By Ed Vasicek on
Forum category
Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Topic tags
apps, Bible, online Bible
Featured Poll

When wanting to read or listen to the Bible via an App, which is your favorite? Why is it your favorite?

I still use Bible Gateway on my computer, but on my phone App ads get in the way (no way to “x” out of them). I did a little research and added YouVersion Bible to my wife’s phone (she likes to listen to the Bible being read). I will probably soon add it to mine. What is your favorite and why?

What Bible app do you use most often?

You Version
8% (1 vote)
Blue Letter
15% (2 votes)
Bible Gateway
0% (0 votes)
Logos
38% (5 votes)
Olive Tree
8% (1 vote)
Bible Project
0% (0 votes)
Other (please mention in comment)
31% (4 votes)
Total votes: 13

Discussion

Fri, 08/08/25

My current favorite app is the Literal Word. It is quick and easy to use and not cluttered with a variety of other resources. Logos is powerful but agonizingly slow at times, and I really don't enjoy having to deal with ads.

Mon, 08/11/25

Yes, I still use BW. I occasionally correspond with the now retired developer. Wish the company could have lasted, but such is life. The software still does its brilliant work for me every day. Pocket Bible by Laridian has some nice features on the phone, but I use the mobile version of Logos as well.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

Mon, 08/11/25

Pvawter wrote: My current favorite app is the Literal Word. It is quick and easy to use and not cluttered with a variety of other resources. Logos is powerful but agonizingly slow at times,

I use Power Bible a lot for the same reasons. There are things I can do with Bible Works that I cannot do with Power Bible, but Power Bible is great for cross reference and quick searches. I also use it for quickly pasting Bible verses into my notes or other writing.


Thu, 08/14/25

On my computer I use Logos and Bibleworks primarily, occasionally Accordance. I use Logos on my tablet, and on my phone I have recently switched to Literal Word which I enjoy (before I was using YouVersion).

Mon, 08/25/25

I use BibleWorks a lot, especially to generate as comprehensively as I can get lists of verses to study on whatever subjects I am studying. Although it is not a Bible application, I have profited immensely from using VBA in Excel to write macros for analyzing large amounts of biblical data in ways that BibleWorks does not allow, as far as I know.