Now Available: The ESV on your iPhone/iPod Touch
For the first time, read the ESV Bible on your iPhone or iPod Touch, with or without an internet connection—for free. Record your own notes, highlight verses, save favorites, and share with friends. Please take a look at the ESV App and tell us what you think.
Please note: For those of you using other mobile devices, we haven’t forgotten about you. We’re working on it!
March 17th, 2010 at 10:11 am
Thanks! I just downloaded it for the iPhone and it works great! It has some great features and it’s very convenient to have the ESV with me as I travel. Thanks again!
March 17th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Very nice. If I didn’t already have Laridian this would be incredibly helpful. Thanks for doing this! I’m going to load it up anyway and see what I end up using more often.
One thing you should consider adding is the ability to lock the rotation. It’s very difficult to read in bed otherwise.
March 17th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
what about an APP for us NON-IPHONE users…….. Like VERIZON DROID !!
March 17th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
I’ve actually been reading the ESV on my iPod touch while offline thanks to the Kindle edition with Amazon’s app, but it will be interesting to compare that to the dedicated app.
March 17th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
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March 18th, 2010 at 1:52 am
Best usability for a bible app yet! I have almost all of them, and this one is fast. I can’t wait to see more! Sermon notes on the sideswipe perhaps?
March 18th, 2010 at 6:51 am
WOW!
Am I wrong or is this the same edition that costs $16.75 for BibleReader?
English Standard Version - ESV
Publisher: Crossway Books
$16.75
http://www.olivetree.com/store/product.php?productid=16583
I would like to see a version for WM Standard (non-touch) devices, too!
March 18th, 2010 at 7:48 am
Brilliant!! Thanks so much Crossways for this blessing & free gift of your ESV iPhone App, I’m loving it!!
March 18th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Awesome! Congratulations on a great, useful app release. May I humbly suggest that an Android release come next?
March 18th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Fantastic, thanks.
This is a nice and easy to use application - and of course a great translation.
What would make it exceptionally useful would be to be able to sync notes with the online bible, and even (I’m dreaming now) allow access to study notes if you have bought the study bible (as you can online).
Maybe it would be good too if it was easier to see when you had made notes on a verse too? e.g. a little symbol after the verse, or the text on the verse information screen?
Minor points though, this is now the bible application I will use at is is quick to get to the verse you want. Thanks!
March 18th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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March 18th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Once again Crossway shows that they are in this for Ministry not just $. Thanks so much for making the ESV so accessible!
March 18th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Fantastic! Beautiful interface, excellent “fluidity,” and a decidedly pleasant user experience. And thank you, Crossway programmers, for taking the time with all the little things. It makes all the difference. And free?! Wow.
March 18th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
I might be missing something but I don’t see any commentary button. Even if that’s not there this is an amazing app thanks so much.
March 19th, 2010 at 12:49 am
This is Beautiful and Elegant. I love it. Thank You! Really, Thank You!
March 19th, 2010 at 8:35 am
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March 19th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Loved it! It’s fast, easy on the eyes, and great for on the road. Way to go! I can see people testing the speed of looking up passages now for Bible Bowls :)
March 20th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Oh man, would I LOVE this for my DROID…!? I guess that’s more of a statement than a question. Hope you guys are putting together an Android version of the ESV.
Many Blessings.
March 20th, 2010 at 8:47 am
It’s great but the only thing it lacks is a back button so after checking a cross-reference you can go back to your original text. Thanks.
March 20th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Excellent App! I am glad I procrastinated long enough to get this first! This is one more example in a long list of things Crossway is getting right. Kudos to all of you. Someone deserves a raise.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Very nicely implemented and seems to be extremely stable so far. Nevertheless, it is insufficient
for my purposes. Firstly, it is a single-translation-app. Secondly, it doesn’t support split-screen simultaneous viewing of multiple versions and commentaries, or highly complex searching, or bookmark folders, or any number of other things.
To the commenter above, I’ve found Olive Tree’s biblereader to be worth every cent, especially with the full ESV Study Bible and a whole host of resources that are available for free and for purchase.
For anyone who can’t, or doesn’t want to pay, this version from Crossway represents a fantastic alternative, and it will only improve further no doubt.
March 21st, 2010 at 10:40 pm
The ESV bible App really knocks it out of the park.
The book menu is refreshingly unique compared to the
other readers out there. One request: to have the ability
to turn off all headings and sub-headings.
March 21st, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Awesome! Will you be adding support for following the reading plans from within the app? It would be great to be able to pull up today’s reading for the day all in one place without needing to manually navigate to each section or using the website (which is only accessible with an Internet connection.
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:09 am
Great news! Thanks.
I will be eagerly awaiting the Android release. :
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Any chance of getting the Study Bible with all the notes? Now that I would even pay money for!
