NIV - Read it/Hear it GoBible App Reviews

Bot this almost 2 yrs ago. Scriptures r missing, its not paced well and gobible DOES NOT LISTEN OR CARE or fix it.

Please make the Book & the Chapters always on or always visible on top of the screen. Thank you!

First, I need to state that I really like this app and its ability to begin reading at any verse thanks to verse-level indexing. I’ve been using the app a lot and I don’t regret the purchase. However, if I happen to find a more polished verse-indexed audio Bible app, I will probably jump on it. Aside from the nice verse-level indexing, this app is buggy and very light on features and polish. I like simplicity, but at $23.99, it’s disconcerting to see the last app update (version 1.2.3) was posted in June of 2011 (almost 21 months ago). This seems to indicate the developers are resting on their laurels. At least for me, there are passages (e.g. Gen 39:19-23) where the text highlight stops advancing correctly, and each of the verses plays twice (with a couple of the verses being slightly truncated). This happens in the same places on both my iPhone and my iPad. There should be automatic saving of reading position when the app is closed and re-started. Users can currently get around this by always setting a manual bookmark just before closing the app, but it seems like this same application code (for saving bookmarks) could be leveraged to automatically create a “hidden” bookmark at application close. Then, if a hidden bookmark exists at startup, the app could set the wheel pointers to the correct chapter and verse, then delete the hidden bookmark. That would be much better than nothing, and you could make it optional via app preferences (which don’t currently seem to exist). The ability to set a stopping place needs real improvement. You can set a bookmark with an “end verse,” but this feature is buggy. If you want to span chapters (e.g. starting in Genesis 5 and ending in Genesis 6), the verse number for the “end verse” must be equal to or greater than the verse number for the starting verse. In other words, you can set Gen 5:15 - Gen 6:15, or Gen 5:15 - Gen 6:16, but if you attempt to set Gen 5:15 - Gen 6:14, the “end verse” you enter will just overwrite the starting verse, and there will be no end verse configured at all. And occasionally the app will crash when attempting to configure a bookmark with an end verse, although I haven’t figured out how to reliably duplicate the crash. More reading plans would be nice, and a different navigation system instead of the wheels (Olive Tree’s “Bible+ Maps” has a very nice “Go To” setting called “Compact Grid”), but I wouldn’t want any such enhancements unless the more basic bugs and shortcomings are addressed first. Finally, several other reviewers have mentioned valid issues that I won’t repeat here. All in all, this app is useful and I’m thankful for it. With either the issues addressed or the price lowered dramatically, I would be able to recommend it without serious reservations.

This audio Bible is simple to use and works very reliably. I had been using a free audio Bible for several years, but it had increasing problems with freezing, not going on to the next chapter, etc. GoBible just works. The voice quality is excellent, and you can place a bookmark and the next day start where you left off. The verse that is being read is highlighted as the narrator speaks. This app is well worth the money.

Every time I try to add notes it closes the app and when you reopen the note is gone. Even when you try to use the edit. Same thing.

Love the App. But I think it needs a 2015 update.