Thanks! This is a real improvement and makes the app much more functional. What I'd really like in the next release is to be able to access the parsing information which I see in the instant details box in Accordance on the Mac...

Just do a long tap on a word, the pop-up window includes most Instant Details information. It's been there since 1.0.

Maybe I should plug the Help pages again.

Note that to see the images you may need to go to the Display Settings and resave them,

The new version is great! Good improvements. How do you switch highlight files? I have synced files with my desktop but don't see how to turn on different styles.

If you scroll down to the bottom of the "Display Settings" view, you should see an option to switch between installed highlight files.

Great update !  (Can't wait for the grid view too!)

Thanks Helen; I've now found that facility, which is great. However, the font size is too large to get all the text in the pop-up window which appears - is there a way to reduce the font size?

Sorry, that hasn't been programmed yet.

Great update to a wonderful iOS app. I'm so excited to see this continue to mature with features that will eventually relieve me of the need to carry my 15" MacBook Pro, even during serious study. My iPad + Accordance = everything I need on the go!

The program is great, it is very useful when I can't take my computer with me, I do have one request though.  In the next update could you add a status bar to the download screen so I can watch the status of my modules when I am loading them to my iPad?  I was loading some of them on using the easy load the night I got my iPad, and the wifi connection in the building I was using wasn't great so it took forever and I didn't want to touch it because I didn't know how long it was going to take, and didn't want to disturb it for fear of having to start over.

Additionally, if we could get our modules on the easy load screen split up by category (translations, commentaries, language tools, etc...) and in alphabetic order it would make searching for which I want to load onto my iPad's limited space much more convenient!  Thank you again for a great product!

Don't you mean "select Sync with Mobile Device from the ACCORDANCE menu"?

Tom

I do indeed. Thanks for catching it.

The sync went flawlessly, I'm very impressed. It took devonthink iOS a few months to get syncing down right.

I take it that the only items not syncable are user tools? 

-Jon

User tools are the only module type currently supported by Accordance for iOS that are currently not syncable.  They will be in an upcoming release.

Scott.

as i read Lowe's review of the various ipad/ipod/iphone bible apps, i was disappointed at how poorly the accordance app scored...

i know you don't usually give time frames for this but any idea when there'll be an update to correct this? (c:

always loved accordance and find the app handy -- and trying to use the app as a justification to purchase an ipad, alas, not there ye...

David, you should get an iPad.

" you can look forward to being able to access your Accordance modules on your device of choice." This really sounds exciting!

Mercy! Just when? 

David,

Glad you followed up the last blog with some more details.  All of your loyal Accordance users have been waiting so long for Accordance on the iOS platform and glad to hear it should be great from the start.  Just hope it is coming soon.  By the way, I agree we need to get you an ipad.

David,

Thanks for the update on Accordance for mobile devices. I love the convenience of using the iPad in a Bible class, but it comes up short on Bible software and Keynote presentations. I had to jailbreak it to get display out to the projector. I have tried about six different Bible programs, but none are killer apps. I have mostly gone back to using Accordance and Keynote on my laptop for Bible class and sermon presentations. I am hopeful that Accordance on the iPad will be flexible enough that I can go back to the iPad in the classroom. I get the feeling I will not be disappointed.

David,

Thanks for the update... I suppose we've been waiting for the iOS software (and you guys have been working really hard) so everyone is eager to see what comes of it all. 

I really can't tell you how pumped I am and agree with Ron about the last sentence in your post being really exciting. Thanks for communicating! Also, an iPad is a must! ;-)

Well, I know this is really going to be a long shot! Any possibilities we could integrate this on the iPad/iPhone with EndNote citations and notes? These processes and features might be too much of a data hog and EndNote is already VERY complicated as a program.

I would love to have the ability to enter say verse markers in an EndNote field and have them pulled into my User Notes/Tools and vice versa. Maybe having two fields, one for the verse and one to index the citation? 

Holding all of that on an iPad/iPhone would also be a tremendous resource. And then syncing the links that I make on the iPad/iPhone back to the Mac would be a tremendous tool. I just think that I would keep more of those wonderfully rough splashes of thought that evaporate before I get my Mac out of its case (after the sermon and at home) and get it set up to type. 

The only question is when would you sleep?

David,

Thanks so much for the update!!! To be honest, the entire reason I decided to get an iPad when I first heard of them was to one day put accordance on it. And that ways way before there was whisper of an iOS-Based Accordance.

