Changelog
v5.0.6
2026-07-01 · New reading-plan widget and home-screen split comparison, improved audio playback and reading experience, plus many fixes
- Added a reading-plan home-screen widget
- Improved scrolling smoothness on the Bible page; added a “swipe left/right to turn pages” toggle
- Improved audio Bible playback: fixed abnormal playback speed, chapter-switch loading freezes, and mid-playback interruptions; added keep-screen-on while playing
- Added split-screen comparison on the home page; fixed the issue where switching translations in comparison mode could not locate the selected verse
- Added precise RGB adjustment to custom color themes
- Improved original-text reading: automatic line wrapping at large font sizes, and note text now scales with the font size
- Added dark mode to the Daily Verse; refreshed the share-card design
- Multiple improvements to the Devotional channel and Reflections Circle, including comment counts and check-in stats
- Improved accessibility narration; fixed abnormal search scope and nickname display after switching languages
- Fixed an issue on iPad where the top multitasking controls blocked the table of contents
- Fixed crashes, disappearing navigation bar and back button, and other issues for greatly improved overall stability
v5.0.3
2026-06-10 · New Reflections Circle, improved audio playback, and many fixes
- Added Reflections Circle to the Devotional channel; articles now show who has read and who has checked in
- Improved the audio playback experience
- Fixed incorrect display of commentary sections
- Fixed the “Search All” feature issue in the Dictionary
- Fixed an issue where audio/video downloaded in older versions failed to display
- Fixed an issue where questions and prayers from older versions failed to display
- Scripture sharing now supports Dark Mode
- Fixed incorrect image colors in Reading Mode
- Fixed issues where original text could not be copied, and searching with spaces or underscores failed
- Windows: Fixed installation failures on some computers
- macOS: Fixed download failures on some computers
- Fixed other known issues and improved performance
v5.0.0
2026-05-12 · New reading layout, AI search, word-level notes, and all-new media
- Brand-new scripture reading layout, with paragraph display matching printed Bibles
- New side-window feature: view more verses and commentary without leaving the passage you are reading
- AI semantic search: locate verses with a single natural-language sentence
- Word-level verse notes: tap a word to add a note
- Aggregated dictionary search: search all downloaded dictionaries at once
- All-new media: Bible audio, video, and devotional content fully upgraded, with support for building your own albums
- In-depth study: commentary, dictionary, and original text connected in one place
- Reading plans: customizable check-in times and visualized progress
- Devotional channel: subscribe to the columns you like, and read and check in together with your group
- Custom resource import: import your own commentaries, dictionaries, reading plans, and other resources
- Custom font import: read the Bible with your favorite fonts
- Notes fully upgraded: export to Word / Markdown / HTML
- Many performance and stability improvements
v4.0.0
2022-10-12 · Brand-new scripture display, tap words/links, print-book layout
- Brand-new scripture display
- Tap scripture to view words and links
- Support for print-book verse layout (enable stanza and paragraph display)
- Page dial to quickly jump to a specific page of a book
- New sign-up and login, supporting email and account login and more
- Support for online customer service and video help
v3.0.0
2020-04-22 · New parallel view, reading groups, community features, split-screen and pop-up view
- New Bible parallel view; parallel view supports looping playback by stanza
- Community features: Ideas, questions, prayers
- Discover: added an app favorites folder for adding online apps
- Table of contents multi-select supports read-aloud (play selected scripture)
- Parallel management: quick entry for playback speed settings
- Translation management: download popularity display, improved download experience
- Improved stanza follow-along display for parallel audio playback
- Android tablets support landscape mode
- Added a quick “stop playback” entry to the audio playback page
- Support for opening in split-screen and pop-up view
- Bold text display
- Plan Center supports human narration
- Improved landscape table of contents
- Reading groups
- New audio table of contents management
- Bible study audio/video section
v2.0.0
2019-12-15 · Rebuilt audio, immersive reading, Plan Center, Dark Mode
- Rebuilt Bible audio playback for a brand-new audio experience
- Immersive reading by default: swipe up for full screen, swipe down to exit (can be turned off)
- Comprehensive improvements to Bible search / personal center / reading mode / Bible table of contents
- Simplified sign-up and login
- Commentary, cross-references, and original text support multi-select queries
- Support for hiding scripture titles and links, with one-tap conversion between “神” (Shen) and “上帝” (Shangdi)
- New Bible videos, new Bible commentary
- Poster sharing, daily verse search, traditional table of contents, service site selection
- Cross-reference jump, copy, and share
- Audio playback: custom timer duration, theme selection, playback memory
- Reading settings: left/right margins; reading mode: view the full chapter
- Plan Center, desktop widgets, new Feature Center
- Support for phone Dark Mode (can be turned off), iPad landscape adaptation
- My Notes: add scripture with search support, Markdown compatible
- Table of contents multi-select to view chapters, one-tap copy, reading history entry
- Image library filtering
- Commentary table of contents supports selecting stanzas, quick translation switching
- New logo
v1.0.0
2019-04-15 · First release: Bible reading, audio/video, dictionary and original text, Ideas
- Two Bible reading modes (Standard / Simple), highlight of jumped-to stanzas, font switching (with pinyin support)
- Bible audio, video, and images, daily verse, Bible dictionary and Bible original text
- Scripture search: multiple book ranges, swipe left/right in search results to switch between previous and next chapters
- Reading / audio playback progress memory, sequential and pinpoint audio follow-along, automatic check-in when finished
- Commentary, cross-references, quick view of original text
- Translation management: browse all translations even before downloading, downloaded translation selected by default
- Custom scripture copy formats, multiple scripture sharing styles + QR code
- Note content preview, new “My Check-ins”, improved doodle page
- Ideas feature: public interactive notes to record your understanding, inspiration, or questions about the Bible and interact with brothers and sisters
- Feature Center: Bible videos, practical tools, online apps supporting external browsers and standalone running (mini-program mode)
- Keep screen on while reading, book introduction toggle, stanza number size setting