PocketSword app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 3408 ratings )

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Developer: Nic Carter

Free

Current version: 1.4.8, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 14 Dec 2009
App size: 35.05 Mb

PocketSword is a Bible Study app for the iPad, iPhone & iPod touch (iOS 8.0 and above) that is built upon the powerful SWORD backend developed by the CrossWire Bible Society.

Modules are available for download (offline use) within the app, with permission granted by the various copyright holders to CrossWire to distribute them for use in its apps. When you download this app, it comes with the KJV & Matthew Henrys Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible pre-installed, but you can use the downloader within PocketSword (located under the More tab) to choose which additional modules you wish to download from CrossWire and have available for offline use.

MODULES

There are free modules (both Bible translations and commentaries) available in over 60 languages, including (but not limited to):
English, Greek (modern and ancient), Hebrew, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (simplified & traditional), Arabic, Afrikaans, Latin, Russian, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese and many more.

* Popular Bible translations available in the English language include:
KJV, AKJV, ASV, ESV, NET, Tyndale, WEB and Youngs Literal Translation.

* Popular Commentaries available in the English language include:
Matthew Henrys Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible (as well as the "Concise" version), Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, John Wesleys Notes on the Bible, Abbot, Barnes, Geneva, Luther and more...
(See http://crosswire.org/sword/modules/ for a fuller list of the modules).

* Dictionaries are also available within PocketSword, including Eastons Bible Dictionary and Naves Topical Bible Dictionary.

* Daily Devotionals are also available (under the More tab), including Spurgeons Morning & Evening.

You can also choose to create your own modules, using the tools available from Crosswire, and install your modules directly from your computer to your iPhone.

FEATURES

The SWORD backend to PocketSword is very powerful and allows for a rich experience for the end user. Currently implemented are:
- Built-in module downloader of modules in many different languages
- Separate Bible, Commentary & Dictionary tabs for quick reference from one to the other: jump to a verse in one and it jumps to the same verse in the other
- Landscape & fullscreen modes
- Choose your font & font size for ease of reading
- Bookmark & History (of Bible & Commentary use) support
- Red Letter support & choice of reading Verse-Per-Line or using paragraphs.
- Night mode for easier reading in the dark
- Install custom-made modules (including those with non-KJV versification, commenly called "Alternative Versification" or av11n)
- Searching within Bibles and Commentaries
- Localisations in many languages.
- Copy and Paste support (of Bible verses, Commentary entries & Dictionary entries).
- Footnotes, cross-references & headings in modules that support them (ESV and KJV, for example)
- Strongs Numbers & Morphology in modules that support them

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Pros and cons of PocketSword app for iPhone and iPad

PocketSword app good for

I really like this app but recently when I was reading & switching back & forth from the Bible to the Commentary I noticed that the commentary of Proverbs 11:1 does not line up with the Bible. The commentary of Pro 10-31 is about the virtuous woman & starting at the commentary of Pro 12:1 its about all is vanity which is suppose to be Ecclesiastes 1. If you can fix this I would definitely give the app 5 stars!

Ive been using this app on my iPhone for some time and I want to download it to my iPad, but there hasnt been ANY updates in some time now. I mean even a cosmetic update would be nice.

This is the app that every Bible Student must have! It has an incredible amount of offline resources to use.

I like it allot, but I would LOVE to save my bookmarks to transfer to other phone with the same app... Yes!

This app is perfect if you want several versions of the bible on you at all times, as well as a few of the best time-tested commentaries, a pretty good search feature and some other handy tools... However, one very simple feature that would make this app worth 6 stars (in my book) would be the ability to look at two translations of the Bible at one time - side-by-side. The ability to look at multiple languages side-by-side would make this an incredible tool in the hands of anyone eager to share with their friends who have a different heart language than their own. Regardless, great work!

This Is My Favorite Bible But Has Big Problem For Me . For Example in Persian Language All Chapters Name in English And i Cant Understand . Please Update And Change Chapters Language When We Chose Another Language . thanks

Some bad moments

Best Bible app! I use all the time. Especially the Strongs Lexical Aids to both the Old and New Testaments. So much more!!! Check it out for yourself.

This contains a basic English-language Bible, dictionary, and commentary - not exactly geared for serious study - in run-on unformatted hard-to-read text. If you want other more substantial add-ons, youre supposed to connect to some sort of module download system that they tell you - with emphasis - poses security risks, in order to download modules that they tell you beforehand are, in many cases, just junk.

I have this app on both my iPad and iPhone. It works perfectly on the iPhone. And recently the search function no longer works on the iPad. I have tried to tweet (no response). I emailed crosswire.org (no response). I went to the crosswire forums to register to ask a question. (Unable to register. I get an error message) I have tried every avenue to get help. Writing this review hopefully will get someones attention. If the search function works, it is a great app.

Ive been using that app on my iPhone 6 Plus for some time but now the "search" button doesnt let me search. Note saying, "No search index". When I search for an index the app force close. Please help! Thank you.

This is the 3rd time Ive written this review, b/c each time I try to send it, I learn that my nickname has already been taken--& my entire review disappears! The short version (since Im tired of retyping it) is that the search function no longer works in the KJV, rendering the app basically useless to me.

Index files will not load. App crashes each time you click yes to search for index files. Therefore cannot do searches in texts. Please fix asap. Otherwise this has previously been a wonderful app, used daily. I want to give five stars…

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