![]() ![]() ![]() People who read and love the Bible will often want to memorize verses that mean a lot to them. Finally it has a great Bible memory tool. ![]() Second, the app will read the Bible to you using one of a few optional computer generated voices. The way it marks off your reading for your when you finish reading that selection is handy. First, it handles daily Bible reading better than the others. There are several things that set MantisBible apart from other Bible reading iPad apps. It has reading, searching, bookmarking and notes like the others. Mantis Bible Study is a very powerful Bible app with a lot of extras that you can purchase either in the App store, with in app purchase or at their website. But they also have a very large collection of free books too. You will have to purchase additional content to get the full use of this app as well. OliveTree has many versions available in the app store, but there is one that is totally free. The program doesn’t automatically check off your readings like MantisBible and they are not as customizable as Logos. It has this built-in, but it is not as good as MantisBible, Logos or PocketBible. It’s only major flaw is the ability to track daily Bible reading. It is simple and has an attractive interface. I really like BibleReader and the depth of study one can do is unparalleled on the iPad. One of the other great features is the ability to sync your personalized book notes (notes you would write in the margin of a regular book) with Evernote. I also like the way it shows translations or books two at a time, although PocketBible can show more, two seems to be the sweet spot for showing more than one book at a time. I love the way it shows you your book covers in a shelf-like interface. It is one of the most attractive of my five favorites. OliveTree’s Bible reader is the app that was mentioned in the Atlantic article cited above. It includes the New International Version and some other books that make reading and studying that translation easier. There is also a bundle available for about $50. PocketBible is free in the app store but you will want to buy additional content from their website if you want to really use it for all the app’s worth. You cannot do serious language study, which means reading and studying the Bible in the original languages in which it was written (Greek for the New Testament and Hebrew for the Old Testament). PocketBible has some great content available regardless of whether you are beginning Bible student or an advanced scholar. They also have large bundles for over a hundred dollars. You can buy additional books from the company’s website for as little as a couple of dollars. The app has a simple and plain interface that allows you to open multiple books at one time. Laridian also has one of the best iPad apps for reading and studying the Bible. PocketBible is a cross platform Bible reader from Laridian available on almost any device that you can carry in your pocket. But that also limits this to a Bible reading app instead of a serious study tool for advanced students of the Bible. Bible HD is free and you never have to pay for additional content. There are four other Bible apps that have more content. It is one of the most popular downloads in the iPad app store, but I don’t think it is the best. The biggest negative with Bible HD is the fact that you cannot get all of the available translations unless you are connected to the Internet. The plans last from a few weeks to a few years depending on how fast you want to read through the Bible. ![]() The plans have one reading for each day of the plan. You could just read directly from beginning to end, but it also has plans that break up the Bible into more creative collections of readings. Where Bible HD shines is in the Bible reading plans. That said, the best Bible translations are really meant to be used online, streaming the Bible books to your iPad from the Net.īible HD lets you search, keep bookmarks, and share Bible verses via Twitter, Facebook or Email. The video below is a very quick overview of the top five Bible Apps highlighted as this weeks iPad Apps of the Week!īible HD from YouVersion is a free Bible reader app that comes with some content in the default installation, but there are also books available for you to download and use offline. In all cases these are free for the basic reader app, but additional books will cost extra in four of the five apps. This happens to be my area of specialty as a pastor, so I wanted to show you my top five Bible apps for the iPad. The Atlantic recently observed that the Bible has become one of the most popular books on the iPad, with Olive Tree’s Bible Reader app breaking the top 100 in iPad book app sales. The iPad is a very useful tool for research and study no matter what your topic, but increasingly people are using it for studying the most popular book in human history the Bible. ![]()
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