BibleScope Software for Android devices

BibleScope is an app that allows you to read and study God's Word

It is written for Android phones and tablets and is available in the Android Market

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Available in the Android Market now! Download


Features

  • Navigate all books, chapters, and verses of the Bible
  • Add bookmarks to jump to specific locations in the Bible, and have a custom name for each bookmark.  Add folders to organize your bookmarks into sections.
  • Compose study notes that are saved with the current book and chapter, or compose loose notes for general study.   Add folders to organize your notes into sections
  • Keyword or phrase search to find specific words in the Bible, filter on current book, OT or NT.
  • Search in Bible or Easton's Dictionary
  • Settings screen inside BibleScope includes background, font, font size, colors and many more options to customize your experience.
  • Once a translation is downloaded initially, no Internet connection is needed. All Bible content is stored locally within the app.  
  • Verse commentary popup option for each verse
  • Words of Christ in red for the KJV, WEB, NIV, ESV and NASB translations.
  • Many extra Bible translations can be downloaded for free from within BibleScope, and others (NIV, ESV, NASB, NLT, HCSB and others) can be purchased directly from within the app.
  • Bars at the top and bottom slide in/away with a press of the screen.
  • Split-screen display that shows two Bible translations simultaneously.
  • Swipe left/right to go to previous/next chapter.
  • Select a verse number to add a bookmark, note, to highlight a verse, view commentary for verse, or send verse to Facebook, Twitter, or email
  • Daily Reading Plan to mark off each days reading schedule
  • Daily devotionals including Charles Spurgeon and some RSS feeds
  • Maps view shows various maps around the time of Christ
  • Backup/Restore all notes, bookmarks, highlights to/from SD card
  • Table of Bible weights and measures
  • Started adding support for Honeycomb devices, more to come

For many more features and information go to the Features page


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BibleScope for Android 2.2 uploaded - May 24

BibleScope for Android 2.2

BibleScope for Android has had periodic updates, I have just neglected to display those updates here. Here is a summary of some of the latest updates that have been made to BibleScope:

  • Honeycomb (tablet) support has been added with more to come. Enabled the hardware acceleration, updated the UI and added side-by-side editing of notes with the Bible reading view
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  • Added the New Living Translation (NLT) as an available translation to purchase
  • New Search options to search in the current book, OT or NT. Also you can now search by multiple keywords or by phrase
  • Backup/Restore all notes, bookmarks, highlights to/from SD card
  • Added table of Bible weights and measures
  • Added Easton's dictionary in Search screen. Press the down arrow in the search screen to search the dictionary
  • Custom background, verse color, and main text color for main reading view added in Options screen
  • Pressing the top bar now allows you to jump to a verse selection screen, pressing arrow shows verse/chapter shortcut bars
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BibleScope for Android 1.6 uploaded - Sep 22

BibleScope for Android 1.6

A new version of BibleScope has been uploaded for Android devices. Here are the enhancements:

  • Added ability to import user supplied translations. See info on the translations page to import a translation
  • Fixed some display issues with Spurgeon's Daily Devotionals
  • Added ability to move to SD card on Froyo devices
  • Bug fixes
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BibleScope for Android 1.5 uploaded - Aug 24

BibleScope for Android 1.5

A new version of BibleScope has been uploaded for Android devices. Here are the enhancements:

  • Added new faster verse selection screen. You can get to the old one by changing the setting in Options screen
  • Added bookmark sync download for previous iPhone users
  • Updated a few icons
  • Bug fixes
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BibleScope for Android 1.4 uploaded - Aug 6

BibleScope for Android 1.4

A new version of BibleScope has been uploaded for Android devices. Here are the enhancements:

  • Added popup for verses to share verse as email, tweet, or to Facebook
  • Bug fixes
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BibleScope for Android 1.3 uploaded - Jun 12

BibleScope for Android 1.3

A new version of BibleScope has been uploaded for Android devices. Here are the enhancements:

  • Added Maps to popup menu. Go to Extras from Menu button, then choose the Maps option
  • Added verse commentary option. Download one of the commentaries (John Gill, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, etc) then click on a verse and select Verse Commentary
  • Added an option for having each verse on a separate line
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BibleScope for Android 1.2.2 uploaded - May 20

Version 1.2.2:
Added the KJV w/ Strongs as an available translation. Update BibleScope from the Android market, then go to your translation list in BibleScope and press the Menu button and update the list. The KJV w/Strongs will be at the bottom of that list.

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BibleScope for Android 1.2 uploaded - Apr 9

BibleScope for Android 1.2

A new version of BibleScope has been uploaded for Android devices. Here are the enhancements:

  • Added NIV and MSG as new translations for purchase
  • Added footnotes for purchased translations
  • Added Daily Reading Plan capability to show reading section for each day
  • Added Charles Spurgeon daily devotionals
  • Added 2 devotional feeds
  • In search screen added shortcut slider to navigate search results easier
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