Parallel Plus® Bible-study app

Name: Parallel Plus® Bible-study app
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.837772369384766 (13544 reviews)
Author: The Bible Works

The Bible Works

4.8

13.5K reviews

500K+

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Everyone

About this app

Works offline
Comes pre-loaded with 8 leading English-language versions.
On smartphones
3 in portrait: NIV ESV NLT
5 in landscape: NASB (N)KJV NET CSB NABRE
On tablets
5 in portrait: NIV ESV NLT NASB (N)KJV
8 in landscape: NIV ESV NLT NASB (N)KJV NET CSB NABRE
Includes biblical-language helps
OT Hebrew, Greek: word study; verse study
NT Greek: word study; verse study
Customize from a library of 170+ versions in 60+ languages
Free (no in-app purchases)

Updated on

Oct 1, 2025

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Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.8

11.3K reviews

Keevin Rassi

February 5, 2023

I would give it five stars if the word study option also gave the strong's concordance definitions... it's a great simple parallel study on the phone and it got even better when they added the offline version... 2/5/2023 edit; I've noticed that my 1995 NIV is a different wording than the wording called NIV in this app. It's not a big deal, as it says basically the same thing, but so does every translation. That would make this "NIV" more of a "new NIV", a different translation. A bit confusing.

4 people found this review helpful

The Bible Works

February 6, 2023

Strong's concordance definitions are displayed in the verse study for the Hebrew text. Also you can search word study using Strong's numbers. 2/6/2023 update; The app includes the latest editions of NIV (2011) and NASB (2020). It also includes the NASB 1995 and the Legacy Standard Bible (LSB) that is an update to the NASB 1995.

Tom B

January 12, 2025

I absolutely love this app, especially the direct access to cross references. However I wish there was option to click and open just 1 translation full screen when needed. Sort of like the Sermon prep, but with all the cross references and links. It would also be nice when you open a cross reference, you could read the surrounding verses without the being greyed out. Otherwise, great job!

6 people found this review helpful

The Bible Works

January 13, 2025

Here is how to open just 1 translation full screen: 1. Tap the three dots in the upper right corner. 2. Tap "Select versions". 3. Use the toggle buttons on the right to switch off the translations you want to hide, to reduce their number to one. Then you can make use of the “Choose a version set” option to quickly switch between your version sets.

Ralphie B

December 11, 2024

Granted, it doesn't have all the bells & whistles that some of the other Bible apps come stacked with; however, you can at least take annotations. That being said, this is the only Bible app I've used for years now which I've actually found useful during in- depth studies. Comparing languages, editions, side by side-- alll nice & neat, with a built in BDB to top it off. It's especially fun on a tablet.

3 people found this review helpful