I gave this mid range review for several reasons. Today’s technology is far superior and virtually all things are available in software development if one knows how. Plus now there is A.I. When listening to audio the music that automatically plays is very annoying. One who is studying is also listening for the Holy Spirit’s teaching. We are not interested in music playing in the background. This should be able to toggle on and off. Secondly the scrolling speed should keep up with the narration. When in audio mode you should be able to select a different narration, and select any word in the text for its applied meaning and /or Hebrew or Greek application. NOT automatically highlighting the entire verse and taking you to a “add or create notes menu”. The plus side of all this is being able to change the background and font color. Plus there are no ads. I corrected (by deleting) the part about not many versions of translation available. Had there been a tutorial ( which there isn’t) I would have not originally included in my review. The rest of the review however stands as written.

I am beyond grateful to the developers of this app. Being able to see the Hebrew/Greek words/meanings is so very helpful and brings such helpful clarity to individual scriptures and passages. One example of this is in James chapter 1 verses 4 and 17 where the same Greek word ‘teleios’, in the first instance, is used to describe the desired effect of our testing through trials as the ‘maturing’ or ‘perfecting’ of our faith and in the second instance in verse 17, is used to distinguish that God gives both “every good (from our perspective) gift”, the stuff we want and like, from every ‘perfect’, or more helpful, “perfecting” gift, the trials and testing that we don’t like. This clarity made a huge difference in my understanding of the entire passage about counting it all joy when meeting various kinds of trials. He gives/allows both in our lives for growing us towards maturity and wholeness in our trust and confidence in Him. Seems obvious now that I read back through, but I always got stuck on “every perfect gift” before not understanding what was meant and how it differed from “every good gift”. I use this app all the time and cannot thank the developers enough for this well executed and incredibly helpful app - a true gift from above!!!

I don’t usually write reviews for apps but this is the one exception. I use this Bible app almost every time I study my Bible. This app has everything—concordances, loads of really great and well-written commentaries, and not to mention the cross-reference feature where you can read two translations side-by-side. I recommend this Bible app to all of my Christian friends now. The commentaries have helped me to better understand difficult passages of the Bible, and the interlinear concordance has helped me so much when I want to study scripture more in depth. The strong’s definition is great, but the other dictionary-like detailed definitions that come with it are even better. I wish I could rate this more than five stars. And the fact that it is completely free testifies to the greatness of the app, that the maker of the app was more concerned about people freely studying the Bible and having the study tools they needed rather than making a profit. I can say without hesitation that the makers of the Blue Letter Bible are truly, in unironically doing the Lord’s work.