Here's the thing: my iPad is my full-blown ministry assistant. All my notes, ebooks, calendar, Dropbox, audio, video, everything on there is for ministry, yet it has been incomplete without Accordance. This is great, great news. The iPad was made for Accordance! 

CAN'T. WAIT. CAN'T. WAIT.

Please keep us posted!! There are many of us who would absolutely LOVE to be BETA testers, as well...

Thanks for keeping us informed on the development Accordance on the iPad. I love the Accordance software and would love to put in on a iPad. If you guys offer Accordance for iPad long with Kenneth S Wuest materials, i will have no reason to buy logos on the iPad. Thanks again for Keeping us informed.

That's great news!  I'm glad to see that there will soon (?) be a way to read the Bible at any time it is needed.  Now for my wish:  an iPad compatible app that really makes Bible reading and at least light study practical.  I use my iPad to read the week's scriptures while doing my morning work-out, in preparation for the following Sunday's service and sermon.  I do this through the Kindle app on my iPad.  It works, but the Bible is just another book in that app.  When I bookmark the week's four lectionary scriptures and the bible study class scripture, the bookmarks cannot be identified by their book, chapter and verse.  This leaves the reader poking at the list of vaguely named bookmarks until the right one is found.  I hope you provide for that kind of use.  In any case, the Word is becoming more available, thanks to your work.  Thank you!

The Olive Tree BibleReader already exists & many of us are already using that.

Will the Accordance iPhone app be compatible with first generation iPod Touch as well?  I've had problems with other nice apps that only work on 2nd, 3rd gen iPod or latest iPhone OS. 

Thanks for the update! Can't wait to start using the app!  

If you need a non-academic pastor as a beta tester, I'm available.

Karl: Your iPod Touch will run Accordance if you have at least version 3.0 of the iOS (system software). This may be a paid upgrade of your original system.

Interesting blog.  You might not be aware that the iphone/ipad market is already full of apps that can switch between scriptures for reading purposes and they have been around for a long time (ie. ESV Bible, Youversions Bible, Olive Tree, to name a few).  What we are all waiting for is to be able to study the Bible using the resources we have already purchased from Accordance.  To be able to take notes, highlight, search original language, commentaries, etc.  Please give us a blog about that, as I think that is what your constomers have been looking for.  Also, it would be very discouraging if the original release was not ipad compatible as that is really a great format for study because of screen size. 

I'm with David on the main function will be to read the scriptures on the go, particularly in ancient languages. I currently use pocketsword for ancient languages and Olivetree for ease of use. I'd use Olivetree the whole time, except that I don't want to fork out $57 for untagged GNT and BHS. Keep up the good work Accordance! 

I'm in full agreement with Jason on this one...I want to use my already purchased modules to STUDY the Holy Bible in Heb/Gr along with an encyclopedia, atlas, and reference works when I'm on the go.

I would suggest, even GLADY, that you charge $10-$20 for the app but allow us to use our ALREADY PURCHASED MODULES instead of charging us for them individually (like Craig Adam's mention of Olive Tree - who can [continually] pay to purchase modules for two separate devices: Accordance GNT & MT for Mac & Olive Tree's for iPhone/iPad???? I would rather pay even $20 for the reader and $0 for the own modules...

Gratefully yours,

michael.

Jason, I am certainly aware that there are many other iOS Bible apps which enable you to look up passages quickly. In fact, I mentioned them when I contrasted our method of navigation with those of "most other programs I've seen."

While this blog post merely relates my experience of using our app in the most basic of ways, I did drop a hint of at least one unique search capability (I'm surprised no one seems to have picked up on it) and implied that there are already many more. I can assure you that you will have most of what you are looking for in the initial release of the app, but as I said, we've got to make sure we get the basics right as well. A top-heavy app with powerful features but clumsy navigation is most certainly not what Accordance users are looking for.

With respect to being able to use your already purchased Accordance modules without having to pay for them again, that's a given. In fact, it's the main reason we're developing Accordance for the iPhone and iPad. So be encouraged, the news is all good! :-)

David:

Thank you for your assurance regarding the modules!

As much as I ENJOY BibleReader (it really is a powerful app to use!), I simply cannot continue to afford to spend $ for two separate devices-platforms! I would rather give my $ to OakTree - because I've already invested extensively into Accordance - to acquire more needed modules, instead of purchasing, AGAIN, GNT/MT/LXX/BDB/BDAG/HALOT,etc. for my iPhone.

