Improved error messages when registering a new account
Selection Menu
- Report Typo option has been added back into the selection menu
Notes
- Improved the performance of reference detection
Bug Fixes
- Paging mode
- Sync errors
- Panel linking
- Signing in
- Note anchors
- Offline lexicon look up
- And more.
We have removed the Store to comply with Google Play Store policies.
Improved
- Update embedded LEB.
Fixed
- Service Book library facet text.
- Startup crash.
- Crash after selecting Scroll mode in Settings.
- Note edit toolbar display.
- Various other fixes.
Fixed
- Crash affecting some users.
- Various other fixes.
Fixed
- Various fixes
Improved
- Report a problem.
Fixed
- Freeze when audio track skipped.
- Enable certain newer audio resources to be downloaded.
- Navigation using the scrubber.
- Audio player animation.
- Various other fixes and performance improvements.
New
- Added a Morris Proctor training video to the home page (Logos app only).
Improved
- Show the total time left in an audio book in the full screen player.
- Highlight the current entry in Table of Contents views.
Fixed
- Error downloading some resources on Android 12.
- Various bug fixes.
New
- Minimum supported Android version is now 7.1
Fixed
- Start-up crash for some users
- Potential crash playing audio
Fixed
- Our services are signed with certificates from Let’s Encrypt. On September 30th, those certificates stopped being trusted on older platforms (Android 7.0). We've implemented a change to work around this issue to the best of our ability on these old devices. However, some functionality is still impaired (Clippings sync).
Improved
- Add Factbook and Store to bottom navigation bar on tablets
- Update support email address
- Update support and training links
Fixes
- Passage list verse text no longer cut off
- Terms, Privacy and Forgot Password urls corrected
- Notebook title sometimes not showing
- Occasional crash when highlighting
- Guides not restored
- Various other fixes
New
- Inline Search shows results without opening a search tab. Enter a search in the Omnibox and select “Inline”
Improved
- System highlight colors
- New highlight styles – brown, gray, pink
- Verse picker columns scroll independently on tablets
- Store
- Show/hide prayers bottom controls on tap or scroll
Fixes
- Various Prayers fixes
- Footnote popup not dismissed
- Highlights on the last verse of a chapter not shown if resource not downloaded
- Some media not downloading
- Other fixes
Improved
- More audio books are now recognized when filtering your library or opening the Audio library item
- Spanish store
Fixed
- Show full verse results in bible searches
- Store now prompts to sign in if not already authenticated
- Crash when creating highlights
- Limited results in Omnibox for some users
- Various other fixes
New
- Improved searching of user collections. You can now specify “basic” or “bible” search types and apply a search range to a “basic” search, allowing e.g. a search for “joy” in Romans within a commentary series
- Back button traverses tabs
- Long-press Back button shows History for current resource
- Reading Plans, Prayers and Notes add to History and use the new Back Button flow
Fixed
- Remove spurious User Ratings of 0
- Audio notification control visibility
- Various bug fixes
New
- Show an estimated time remaining in a Reading Plan reading
Improved
- Automatically hide Reading Plan controls when reading
- Clearer Word Lookup display using cards
Fixed
- Note input sometimes moved to start of Note
- Prevent Note input position going off screen
- Navigation using Omnibox, Factbook and Word Lookup now updates History
- Last resource in Library hidden
- Various bug fixes
New
- Library facets for Recently Added and Updated
- Save search results as a passage list
- “Today in Christian History” homepage card (requires Today in Christian History dataset)
Improved
- Reading Plans toolbar display
- Support for new resource types
- Highlight colors in Dark mode
Fixed
- Navigation back to Prayer list retains position
- Missing Verse picker column on Onyx devices
- Hidden Passage List Verse picker row
- Passage List options menu position
Fixed
* Notes input lag
This release includes changes and additions to the free content and features available with this app:
- New users receive Logos 9 Basic, a free collection of Bible study books and tools
- New search and navigation functionality
- Save Reference Scanner results to a Passage List
- All new Reading Plans tool, quickly start a reading plan from almost any book
New
* Save Passage List in Factbook
* Factbook results in Omnibox
* Factbook results in All Resources search; Factbook search type
* Omnibox navigates through series
* Homepage search is Omnibox
* Systematic Theologies, Recommended Reading and Today in Christian History sections in Factbook
Improved
* Long-press for select mode in Library, Notes, Passage Lists
* Proclaim Groups checked for presentations
* Feedback via Help
Fixed
* Factbook and Guide links
* Dark mode highlights
* Other fixes
New
- Add support for adding and removing passages to a passage lists.
