iPhone/iPad Apps for the 21st Century Catholic

Please Note: The Apps mentioned below and throughout the site are not owned by me in any way. All information on this page was taken from the Apple iTunes Site. Please refer to there for more current information.

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Bible Readers
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AcroBible (for iPhone/iPod Touch) – Current Version 4.7.1

Designed For / Compatible With:iPhone, iPod Touch – (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:Experience the Bible in a whole new way with AcroBible for the iPhone/iPod Touch. AcroBible KJV (King James Version) puts the entire King James Version of the Bible at your fingertips. The touchscreen interface makes it easy to navigate, browse and search the Bible. An Internet connection is NOT required to read the Bible.What’s New in Version 4.7.1
1) Additional fixes for IOS 3.x, 4.x devices

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AcroBible Suite – Current Version 4.7.1

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad – (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:Experience the Bible in a whole new way with AcroBible for the iPhone/iPod Touch. AcroBible KJV (King James Version) puts the entire King James Version of the Bible at your fingertips. The touchscreen interface makes it easy to navigate, browse and search the Bible. An Internet connection is NOT required to read the Bible.What’s New in Version 4.7.1
1) Additional fixes for IOS 3.x, 4.x devices

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Olive Tree Bible Reader – (Current Version 5.1.5*)

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later) : Also for MacMac Requirements:OS X 10.7 or later, 64 Bit Processor

Overview:Looking for a way to enhance your Bible study? With Olive Tree’s Bible Reader you can compare multiple translations, read Scripture and commentary side-by-side, or open the Bible in full-screen to immerse yourself in the Word without and distractions.Easily take notes, highlight verses and bookmark your favorite passages across multiple Bible translations. Effortlessly manager all of your content on you Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch using Olive Tree’s Free cloud service. Open the Resource Guide to dive deeper into your study with the many commentaries, dictionaries and other resources that Olive Tree has to offer. Simply install BibleReader and you will have access to over 100 free books and thousands of other popular publications to get the most out of your Bible study. BibleReader is a great organizational tool for study, personal devotions, small groups, or sermon preparation.

Included with BibleReader installation:
1) KJV (King James Version) Bible
2) ASV (American Standard Version) Bible
3) Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
4) Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary
5) Easton’s Bible Dictionary
6) Nave’s Topical Bible embedded in the resource guide and lookup

What’s New in Version 5.1.5* (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)
1) Share Bible verses via Facebook, Twitter, eMail, or Text Message
2) Improved gesture support
3) Bug Fixes

What’s New in Version 5.0.4* (Mac)
1) Windows can now be re-sized to smaller sizes
2) Fix for windows that were not restoring on app startup
3) Fix for windows that would not group
4) Search results are no longer restored on app startup
5) Fixed startup crashes
6) Fixed false Book Ribbon display

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Bible +1 – Current Version 1.4.8

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 4.0.0 or later)Overview:Free Bible Reader with fully formatted text and multiple versions and languages available. Navigate the Bible by book, topic, passage, search and more. Download the most popular Bible versions to use even when the Internet is unavailable.

What’s New in Version 2.1.0

1) Free Ukranian Bible
2) Improved localizations: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukranian
3) New Sepia Theme…

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Saint a Day – Current Version 1.0.0

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad*, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.1.2 or later)Overview:Saint A Day – A new Catholic application for your iPhone or iPod TouchCantcha, Inc., the makers of iMissal, have teamed up with the Daughters of St. Paul to develop a comprehensive daily Saint application.

Saint-a-Day is built using content from the extremely popular Saint-a-Day books from the Daughters of St. Paul through their publishing house, Pauline Books & Media… The application is useful as a reference tool, for daily meditation and prayer, and as a spiritual companion. Saint-a-Day is also a practical for teachers, homilies, and leaders who want to bring the lives and examples of the saints into their classrooms, homilies, and groups.

* When using this application on an iPad you will note that the full screen dimensions of the iPad will not, by default, be used. As will some iPhone/iPod Touch apps used on the iPad, users will have a (2x) option to zoom into the application in order to obtain full screen mode.

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RC Calendar

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:Liturgical calendar for every year from 1970 to 2300 and beyond.
Feasts and celebrations according to the General Calendar and the local calendars of the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, Ireland, and others. Also features “About Today” pages giving more information about the saint of the day.If you have an Internet connection then you can also download and view the Liturgy of the Hours and the Mass readings for yesterday, today, and tomorrow from the Universalis website. If you like what you see, consider buying the Universalis application, which never needs to connect to the Internet and has no restrictions on dates.

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Roman Missals

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iPieta – Current Version 5.2.0

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:iPieta is a must-have app for all those who want to gain access to a vast library of Catholic documents, teachings, writings, prayers, and calendars. With the iPieta App, these Catholic Treasures are readily available, at home or on the go, for teaching, on the spot apologetics, and for the benefit of your own soul and those around you.

What’s New in Version 5.2.0
See Help: iPad: “Maltese Cross” > Help
See Help: iPhone: Settings > Help

Two extremes:
1) IiCloud for current bookmarkes for iOS 5
– Settings > iCloud
– Note that saved bookmark files are not on iCloud; only current bookmarks.
2) iOS 3 compatibility issue resolved

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iMissal – Current Version 2.6.3

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 4.2.0 or later)Overview:iMissal is the only Catholic app of its kind that DOES NOT require wifi/cellular to access Mass Readings! You get access to Mass Readings for any day of the year. Includes new Mass Translation (3rd Edition)! iMissal has been one of the top selling Catholic applications in iTunes since its inception.
What You Get: Mass Readings, Calendar, Lectionary, Daily Bible Verse, Prayers, Catholic New Feed

What’s New in Version 2.6.31) Misc Fixes
2) Minimum iOS 4.2
3) Ability to share news items…

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Daily Jesus – Current Version 2.1.0

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:Daily Jesus lights up your iPhone with the wisdom of Jesus. Select randomly any one of hundreds of Jesus quotes taken from the new testament of the Holy Bible. Generate a quote from Jesus anytime, anywhere! Use it for meditation, contemplation or just plain fun! All quotes are paired with a beautify image depicting the life of Jesus Christ.Also available is the full text King James Version of the four Gospels. This helps put the quotes generated into a larger context for further study. Great for anyone interested in deepening their daily practice of worship. Also, Daily Jesus is an easy way for those unfamiliar with the Bible to begin their studies!

What’s New in Version 2.1.0

1) New Image for iPad & Image Correction

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TelecareTV – Current Version 1.0.0

Designed For / Compatible With:iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (Needs IOS 3.0.0 or later)Overview:Telecare TV operates with the mission of spreading God’s word through its religious and educational programming to people of faith wherever they may be. The purpose of Telecare’s mission is to bring the people of the Catholic faith, indeed all people, closer to God.Telecare is a not-for-profit, state-of-the-art television and production facility. For more than 40 years, Telecare has been dedicated to answering a critical need: to provide millions of viewers with quality, value-orientated television. Our broadcast schedule airs 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, reaching millions of households!

This app will allow our viewers to watch Telecare TV on-demand programming and be able to get up-to-date news and information through our social networking websites.

You will be able to hear inspiring audio podcasts by Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Listen to our “Religion & Rock” radio program. “Religion and Rock” is a nationally syndicated radio program hosted by Msgr. Jim Vlaun who is the Telecare President and CEO

Posted by a 21st Century Catholic on March 6th, 2012