Crossway’s ESV iPhone/iPod Touch App
Crossway has been working on several innovative tools to serve you in your study of God’s Word. Today, we’re excited to make the first of several new product announcements. In a few short weeks an innovative application will be available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Some of its features:
- Use. The ESV Bible App downloads to your iPhone or iPod touch and offers a fantastic user experience, online or offline. Finding a verse is fast and easy. Jump from a cross-reference or footnote back to your passage with seamless fluidity.
- Read. Scroll through the entire Bible in landscape or full screen modes and enlarge or shrink font sizes to fit your needs. The ESV Bible App emulates the same unique typography users encounter with print versions of the ESV.
- Search. Ever had a verse on the tip of your tongue but can’t remember where it’s found? Search for it with the Bible App’s comprehensive concordance.
- Write. With the ability to record notes, you can capture your thoughts and observations in a sermon or personal Bible study.
- Highlight. Highlight verses by simply pressing on them. Save them in your favorites for future reference.
- Share. Share verses with friends and family via email and Twitter (Facebook in a later update).
- Manage. Add, delete, or reorder your verse favorites. Save your own user-defined preferences.
Continue to check the ESV Blog or sign up for email notifications to learn more about these exciting new tools.
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:43 am
looks great! any hope for a Android app?
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:51 am
I’ll be getting an Android phone in a couple months. Do you have an ESV app for Android already or is one in the works? What about an ESVSB app?
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Awesome!!! Can’t wait!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Great. I love ESV and read bible daily with it. Is this app free? or How much is it?
-john
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:29 pm
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March 3rd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Please digitize Mounce’s ESV Complete Concordance.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Will you put out an app for those of us using Android? I really hope so.
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Will it be accessible in off-line mode?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
It looks great! Will there be a fee?
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Available offline?
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:38 pm
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March 3rd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Well, its about time! I am so excited.
March 3rd, 2010 at 5:12 pm
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March 3rd, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Any plans for this app being made available for Blackberry or Android systems in the near future?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Are there hopes of a ESV study bible app? eta?
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Android please
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Has Crossway considered an app for the T-Mobile My Touch phone?
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:40 pm
My son is going to really appreciate this, although I prefer the KJV he dearly loves the ESV.
March 4th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Can you include the various “Read Through the Bible in a Year” you’ve got available in this?
March 4th, 2010 at 2:11 am
This is excellent news! I am most excited to see how the app works. Wonderful job.
March 4th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Will this be a part of the online ESV study bible accountno already have or will I have to pay again?
March 4th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Interested in iPhone ESV app
March 4th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Yes, it will be accessible “off-line”. We forgot to tell you that!
March 4th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I would be fantastic to add a scripture memory tool.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:35 am
I am also interested in a BlackBerry version. Offline support and ESV Study Bible account access would be great features.
March 5th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Big deal…I’m not sure the niche market for this type of thing will be big enough, but who knows…I have no use for one.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Public adjuster: there is a huge market for this, and is has been anticipated for quite some time. I love my esv personal reference Bible, but I love the idea of a Bible in my pocket for witnessing, and anytime reading. I own 3 esv apps built by third parties on my iPod already and I use them all the time. I have been hoping for an “official” app released by crossway. There are Millions of iPod and iPhone users in the US alone. Esv is quickly becoming the Bible of choice among evangelicals due to it s Accuracy, literal translation.
March 7th, 2010 at 5:39 am
I’m genuinely excited about the ipad, with any luck there’ll devices that can be bought when ever unveiled next month
March 7th, 2010 at 6:19 am
I’m extremely excited about the ipad, with luck , there will items available to buy when ever introduced next month
March 15th, 2010 at 7:01 am
This is great news for fans of the ESV and the iPhone. With the proliferation of Android-based phones coming on the market, it will be nice the ESV Bible app ported to that platform as well. The integration with Twitter (and soon Facebook) will make it quite easy to encourage others with God’s word.
March 17th, 2010 at 8:53 am
That’s great for the At&t folks. Are you planning an Android version? That would be even better!
March 17th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
App is looking great! I sure hope one for WebOS is in the works, that would be awesome.
March 18th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Show the Android some love…
April 14th, 2010 at 11:47 am
Looks great - love the design and seamless transition from one book to another.
Some things to consider for update
- a back button when you click on cross-references
- a search function that isn’t limited to looking for words but also for bible verses. EX. Looking up Galatians 3:1 will take me to all the instances the word “Galatians” were uttered. I want to go straight to Galatians 3:1 please!
All in all, a great (and FREE) app!
April 16th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Is anyone using the Apple wireless keyboard with their iPad? If so, have you come across any complications?
April 19th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Jeff-
Thanks for your great suggestions!
April 26th, 2010 at 7:06 am
Like many others, I would love Android too!
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:34 am
Love the new stuff coming out with ESV, but disappointed that there is no app for my new Droid.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:42 am
D Heinen: Good things come to those who wait! The ESV app for the Droid and other smartphones will be coming soon. Thanks for reading and check back soon.
May 12th, 2010 at 8:07 am
Can you give any indication of when the Android version will be released? (even if it’s x-weeks, or y-months) something we can look forward to!
May 12th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Anthony: Yes– End of Summer 2010.
May 19th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
“bkrueger Says:
May 12th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Anthony: Yes– End of Summer 2010.”
Great to hear!! I used to have and iphone and the ESV was the app i used DAILY!… But I sold it to get an android and am glad it is coming to android!! :) Any way we could sign up for an email when it is available??
May 20th, 2010 at 10:06 am
MarleyNYC: We love your enthusiasm and are excited about the Android app feedback we’re already receiving. We will be posting any new developments here and on the Crossway blog. Please check that one also at crossway.org/blog.
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Do you have plans for Windows Phone 7 once it’s out?
May 24th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Jeff: the windows 7 platform is on the horizon for us! We are starting to put together plans for that release now. Thanks!
June 25th, 2010 at 9:56 am
Android!!! Is the end of the summer still looking promising? Can’t wait!
July 2nd, 2010 at 10:09 am
We can’t promise a specific timeline, but we’re actively developing apps for several mobile devices.
July 3rd, 2010 at 8:17 am
You guys are awesome. It has to be really exciting to know that you development efforts are contributing to the expansion of the Word in unprecedented ways. Aside from the portability of an iPhone App vs. a paper Bible, the esvonline and iPhone app make it so much easier to explore and learn from scripture.
My faith has been enriched by the esvonline resource and I’ve been studying the Word for years. I know it seems crazy to compare, but I honestly don’t think there has been a breakthrough of this magnitude in the accessibility of God’s Word since Gutenberg!
While we are all anxiously awaiting compatibility releases and apps for various devices, I just want to say thanks to the guys plugging away at the code. The work you’re doing has enormous and eternal significance.
July 9th, 2010 at 9:02 am
very excited for android as well, had an iphone, switched, miss the esv app being always present.
ALSO!!! the ONE feature i missed on the iphone app which should be added to each iphone, and future android was the 4 part reading plan found in the esv study bible, which is avalible online here…..
http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/esv.study.bible/
i have added it to my mobile calendar
if that was part of the app i would pay for it. ??paid addon??!! thank you all for your hard work.
July 27th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Is there any way that we could start an email list for mobile apps news updates? Or maybe even beta participation? (you know how us Android users love betas)