Want to complain about iPad app

I've done a variety of sermons in very remote places  which certainly don't require the convenience of the Logos desktop. Yet if these Mac and PC versions coming out have that kind of power, it certainly could be a helpful feature in organizing and gathering one's thoughts.  [:)]

I would be happy if the search feature on the ios app worked. It doesn't.  

Or I guess I should say the "results" of the search does not work.  Click on any search result, and you have no idea what is going to open up.

That is not satisfactory, no matter what the purpose of the app is.

If Logos is exclusively a reader app it is a waste of an iOS app. Faithlife might as well discontinue the service and transition over Kindle. The excuse that an iOS device can not be powerful is laughable. Spend a few moments in the App Store and look at the incredible feats of many apps.

Should we expect a desktop level experience? No. 

Should we expect an app that capitalizes on the ever growing power of tablets and smart phones? YES!!!

I understand what you mean now by saying a "reader app" vs a desktop app. It's unreasonable to expect the app to run complicated visual filters. But I should note that I can read, highlight and take notes on my Kindle reader.

When I mention using the full capabilities of an iPhone or iPad (or dare I say iPad Pro) I'm talking about things that would set it apart such as sharesheet extensions, Apple Pencil, Siri, and URL callback support. These are all things that all quality apps include.

Apple Pencil

1) mimic an analog pencil/highlighter. Ideally, when you slide the pencil across the screen (as you would a highlighter) it would highlight/underline without having to use the "pause, then swipe" motion required with a finger. This also would remove the common gesture error that causes you to swipe the screen away rather than highlighting.

2) mimic the force press capability of the phone. In my imagination what would be great is to use the pencil to tap a word and it would immediately open a new (or previous opened) note or force press and pull or the "look up, search, study" window.

These are simple but I propose their so intuitive that once you experiences this it be hard to use the app w/o the pencil afterward.

URL callback support

URL callbacks allow for apps to communicate and send and receive data between apps. A simple example of this that currently does work is if you add the hyperlink ref.ly/jn3.16 in Pages it will open the link in the app rather than a webpage in safari. Here is why this matters. There are certain things Logos won't allow you to do, but through apps like Shortcuts/Workflow, there would be exponentially more that you could do. Here is the most practical example. I routinely come across blogs or articles online that remind me of a passage, or may even be commenting on a specific passage. Unfortunately, there is no EASY way of adding that information to a note within the app. You have to copy the link, then navigate to the app, then navigate to the verse in question, then create a note, and then paste the information. By this point my ADD self has forgotten what I was doing in the first place. 😑 What if you could share the link directly to a note within Logos through Shortcuts/Workflows without ever having to open the app? This is what URL schemes allow you to do in the absence of sharesheet extensions.

Siri integration (even though you didn’t ask) 😉

Let me dream a little more, in regards to Siri integration. With the new Siri shortcuts, imagine if you could say, "hey Siri, what does the Bible say about love?" And it would open your Logos and search your Bibles for occurrences of the word "love". Or, if you say, "Hey Siri, what does John 3:16 say?", your Logos app would open up to John 3:16. Or, when you pull down on you screen and type John 3:16 into the search bar, one of the top results would be to open your Logos app to John 3:16. Or, if you do the same action but type in "Mornings & Evenings" and the option to open that resource in your Logos app would appear.

That is the kind of stuff that would separate Logos from other reader apps but also offer something useful for the Bible student on the go.

I'm really not sure why Faithlife has not put an emphasis on the mobile app as an introductory way of gaining more customers. Bait with the free AND POWERFUL free app hook them with the add-on/premium resources/packages.

If Logos is exclusively a reader app it is a waste of an iOS app. Faithlife might as well discontinue the service and transition over Kindle. 

Of course, you can't read your Logos library on the Kindle app, so there might be a little inconvenience.  I'd be happy if the Logos apps just improved the where-am-I suppot. Much of Kindle's updates are in that area; work great.

But realistically, the apps will likely die a slow death.  They draw resources away from the web app, which will have a far broader audience, connectivity to in-church workflow, etc.  I doubt even now, much is invested.