Re: Free Bible For Android Phone
Aquilino Neadstine
This free version of PocketBible provides all the features you need to read and study the Bible on the go. But for serious study on your Android phone or tablet, consider a subscription to the Advanced Feature Set. Features include the ability to search your entire library in one step; our unique Autostudy feature to bring together everything in your library to support the study of a passage or word; the Journal lets you enter notes that are not attached to any particular Bible verse; and synthesized audio to read the Bible to you.
It is similar on my iOS iphone, using the Logos app, where only my top 3 prioritized dictionaries appear, and I don't have the option to expand to all 20 dictionaries I have on my desktop. But the top 3 prioritized dictionaries are enough when mobile, and this is more than I get with an interlinear.
We'd like to share our favorites in this roundup of the best Bible apps around, allowing you to compare notes with professional translations and locate specific scripture books, verses, and lines with ease, all from your favorite Android phone. Take your Bible study on the road and enjoy trouble-free reading.
If you want to use your app while driving tap on the Driving mode icon. The larger play button and skip back button help you play or go back in case you missed something. The icon with the headphone inside a bookmark icon creates a bookmark so you can quickly go back to the spot in the book.
Some permissions that could be considered dangerous may not put you in harm's way -- like when a book-reading app asks permission to save a book to your phone so you can read it offline. But sometimes these dangerous permissions include unnecessary requests for more information than needed. Those red flags alert you to an app's overall security: That book-reading app doesn't need to read your list of phone calls, pinpoint your exact location or change your system settings in order to function, does it?
These six popular apps aimed at a Christian audience talk to your phone far more than is necessary, potentially eliciting sensitive information. Here's what you need to know before letting them onto your Android phone.
New Salem Media wants the app to begin running as soon as your phone powers on (instead of when you open the app). Then it wants to know what other apps you have on your phone, what they're doing now and in the past, who you've been calling and how often, and your precise location. The company also tracks your activity and gives advertisers access to you, according to its own privacy policy.
It asks for many of the same permissions as New Salem Media. It also wants permission to create new accounts (of what kind? it doesn't say), set passwords and change your settings to allow it to update whenever it wants. It also asks for permission to throw itself on top of other apps you're using -- giving it the power to change the appearance of your other apps or serve pop-up ads -- and to start running as soon as you turn your phone on.
If you've installed any apps maintained by Watchdis Prayers, we strongly recommend uninstalling them and updating your passwords for any social media or email accounts you use on your phone -- at least until you know what this company is doing with such a massive amount of personal data and access to your digital wallet.
Today, the app asks for all of your contacts' information and your precise GPS location. Then it asks for not only the information for any accounts you have for other apps on your phone, but the ability to use the accounts on your device. Like many others in this list, YouVersion wants to start running as soon as your phone turns on, instead of waiting until you open the app.
YouVersion had no choice but to request broad permissions like those requesting call log access in order to get the more narrow part of that permission, which would allow the app, for instance, to silence its audio when a user receives a phone call, Gruenewald said. The company has never implemented the use of the data, he added.
CBN Radio presents itself as an app that just wants to broadcast your favorite Christian music. But there are enough requests in its permission list to present a case for avoiding the app altogether. It wants to know your precise location, and what kinds of phone calls you're making and to whom and how often. It wants to be able to take pictures and video. And why does a radio streaming app need to begin running as soon as you turn on your phone? It doesn't.
The myCBN Prayer & Devotional App has even more red flags. With more than 100,000 installs on the Play Store, the app wants to know everything CBN Radio knows, plus it wants to control your flashlight, turn your Bluetooth settings on and off (a notable security concern), get a full list of all your contacts and any accounts on your phone, take control of your camera and microphone, and control your location update notifications.
The most concerning security issue with CBN apps may be that found in the permission requests of its children's app, Superbook Kids Bible, Videos & Games. It's generally not a good idea to allow an app to disable your lock screen, nor to start running as soon as your phone is turned on. But giving a kids' app permission to take photos and videos of your child, as this one does -- even as part of a feature allowing kids to upload their own pictures -- after you've allowed it to disable your lock screen may be a bridge too far.
Why does a dating app want to disable your lock screen, then get a full list of all the apps on your phone and your history of usage for each? Why does Christian Mingle need to know your precise location, when you're making a phone call, who you're talking to, and how often you talk to them? Most curiously, why does Christian Mingle need to control your flashlight?
The lesser-known Christian Matrimony app, from CommunityMatrimony.com, likewise raises questions. With more than 100,000 installs, the app wants to change your audio settings and get a list of all the apps you've already installed on your phone. Then, like Christian Mingle, it wants to find out who you're making phone calls to. It goes beyond Christian Mingle, however, and asks for permission to directly call phone numbers.
I want to sync E-sword between my Android phone and tablets. I have tried backing up files from the tablet I have the most notes and highlights on to my Google Drive and then importing those files from the google drive to my phone but it doesnt work. Any ideas?
Additionally, it has a Verse by Category section, which lists different themes, and when you select, display specific bible verses that talk about the theme. You'll also find a daily verse like other bible apps that you can share with friends and family whenever you like.
It also doesn't miss out on basic features like bookmarks, note-taking, favorites, copy, and share functionality. Unfortunately, although this is one of the best free bible apps for Android, it isn't available for iOS, so iPhone users have to resort to one of the other options.
The verse of the day is the first thing you see every day, and you can take notes on your own or when listening to a sermon. The app's scripture engagement exercises also help you interact with the Bible more practically. Like other bible apps in this list, you can favorite or highlight interesting verses and even share them.
Mantis X is available* on major device platforms, including iOS (iPhones and iPads), Android phones and tablets, Macintosh computers (Macbook, iMac, Mac Pro, etc.), and Windows computers. What's more, Mantis X looks and works exactly the same way across all these platforms! [* NOTE: Android, MacOS, and Windows versions of Mantis X are coming soon!]
A built-in WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor makes it easy to study the Bible (plus Commentaries, Bible Dictionaries, and other resources) and make your notes and prepare lessons and sermons right from inside the app (on a phone, a tablet, a laptop, or all 3!)
Not all app makers have your best interests in mind. There are some apps that are built by data-mining companies that track your location, your phone calls, your contacts, and your activity with other apps on your device. Religious people are one of the biggest targets of these con artists who build Christian apps. Some of the most popular religious apps on the Play Store are nothing more than spyware: the app gives you some sort of free product (such as a KJV Bible, calendar, or prayer book) so that the app can spy on you.
Bible App (Free) Apple, Android, Kindle Fire Developers, say this is the #1 Bible app in the world. That may be true given the hundreds of Bibles available for you to choose from in more than 1,000 languages. Some of the Bibles are approved Catholic versions like NAB-RE and Douay Rheims. Internet connection is needed to use most content in this app, but some Bibles are imbedded in the app so you can read them off line. Unfortunately, none of the imbedded bibles in English are Catholic editions. Audio Bibles are available but not downloadable. These include Douay Rheims. Study tools include reading plans, search capability, note taking, highlighting and bookmarking capability. Text can be sized for easier reading. Your bookmarks, highlights and notes are saved on YouVersion.com which you must log into to use. But this gives you cross-platform use wherever you go with whatever relevant device you use to access the Bible you are in the midst of reading. You will enjoy the added bonus of videos in which portions of the Bible are dramatized in beautifully filmed enactments as the narrator reads from Scripture.
Based on the wide selection of Christian apps that are available for Apple and Android users, we believe your smartphone can help you draw closer to God and your church community. From Bible reading apps and Bible study apps to devotional apps and more, you'll find a variety of options to help you in your walk
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