iOS 11 and VerseWise Bible for iPad

A reminder that VerseWise Bible is now a "universal" app! A convenience to new users who don't want to buy both iPhone and iPad versions of the app but a bit of an inconvenience to some current users. My apologies!

The iPad-only version of the app has been discontinued and does not run on iOS 11 (due to a technical issue, not by my design).

The iPhone-only version of the app was updated to run on both iPhone and iPad. If you did not previously own the iPhone (now universal) version, you will need to purchase and download it. It from the App Store. You can find links here. (The links no longer work on desktop version of iTunes, tap on them from iPhone or iPad.)

If you were logged into iCloud on your iPad, you should be able to restore your bookmarks & highlights by going to the Settings screen (by tapping the "gear" button), selecting "iCloud Backups" and then selecting the most recent backup (listed first).

Again, apologies for the inconvenience! Please contact me if you have any questions.

v6.4.1 available in the App Store

v6.4.1 of VerseWise Bible, Orthodox Study Bible and Eastern Orthodox Bible are now in the App Store!

New in 6.4.1:
- Fixed some iCloud backup/restore issues

New in 6.4:
- Simplified Highlights & Bookmarks (they are once again conceptually separate)
- Added 3D Touch shortcuts to App icon, "Bible" and "Reading Plan"
- Fixed some Footnotes issues that occurred in Low Light mode
- Some other crash and minor bug fixes

Also new in 6.4 (OSB):

- Also added 3D Touch shortcut "Today's Reading"

- Fixed problem navigating on iPad to "Today's Reading" from apps such as "Orthodox Prayers for Parents"

- Fixed Mark 15:26 (added missing "THE KING OF THE JEWS")

And in 6.3:
- BIGGER TEXT (back by popular demand, adjust text size independent of system settings)
- Fixed crash that could occur when using filter on Book screen

v6.2 now in the App Store

v6.2 of VerseWise Bible, Orthodox Study Bible and Eastern Orthodox Bible are now in the App Store!

New in 6.2:

• iPad now has "low light" mode (see Settings)
• Share now works on iPad
• Fixed crash that could occur on Book screen
• Fixed crash that could prevent iCloud backup from completing
• Other minor fixes/improvements

v6.1 available in the App Store

And v6.1 of VerseWise Bible, Orthodox Study Bible and Eastern Orthodox Bible are now in the App Store!

The biggest change: greatly improved "Share" functionality. You can now easily share scriptures on Messages, Facebook, Twitter and more or save to Photos. Hope you like it!

I also fixed a Reading Plan issue that would select incorrect plan or cause crashes in Orthodox Study Bible.

Still have some things I want to improve in the short term, so v6.2 is in the works.

VerseWise Bible v6.0 now available

VerseWise Bible v6.0 is now available in the App Store!

It is now a "universal" app. The "iPhone" app has been updated to run on both iPhone and iPad. The separate "iPad" app is no longer available and will not be updated.

Bookmarks can now also be "unlisted". This is helpful if you want to highlight a verse but not have it appear in your bookmarks list.

VerseWise Bible is available as 4 different apps:

• King James Version (with optional deuterocanon)
• Douay-Rheims (an English translation of the Latin Vulgate)
• Revised Standard Version (with optional deuterocanon)
• Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition.

(These links no longer work on desktop iTunes. Tap on them from your iPhone or iPad.)

v5.1.2 now available in App Store

VerseWise Bible / Eastern Orthodox Bible / Orthodox Study Bible v5.1.2 is now available in the App Store!

- Fixed persistent crash many iOS 8 users updating from 5.0 were seeing
- Fixed History so one can see entries >1 day old

VerseWise Bible, EOB, OSB v5.1.2 update submitted to App Store

A fix to the crashes some iOS 8 users have been seeing updating from 5.0 has been submitted to the App Store. A big thank you to Nicholas for helping me figure out a workaround for this!

And thank you all for your patience.

VerseWise Bible, EOB, OSB iPhone v5.1.1 available

UPDATE:
It looks like some people are still getting crashes! I'm in contact with a few, I hope to have a verified 5.1.2 fix soon. Apologies!

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The 5.1.1 update is now available in the App Store! It addresses a weird 5.1 start-up crash. For those that encountered it, the app could not be started, the app would crash repeatedly. With this update, the app may still crash once, but will recover and start okay the second time.

