ESV Bible 4+

New update has issues

Update: Thank you for fixing both the issues that I mentioned in my last review. For me this app is almost perfect. I don’t love the subscription model but it doesn’t affect the way I use the app. I wish the “To the Word” Bible reading challenge was available in your reading plans but that’s not a huge deal. I also wish that in addition to the subscription model you would add one-time purchases. We would gladly buy Kristyn Getty’s voice but can’t pay a subscription just for that. I’m old school. I prefer to own things rather than rent them. This is not a slight to those who like the subscription model. I’m just saying that you’re missing out on financial support by not having any offerings for people like me. I still love the app though and use it every day. These are just suggestions. Thank you!

I use this app multiple times a day everyday. It is one of the most used apps on my phone. The new update is very frustrating. You close the app, it starts you back over at Genesis 1. Why won’t it just open back up to where I was when I closed it??? Also when go to a chapter the audio starts in the previous chapter. Why won’t it start in the chapter so selected? In psalms it starts at the beginning of the psalm prior to the one I selected!?! I’m not sure what’s going upon but this major update is majorly glitchy. I loved this app. Please fix these and other issues asap and I will return to review to 5 stars.

Just started using

I am trying out a new app because the You version Bible app has become bogged down with countless features and too many gimmicks that don’t really enhance the read of Gods word. It is hard to navigate with all the different things it does. It’s fine for some people just not me. I needed something simple so I found this app. So far I like the simplicity of the app and the features are easy to figure out with a little playing around with them. The one thing I feel like I will miss however is notifications with the verse of the day and widgets that can place on my phone to see the verse of the day without having to open up the app. The widget serves as a reminder to me to read and to contemplate on Gods word. I’m not sure if those are features in the subscriptions which I can tell you in a world of subscriptions I am not fond of nor can I afford another one. I would be willing to pay a 1 time fee for more features like notifications and widgets as well as the option to share verses or study plans with others via text, email etc. other than this I am excited to try this app out and come closer to God.

If something works, why do you have to change it or delete it?

I like a lot of people have used this app for years and would even pay for using it.
But like a lot of people, I agree if you are looking in one book in chapter and then you go to another why can’t you go back to the other one and not to the main menu to select the book and the verse all over again.
And the new one I found it’s really annoying if you want to highlight a verse or passage worse yet you have to click on one of the verses and then you have to select what color you want highlight in then you have to click the window to go away and then if you’re doing a whole passage, you have to do that for each first used to be able to just drag to select passage .
Probably no one else but may use, but I really do miss on the audio. You could slow down the narration. I love that I was sick for a long time and didn’t sleep well and I could turn that on and it was Isaiah or a couple of other books and I would just start from verse one and slow down the narration, turn the very low and usually put my phone on my chest and go back to sleep and then I woke many times during the night I could hear or tap on the phone to see what they passage they were reading and go back to it in the morning if I wanted to read that specific passage. It’s kind of the reading sometimes is faster than you would read it if you were reading your own Bible.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for reviewing our app! We'd love to hear more about the kinds of struggles you've had since updating. If you can send us an email at service@crossway.org with more feedback we would appreciate it.