FAQ

How much does this amazingly awesome app cost?

• The Logos Bible Software app is available for free at the App Store.

Do I have to be a Logos customer to use the iPhone app?

• No. Our application is free for anyone to use and can be downloaded from the App Store.

Will the Logos Bible Software app run on my iPod Touch?

• Yes. The app will run on any device running iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

Do I need to be connected to internet for the app to work?

• Yes and no. You will need to be connected to the internet via your cell phone service provider or Wi-Fi to access all the features and resources of the app.  With the release of version 1.2 we offer limited offline reading support. To learn how to make a title available for offline reading, please watch the tutorial video.

I'm a Logos 4 customer. Will I be able to see all my books in the Logos Bible Software app?

• On the day we launched the Logos Bible Software iPhone App we had nearly 3,000 titles for the iPhone. Since the launch, that number has grown to over 4,000 titles. We currently have about 10,000 titles available for Logos 4 which will be released for the iPhone as we secure rights and convert titles. To find out what titles are currently available, read this forum post.

How do I share a verse on Twitter or Facebook?

• When reading a Bible, simply swipe up and tap "Share."

How can I "bookmark" something I'm reading?

• When reading, simply swipe up and tap "Add to Favorites." To view your favorites, tap "More" from the bottom navigation and then tap "Favorites."

Is there a list of all the titles that are iPhone compatible?

• We currently have a text list of compatible titles. In addition to that, you can use the search bar on Logos.com to search for a specific title. If a title is iPhone enabled, an iPhone badge will display on the page.

Can I read my books offline?

• With the release of version 1.2 we now offer limited offline reading support. To learn how to make a title available for offline reading, please watch the tutorial video. To download your resources to your device requires an internet connection via your wireless carrier or WiFi. This feature is only available to customers with a Logos 4 base package.

I'm a Logos 4 customer and I'm looking for (insert book title), but cannot access it from the iPhone app. Why not?   

• We have either 1) not secured rights from the publisher to release the title to the iPhone app or 2) have not converted the title to be iPhone compatible. With over 10,000 titles in our system, both steps of the process take some time. 

How do I delete a reading plan?

• On the home page, swipe your finger across the reading plan you want to delete. Press the Delete button.

What is the product roadmap?

• Resource display enhancements
• Notes
• Highlighting
• Search enhancements
• Other cool stuff I can't tell you about

When I touch and hold on a word, I get the wrong information. What's up?

• If you have the book downloaded for offline use, remove the book (flip the switch to Off) and download it again. The downloaded book is out of sync with the server's reverse interlinear data.

Correct. But did we mention it's free? :-)

Bob Pritchett:

Correct. But did we mention it's free? :-)

What's the likely hood of downloadable books in the future if the Iphone app becomes insanely popular?

Bob Pritchett:

Jon Rumble:

I guess the obvious question is - while some of the features obviously require net access, will future updates bring the ability to download bibles or other books to the phone itself for offline reading? Otherwise if eg you're on a plane, the app becomes unusable...

No rest for the weary... :-)

Yes, we did realize this would be the first question. And offline access is in our plans. 

But a combination of issues -- the amount of content, the desire to not have to charge you twice (at the behest of either the publisher or Apple), and some technical concerns -- caused us to put this off.

(It's not hard to store your books on the iPhone. It's hard to implement our search engine, data type comparison system, data type parsing/rendering, cross-library searching for Guides, text comparison algorithm, etc. on the iPhone. We'll get there, but we thought you'd be happy to get some basic reading and searching going first. By offloading to the server -- where we can share code we built for the desktop app -- we can offer a lot more power.)

Also, keep in mind that some users have literally gigabytes of content, and this Internet-based solution allows you to work with every bit of it that publishers allow (we're still securing rights -- the list will change constantly) without having to explicitly download or manage the resources.

 

 

Bob:

(It's not hard to store your books on the iPhone. It's hard to implement our search engine, data type comparison system, data type parsing/rendering, cross-library searching for Guides, text comparison algorithm, etc. on the iPhone.)

Bob... I would be more than happy to be able to read stored books without all of these extra features you mention above.  Just being able to read my books offline when I am out and about would be great... I can save some of the fancier features for my desktop.

Okay, I am still a Logos 3 user, (have to secure funds for the upgrade) I have signed in on the iPhone app, will I be able to look at the books in my library, or will I have to wait until I upgrade?

JohnCLivesay:

Okay, I am still a Logos 3 user, (have to secure funds for the upgrade) I have signed in on the iPhone app, will I be able to look at the books in my library, or will I have to wait until I upgrade?

Logos 4 users will have access to a number of the resources in their library. If you are not a Logos 4 user, but log in to the app using a logos.com account (register here if you don't have one) then, in addition to the 31 Bibles we offer, you will have access to:

1. Morning and Evening
2. Necessity of Prayer
3. Pilgrim's Progress
4. Power Through Prayer
5. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
6. Sermons on Several Occassions
7. St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen
8. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
9. Commentary Critical & Explanatory on Whole Bible (JFB)
10. Diving For Pearls in God's Treasure Chest
11. Easton's Bible Dictionary
12. Imitation of Christ
13. In His Steps
14. Training of the Twelve
15. Why Four Gospels?
16. Systematic Theology (Strong)
17. New Nave's Topical Bible
18. Strong’s Concise Dictionary of the Words of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Testament
19. An Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin
20. Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament
21. Holbein’s Bible Woodcuts
22. The Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the Old Testament
23. The Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the New Testament
24. Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope
25. The New Testament in Greek (Westcott and Hort)
26. KJV Cambridge Paragraph English-Greek Reverse Interlinear
27. KJV Cambridge Paragraph English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear
28. Glossary of Morpho-Syntactic Database Terminology
29. Lexham English Bible / New Testament
30. LEB English-Greek Reverse Interlinear
31. LEB English-Hebrew Reverse Interlinear

How do you get the iPhone app to sync with changes that take place on the regular Logos 4? Do any changes that occur in a person's particular regular Logos 4 automatically become saved and that information is sent to the iPhone over the internet?

Do you not have to backup licenses on Logos 4 anymore?

JeremyEllis:

Do you not have to backup licenses on Logos 4 anymore?

No. Logos has them all on their servers. They will send them to you via CD, if you really wan them. But there shouldn't be a need to do this. BTW, this includes all your licenses, even those from Nelson, Ages, etc.