- View a passage list in a different translation.
- Append reference scanner results to an existing passage list document.
- Control slides in Proclaim presentations within preaching mode.
Improved
- Apply user font scaling to passage list and reference scanner verses.
- Add Preaching Mode for sermons in the More menu.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue when deleting notes.
- Various bug fixes.
Fixed
- Crash when completing a reading plan session.
- Crash loop when loading certain resources.
Fixed
- App freezing when trying to complete a reading plan.
- Factbook localization issue.
- Applied Notes filters not being restored.
Fixed
- Potential notes crash
Fixed
- A potential issue with syncing sermon documents.
- Other bug fixes.
Improved
- Touch targets for opening menus.
- Loading of custom highlights.
Fixed
- Detecting references in notes that span multiple chapters.
- Various links that were not navigating.
- Prayer scheduling error affecting some timezones.
Improved
- Show ! in the "Sync your data" menu item if sync fails.
- Support for newer resources.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue that could affect sermon document syncing
Fixed
- Fixed potential Notes sync issue
- Prevent attempted use of Notes when not logged in
Improved
- Improve Default resource font and Default Greek font
- Group verse picker chapters and verses in columns of 5/10/...
- Various improvements to Prayers
- Improve handling of media URLs to support future Mobile Ed. content
- Improve handling of quotes and other special characters by Search when offline
- Library sort options are localized
Fixed
- Navigation fixed when opening a resource from library in new tab
- Fixed a crash when creating a new clippings document
Improved
- Support new resources.
Fixed
- Download of a large number of resources.
New
- See Menu->Help to review app.
Improved
- Android min version now 6.0.
- No limit on simultaneous library downloads.
- Copy/paste from Bible to Note improved.
Fixed
- Crash in notes.
- Crash in offline search.
- Interlinear word lookup.
- Links in notes to Bible verses.
- Links in word lookup preview.
- Login crash on Biblia, Faithlife, Verbum, Vyrso.
- Opening atlas links open in browser.
- Reading plan status not syncing.
Fixed
- Fixed Visual Copy share issues.
- Fixed Biblia Text Comparison crash when user is not logged in.
Improved
- A new note's notebook, indicator and highlight style default to that of the last created note.
- The default notebook for new highlights can be selected in settings. Options include no notebook, the notebook of the last created highlight, or a specific notebook.
- Update localizations.
Fixed
- Various Visual Copy / Media fixes.
- Various other fixes.
Improved
- Text Comparison uses user selected fonts and sizes
- Popup resource window uses user selected fonts
- System Dark mode changes are applied instantly
- Faithlife Ebooks app now shows all resources by default. This can still be disabled via app settings
Fixed
- Right align Hebrew pop-ups for remote resources
- Various Text Comparison, Guide and other fixes
Improved
- Store
New
- Search Helps: The Search tab now prompts you with some ideas on how to find what you’re looking for.
Improved
- Search header redesigned
- Improved default search range list
Fixed
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Fixed
- Various bug fixes and improvements.