Here are the 5.1 highlights:

• Converted Highlights to "Bookmarks w/highlight" -- Highlights can now be easily browsed and tagged
• Added "experimental" back-ups of Bookmarks (& Highlights) to iCloud
• Fixed problems that could occur in History when changing time zones
• Fixed Settings screen to fill out iPhone 6 and 6+ screens
• Fixed problem with Highlights not appearing when scrolling between chapters
• Fixed crash going to Tags screen if no tags existed
• Tapping bookmark in Reading Plan no longer crashes
• Now built specifically for (and thus faster on) 64-bit devices
• Added "Bible in 1 year (mixed)" reading plan for non-deuterocanonical text
• Fixed Psalms and Proverbs references in "Bible in 1 year (mixed)" plan for deuterocanonical text
• Other minor corrections to plans and text
• Other minor fixes and improvements

VerseWise Bible, EOB, OSB v5.1 release

Some people are encountering a nasty start-up crash in the latest 5.1 update. I don't know how prevalent this is, but if you haven't updated yet, I'd recommend waiting for the 5.1.1 update I've submitted.

If you have already updated and you are reading this, congratulations, you've been spared. :)

VerseWise Bible v5.0.1 for iPhone available

In 5.0.1:

• Minor bug fixes, textual corrections
• Fixed two crashes

See the 5.0 post for more.

This is now available for:

• King James Version
• Douay Rheims
• Revised Standard Version
• Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
• Eastern Orthodox Bible

The Orthodox Study Bible update was also submitted but got hung up. It should be available in about a week.

Thank you to user Roberto for pointing out that an app icon is not displaying when VerseWise for iPhone is installed on an iPad. A fix will be uploaded to the store as soon as possible. With Apple taking a holiday break, however, it will probably be a couple weeks until it is available. My apologies!

VerseWise Bible v4.4.2 in the App Store

The iOS 5/6 bug fix update for iPhone that I mentioned previously is now in the App Store for VerseWise Bible King James Version, Douay-Rheims, Revised Standard Version and Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).

• Fixed some crashes (particularly in iOS 7)
• Fixed Facebook sharing to use native libraries and thus work how you'd expect (iOS 6+ only)
• Other minor fixes & enhancements

Working on a similar update for Eastern Orthodox Bible and Orthodox Study Bible.

iOS 7

Hello! iOS 7 will be coming out tomorrow so I thought I'd share an update.

I will be working on iOS 7 updates for the iPhone apps (KJV, DR, RSV, RSV-CE, EOB, OSB). The bad news is that these updates will not be able to support iOS 5 -- they will be iOS 6 & 7 only, if that. (There is a chance they'll be iOS 7 only if it becomes too difficult to support both. But most every device that supports iOS 6 also supports iOS 7, so I don't think that'll be a problem for most.)

Because there are still a couple fixes I want to send to the iOS 5 folks, I submitted what may be the final iOS 5/6 update to the App Store for KJV, DR, RSV and RSV-CE today. EOB and OSB will also be updated soon.

The current versions in the App Store work pretty well in iOS 7. I did notice a little more crashing in iOS 7; today's submission contains a fix for that.

I've been using iOS 7 for the past week. After some initial disorientation, I am coming around. I am looking forward to the apps I use updating to the new aesthetic and am looking forward to updating VerseWise as well. Particularly there are some advances in text display that I would like to use. (I guess that's an argument for going iOS 7-only.)

Stay tuned!

VerseWise Bible 4.4 now in App Store

An update to VerseWise Bible for the iPhone is now available in the App Store!

Douay-Rheims

• Improved Facebook sharing, especially with longer scriptures
• Psalms introductions
• Fixed Psalms chapter number in Bible 1-year plan
• Fixed Day 32 Genesis reading in Bible 1-year plan
• Many textual fixes, especially in Psalms (thank you Zechariah C!)
• Restored missing "verse 18s" in Exodus

King James Version

• Improved Facebook sharing, especially with longer scriptures
• Added 2 Esdras to deuterocanonical books

Revised Standard Version

• Improved Facebook sharing, especially with longer scriptures
• Psalms introductions
• Added 2 Esdras and 4 Maccabees to deuterocanonical books

Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition)

• Improved Facebook sharing, especially with longer scriptures
• Psalms introductions

And hopefully more stability. Will continue to hunt down crashes.

