KJV Bible with Apocrypha. KJVA

This app is pretty OK; containing new and Old Testament books, along with the apocrypha (which has history of the first Hanukkah and more.) The only books that I can think to add are the books of Enoch and Jashar. The mobility in this app is kinda annoying! When you touch the header while viewing a chapter nothing happens. Regretfully one must repetitively return to the “table of contents” in order to choose the book, chapter and verse they want to read. It would be a major quality of life upgrade if to reach the table of contents all we had to do was touch the header / chapter, listed at the top of each page. Finally the search engine is fair enough but wants compared to its counterparts. There is no option to toggle between searching for “exact phrases only” and the broader “search all” which draws verses containing some or all of the words entered in search bar. This help when a person knows the words but can’t recall book name, chapter or verse number. The name of God was covered in many English manuscripts and replaced with the words “The LORD” copies of book versions would be accurate to depict this, but a publishers note inclining towards that truth would be graceful and notable with honorableness to the saints and scholars alike.

This app is intuitively simple to use. It’s only weakness is the audio narration which is done by an auto-tuned voice. That works just fine for the refrain of a song, but in this setting, it takes some getting used to. I do like that you can change the voice in the settings to be less annoying and more to your liking. You can designate male or female, the type of English accent, and the cadence of delivery. I didn’t buy this app for the narration, so that weak spot doesn’t impact my rating. Note: This rating will, however, diminish if this app goes the way of Oleg’s “Jerusalem Bible” app, which runs banner ads along the bottom flanked by a “no ads” button mocking you at top of every page. Now that ads are running across the bottom of every page, I am diminishing the rating by 1 star (but not 2 as intended). Unlike the NJB app, an annoying (non-functioning) no ads” link doesn’t appear at the top of every page. I’ll change all of this when the option to purchase a “no-ads” version for $1.99 or $2.99 finally shows up. I don’t expect Oleg to do all this for nothing.

I’ve had the same bible app for a few yrs. I’m glad I found this one . It’s like reading a bible and not some tiny words on a screen. My eyes are fine and they’re young eyes but it’s annoying and boring when it feels like I’m reading SOPs for work or something. This app makes me want to read. I usually read at night when I’m already relaxed and sleepy so seeing the big words help me to stay focused and awoke. I don’t want reading my bible to feel like a chore when I’m forcing myself to read those small letters. I even downloaded the other app that goes with this one. I love it!