it. Tap additional verses to select them. Then choose bookmark, highlight, copy, and other options from the selection tool bar.
* The WYSIWYG note editor no longer requires knowledge of HTML tagging.
* More options on the tool bar, which features all-new, more meaningful icons.
* The new Library Manager allows you to easily see what is open in the current pane, what books are installed on your device, and what books are in your Laridian account and ready to be downloaded. Use the Library Manager to download books, open books, delete books, switch to a different book, and close books. Search for specific words in the titles of books and limit your view to categories of books.
* Books are downloaded "in the background" – just get the download started then return to using PocketBible as usual.
* Navigating to verses in Bibles is faster and easier. Display either the abbreviations of books of the Bible or the whole spelling. Sort books in Bible order or alphabetical order.
* When going to a new verse, the current verse will be initially selected, making it easier to navigate to another verse in the same chapter or another chapter in the same book.
* When you bring up the table of contents for a commentary, dictionary, or other book, it will automatically select the current position in the book to make it easier to figure out where you are.
* Available textured backgrounds tinted to match your color scheme.
* Access to more of the fonts installed on your device.
* Added Note Search on iPhone. Previously only available on iPad.
* Added "toggle word attributes" button on the tool bar to turn Strong's numbers (and other word attributes) on and off more easily.
* "Copy Passage" (now "Passage Action") settings are now directly accessible from the Passage Action dialog. AFS owners can do Verse Autostudies directly from this dialog.
* Ability to view a list of categories in which a verse is bookmarked.
* Improved launch speed.
NEW AND IMPROVED ADVANCED FEATURE SET
Existing version 2 or 3 Advanced Feature Set (AFS) owners will see similar advanced features in version 4, but we've created a new Advanced Feature Set Annual Subscription that gives you even more features when used with version 4.
* Autoscrolling of text while PocketBible reads to you has been significantly improved.
* Autoscrolling feature is available without using synthesized voice.
* Synthesized reading of Bible references has been improved. It no longer tries to pronounce the book abbreviations nor will it misinterpret 3:16 as a time-of-day or elapsed time.
* New Reading Mode removes all toolbars, titles, and other controls to let you use the full screen for text. One button and a floating/removable toolbar give you access to essential features in this mode.
* When displaying book panes in tabs, choose to see both the category name and the abbreviation of the active book instead of only one or the other.
* Word Autostudies can now be done on word attributes, like Strong's numbers. Verse Autostudies can be done on passages, not just single verses. Your notes can be included in output.
* New Autostudy Today collects the devotional and Bible text you are scheduled to read on a given date into one convenient document.
* Additional color schemes
* Hide verse numbers, disable "sleep on idle", choose from more fonts (including third-party fonts).
* Download all books in one step.
3.4.0
Nov 2, 2015
NEW FEATURES
- Support for iOS 9 multitasking (Split View)
- Added "Passage Actions" to the main menu for easily copying or sharing any verse or range of verses without first finding the passage and selecting it in the text.
ENHANCEMENTS
- New "Welcome to PocketBible" slide show for new users.
- Touch zone overlay now shows swipe direction in addition to the functions of each touch zone.
- Add "Share" to the press-and-hold menubar to give quicker access to sharing selected text.
- Leave the Note Viewer open on the iPhone when following an external (Web) link. Makes it easier to get back to where you were.
BUG FIXES
- Show iOS 9 voice names so that you can choose between two voices in the same language and locale.
- iOS 9 voices are "slower" than iOS 8 voices were. Changed the rate options for iOS 9 so that voices sound more natural at the "normal" rate.
- Make sure status bar background and text colors gets set correctly.
- When copying/sharing text, do not include the "Note" marker at the beginning of a verse that has a user-created note. Also, do not include translator's footnotes.
- Don't use the Context menu "Share" submenu for non-Bibles, as it will have only one item in it. Just do "Share Selected Text" directly.
- Support for iOS 9 multitasking (Split View)
- Added "Passage Actions" to the main menu for easily copying or sharing any verse or range of verses without first finding the passage and selecting it in the text.
ENHANCEMENTS
- New "Welcome to PocketBible" slide show for new users.
- Touch zone overlay now shows swipe direction in addition to the functions of each touch zone.
- Add "Share" to the press-and-hold menubar to give quicker access to sharing selected text.
- Leave the Note Viewer open on the iPhone when following an external (Web) link. Makes it easier to get back to where you were.
BUG FIXES
- Show iOS 9 voice names so that you can choose between two voices in the same language and locale.
