Hello,
My church has finally upgraded to a wireless system. We can now use presentation software. I would like to use Proclaim without the use of a laptop. Does Proclaim come for the iPad? Or is that just the remote app?
We hope to expand Proclaim's cross-platform usability in the future, but at the moment only the remote app works on the iPad.
The App for Proclaim on tablets (including iPad) and phone may only control (or follow) the presentation: it if not a full featured edition of Proclaim so it cannot be used to create or edit a presentation. However, one can use the iPad to present it via AirPlay. Also, we are working to support quickscreens right now, and work on autoadvance (for the loops) will begin soon.
For home Bible studies, I have plugged my Apple TV in, remote desktop (I use Splashtop) into my office computer to run Proclaim, and then screencast the iPad to the Apple TV. It works quite well, if your internet connection is good. The big downside is that, since you are broadcasting the screen, you have to be viewing the presentation on your iPad, not the application.
Justin, did you know that you can Airplay from iPad app? I mention this cause home bible studies is what I imagined it being used for. If you have tried it, what made you not use it?
I did not realize that! I will have to try that next time. Thanks for the heads up, Jordan.
Any update on this? Any chance we can see the ability to create/edit proclaim presentations on iOS soon?
Our goal is to support a web version of Proclaim. This would allow you to edit on mobile if connected to your network. However, we are still in the early stages on discussing the best approach on solving this. Right now, very little development has been created on this process.
We'll keep you updated and make sure to announce when this feature is published.
I know that FaithLife realizes that web-based applications are losing their market share. We live in a mobile-device culture. The exisitng Proclaim app should be fully editable in a mobile environment. Logging into a web-based application is a good temporary work-around, but it is a clunky mode of operation.Not trying to be critical, but pratical. I LOVE Proclaim, and the FaithLife products. Just wanted to point out the obvious flaw of web-based applications.Keep up the great work.
Where are we at with making Proclaim editable on an IPad? Has a decision been made to do that or not? I would like to know more than saying “we are working that.” Are you developing it or not…are you going to for sure do? that Thanks!
Two more years have gone by and no movement on this request as far as I can tell. I remember years ago that I used to use and LOVE Olivetree software on my Palm OS devices. I had purchased a significant number of resources in their ecosystem. I was an avid Palm OS fan and even worked for FranklinCovey at the time as a technology trainer specializing in Palm OS productivity apps. When the iPhone came out, I immediately recognized the sea change that was beginning. I was baffled at the LONG delay at Olivetree in supporting the new iOS platform. The explanation provided by the devs was that there was a huge Palm OS audience that was owed support and they simply couldn’t do everything they’d like to do. I think we all know how that played out. I think Olivetree is still around but I don’t really know anyone that still uses it. My guess is that nearly all of those Palm OS Olivetree users are now using YouVersion on their iOS devices.
Now, I’m not suggesting that Faithlife is going to bite the dust because of their lack of foresight in supporting the rapidly evolving iPad OS ecosystem (secondary monitor support, M2 iPad on the verge of release, etc.). Logos alone is enough to hold their place with iPad users and iPad support for that product has been steadily improving. However, there are A LOT of good presentation solutions for iPad OS. Canva is even throwing their hat in the ring these days. I’m sure providing edit support for the iPad OS experience of Proclaim is not trivial given the wide variety of capabilities it entails. But I’m guessing the vast majority of churches that use Proclaim barely scratch the surface of the feature set and use Proclaim primarily as a Sup‘ed up PowerPoint substitute. Of that sizable segment of the Proclaim user base, I’d also wager that a high percentage of the Pastors and Music Ministers use iPads in their workflow (even the PC users commonly use iPads). It would be a shame to be talking about this 10 years from now and mourning the loss of Proclaim (even though Logos will surely survive) because the dev team and Faithlife leadership could not clearly see the inevitable impact the iPad is having on the future of the portable market.
This thread and these requests are now 4 years old. The pace of progress in the iPad OS universe is gaining, not slowing. Will Proclaim get in the game? I hope so.
Looks like they came out with a major Proclaim update this week, HOWEVER STILL no iPad app for it or any support. The Proclaim Remote is virtually useless as it rarely works and isn't what we want or need.
Faithlife PLEASE create a "good" and fully functional Proclaim app for iPad. Please!!!
