YouVersion

YouVersion

Web address	www.youversion.com
Registration	Optional
Available in	English, 40+ others
Owner	Life.Church
Launched	2008 (2008)
Alexa rank	45,605 (YouVersion.com) 6,511 (Bible.com)

YouVersion (also known as Bible.com or the Bible App) is an online and mobile Bible platform published for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and many other operating systems; it also supports a variety of other platforms. YouVersion's Bible App features 1254 Bible versions, in 909 languages, audio Bibles for popular versions, offline capabilities, as well as over 800 Bible Plans on specific topics, portions of the Bible, the entire Bible, and devotionals.

History

Introduced in 2008, YouVersion has been described as the "world's most popular Bible program for mobile phones".^[1]

November 2013 brought around the introduction of the Bible App for Kids, which 13 months later had 5 million installations in 6 languages.^[2]

YouVersion is funded by Life.Church and outside donors. It is staffed by more than 20 full-time employees and more than 400 active volunteers.

In April 2014, YouVersion released version 5 of the Bible App, which added features for community engagement and scripture discussion. The Bible App has been downloaded more than 200 million times.^[3]^[4]

In April 2015, the website updated their app so that it was compatible with the newly released Apple watches.^[5]

Bible App Features

Bible reader: Reading the Bible on the mobile device.
Reading Plans: Hundreds of plans help users read the Bible regularly by serving up daily selections of Scripture.
Personalization: Notes, bookmarks, and highlights help users personalize their interaction with Scripture, much as they might with a print Bible.
Synced between platforms: Users can pick up where they left off whether they are reading on their computer, phone, or tablet. Reading plans, bookmarks, notes and more are accessible on all platforms.
Social network connections: Sharing favorite verses and reading plan progress on Twitter and Facebook.
Notes: Users can journal thoughts privately or choose to share them with others. The community can access all of the contributions for a verse simply by clicking on it and viewing related notes.
Offline: Some versions are available for download directly to mobile devices for use in airplane mode or when outside of network coverage.

References

↑ Sherman, Bill (January 4, 2011). "Lifechurch.tv's Bible App Attracts Millions of Users". Tulsa World. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
↑ "What if millions of children all over the world fell in love with the Bible?". YouVersion Blog. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
↑ Murashako, Alex (April 23, 2014). "Bible App 5 Shows YouVersion Still on Track to Engage the World in Scripture". The Christian Post. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
↑ "The Bible is everywhere". youversion.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ Klett, Leah (10 April 2015). "YouVersion to Release Updated Version of Bible App for Apple Watch". gospelherald.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

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