Logos 7 Basic Available Now (formerly free core engine)

Chris duMond (Faithlife)
Chris duMond (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 152
edited November 20 in English Forum

Update now to the Logos 7 platform with Logos 7 Basic.

Logos 7 Basic is the free version of our Logos Bible Study application, allowing you to try a limited-feature version until you’re ready to get the fully-featured version of Logos 7. With no credit card required, you can get started with Logos 7 Basic today and enjoy a few of the features we’ve included, as well as select datasets, books, and other resources*.

If you’re on a previous version of Logos, Logos 7 Basic will update you to the Logos 7 version of our software. While Logos 7 Basic is not the full-featured version of Logos 7, it is an application version update, with a few additional datasets and resources added in.

*The features, datasets, and books provided in Logos 7 Basic are “access-only”, which means you have access to them, but do not own them permanently.

When you’re ready to get the full-feature version of Logos 7, along with a Logos 7 library, all you need to do is upgrade to one of your options here.

Tell a friend—Biblical insights are within reach!

Bible software can be expensive and can feel out of reach for many potential customers, and getting started with a complicated tool can be intimidating. You can feel good about recommending Logos 7 Basic to family and friends and introducing them to digital Bible study.

Cost. Logos 7 Basic is a great way to introduce your family and friends to the digital Bible study you love, at a price within everyone’s reach—FREE!

Simplified. Logos 7 Basic is a limited-feature version of Logos that will help those you care about get comfortable with using Bible software. Plus, we include a free course on how to use Logos, right inside the software.

Accessible. With our desktop and mobile apps, Bible study is always within reach because Logos 7 Basic works on Android/iOS tablets and smartphones, and Mac or PC desktop computers.

Email a friend today and recommend Logos 7 Basic, and help them put Biblical insights within reach.

Or recommend Logos 7 Basic on:  

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,414 ✭✭✭

    Chris, absolutely excellent.

    Even includes interlinears and some basic lexicons. New Treasury. Nice.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Milkman
    Milkman Member Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭

    you changed your pix. 

    mm.

    Chris, absolutely excellent.

    Even includes interlinears and some basic lexicons. New Treasury. Nice.

  • DAL
    DAL Member Posts: 10,584 ✭✭✭

    Question: Is the Personal Book feature part of the Logos Basic Free "Package"?

    DAL

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,414 ✭✭✭

    Milkmam, true!

    That's the remains of a church built maybe 400 years ago, at the end of a dusty road 2,000 miles long. The single missionary in the middle of nowhere was expected to be well versed in construction. And so, last week, a truly bored park ranger sat discussing with me the various construction talents of 3 example missionaries, complete with the challenges of foundational geology, load-bearing walls, and the rear angle of the worship hall (a hair more than 90 degrees). Quite amazing.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Ben
    Ben Member Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭

    Yes, this is great. I'm going to write a post on my blog; I think Logos can definitely attract some more users with this. 

    "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."- G.K. Chesterton

  • Erwin Stull, Sr.
    Erwin Stull, Sr. Member Posts: 2,793

    Yes, this is great. I'm going to write a post on my blog; I think Logos can definitely attract some more users with this. 

    I agree, and it even includes a KJV, which is our default translation. I may be able to get some of our members interested.

  • Question: Is the Personal Book feature part of the Logos Basic Free "Package"?

    Yes, Tools menu has seven items in light grey that are not usable. Basic package(s) enable functionality for many items in 30 Day Training => https://www.logos.com/30-day-training (with four Documents not being usable: Morph Query, Sentence Diagram, Sermon, Syntax Search)

    Thankful for two Basic packages => Basic and => Verbum Basic that enables a number of features, which could be followed by purchase(s) and/or rental(s). Access-only resources with temporary license has no effect on dynamic pricing for future purchase(s).

    Keep Smiling [:)]

  • Ben
    Ben Member Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭

    Before I go plugging this everywhere, I do not wish to mislead. Does this sentence mean that a feature or resource may randomly disappear in a month, or without warning?

    "*The features, datasets, and books provided in Logos 7 Basic are “access-only”, which means you have access to them, but do not own them permanently."

    "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."- G.K. Chesterton

  • JT (alabama24)
    JT (alabama24) Member, MVP Posts: 36,472 ✭✭✭

    Does this sentence mean that a feature or resource may randomly disappear in a month, or without warning?

