iOS Reader 5.0.1iOS Reader 5.0.1
New
Atlas
Prayer Lists
Visual Copy
iOS 9 split-screen support (for supported devices)
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2015 November
iOS Reader 5.0.2iOS Reader 5.0.2
Fixed
Various resource crashes encountered while offline
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 August
iOS Reader 5.0.4iOS Reader 5.0.4
Fixed
Fixed some offline resource crashes caused by tapping reference links
Fixed an issue when navigating to “today’s” reading in some resources.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 August
iOS Reader 5.1.0iOS Reader 5.1.0
New
Clippings support
Lexicon formatting support
Fixed
Various fixes and improvements
ilian,
2016 February
iOS Reader 5.1.1iOS Reader 5.1.1
Improved
Better offline navigation support
Fixed
Note text can at times “disappear” from within a Note on iPad devices
Reference range searches don’t work while offline
Attempting to add a reading plan crashes the FSB app
Attempting to add a reading plan when not signed-in crashes the Bible app
Reading plans can be created for Anonymous users
Using “Most Recent Note Document” for saving highlights doesn’t work
ilian,
2016 February
iOS Reader 5.1.3iOS Reader 5.1.3
Fixed
Fixed an issue that would prevent notes and highlights from syncing.
ilian,
2016 February
iOS Reader 5.1.4iOS Reader 5.1.4
Fixed
Licensing issue with newly released resources
ilian,
2016 March
iOS Reader 5.10.0 (5.10.19)iOS Reader 5.10.0 (5.10.19)
Fixed
The Resource panel toolbar overlaps text in landscape mode (FSB app)
Minor internal fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 December
iOS Reader 5.10.3 (5.10.30088)iOS Reader 5.10.3 (5.10.30088)
New
Added iMessage extension for sharing encouraging verse art (Bible app)
Added welcome messages for several features (Bible app)
Added push notifications for helpful features such as reading reminders, exclusive book sales, and info about app updates.
David Schwegler (Faithlife),
2016 December
iOS Reader 5.10.4 (5.10.40093)iOS Reader 5.10.4 (5.10.40093)
Fixed
Fixed some categories not working in iMessage extension
Fixed app icon missing from iMessage extension
Reduced app size
David Schwegler (Faithlife),
2016 December
iOS Reader 5.11.0 (5.11.00152)iOS Reader 5.11.0 (5.11.00152)
New
(Logos Bible Only): Added Verse of The Day home screen widget
Improved detection of user no longer being signed in
Fixed
Fixed crash when using some new resources, such as the new Chinese Bible
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 January
iOS Reader 5.11.1 (5.11.10162)iOS Reader 5.11.1 (5.11.10162)
New
Added Verse of The Day home screen widget (iOS 10.1 or higher is required)
Improved detection of user no longer being signed in
Fixed
Fixed crash when using some new resources, such as the new Chinese Bible
Fixed Reading Plan “Mark Read” crash
Fixed the Verse of The Day widget not appearing on some devices
Various bug fixes and improvements
Known Issues
Word Lookup doesn’t work properly; this will be fixed in the next Beta
The Topic Guide doesn’t show any results
Highlights sometimes don’t appear
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 January
iOS Reader 5.11.2 (5.11.20182)iOS Reader 5.11.2 (5.11.20182)
New
iMessage Verse of the Day widget
Improved
Improved Line spacing in Reader View
Fixed
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 January
iOS Reader 5.12.0 (5.12.00045)iOS Reader 5.12.0 (5.12.00045)
Fixed
Fixed some headword key-linking problems in the FSB resource
Mobile Ed videos now return to the text when completed
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 February
iOS Reader 5.12.1 (5.12.10092)iOS Reader 5.12.1 (5.12.10092)
Fixed
Minor localization fixes
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 February
iOS Reader 5.12.3 (5.12.30113)iOS Reader 5.12.3 (5.12.30113)
Fixed
Fixed some headword key-linking problems in the FSB resource
Mobile Ed videos now return to the text when completed
Korean Bible text justification
Minor localization fixes
Various bug fixes and improvements
ilian,
2017 February
iOS Reader 5.13.1iOS Reader 5.13.1
New
Logos Basic resources
Support for Sermon Speaker Styles
Improved
Improved text highlighting usability
Joining Group Invitations
Localization
Fixed
Long press History
Corrected the price of New King James Version Bible
Reading plan sync for newer reading plans
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 March
iOS Reader 5.14.0iOS Reader 5.14.0
Fixed
Changing the color scheme in Reader View causes the resource text to vanish
Reading Plans are now generated in Spanish in the Biblia app
Problem opening certain sermon documents
Various bug fixes and improvements
Known Issues
Verse links in Sermon Documents are not blue
Verses in Sermon Documents don’t stay within boundary lines
