Best Mobile Bible Software

Pocket e-Sword is a free Bible reader application for Windows Mobile and Pocket PC devices. In addition to the e-Sword application, there are several free Bible translations and Bible study tools which you can load onto your device for use with the e-Sword program. Newer Bible versions and more advanced study tools can also be purchased from the e-Sword site--there are more than 100 texts for e-Sword available in multiple languages. One nice thing about e-Sword is that there is an excellent Windows desktop version as well, so if you are familiar with e-Sword on your PC, the PDA version should be just as comfortable to you. Read more...

• Reviewed by Sue Chastain, About.com Guide to Graphics Software.

Laridian Electronic Publishing offers mobile Bible software for Palm, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile-based Smartphone, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPhone and BlackBerry devices. This review covers features in Laridian MyBible 4 for devices running Palm OS 5.0 and higher. There are multiple benefits and advantages of using MyBible 4 on your Palm PDA. For starters, I study the Bible with MyBible 4 just as I do a traditional Bible, highlighting and bookmarking verses and adding notes. I especially value how references or multiple Bibles opened in split panes synchronize as I move through the Bible with MyBible 4. Read more...

• Reviewed by Shelley Elmblad, About.com's Guide to Financial Software.

Olive Tree BibleReader is a free Bible application for mobile devices including Pocket PC, Palm, Smartphone, Blackberry and more. Olive Tree offers the BibleReader application as a free download, along with several free Bible versions, and hundreds of other free resources such as devotionals, commentaries, and eBooks--in English and several other languages. In addition, they offer many popular Bible versions and study tools which you can purchase separately or in bundles. Although I have only used one other Bible software for PDA, I prefer Olive Tree primarily for the speed of launching and the ease with which you can navigate within the program. Read more...

• Reviewed by Sue Chastain, About.com Guide to Graphics Software.

Laridian PocketBible for Windows is a portable yet powerful Bible application for use on your desktop PC, laptop, or tablet PC. What makes this software so unique is that it is designed to run entirely from a USB flash drive. You can either install and run the program from your computer's hard drive or directly from the flash drive, wherever you go! If you're like me, when you travel you like to have access to all of the same information available on your home computer, including your Bible. PocketBible for Window makes it simple. If you study the Bible at home on your desktop PC, you can easily take the program with you to the office, to school, or on a trip. Read more...

• Reviewed by Mary Fairchild, About.com's Guide to Christianity.