About Accordance

Accordance is the premier Bible Study Software for Macintosh, offering you the power you need, the interface you expect, and the choices you want.

	The Power You Need Accordance gives you all the tools you need to study the Scriptures in your own way. Search the Bible, compare translations, highlight the text, add your own notes, consult the Greek and Hebrew, access commentaries and other reference works -- you name it, Accordance makes it possible. For a thorough introduction to what Accordance can do, click here. For more about the features of Accordance, click here. For a free working demo, or movie and flash demos, click here.
	The Interface You Expect All that power does you no good if you can't figure out how to use it. Accordance takes full advantage of the Macintosh interface to give you everything you need, clearly organized and easy to access. Click here to find out more about the concepts behind the Accordance interface.
	The Choices You Want Accordance offers the most comprehensive library of materials available for the Mac. Start with one of our primary CD-ROM collections, then choose which Bibles, commentaries, and other tools you want. You can always add more later -- every CD-ROM and module is completely integrated into your Accordance program. Click here for guidance on selecting your CD-ROMs.

Just for Macintosh?

Accordance has been developed as a Macintosh application, and version 6 and 7 run natively under Mac OS X and the classic Mac OS (System 7.5 or above).

Accordance can also be run on a Windows PC using an emulator. The emulator is fast and free, and all but one of Accordance's powerful features are supported. To find out more about using Accordance on a PC, click here.

A Brief History

Roy Brown, OakTree Software's president and application developer, created one of the first Bible programs available for the Macintosh, known as ThePerfectWord, way back in 1988. ThePerfectWord was later bought by another company and renamed MacBible.

Soon there were a number of good general Bible study programs for the Mac, but there was nothing that would enable scholars and pastors to do in depth analysis of the original Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible. So Roy began work on a new program which would make it easy to engage in even the most sophisticated kinds of Bible study. When Accordance 1.0 was released in February, 1994, it was heralded as a breakthrough in power and ease of use.

Over the years, Accordance has expanded from a specialized tool for scholars and pastors to one of the most complete, full-featured, and accessible Bible Study programs available. Whether you're doing personal Bible study or scholarly research, you'll find that Accordance remains a breakthrough in power and ease of use.