The Words of Christ in Red setting doesn’t work
Sermon Document indents don’t work properly with Headings
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 March
iOS Reader 5.14.2iOS Reader 5.14.2
Fixed
Verse links in Sermon Documents are not blue
Verses in Sermon Documents don’t stay within boundary lines
Sermon Document indents don’t work properly with Headings
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 April
iOS Reader 5.14.4iOS Reader 5.14.4
Fixed
Crash when following a Presentation and then toggling “Ask to Follow Nearby Presentations”
Some Bibles are not available in the Text Comparison tool
The BWS progress indicator is dismissed before results are loaded
Search result text can appear below the results line separator
Tint color lost after search
German New Account Prompt Copy is truncated
Crash when trying to create a note
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 April
iOS Reader 5.14.5iOS Reader 5.14.5
New
The Courses tab has been added to the Biblia app
Fixed
Changing the color scheme in Reader View causes the resource text to vanish
Reading Plans are now generated in Spanish in the Biblia app
Problem opening certain sermon documents
Verse links in Sermon Documents are not blue
Verses in Sermon Documents don’t stay within boundary lines
Sermon Document indents don’t work properly with Headings
Crash when following a Presentation and then toggling “Ask to Follow Nearby Presentations”
Some Bibles are not available in the Text Comparison tool
The BWS progress indicator is dismissed before results are loaded
Search result text can appear below the results line separator
Tint color is lost after search
German New Account Prompt Copy is truncated
The video scrubber is sometimes not available
Crash occurs when scrolling through Highlights very quickly
The Moody Bible Commentary’s Verse Picker opens the ESV
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 May
iOS Reader 5.15.0iOS Reader 5.15.0
Fixed
In Text Comparison, collection names 24 characters or longer don’t appear correctly
The Library’s Sort by Recent date information is incorrect
Issue syncing prayers documents
Notes with hyperlinks on Android don’t work on iOS
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
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 May
iOS Reader 5.15.1iOS Reader 5.15.1
Fixed
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 May
iOS Reader 5.15.2iOS Reader 5.15.2
Fixed
In Text Comparison, collection names 24 characters or longer don’t appear correctly
The Library’s Sort by Recent date information is incorrect
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
Corrected the resource count before downloading multiple resources
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 May
iOS Reader 5.16.0 (5.16.00097)iOS Reader 5.16.0 (5.16.00097)
Fixed
Verbum Advanced Academic Training videos now work
The ESV/LEB audio speed now stays at the requested value across chapter boundaries
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 June
iOS Reader 5.16.0 (5.16.00114)iOS Reader 5.16.0 (5.16.00114)
Fixed
Performing a Bible search of a single Bible no longer works
The resource navigation scrubber doesn’t work with downloaded books
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 June
iOS Reader 5.16.4iOS Reader 5.16.4
Fixed
Verbum Advanced Academic Training videos don’t work
The ESV/LEB audio speed doesn’t remain across chapter boundaries
Performing a Bible search of a single Bible doesn’t work
The resource navigation scrubber doesn’t work with downloaded books
Proclaim presenation survey buttons don’t appear
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 August
iOS Reader 5.16.5iOS Reader 5.16.5
Fixed
Verbum Advanced Academic Training videos don’t work
The ESV/LEB audio speed doesn’t remain across chapter boundaries
Performing a Bible search of a single Bible doesn’t work
The resource navigation scrubber doesn’t work with downloaded books
Proclaim presenation survey buttons don’t appear
Various bug fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 September
iOS Reader 5.17.0iOS Reader 5.17.0
Fixed
In app purchase and restore should work again
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 September
iOS Reader 5.17.1iOS Reader 5.17.1
Fixed
Text Comparison now works on iOS 11
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2017 September
iOS Reader 5.2.0iOS Reader 5.2.0
Important Note:
Version 5.2 is the last release that will support iOS 7.x.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 March
iOS Reader 5.2.1iOS Reader 5.2.1
New
Media resources should display in list view
Fixed
Sync and Document data will no longer be backed up to iCloud
ilian,
2016 April
iOS Reader 5.2.2iOS Reader 5.2.2
Important Note:
Support for iOS 7.x will be dropped in the upcoming 5.3.x release.