    I'm sure FL will chime in, but it is my understanding "yes, but no." I was led to believe that this is an introduction to the platform. It wouldn't make sense to randomly delete things. The primary thing to note is that you don't actually own any licenses for these resources, and consequently, you won't receive dynamic pricing for them in the future. 

    One thing which wasn't clear: Will these resources be made available to the user on mobile? 

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  • DAL
    DAL Member Posts: 10,584 ✭✭✭

    Question: Is the Personal Book feature part of the Logos Basic Free "Package"?

    Yes, Tools menu has seven items in light grey that are not usable. Basic package(s) enable functionality for many items in 30 Day Training => https://www.logos.com/30-day-training (with four Documents not being usable: Morph Query, Sentence Diagram, Sermon, Syntax Search)

    Thankful for two Basic packages => Basic and => Verbum Basic that enables a number of features, which could be followed by purchase(s) and/or rental(s). Access-only resources with temporary license has no effect on dynamic pricing for future purchase(s).

    Keep Smiling Smile

    Awesome! Thank you 😊 

    DAL

  • Milkman
    Milkman Member Posts: 4,716 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the reply. Nice story and amazing indeed.

    mm.

    Milkmam, true!

    That's the remains of a church built maybe 400 years ago, at the end of a dusty road 2,000 miles long. The single missionary in the middle of nowhere was expected to be well versed in construction. And so, last week, a truly bored park ranger sat discussing with me the various construction talents of 3 example missionaries, complete with the challenges of foundational geology, load-bearing walls, and the rear angle of the worship hall (a hair more than 90 degrees). Quite amazing.

  • Alex Scott
    Alex Scott Member Posts: 718

    As usual, either a sloppy presentation or misleading.  According to the above, if we switch from Logos 6 to Logos 7, we lose the Atlas, Bible Sense. Timeline, Passage Analysis, and Pronunciation.  I certainly won't be taking that step until such time as that's cleared up for us.

    Longtime Logos user (more than $30,000 in purchases) - now a second class user because I won't pay them more every month or year.

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle Member, MVP Posts: 32,451 ✭✭✭

    As usual, either a sloppy presentation or misleading.  According to the above, if we switch from Logos 6 to Logos 7, we lose the Atlas, Bible Sense. Timeline, Passage Analysis, and Pronunciation.  I certainly won't be taking that step until such time as that's cleared up for us.

    No, you don't lose them if you had them in L6.

    The diagram KS4J showed above indicates what your get if you didn't have any package at all previously 

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member, MVP Posts: 4,636

    As usual, either a sloppy presentation or misleading.  According to the above, if we switch from Logos 6 to Logos 7, we lose the Atlas, Bible Sense. Timeline, Passage Analysis, and Pronunciation.  I certainly won't be taking that step until such time as that's cleared up for us.

    No, that's a misunderstanding of how licensing works. Since you already own those features, you will still own those features when you upgrade to the free Logos 7 engine.

    Logos 7 Basic doesn't remove any features you already have. It adds features where people who did not have Logos had none.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • Rich DeRuiter
    Rich DeRuiter Member, MVP Posts: 6,729

    This is great!

    I've posted a link to it to my Facebook feed, and on a private Facebook group for pastors (only) in my denomination (the Christian Reformed Church).

     Help links: WIKI;  Logos 6 FAQ. (Phil. 2:14, NIV)

  • Joseph Sollenberger
    Joseph Sollenberger Member Posts: 118 ✭✭

    Logos 7 Basic is a very nice way to allow people who are using the many free engines that provide limited (usually public domain works) library packages to experience a system that will match their current use, put also provide features and a potential library that they have not experienced. I have been using Logos since version 3 when it was available on CD with a library of resources that matched a particular interest and didn't have a particularly high purchase price. The first package I bought demonstrated the usefulness of the Logos system and I purchased other packages that addressed my particular interests. Logos 7 Basic will provide the same opportunity to those who missed the Logos 3 era.

    Joseph F. Sollenberger, Jr.

  • Mark
    Mark Member Posts: 2,636 ✭✭✭

    A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament is listing as new to me despite I having logos now and a logos 7 base package.  Why is that?

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member, MVP Posts: 4,636

    The Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament is not bundled with Logos Now, or a Logos 7 library.

    It is really new to you, since you don't already own it.