New
- Add and remove tags to notes
- Automatic word lookup, including offline word lookup for Greek and Hebrew resources (requires downloaded Lexicons)
Improved
- Verse Picker navigation using the reference field
Fixed
- Fixed certain links (such as passage guide and topic guide links) in newer Mobile Ed resources
- Various bug fixes and improvements
New
- Restrict the Dashboard section to authenticated users
Improved
- Update embedded resources
- Localization update
Fixed
- Note anchor highlights in cloud resources
- Potential problem adding Reading Plans to the Home Page
- Potential crash when playing audio resources
- Crash using old Home Page auto downloads view
- Occasional crash after editing Homepage section
- Searches for words with apostrophes
Fixed
- Fixed recent workspace crash
New
- New note indicator icons
- Library facet filtering
- Logos 8 Basic (Mobile) license is unlocked when creating a new account
- Layouts sync between devices on the same Operating System
- Anchored Note support for remote resources as well as downloaded resources
- Add Presentations to Biblia
- Exclude owned products in store links
Fixed
- Fixed internal crash
- Fixed issue that prevented some books from downloading
- Fix Audio List crash
- Fixed crash when creating a Clipping
New
- Layouts will sync between devices on the same Operating System
- Anchored Note support for remote resources as well as downloaded resources
- Added additional English, Hebrew and Greek fonts (in View Settings)
- Anchored Note support (downloaded resources only)
Improved
- Note indicator size now scales with text size
Fixed
- Fixed Add Range in the Search Panel
- Fix long press on reference links
- Fix issue of pasting content into a note
- Library filter improvements
Fixed
- Fixed notes navigation crash
- Fixed back button issue in ReadingPanel
- Fixed verse picker back button for book titles with a space
- Fixed potential crash when using the back button
- Make video resume from previous position after a device sleep
- Fixed Verbum Store URL
Fixed
- Fixed audio crash
New
- Updated UI
- Change the drawer layout to come in from the right
- Added the Store to the Verbum app
Improved
- Remember previously used search options
- Multiple words in offline search are now AND’d
- Changing an offline search now cancels the previous search
- Prevent many user collections slowing search initialization
- User collections in the Search filter are now sorted
- Show all user collections in Basic Search
Fixed
- Fixed missing book covers in the Library
New
- Automatically update downloaded resources while on WiFi
Improved
- Do not show completed reading plans on homepage
- Prevent Home Page Explore cards from being swiped away
Fixed
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Fixed
- Fixed crash when attempting to download audio resources
Improved
- Improve preview text for overlapping notes and highlights
Fixed
- Fixed layouts not saving linked sets
- Fixed font preview in View Settings
- Fixed overflow menu item "Edit Notes" for overlapping notes
- Various internal bug fixes and improvements
Fixed
- Fix crash while creating highlight
- Fix crash on Kindle devices
- Fixed a potential note crash
What's New?
Welcome to Logos 8 on mobile! We’ve made several large improvements to the Logos Bible study experience on all of our platforms.
New for Logos 8 users:
- Completely redesigned Homepage
- All new Notes tool (your old notes will seamlessly upgrade)
- Ability to save layouts
New for everyone:
- Redesigned menu
- Commentary series linking
- New font for menu and resource text
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Fixed
- Fixed audio crash on Android 8.x and above devices
New
- Removed Atlas as a result of code incompatibility
Fixed
- Reading plan and search links sometimes don't open in an existing tab
New
- Allow anonymous use for the Ebooks app
- Updated datatypes
Fixed
- Save position after navigating with verse picker.
- Prevent startup crash if audio is in a worksheet
Fixed
- Audio menu order
- Community Notes panel back button
- Bible Word Study graph word expansion
New
- Add Audio menu item to view only audio resources
Fixed
- Start audio automatically when Play requested
- Position audio controls above workspace controls
- Reversed reference text when using the scrubber with Hebrew resources
- Bible Word Study shows Greek/Hebrew lemmas again
Fixed
- Adaptive icons for new Android versions
New- Long-press on a reference link to open the Long Press Link Menu – choose where to open a resource- Multi-verse reference links will now show all verses in the pop-up window (for Downloaded resources only)Fixed- Using the back arrow or button no longer closes the Verse Picker panel
New- Split panels can be closed by scrolling the splitter to the screen edgeImproved- Improved showing and hiding controls- Smoother panel splitter operation- Add Faithlife Groups feature to Logos app- Reference Scanner is now available in FSB, Biblia and Verbum apps- Localization updatesFixed- Reference Scanner now requires Sign In
Fixed- Lots of bug fixes and improvements
Our Biggest Update Ever!- Tabbed Browsing: Open multiple books, tools and documents in tabs and navigate between them- Reference Scanner- Bible button- Simplified reading screen and navigation barThe Power of Tabbed Browsing- Drag and drop tabs to reorder them, or swipe up on a tab to close it.- Split your tabs by tapping on the split icon to use two features in the same tab.- Link multiple Bible/Commentary tabs so that they scroll in unison.