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Awesome, y’all. Thanks so much. Would love to see, though, a ‘back’ button or similar when checking cross references, etc.
Thanks again though!
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Any hopes of publishing Android apps? We’re left out of the awesomeness!
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Will we see an Android version of this app anytime soon?
March 23rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Very nice app. A bit simpler that Olive Tree’s offering, but definitely a better interface imo! Love the full screen reading mode and very smooth scrolling that I do not have with Olive Tree at the moment. I should say that their software is also excellent and under heavy development, and they are a pleasure to deal with. Keep it up guys, I love and use both of these applications!
March 23rd, 2010 at 4:47 pm
This is great but I don’t own an iPhone, nor an iTouch. Any chance this will be available on Android any time soon? I am planning to get the iPad, but it would be nice to have it on my Android.
March 24th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Very nicely done app. Definitely recommended.
Suggestions for new features:
- custom foreground and background colors
- visual feedback when search returns no hits
Thanks!
March 24th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
One other suggestion:
- for footnotes, I don’t like having to press
the link twice. And it would be nice if the footnotes
would appear in a pop-up window.
March 25th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Wow, beautiful interface! I especially like the design of the “book” function…fast and elegant! I would second two comments above…support for reading plans and the ability to go “back” after checking a cross reference. I use the history button right now but perhaps a side swipe to go back to your original verse from the cross reference could be done?
Overall, it’s the perfect mix of single translation, note taking and design for the iPhone!! Bravo!!
March 25th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
i. Thank you for delivering an app that excels in design (instead of doing just enough to get by). It’s creative, innovative, helpful, beautiful.
ii. Thank you for not trying to pack a million little features into it like some apps, but instead following Apple’s philosophy for the mobile platform that the app should be clear, simple, and exceptional at one thing– in this case delivering the ESV text beautifully formatted for reading and accessing on the go.
iii. Thank you for making the text seamless when reading, instead of requiring me to navigate back to view subsequent chapters. Your design is how the Scriptures should be… unified… connected.
Suggestions.
i. iPad. Please.
ii. When we view a cross reference, could you give us a back button to get back to our reading? This may have just been a overlook.
iii. Just a little more criteria in the search would be helpful. When we search a word now, and we know its in John, we have to scroll through at least 2 results for each book of the Scriptures, displayed in canonical order, until we reach John’s results. It just takes a lot of flicking. May if we could jump to, or filter to, a book or at least a testament, it will make that a bit faster.
Beautifully executed product. Thank You.
March 27th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Hi there,
THanks for this great free app!
Excellent resource.
Wondering if there is something similar for Blackberry….please.
It would absolutely be wonderful.
March 29th, 2010 at 10:21 am
I just realized that the notes feature will now most likely replace pen and paper for me as I jotted down notes during a sermon this weekend. Can you add a feature that exports these notes to either “notes” on the iphone or to a text file?
April 8th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Hang in there and stick around the ESV blog! The Crossway Lab is hard at work and we have a few things cooking that I think you’ll like!
April 14th, 2010 at 12:28 am
I’m with Troy Hooper comment #36, an export option would be AWESOME. It would be especially great if you could somehow export all your personal notes into one file. This may not be as easily done on the app, but it would be awesome on the online version. I’d like to take notes on the app and the online version more, but it feels somewhat temporary, like one glitch and you’ve lost all your notes. If I could export, I’d be in a wonderland of digital Bible love :)
April 14th, 2010 at 12:31 am
Oh, almost forgot, the app is awesome as it is now too :) I’m very thankful to have it, an ESV always with me. The fact you made it free is an incredible blessing too (I’ve got at least 3 personal hard copies around, including my main study Bible, the ESV is my favorite translation).
April 15th, 2010 at 12:34 am
I have posted a link to here from http://manawatu.christian-apologetics.org :-)
May 6th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Can you post some information on upcoming availability of the Android version of this app?
May 7th, 2010 at 9:21 am
David– Thanks for your question. The guys in the Crossway lab are working hard on an Android app as we speak. Projected launch date? Late summer 2010.
June 27th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
ESV app was great but stopped working right–perhaps when my iPod Touch had a software update to 4.0. I touch the text and the app crashes. Cannot highlight text. Anyone else have this problem?
August 29th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Thank you very much for this life changing app.
one request is whether favorites can be sorted to the order of bible.
I want to use this for memory verse, but some time later when I try to find certain verse, I barely remember the book of bible.
Thank you.
August 29th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Actually I just found out how to sort the verses to the order of Book.
Thank you.
August 29th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Highlighted verses are great to attract my attention and it is displayed in the order of books of bible. it is great.
September 1st, 2010 at 6:00 am
bkrueger: any update on android app?? Summers ending. ;)