    It would have been less confusing if Basic was a subset of a higher tier, showing you owned everything, but FL chose an inexpensive lexicon that doesn't happen to come with any other L7 library.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • JT (alabama24)
    JT (alabama24) Member, MVP Posts: 36,472 ✭✭✭

    A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament is listing as new to me despite I having logos now and a logos 7 base package.  Why is that?

    The Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament is not bundled with Logos Now, or a Logos 7 library.

    PetahChristian answered well, but for clarification: If the use of an item is acquired via a LN membership, it should still show as unowned on the product page because you don't own it

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  • Mark
    Mark Member Posts: 2,636 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for those replies.  So if I wanted this resource, I could now 'purchase' the base package for nothing and have access to it.  Is that correct?

    I really think the idea of a base package is great.  It is about time.

  • Kiyah
    Kiyah Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭

    Tell a friend—Biblical insights are within reach!

    Bible software can be expensive and can feel out of reach for many potential customers, and getting started with a complicated tool can be intimidating. You can feel good about recommending Logos 7 Basic to family and friends and introducing them to digital Bible study.

    Cost. Logos 7 Basic is a great way to introduce your family and friends to the digital Bible study you love, at a price within everyone’s reach—FREE!

    Simplified. Logos 7 Basic is a limited-feature version of Logos that will help those you care about get comfortable with using Bible software. Plus, we include a free course on how to use Logos, right inside the software.

    Accessible. With our desktop and mobile apps, Bible study is always within reach because Logos 7 Basic works on Android/iOS tablets and smartphones, and Mac or PC desktop computers.

    Email a friend today and recommend Logos 7 Basic, and help them put Biblical insights within reach.

    Or recommend Logos 7 Basic on:  

    Facebook

    Facebook Messenger

    Twitter

    LinkedIn

    WordPress

    So do we get a reward or coupon for recommending Logos to friends and family, like a referral program?

  • JT (alabama24)
    JT (alabama24) Member, MVP Posts: 36,472 ✭✭✭
    So do we get a reward or coupon for recommending Logos to friends and family, like a referral program?
    Yes, you can get this for free too. [;)]

    In all seriousness, there used to be a referral program, but I think it is now defunct. If I am wrong hopefully someone will chime in. It would be unrelated to this offer, however. FL isn't going to give you anything for leading others to "purchase" a free base package.

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  • Kiyah
    Kiyah Member Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭✭

    So do we get a reward or coupon for recommending Logos to friends and family, like a referral program?
    Yes, you can get this for free too. Wink In all seriousness, there used to be a referral program, but I think it is now defunct. If I am wrong hopefully someone will chime in. It would be unrelated to this offer, however. FL isn't going to give you anything for leading others to "purchase" a free base package.

    True.  But if they had a referral program that kept track of who eventually upgraded to a base package and rewarded folks then that might work.  People spend thousands of dollars on Logos resources and upgrades once they're hooked, so I figure even if they have a temporary promotional referral program that could be worth it for Faithlife.

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton Member, MVP Posts: 35,674 ✭✭✭

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member, MVP Posts: 4,636

    Is there a Verbum Basic?

    https://www.logos.com/product/136168/verbum-basic but there are no details of the available datasets.

    If you already own a feature set, you have to sign out of the site (or visit the page in incognito browsing mode) to be able to see the features.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • Andrew116
    Andrew116 Member Posts: 155

    this is a great thing!

    may I make a suggestion? Would it not be good to include SBL Greek, since it is free anyway and it will give the prospective new user the ability to play around with original language stuff?

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton Member, MVP Posts: 35,674 ✭✭✭

    If you already own a feature set, you have to sign out of the site (or visit the page in incognito browsing mode)

    Then it is configured differently to Logos 7 basic which is complete when signed in, as with other Logos 7 Feature and Library sites.

    The Verbum site also tells us how to "Do More With Logos 6"!

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member, MVP Posts: 4,636

    If you already own a feature set, you have to sign out of the site (or visit the page in incognito browsing mode)

    Then it is configured differently to Logos 7 basic which is complete when signed in, as with other Logos 7 Feature and Library sites.

    You're right, Dave. My mistake!

    I wonder why Verbum Basic uses the older product page, as all the other Verbum tiers list their features. Sounds like FL needs to fix that page.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • John Finkelde
    John Finkelde Member Posts: 23 ✭✭

    Excellent Thank you!!