Bible Study for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Xalinda

  Great for International Travel!

  I travel a lot for my job and was looking for a digital Bible so I would not have to carry one in my bag. However, I’m an interactive reader, so I needed a digital version that would do more than YouVersion. I want to be able to highlight, underline, make notes—just like a paper Bible. The Olive Tree app not only allows me to do all that, but I can also create my own color coding system so I can underline verbs in read, highlight Kingdom words in purple, and mark significant passsages in yellow highlighter, for example. Then I discovered I can make in-app purchases to expand my digital library little by little. I took advantage of some of their sales and got the Interlinear Bible and some commentaries so that all I have to do is click on a word to do a word study or click and learn more about a passage. This makes studying the Bible super convenient, and it goes with me everywhere I go! I can access it on my laptop, my phone, and ipad, and the sync feature means my highlights and notes appear on each device. I’ve started reading my Bible daily on my phone or laptop and no longer carry a paper copy. The Word is always with me! Love it.

  
  
• By bdotson1

  Good but needs a refresh… STILL.

  Its been nearly 18 months and no update for the Windows/PC version? Love the app its just that the improvements seem to be a bit slow in coming at present. The ios version is stellar these days - the Windows version is good but could use a bit of a refresh maybe. UPDATE - Still no real change in the Windows version to date. In particular, when I change verses, the resource window is slow to respond. Also, if I search for a word or phrase, there should be a way to move that search to the main window but instead I have to retype the reference in on the main window. The non iOS version just isnt as elegant and smooth to use as its mobile counterpart. I use my Pc and my iPads evenly so theres a clear distinction on UI, ease of use between them. Love the iOS version and tolerate the Windows version at the moment. Hoping for a refresh soon. UPDATE TO THE UPDATE - STILL STILL no real change. It’s functional enough but the same issue continues: You do a search and its a side window thing! Changing versions, using the resource guide etc. are all MAIN window functions predominately but the minute you do a search you have this wrangling to do if you want to research deeper. Just feels convoluted. I’d switch to a different app but I’m heavily invested in their ios versions so here I stay, for the meantime.

  
  
• By LearningM0re

  Good needs some tweaks

  I have used this app daily for a couple of months. And for the most part it is great, especially because it is free and one doesn’t have to pay to use the standard features. I like the choice of free bibles so I can compare translations.I enjoy the addition of non-biblical texts that are linked to the scriptures - no more sitting with two books trying to find the references - so I no longer have the tendency to skip the reference and am understanding more. Good search feature. Nice book sales regularly. Thanks for the ‘reading plans’. I recommend this to anyone looking for a digital bible. A few tweaks I’d like to see - 1. being able to highlight more than one verse at a time and have them remain together rather than as individual verses. 2. to highlight a portion of a verse and have it show up in all my bibles as highlighted. 3. Sometimes I just lose parts of the bible - ex, the other day everything after Matt 16 was gone and as I scrolled down to try to get to Matt 17 the program shut down. rebooting didn’t help that day but the next the entire book was back. This has happened several times in various books. I haven’t used this app to its fullest capacity yet and I look forward getting to know it better.

  
  
• By Zaho75

  This is the best Bible App on the market!

  I have tried and owned many Bible apps and most of them have found their way out of my screen. Not that those apps weren’t providing the Word of God, but they kept changing and not always for the good. I wanted a quick and easy access to what I need to look up and also cross-reference my notes as best as possible. Bible Study not only kept improving but it has been excelent from the beginning. All my highlighted passages stay highlighted across all versions and languages I often go through. KJV with Strong’s is my day-to-day go-to version and delivers perfectly along with the Greek NT: Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus. The Resource Guide built into the app is incredibly useful tool which also can serve as a parallel Bible where you could read two versions/languages at once! Best part is I can sit on my computer, open the desktop app and study and learn there, highlight passages, write notes, then hit Save and all gets synchronized accross all devices. I highly recommend to anyone who wants to have a stable and unchanging only growing and improving resource. God Bless!

  
  
• By Kee Dubs

  Love it on my phone, tablet and laptop

  This app works on all my devices and I use it every day. I love the reading plans, Bible Translations and study resources (love the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge). Great app to use for linking translations to Greek and Hebrew using Strong’s Concordance. Love the notes available like Dake’s. Update: January 31, 2018 - I read a review where the reviewer said the resource window was slow to update on the Windows OS X version. I use this app on my PC (maxed out memory for better performance in general) and I’m not seeing what I would call “slow” response in the resource window updates as I change verses. I use the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge regularly and find the response to be very good as I scroll through verses and click on the TSK cross references to read the related verses. I also use Strongs and commentaries where I get the same good response. It’s not instantaneous, but the updates happen in under 2 seconds. Performance can be affected by other apps open at the same time and the amount of available memory. I do have to watch one particular website (LinkedIn) in Safari - if that is open then CPU utilization is high and performance degrades. I would suggest using “Activity Monitor” (you’ll find this app in APPLICATIONS/UTILITIES) to see what is using resources if you experience performance issues.

  
  

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