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 8.12.0 (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 9.4.0 (50)iOS Reader 9.4.0 (50)
New
Introducing Sermon Builder for the first time— you can now research, write, and present your sermons on iPad.
Todd Diehl (Logos),
2021 April
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 Release NotesFebruary 29, 2024
32.0.0 (34) Stable February 27, 2024
32.0.0 (33) Beta February 13, 2024
32.0.0 (29) Beta February 5, 2024
32.0.0 (24) Beta February 1, 2024
32.0.0 (15) Beta January 23, 2024
32.0.0 (14) Beta January 23, 2024
Version 31.0
App Version Release Channel Date
iOS Reader 31.0.2 (44) Stable Tuesday, February 6, 2024
iOS Reader 31.0.1 (43) Stable Monday, January 29, 2024
iOS Reader 31.0.0 (40) Stable Wednesday, January 17, 2024
iOS Reader 31.0.0 (36) Beta Wednesday, January 3, 2024
iOS Reader 31.0.0 (35) Beta Thursday, December 21, 2023
iOS Reader 31.0.0 (34) Beta Tuesday, December 19, 2023
iOS Reader 31.0.0 (25) Beta Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Version 30.0
App Version Release Channel Date
iOS Reader 30.0.4 (61) Stable Tuesday, December 19, 2023
iOS Reader 30.0.3 (57) Stable Wednesday, December 13, 2023
iOS Reader 30.0.2 (54) Stable Monday, December 11, 2023
iOS Reader 30.0.1 (53) Stable Friday, December 8, 2023
iOS Reader 30.0.0 (50
Matt Mattox (Faithlife),
October 20