ilian,
2016 April
iOS Reader 5.2.3iOS Reader 5.2.3
Important Note:
Support for iOS 7.x will be dropped in the upcoming 5.3.x release.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 May
iOS Reader 5.3.0iOS Reader 5.3.0
New
New audio playback controls
Improved
Updated the Faithlife Today video feed
Various fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 June
iOS Reader 5.3.4iOS Reader 5.3.4
New
New audio playback controls
Updated Facebook SDK
Always Show the Tab Bar Setting to keep the iPhone tab bar visible (on by default)
New app rating prompt
Improved
Updated the Faithlife Today video feed
Better localization for supported languages
Various fixes and improvements
Fixed
Crash when tapping on the whitespace after the last character of editable Note text
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 July
iOS Reader 5.4.4iOS Reader 5.4.4
New
Infinite scrolling Text Comparison (Logos Now only)
Tappable Text Comparison resource links
Portuguese support
Fixed
Miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 August
iOS Reader 5.4.5iOS Reader 5.4.5
Fixed
Text Comparison
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 August
iOS Reader 5.4.6iOS Reader 5.4.6
Fixed
ESV/LEB audio (requires updated resources)
ilian,
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.5.1iOS Reader 5.5.1
New
Text Comparison panel syncs with Bibles
Improved
Text Comparison now supports more than five Bibles
Fixed
Fixed ESV/LEB audio (requires updated resources)
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.5.4iOS Reader 5.5.4
Improved
Minor bugfixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.5.5iOS Reader 5.5.5
New
Text Comparison is no longer limited to five Bibles
The ability to sort Text Comparison collections by Title
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.0iOS Reader 5.6.0
New
Read-only Sermon Documents
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.0 (5.6.22)iOS Reader 5.6.0 (5.6.22)
New
Read-only Sermon Documents
Fixed
Fixed Sermon Document crash on iPhone devices
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.0 (5.6.33)iOS Reader 5.6.0 (5.6.33)
New
Read-only Sermon Documents
Fixed
Removed bundleVersion from method signatures
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.1iOS Reader 5.6.1
Improved Sermon Documents:
Background colors for Questions/Handouts
The font now defaults to Sans Serif
Font scaling should sync
Long sermons are no longer truncated
Fixed
Text Comparison collection results no longer duplicate the preferred Bible
Various minor fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.1 (5.6.10042)iOS Reader 5.6.1 (5.6.10042)
Improved Sermon Documents:
Background colors for Questions/Handouts
The font now defaults to Sans Serif
Font scaling should sync
Long sermons are no longer truncated
Fixed
Text Comparison collection results no longer duplicate the preferred Bible
Various minor fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 September
iOS Reader 5.6.2 (5.6.20053)iOS Reader 5.6.2 (5.6.20053)
New
Read Only Sermon Documents
Improved
Improved sharing to Evernote
Fixed
Text Comparison collection results no longer duplicate the preferred Bible
Predictive spell check when editing Notes
Various fixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 October
iOS Reader 5.7.1 (5.7.10030)iOS Reader 5.7.1 (5.7.10030)
Improved
Renamed Visual Copy to Media
Add Border to Sermon Document Scripture Passages
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 October
iOS Reader 5.7.1 (5.7.10040)iOS Reader 5.7.1 (5.7.10040)
Improved
Improved startup time on Android 4.3+ devices
Fixed
Fixed Faithlife Study Bible resource links to the Lexham Bible Dictionary
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 October
iOS Reader 5.7.2 (5.7.10056)iOS Reader 5.7.2 (5.7.10056)
Improved
Renamed Visual Copy to Media
Add Border to Sermon Document Scripture Passages
Various bugfixes and improvements
Fixed
Note creation using iOS dictation
Community notes when using the CCC resource
Text Comparison results when using collections (Logos 7/Now only)
Text Comparison prioritized Bibles (Logos 7/Now only)
Filtered Library results show all rated resources when sorted by Rating
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 October
iOS Reader 5.8.1 (5.8.10038)iOS Reader 5.8.1 (5.8.10038)
New
Initial support for an improved Sign In process
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 October