Our Biggest Update Ever!- Tabbed Browsing: Open multiple books, tools and documents in tabs and navigate between them- Reference Scanner- Bible button- Simplified reading screen and navigation barThe Power of Tabbed Browsing- Drag and drop tabs to reorder them, or swipe up on a tab to close it.- Split your tabs by tapping on the split icon to use two features in the same tab.- Link multiple Bible/Commentary tabs so that they scroll in unison.
Fixed- Reading Plan marker issues- Display rendering issue while in Scroll View
Fixed- Crash when Community Notes are enabled- Crash when enabling Bible Text Only- The Faithlife Study Bible videos no longer work- When Scrolling View is enabled, resource text might overlap or be garbled- When Scrolling View is enabled, Reading Plan markers might look incorrect- Various bugfixes and improvementsImproved- Community Notes iconsKnown Issues- The ESV/LEB audio doesn’t start correctly when invoked (press play as a workaround)
Fixed- Issue syncing prayers documents- Crash opening visual copy when not authenticated- MacArthur New Testament Commentary resources show a black space instead of chapter titles- Verse of the day update crash- Various bug fixes and improvements- Scrolling view on Android initially allows multiple text columns- Highlight markup panels are washed out in Sepia mode
Access powerful Bible study tools and a theological library for biblical insights on the go. With the Verbum mobile app, you can read the Bible and commentaries side by side, save books for studying offline, and use exclusive Verbum Bible study tools.
Make Time for Reading, Even When You’re Booked
Organize and schedule your reading in seconds. Create a list of books in your library, then start a reading plan when you’re ready to dig in.
Access All Your Bible Study Tools in One Location
Tap a word or passage to highlight, leave a note, open Bible Word Study, and more, all with the enhanced text selection menu.
Find What You’re Looking for, Instantly
Access powerful search features from any book or resource. Quickly navigate to any verse in the Bible or search your library to go deeper.
Never Lose Your Audience—or Your Place
Easily read your homily outline or manuscript, get a clear view of all your slides, and see a built-in timer to help you stay on track with Preaching Mode.
The Verbum mobile app runs on Logos’ powerful Bible software and is the world’s most advanced resource for mobile Catholic study. Verbum comes with 15 free books, including the Lectionary, six Bible translations, reference works, and saints’ lives resources, and works seamlessly with your other Logos books, such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church. When you sign in with a free Logos account, you get access to many more free resources and features, such as the Sources of Catholic Dogma (Denzinger), reading plans, highlights, and note–taking features. The Verbum app syncs across all your platforms, so you can pick up right where you left off.
Download the free Verbum app today and bring the Mind of the Church with you wherever you go.
FREE RESOURCES
*The Catholic Lectionary, The Roman Catechism, Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Sources of Catholic Dogma (Denzinger), Thomas a Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, Newman’s An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, and many more.
*Free Bibles: The Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, Douay-Rheims, King James Version, Clementine Vulgate, Novum Testamentum Graece (Tischendorf), The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition, Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, Lexham English Bible.
TOP FEATURES:
LECTIONARY - Access daily readings with a simple tap.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - The app integrates fully with the Logos edition of the Catechism.
LIBRARY - Instantly access up to ninety-five free resources to kick off your Bible study. Or sync your current Verbum library to access all your books on the go.
PANEL LINKING - Get three independent channels for linking your resources so they track along with you as you read.
LAYOUTS - Simultaneously use up to six books and/or tools on a single screen with Layouts on your tablet.
REFERENCE SCANNER - Take a picture of a church bulletin or handout using Reference Scanner and the app will open your preferred Bible version to all the verse references.
PASSAGE LIST - Use Reference Scanner to snap a picture of a document and look up many verses at once, then save those verses as a Passage List.
BIBLE WORD STUDY - Learn more about any word in the Bible by examining dictionaries, lexicons, and cross-references.
PASSAGE GUIDE - Get a detailed, verse-specific report that includes Bible commentaries, cross-references, literary typing, and media resources.
TEXT COMPARISON - Compare any verse across multiple translations with visual and percentage indicators of difference.
TABBED BROWSING - Open as many resources or Bibles as you want and view them side by side.
SPLIT SCREEN - Delve into any secondary resource side by side with your preferred Bible translation.
SEARCH - Find every mention of a word or phrase in every resource in your library.
READING PLANS - Get into daily reading with several Bible reading plans to choose from.