
Date: June 23, 2014
Categories: Bible reading
OpenSpritz Bible allows you to read the Bible without having to move your eyes. This allows you to read quicker. While this might not be the best way to study the Bible in-depth, it is still a good way to get a good overview and flow of a large passage or of a (short) book.
The app will accept a number of different passage formats, for example:
- “Mark”, “mark 1-16”, “Gen”, “ez” – Will return the whole book (maybe slow depending on the book size)
- “Mark 1:1”, “Gen 1:1”, “ps 1:1” – Will return one verse
- “Mark 1:1-6”, “gen 1:4-15” – Will return a range of verses
- “Mark 1:1-4:5”, “1 cor 1:1-4:13”, “rom 3-5:6” – Will return a range of verses over a chapter
- “Mark 1-4”, “rom 1-8” – Will return a range of chapters
Currently it will not accept split passages such as “John 1:3,7-8” or “Rom 4, 9”.
Features:
- choose from 51 English translations including: ESV, HCSB, NKJV, NIV84, NRSV etc..
- clean interface while reading to reduce distractions
- progress bar
- adjust reading speed
- adjust reading font size
- Bible download manager
- can use a number of different Bible queries
- full text preview (long press to copy to clipboard)
Links
This application uses the following opensource modules:
- OpenSpritz Android by David Brodsky
- Bible Passage Reference Parser by Openbible.info
- XML Bibles by Felix Chandrakumar
This app would not exist if it wasn’t for these open source modules. Likewise, the source code for this app is online
History on Google play
23rd June 2014 – Version 1 released
10th September 2014 – 100th download
7th February 2015 – 250th download
15th September 2015 – 500th download
11th April 2016 – 1,000th download