I agree, the mobile site of the Bible Gateway is good; but I personally
like being able to keep some Bibles on my phone for the times when you have
no internet connection and the YouVersion works very well.
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Duane Steele" <duanestee...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: best off-line NIV Bible app
Hello friends,
I'm a retired pastor, having served in a rural parish in
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 32 years.
When I recently got my iPhone, I too searched for good
Bibles for my phone. Here's what I discovered with the
help of a partially sighted Lutheran Christian member of
our local congregation.
1. Bible Gateway's great, especially online. I haven't
tried the app,, and, until now, didn't know an app
existed. Thanks for that information. A good thing to
know when using Bible Gateway on line is to use the
really accessible mobile version. To do this simply go to
www.m.biblegateway.com, and you'll avoid all the
advertising when searching for your favorite passages and
favorite translations. Another unfortunate glitch in this
program is that the Bible most used by many main-line
Christians, the New Revised Standard Version is not
available on Bible gateway because of copyright issues.
Thus, to obtain access to this translation, I got the
iBooks app, went into it and ptyped NRSV in the search
field and got the bible from iBooks for $9.99, not a bad
price for a Bible. It's quite accessible, though you'll
have to play with it some. It also has the apocrypha,
those books written between the Old and New Testaments
found in many Bibles including the Catholic Bible.
I am sorry you tried the olive tree Bible. The reason it
can't be accessed at all is that it is a totally graphic
app. Wouldn't it be nice if the app store could help us
know such things before we pay to download some of its
apps? Case in point, the person whose message I read on
this list about trying to access Sirius/XM on the iPhone.
Some of us Sirius/XM users have already discovered this
app's inaccessibility. I actually canceled my
subscription and got credit back on my Visa card because
I called attention to this problem. For the avid radio
buff like myself, I suggest tune-in radio. It's a buck 99
paid all at once and you're done! It's totally accessible
and has access to more stations across the globe than
you'll ever need! Chances are, your own local station's
in the tune-in radio cue!
Getting back briefly to accessible Bibles, you have two
great choices,: Bible Gateway and iBooks. Good luck, and,
if you want other Bible accessible ideas outside the
iPhone, feel free to contact me off-list for my phone
number which I would gladly post but don't know if that's
allowed. Or you can give me your number and I'll get back
to you.
Peace and blessings, Duane
On 7/11/12, Carol Pearson
<carol.pearso...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I've found the YouVersion to be the most user friendly
and richest in features. I looked at the OliveTree
Bible today and just couldn't get it to
work no matter what I tried. I may be missing something
of course and would
be interested to hear from others if they've found it
successful.
The app associated with Bible Gateway lacks some
features and it's not my preference.
There is a study Bible out there, can't think of the
name right now, and I'd
like to try that one; so anyone with knowledge of this,
please let me know.
Thanks.
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Katey Glass" <katey...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:03 AM
Subject: best off-line NIV Bible app
Hello all,
I was wondering which app is most accessible for reading
the NIV Bible in off-line mode? I use YouVersion on
both my iPhone 4S and iPad, but was wondering which is
the most VO friendly for off-line use.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Katey
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