Logos: Deep Bible Study 4+

Good but not yet great

Logos mobile is my go-to bible and biblical resource app. I use mobile and laptop versions multiple times a day. I love that I have many resources available on one app and these are all tied together across devices - although there are other providers that do this (and perhaps do that core business better). I like that most resources in print are available as a logos linked resource.
But some core use suffers. Even when resources are downloaded to the app, when offline, most are not useable - very frustrating! A simple bible search is cumbersome (open new tab, choose type of search and resource, why not just have a search window in the resource you are using??). My iPad version suffers from many bugs which I have reported and they persist. Some I reported over 6 months ago - providing video as well. These are not small bugs — content not showing or loading, wrong content showing, big issues.

Logos mobile threatens to be masterful but needs to pay attention to core use issues. I am tied to using it because of the number of resources I have. I hope they focus on making the app bullet proof, reliable, and very useable, rather than adding any more ‘features’

Developer Response ,

Thank you for letting us know. We apologize this is happening. We are currently looking into iOS 12 compatibility for our apps.

LOGOS

I have had and used Logos for over 25 years, I use it for studying the Bible, and reading the morning and evening devotional, if I want to check a word, or a phrase, I can look up the concordances to quickly find the correct word or phases. The programme is the quickest and most accurate Bible programme that I have found during the time I have been using computer programmes to broaden my knowledge, I happily can recommend this programme to every person needing scholarly assistance, and any person wanting to expand their knowledge of their beliefs or trying to answer a workmate who has no, or limited, knowledge who asks a tricky question.

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Logos is a great library system. It benefits from being cross-platform and intuitive, with the same form and function on devices of the same size. So when using my iPhone, I can access all the books in my library which I use on my Mac laptop and my Windows PC. This is genuinely wonderful. Fantastic! And each app on different devices costs no extra, because they don’t charge for the software, only the books.

Once started, the software is smooth on even the iPhone 8. No stuttering. It is easy to search and also quick at it. It has many ways of doing similar functions like turning pages, scrolling to keep all types of users happy. A nice interface.

iPhone 10 is great. iPhone 11 starts showing less improvement because the software works so well. If you have an iPhone 6 it’s laggy on everything, so don’t blame Logos.

So, having said all that, it should be a 5/5 score easily! So why did I give it 4/5? Memory! The iPhone app can take a while to start. I imagine it has a large memory footprint either because it’s a big program or because of my book collection. Either way, this means there are times I will load another Bible app (OliveTree) if I am in a hurry.

1. I highly recommend Logos Bible Software to those looking to start a theological library.
2. I highly recommend Logos wrestle with their iPhone memory issue or at least work out how to start the app faster.