- iOS 9 voices are "slower" than iOS 8 voices were. Changed the rate options for iOS 9 so that voices sound more natural at the "normal" rate.
- Make sure status bar background and text colors gets set correctly.
- When copying/sharing text, do not include the "Note" marker at the beginning of a verse that has a user-created note. Also, do not include translator's footnotes.
- Don't use the Context menu "Share" submenu for non-Bibles, as it will have only one item in it. Just do "Share Selected Text" directly.
3.3.7
Oct 1, 2015
NEW FEATURES
- Scrolling toolbar puts more features at your fingertips! On iPhone, flick left/right to scroll the toolbar and reveal more functionality.
- No need to purchase voices to use audio features! Advanced Feature Set now uses built-in iOS voices and allows you to set pitch and rate of speech.
- Easily share verses to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media! Note that Facebook does not permit pre-populating status messages if the Facebook app is installed. This is a Facebook "feature", not a PocketBible problem. (Copy and paste verses to Facebook instead.)
- Expand your note-taking with links to websites!
ENHANCEMENTS
- The free version of PocketBible now supports text selection for copy and other operations. Previously, only entire verses could be selected.
- Faster "search" and dictionary look-up of words and phrases. Moved "Find Selected Text" and "Look Up Selected Text" to the menu bar when selecting text.
- Reorganized the Context menu to incorporate the Selection menu from the Advanced Feature Set and make it easier to operate on selected verses or passages.
BUG FIXES
- On the iPad, the Bk/Ch/Vs Bible "go to verse" dialog incorrectly used small buttons in landscape orientation.
- On the iPad, the first time the H'Lites, B'Marks, or FindNotes pane in the toolbox was shown, no book was selected -- making it appear that there were no highlights, bookmarks, or notes in the current book.
- When changing from a smaller number of tabs to a larger number of tabs (Advanced Feature Set), new tabs were not labelled correctly.
- When selecting the start and end verse of a passage for copy, print, highlight, etc., the program would not initialize the end verse from what was selected.
- Certain lists of choices did not display properly in landscape orientation on iPhone.
- When "large text" was selected in the iOS accessibility options, some dialogs used the wrong text size.
- A small number of dialogs were not correctly supporting rotation.
- Book download progress bar was showing either 0% complete or 100% complete.
- Scrolling toolbar puts more features at your fingertips! On iPhone, flick left/right to scroll the toolbar and reveal more functionality.
- No need to purchase voices to use audio features! Advanced Feature Set now uses built-in iOS voices and allows you to set pitch and rate of speech.
- Easily share verses to Twitter, Facebook, and other social media! Note that Facebook does not permit pre-populating status messages if the Facebook app is installed. This is a Facebook "feature", not a PocketBible problem. (Copy and paste verses to Facebook instead.)
- Expand your note-taking with links to websites!
ENHANCEMENTS
- The free version of PocketBible now supports text selection for copy and other operations. Previously, only entire verses could be selected.
- Faster "search" and dictionary look-up of words and phrases. Moved "Find Selected Text" and "Look Up Selected Text" to the menu bar when selecting text.
- Reorganized the Context menu to incorporate the Selection menu from the Advanced Feature Set and make it easier to operate on selected verses or passages.
BUG FIXES
- On the iPad, the Bk/Ch/Vs Bible "go to verse" dialog incorrectly used small buttons in landscape orientation.
- On the iPad, the first time the H'Lites, B'Marks, or FindNotes pane in the toolbox was shown, no book was selected -- making it appear that there were no highlights, bookmarks, or notes in the current book.
- When changing from a smaller number of tabs to a larger number of tabs (Advanced Feature Set), new tabs were not labelled correctly.
- When selecting the start and end verse of a passage for copy, print, highlight, etc., the program would not initialize the end verse from what was selected.
- Certain lists of choices did not display properly in landscape orientation on iPhone.
- When "large text" was selected in the iOS accessibility options, some dialogs used the wrong text size.
- A small number of dialogs were not correctly supporting rotation.
- Book download progress bar was showing either 0% complete or 100% complete.
3.2.3
Jun 1, 2015
New Features:
* Recognize and take advantage of the increased screen size of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus instead of allowing iOS to scale the screen, which caused text to be blurry.
* Support "custom Bibles" from BookBuilder which specify custom versification by referencing existing versification schemes. (Reader Engine version 1.073.)
Enhancements:
* Allow the Font / Size / Brightness setting window to rotate to landscape and to fill the full width of the screen.
* Allow user to change password without forcing them to delete books and user-created data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, etc.).
