A Bible encyclopaedia on your smartphone

Friday, September 26th, 2014

A Bible encyclopaedia for smartphones, a real virtual library that holds numerous editions of the Scriptures that can also be accessed off-line.

“Catholic Bible” is one of the most complete apps of its kind; the breadth and availability of its content are astonishing: it offers as many as forty two editions of the sacred text and the quality of its dynamic functions is exceptional.

The latest updated version of the software – which has been available online since the middle of August comes with translations in fourteen different languages (Italian, English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Swedish, Arabic, Korean, Japanese and traditional and simplified Chinese) and allows the user to purchase seven more editions of the Catholic Bible which are not included in the standard version, using “in-app purchase”. Continue reading

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