iOS Reader 5.8.2 (5.8.20065)iOS Reader 5.8.2 (5.8.20065)
New
Initial support for an improved Sign in / Register process
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 November
iOS Reader 5.8.3 (5.8.30104)iOS Reader 5.8.3 (5.8.30104)
New
Improved the new user experience
Fixed
Various bugfixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 November
iOS Reader 5.9.1 (5.9.10052)iOS Reader 5.9.1 (5.9.10052)
Fixed
Issue with the NA28 title randomly appearing in the resource
Highlight context menu positioning
Various bugfixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 November
iOS Reader 5.9.2 (5.9.20076)iOS Reader 5.9.2 (5.9.20076)
Fixed
Issue with the NA28 title randomly appearing in the resource
Highlight context menu positioning
Various bugfixes and improvements
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2016 November
iOS Reader 6.0.5iOS Reader 6.0.5
Fixed
Word Lookup should now work with non-Bible text
Various bug fixes and improvements
ilian,
2017 December
iOS Reader 6.5.1.0119iOS Reader 6.5.1.0119
New
- Updated datatypes (allows recently updated resources to work on mobile)
Fixed
- Store crash
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 June
iOS Reader 6.5.3.0131iOS Reader 6.5.3.0131
New
Enable Search and Word Study even though there might not be lexicon results.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 August
iOS Reader 6.5.4.0133iOS Reader 6.5.4.0133
Fixed
Occasional crash in Word Lookup
The context menu is missing some items after an app update
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 August
iOS Reader 6.5.5.0136iOS Reader 6.5.5.0136
New
Removed Atlas as a result of an iOS 12 compatibility issue
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 September
iOS Reader 6.5.6.0137iOS Reader 6.5.6.0137
Fixed
Fixed a potential deadlock issue
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 October
iOS Reader 8.0.5.0187iOS Reader 8.0.5.0187
New
Groups will now open the dedicated Faithlife app
Allow custom user series when linking resources Previously limited to just bible commentary series
Improved in Logos 8 Notes
Tap the header in notes views to show or hide the main navigation
Improved the selection of custom highlight styles with preview text
Disabled pull to refresh when editing note/notebook lists in the new Logos 8 notes tool
Fixed
Remove owned resources from store views
Memory and performance fixes for increased stability
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 November
iOS Reader 8.0.8.0005iOS Reader 8.0.8.0005
New
New Sync Your Data feature
Don’t show promotions when not connected to network
Require a network connection to sync data, show an alert otherwise
Automatically update downloaded resources while on WiFi
Previously used Search parameters are stored
Improved
Improved highlighting performance on newer Apple devices
Notes attached to references are now visible in non-downloaded resources
Improved word lookup and topic guide performance
Update localizations
Fixed
Crashes when creating notes
Fixed some issues when scrolling and making long notes
Additional memory allocation fixes
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2018 December
iOS Reader 8.10.0 (26)iOS Reader 8.10.0 (26)
Improved
A new note’s notebook, indicator and highlight style default to that of the last created note.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2020 January
iOS Reader 8.12.0 (12)We’ve grouped them in columns of 5/10/etc in order to make visually scanning for the verse target easier.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2020 March
iOS Reader 8.12.0 (43)We’ve grouped them in columns of 5/10/etc in order to make visually scanning for the verse target easier.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2020 April
iOS Reader 8.12.5 (54)iOS Reader 8.12.5 (54)
Fixed
Fixed an issue when searching the library in Chinese.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2020 June
iOS Reader 8.5.0.0149iOS Reader 8.5.0.0149
New
Updated Library UI
Multi-select Library Resources for Downloading
Library Download Progress Indicator
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 June
iOS Reader 8.5.0.0165iOS Reader 8.5.0.0165
New
Use resource font in reference popups
Improved
Move Reference Scanner button to the right of the screen on iPad devices
Fixed
Add Layout button to Reading Plan panel
Fix low light view of media screen
