Reformation Study Bible app question

I am actually using the Reformation Study Bible app for the iPad - similar to but not exactly the same as Logos (though produced by Logos). Can anyone tell me how I can disable the unpurchased items in my inventory? My collection is growing and they are mostly unwanted items that are become a nuisance for navigating between the items I use. Thanks.

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JT (alabama24)

You can't. Sorry. [:s]

The best you can do is to filter your library. One way is to use the syntax local: which will reveal all (and only) your downloaded resources.

Charles Godewyn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573044#Comment_573044

Odd that you are required to hack the list to display them. It can be helpful to be able to preview content you don't own - good to turn users on to new valuable resources, and good for Logos' bottom line. Though there should be an option to disable these as I (and I'm probably not alone) fine them cumbersome while studying.

Charles Godewyn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573044#Comment_573044

Do you know if there are any significant differences between the Reformation Study Bible app and the base Logos app? Is there a list around that compares their features?

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573048#Comment_573048

Odd that you are required to hack the list to display them.

You don't need to hack the list to display your downloaded resources. You have to "hack" the list to eliminate what is "in the cloud."

It can be helpful to be able to preview content you don't own - good to turn users on to new valuable resources, and good for Logos' bottom line. Though there should be an option to disable these as I (and I'm probably not alone) fine them cumbersome while studying.

For clarification: I don't own the app you do... and I might be missing something. The app you have is unique in this sense... Apple has a strict policy about how competitors can "sell" resources. In app purchases are a no-no without giving Apple a 30% cut. This is the reason you can't purchase Logos resource within the "normal" Logos apps. I am unsure about your app, but most everything Logos sells is sold from Logos (or Vyrso) directly. The apps access the resources "in the cloud" and you can download them to your various apps. If there are "in app" purchases in your app, that isn't how resources are purchased in the regular apps.

Do you know if there are any significant differences between the Reformation Study Bible app and the base Logos app? Is there a list around that compares their features?

For clarification: Are you only talking about the various Logos mobile apps? Or are you wanting a comparison between the mobile and desktop apps? There isn't a good list anywhere, but I can walk you through some of the differences if you would like... You can also download them. Only the app you have has any cost. NOTE: Resources you purchase in your Logos account share among apps via the cloud... but they don't share the downloaded files (per Apple "sandboxing" policy). In other words, If you download the NIV in Vyrso, you will have to either access it via the "cloud" or download it a second time to access it in the other apps.

DMB

Charles ... how did you end up with 'unpurchased items'? Best I can see, you have to pay $20 (which is double the other reformation app).

In any event, $20 was just too rich for my blood (sure Kirsopp Lake for a hundred and a Logos library for $15K).

Anyway I downloaded the Biblia! one instead. You only get 1 book (so far anyway). Plus the added bonus of a cross-cultural experience too!

So now, I have Logos, Biblia!, Noet, and Vyrso (each with 1 book being read and a few in reserve). Plus of course Accordance, OliveTree, Laridian and old faithful Kindle.

Instead of a library full of books, I have a library full of apps!

(Faithlife got kicked off the team, when he was quietly re-downloading resources that I had deleted! Sneaky boy.)

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573062#Comment_573062

how did you end up with 'unpurchased items'?

The Logos Bible! app has about 70 "free" resources, which users are NOT granted licenses for. This allows users to read the resources online, but not be able to download them. Users who have base packages may have some/most/all of these resources already. Many are foreign language bibles.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573112#Comment_573112

Thanks, Alabama. I've not seen the Bible! ones (not that I'm missing them). Or maybe they're in there somewhere.

That's basically why I got rid of Faithlife; it would let you delete the free resources; but then it would download them again. Great thinking for a mobile based cellular transmission. My other apps warn me to switch over to wifi.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/573122#Comment_573122

it would let you delete the free resources; but then it would download them again.

Yes. That is why I don't use the faith life app either... However: the point of this thread isn't "how do I get rid of resources which have downloaded," but "how do I remove resources from my library list (which have NOT downloaded).

I've not seen the Bible! ones (not that I'm missing them). Or maybe they're in there somewhere.

If you are bored sometime, delete the Bible! app and sign in with new (different) credentials. You will have access to 70+ resources, but only a few will be able to be downloaded.