Henceforth, I'll remain quite loyal ($) toward OakTree (sorry OliveTree but to costly in the long-term).

THANKS AGAIN!!!!

I'm really looking forward to the Accordance app. for iPad.

In the meantime, I've been duplicating several of the reference works that I already own for Accordance by purchasing from Olive Tree.  I really like the Bible Reader setup and am happy with many of the modules (especially the ESV Study Bible and the new Strong's edition of the ESV and the HSCB Strong's.) The easy way to access references and notes with a touch instead of a separate box is great and makes the iPad a more enjoyable device for reading a study bible compared to my Mac Pro.  I hope that the Accordance app will allow this same kind of use.

However,  some items like the NLT Study Bible and Unger's Bible Dictionary in Olive Tree suffer from big problems when accessing verse references.  Many go to the wrong references.  I've become spoiled by the meticulous near perfection of the work done by Accordance- It seems that you really do get what you pay for when paying the higher prices for the Accordance software.

I'll be really happy to eventually standardize on the Accordance versions on my iPad.  

I have several Bibles on my iPod Touch and the best for me is Olive Tree Bible Reader software, version 4 (http://www.olivetree.com/iphone/). I rely on the ESV Bundle. Hands down it is the quickest going to a particular verse, seeing the notes, and highlighting key passages. I hope the Accordance iPhone is at least this easy to use.

David!

It looks awesome. And since I am not a programmer I have a question; how difficult is porting this application over to android? I live in an AT&T dead zone and in SoCal, the dropped calls are legendary. I love my Sprint EVO and actually have grown to love the Android OS. Now would I have an iPhone if the offered it? That could be a toss up. So, is it possible? If it is, do you think that you will do it? Would you think about it???

Thanks my friend,

Rino

Logos has a good iphone/ipod app.  Base the structure on that. It is free to use (even if you don't have the purchased computer software) and it references to libraries are over the internet. I would like to see two things:  one being an app over several platforms, Android, Apple, Blackberry; and or two, maybe an option to purchase and download different versions of the bible to your sd card on your mobile devise, Cadrebible for android is a good example. 

How much space will the Accordance app take up on the iPhone?

Thanks, and keep up the good work on the best Bible software out there.

Alan

Maybe this was already addressed or asked in another post, but will there be an app for the Droid?

Alan: We have no plans to port to any other mobile platforms. The space on the iPhone will entirely depend on what you choose to load onto your Accordance. Some modules are very large but most texts are quite small. You can look in the Finder to see what you have right now on the Mac.

Helen,

Really looking forward to incorporating Accordance on to my iPhone and iPod Touch. Keep up the excellent work and keep up posted!

I bought a mac for the first time to run accordance. I love the program and I use it more and more to study and do exegesis. Now I will have to buy an ipod touch just to run these other apps. By the way, I bought a ipod for the first time for my hebrew vocab. This Bible study thing is moving me into a lot of new technology.

I am eagerly looking forward to syncing my notes, highlights, etc. from iPod Touch to MacBook Pro.  Currently, I use OliveTree's Bible Reader on my iPod Touch, sync to the cloud using Evernote, then copy and paste into Accordance.  It works, but the seamless integration is going to be huge for me, especially as a pastor.

Any updates on where this process is?

I have a smart phone that uses android apps and I am a little puzzled as to why Accordance would not create an app for this platform. This is the largest platform for apps in the world. Why limit it only to the I-phone? Why do we all have to be pigeon holed into buying an I-phone if we want to utilize our accordance products on the go? What if I don't like the I-phone and have purchased a phone that is much better and not as expensive for its monthly services (ATT has had a monopoly on this for a while and they charge like it). Come on Accordance, help us out on this one.... Thanks, and don't worry, I still love Accordance!

I'm quite late to this conversation. I'm a user of Accordance since version 2, back in 1994, if I remember correctly.  I'm now also wondering about getting accordance onto Android.  We also live in an area where you can't get iPhone service, and I'm being really impressed with the Android phones & tablets.  Any hopes of changing your minds? 

We don't have any way to convert our code to the Android system, as we could for the iOS. Each is a different system from the Mac. Even on iOS we had to deal with the different system and create an entirely new interface, but we use the same modules and much of the same search and display code as Accordance. If a port to Android becomes feasible, we will consider it. In the meantime you could get anotehr device such as iPad or iPod Touch and run Accordance on it, separate from the issue of phone service.