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 June
iOS Reader 8.5.0.0168iOS Reader 8.5.0.0168
Fixed
Fixed Low Light picker controllers in the Reading Plan panel
Minor internal bug fixes
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 June
iOS Reader 8.5.0.0182iOS Reader 8.5.0.0182
New
Added Fuzzy search results for online Bible searches
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 July
iOS Reader 8.5.0.0201iOS Reader 8.5.0.0201
New
We’re excited to announce two major improvements with this release: an improved Library experience and Fuzzy Bible Search.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 July
iOS Reader 8.5.1.0213iOS Reader 8.5.1.0213
Fixed
Fixed the layout of the text size slider in resource view settings.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 August
iOS Reader 8.5.2.0215iOS Reader 8.5.2.0215
Fixed
Fixed an issue that prevented some audio resources (such as the Chinese CUV Mandarin Audio Bible) from playing.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 August
iOS Reader 8.5.3.0217iOS Reader 8.5.3.0217
New
Improved store view.
Kevin Byford (Faithlife),
2019 September
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (12)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (12)
This build features lots of under-the-cover changes.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 April
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (21)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (21)
Improved
Added ability to create new documents when in the tab editor.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 May
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (28)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (28)
Fixed
Fixed an issue when editing a note in the top view of a split tab that caused the content to scroll out of view when using the on-screen keyboard.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 May
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (3)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (3)
Improved
Improved searching of user collections.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 April
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (33)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (33)
New
Added the ability to edit Passage and non-Passage text blocks in Sermon Builder.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 May
iOS Reader 9.5.0 (7)iOS Reader 9.5.0 (7)
New
Added the ability to edit Passage and non-Passage text blocks.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 April
iOS Reader 9.5.1 (38)iOS Reader 9.5.1 (38)
Fixed
Fixes a problem unlocking content purchased within the app.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 June
iOS Reader 9.7.0 (5)iOS Reader 9.7.0 (5)
Improved
Sermon Builder has inline suggestions for inserting Scripture blocks.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 July
iOS Reader 9.8.2 (26)iOS Reader 9.8.2 (26)
Fixed
Sermon Builder bug that changed the slide type to “quote” when a Scripture block was edited.
Logan Ash,
2021 October
iOS Release NotesApp Version Release Channel Date
iOS Reader 26.0.1 (36) Stable Monday, July 3, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (35) Stable Tuesday, June 20, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (32) Beta Friday, June 09, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (26) Beta Friday, June 02, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (20) Beta Tuesday, May 30, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (13) Beta Friday, May 19, 2023
iOS Reader 26.0.0 (09) Beta Friday, May 12, 2023
Reader Suite 25.0
App Version Release Channel Date
iOS Reader 25.0.2 (47) Stable Thursday, May 18, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.1 (45) Stable Friday, May 12, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (44) Stable Tuesday, May 9, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (39) Beta Friday, April 28, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (31) Beta Friday, April 21, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (23) Beta Tuesday, April 18, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (13) Beta Thursday, April 6, 2023
iOS Reader 25.0.0 (6) Beta Friday, March 31, 2023
Reader Suite 24.0
App Version Release Channel Date
iOS Reader 24.0.1 (52) Stable Thursday, March 30, 2023
iOS
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