* Allow user more affirmative control over disposition of user-created data when logging into a different Laridian customer account.
* Use https: connections throughout, even though no personal data is being transmitted.
* Do a better job selecting italic and bold/italic fonts with families that support heavy, bold, demi, semi, medium, etc. variants.
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused text-to-speech reading to stop at an empty verse.
* Table heading tags were getting filtered out of notes.
* Opening a devotional with no existing start date would create a start date, overwriting the existing start date that might not have yet been sync'ed from the Laridian Cloud.
* Fixed a memory leak when displaying lists of bookmark categories.
* Recognize and take advantage of the increased screen size of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus instead of allowing iOS to scale the screen, which caused text to be blurry.
* Support "custom Bibles" from BookBuilder which specify custom versification by referencing existing versification schemes. (Reader Engine version 1.073.)
Enhancements:
* Allow the Font / Size / Brightness setting window to rotate to landscape and to fill the full width of the screen.
* Allow user to change password without forcing them to delete books and user-created data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, etc.).
* Allow user more affirmative control over disposition of user-created data when logging into a different Laridian customer account.
* Use https: connections throughout, even though no personal data is being transmitted.
* Do a better job selecting italic and bold/italic fonts with families that support heavy, bold, demi, semi, medium, etc. variants.
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused text-to-speech reading to stop at an empty verse.
* Table heading tags were getting filtered out of notes.
* Opening a devotional with no existing start date would create a start date, overwriting the existing start date that might not have yet been sync'ed from the Laridian Cloud.
* Fixed a memory leak when displaying lists of bookmark categories.
3.2.0
May 29, 2015
DO NOT DOWNLOAD 3.2.0 TO IPAD. We're working on fixing a problem that renders the program unusable on an iPad.
New Features:
* Recognize and take advantage of the increased screen size of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus instead of allowing iOS to scale the screen, which caused text to be blurry.
* Support "custom Bibles" from BookBuilder which specify custom versification by referencing existing versification schemes. (Reader Engine version 1.073.)
Enhancements:
* Allow the Font / Size / Brightness setting window to rotate to landscape and to fill the full width of the screen.
* Allow user to change password without forcing them to delete books and user-created data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, etc.).
* Allow user more affirmative control over disposition of user-created data when logging into a different Laridian customer account.
* Use https: connections throughout, even though no personal data is being transmitted.
* Do a better job selecting italic and bold/italic fonts with families that support heavy, bold, demi, semi, medium, etc. variants.
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused text-to-speech reading to stop at an empty verse.
* Table heading tags were getting filtered out of notes.
* Opening a devotional with no existing start date would create a start date, overwriting the existing start date that might not have yet been sync'ed from the Laridian Cloud.
* Fixed a memory leak when displaying lists of bookmark categories.
New Features:
* Recognize and take advantage of the increased screen size of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus instead of allowing iOS to scale the screen, which caused text to be blurry.
* Support "custom Bibles" from BookBuilder which specify custom versification by referencing existing versification schemes. (Reader Engine version 1.073.)
Enhancements:
* Allow the Font / Size / Brightness setting window to rotate to landscape and to fill the full width of the screen.
* Allow user to change password without forcing them to delete books and user-created data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, etc.).
* Allow user more affirmative control over disposition of user-created data when logging into a different Laridian customer account.
* Use https: connections throughout, even though no personal data is being transmitted.
* Do a better job selecting italic and bold/italic fonts with families that support heavy, bold, demi, semi, medium, etc. variants.
Bug Fixes:
* Fixed a bug that caused text-to-speech reading to stop at an empty verse.
* Table heading tags were getting filtered out of notes.
* Opening a devotional with no existing start date would create a start date, overwriting the existing start date that might not have yet been sync'ed from the Laridian Cloud.
* Fixed a memory leak when displaying lists of bookmark categories.
PocketBible Bible Study App FAQ
Click here to learn how to download PocketBible Bible Study App in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of PocketBible Bible Study App.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
PocketBible Bible Study App supports English
PocketBible Bible Study App contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Advanced Feature Set - 1 Year
$9.99
PocketBible Upgrade to Version 2 Feature Set
$5.99
Advanced Feature Set - 1 Month
$0.99
New International Version (NIV
$9.99
English Standard Version (ESV)
$9.99
Ryan Voice for PocketBible
$1.99
New Living Translation, Second
$9.99
Heather Voice for PocketBible
$1.99
New King James Version (NKJV)
$9.99
The Message (MSG)
$9.99
