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Using on Your Phone

On a phone, each part of the app has its own screen instead of side-by-side panels. A bar at the bottom switches between screens.

The mobile layout​

The Bible text fills most of the screen. The bottom navigation bar has five tabs.

The Bible text on a phone with the bottom navigation bar visible

The bottom navigation bar​

From left to right:

  • Home — the welcome screen with the verse of the day.
  • Study — cross-references, topics, the dictionary, and interlinear words for the current verse.
  • Read — the Bible text.
  • Cmt — commentary for the current verse.
  • Search — the search screen, with its own search box, Keyword and Ideas buttons, and the results.

Tap a tab to switch screens. Left-handed mode, on the Theme tab in Settings, flips the bar; see Personalizing Your Experience.

The bottom navigation bar with its five tabs

The Study screen​

The Study tab shows these sections for the verse you last selected, as one scrolling page:

  • Cross-References, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Show Verses expands the text of each entry.
  • Topics, grouped by topical index. Browse All Topics, at the end of the section, opens the full topic browser.
  • Dictionary. Look up a word or Strong's number opens a dictionary search.
  • Interlinear.

The header at the top names the verse, for example "Verse: John 3:16". Tap the reference to go to the verse in the Bible text. The thumbtack beside it keeps the screen on this verse while you read elsewhere. Show full verse expands the header to show:

  • The full verse text, and Show less to collapse it again.
  • Previous and next verse buttons.
  • A history button that lists verses you have viewed.

The mobile Study screen showing the cross-references and topics sections

The Commentary screen​

The "Cmt" tab lists the commentaries for the current verse, as cards, below the same verse header as the Study screen. Each card shows the commentary's name, a word count, and whether the entry is on the verse or on the passage. Tap a card to read the full entry. Previous and Next buttons, with verse numbers, move to the commentary's nearest entries. See all commentaries returns to the list.

  • The Find commentary... box filters by name.
  • The star on a card moves that commentary to the Starred group at the top. The other commentaries are under All.
  • The eye icon on a card mutes the commentary and moves it to the Muted group at the bottom. Tap the icon again to unmute it.

The mobile Commentary screen showing the card list

Touch gestures​

Swipe between chapters. Swipe horizontally across the Bible text to go to the previous or next chapter. The Gestures tab in Settings sets how far a swipe must travel, and can turn the gesture off.

Swipe between verses. On the Commentary screen, the same gesture moves between verses. It has its own threshold setting.

Auto-hiding header​

The header hides when you scroll down and reappears when you scroll up.