Also, a note on Facebook. I'm not particularly happy with the current implementation. Facebook changes things periodically, sometimes breaking functionality. I'm investigating a better way of doing things here. This "better way" would also allow for Twitter sharing. Stay tuned.

Psalm introductions in VWB

Some improvements are arriving soon for Psalms in RSV, RSV-CE and Douay-Rheims. These three have short introductions to many of the Psalms, such as "A Psalm of David".

These have always been in the RSV/RSV-CE source text but not in VerseWise Bible. They are now visible.

They have always been in Douay-Rheims, as verse 1. (And sometimes the first part of verse 1, sometimes verses 1 & 2). They are now italicized.

Ah, but better than that: in Douay-Rheims the introductory phrases are no longer included in the Psalms chapter list.

Oh and I did I mention the typos that got fixed in Douay-Rheims' Psalms? Special thanks to Zechariah C. and everyone else for all the corrections they sent in.

VerseWise Bible update

Just wanted to let you know that a VerseWise Bible update is in the works! Should have the iPhone version submitted to the App Store within a day or two. iPad will take longer, but it's coming!

The bigger items in the update will be a improvement to Facebook sharing and additional books for those reading the deuterocanonical text in KJV (2 Esdras) and RSV (2 Esdras and 4 Maccabees). Some (perhaps) less noticeable items are improved crash reporting, less crashing (hopefully!) and some polish.

If you've been following the Orthodox Study Bible updates, know that they're uncovering some issues you don't have to! Frequent updates aren't always an advantage. :)

Update 3/5

Yes, this update was delayed! (Story of my life.) I am readying an iPhone update in the next day or so. Unfortunately, I do not know exactly when the next iPad update is coming. Stay tuned!

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VWB 4.4 submitted.

1-chapter books

You may have noticed that the VerseWise Bible 4.3 and EOB 1.1 updates are now in the store.

Unfortunately it appears that 1-chapter books like Jude are not displaying correctly! I'll look into this and submit a fix soon.

Update 10/27:

One workaround is to rotate the device to landscape. The text will then appear correctly! You can then rotate back to portrait if you prefer.

Still trying to figure out why this is happening in the first place...

Update 11/2:

Fix for VerseWise Bible (4.3.1) is now available in App Store! EOB shouldn't be too far behind.

Update 11/5:

Fix for EOB (1.1.1) now in App Store!

VW iOS 6 update

If you've updated to iOS 6 on iPhone, and you like using landscape orientation, perhaps you've noticed that's broken. I am fixing that for a new update. As you may have guessed from the previous post, this will also accomodate the iPhone 5's larger screen.

Unfortunately this means making iOS 5 and 6 required. Apologies to those still on iOS 4, but there is no alternative. I prefer to support older versions of the OS but there is no way to completely support both iOS 4 and iOS 6 at the same time.

Fortunately, most iPhones and iPod touches can run iOS 5, so if you haven't already, I encourage you to upgrade!

Update 10/18:

This update has been submitted to the store. It should be available within a week or two.

It's coming

iPhone 4.2 bugs

We've discovered a couple issues with the iPhone 4.2 release and I hope to get a 4.2.1 update into the store soon!

• If you select and then de-select a highlighted verse, the verse appears to lose its highlight. (Thank you to Kevin R. for reporting this.) The highlight isn't actually gone, you'll see it when you return to the same chapter.
• Next & Last Read functionality is not working on some plans that were in progress. (Thank you to Paul R. for reporting this.) I believe this is limited to:
• RSV-CE "Bible in 1 year (mixed)"
• RSV (deuterocanon) "Bible in 1 year (mixed)"
• KJV (deuterocanon) "Bible in 1 year (mixed)"
• Getting a number of crash reports from people running the iPhone app on iPad. (Did you know VerseWise Bible is now available on iPad?) Bah, I thought I had fixed this! If you've experienced this and can tell me where you were in the app when it happened, please email me! See update.

Thank you to those sending in bug and crash reports I appreciate it!

iPhone 4.2 in store!

VerseWise Bible for iPhone update 4.2 (RSV-CE, RSV, KJV and DR) is now available in the App Store! Changes include:

• Additional Reading Plans, improved functionality 
• Improved "low light" mode 
• Fixed crash when running on iPad, rotating 
• Other minor fixes, text corrections 

Thank you to those who have been patient while I've spent the last year devoting most of my time developing the iPad version.