The following is a detailed version history for PocketBible for iPhone.

• Version 1.4.4 / Build August 4, 2010 / App Store August 9, 2010
  • Bug Fixes:
    • Launch Add/Remove Books automatically after successful bookstore transaction.
    • Fixed bookstore error when you try to select a link before the whole page has loaded.
    • Fixed crash after adding a bookmark category.
    • Worked around iOS4 bug that prevented hi-res toolbar buttons from being shown on iPhone 4.
• Version 1.4.3 / Build July 17, 2010 / App Store July 24, 2010
  • iPhone and iPad Features
    • Released this version in three new packages: PocketBible NIV Study Bible Collection, PocketBible NIV Reference Collection, and PocketBible Life Application Study Bible Collection.
    • Added "Shop for Bibles and Books" to the menu; implemented a Web-based bookstore that is integrated into the program. Automated selection and download of newly purchased books.
  • iPhone-only Features
    • Hi-res graphics for iOS 4 Retina display
    • Fixed a bug that caused the launch options form to sometimes be displayed when coming out of the “suspended” state (really fixed it this time)
• Version 1.4.2 / Build July 5, 2010 / App Store July 12, 2010
  • iPhone and iPad Features
    • Added option to enable/disable the use of colored buttons in the Bk/Ch/Vs verse selection forms to indicate sections of the Bible
    • Added option to set margins and line leading for single- and multiple-pane screen configurations
    • Fixed a bug in which the temporary highlighting of the linked-to verse could disappear after synchronization with our server, removing or updating books, or coming out of the suspended state (iOS 4)
  • iPhone-only Features
    • Added “Split Screen” to Context menu
    • Fixed a bug that caused the launch options form to sometimes be displayed when coming out of the “suspended” state
• Version 1.4.1 / Build June 25, 2010 / App Store July 1, 2010
  • Send a verse in an email from within the app, if device configured to do so.
  • Send a verse in a text message from within the app (currently only iOS4).
• Version 1.4.0 / Build June 18, 2010 / App Store June 24, 2010 iOS 4 version
  • iPhone and iPad Features
    • Allow user to change synchronization timeout setting to support uploading large datasets
    • Sped up synchronization especially when dealing with very large data sets (1000+ notes/bookmarks/highlights).
    • Better account for UTF8 characters in notes when synchronizing.
    • Don't change high-ASCII and Unicode values to character entities when saving notes. It's not necessary.
    • Updated to book reader engine 1.068.
  • iPad-only Features
    • Don't update hidden toolbox panes until they are shown. This enhances launch speed and improves performance generally.
    • Optimize searching for an empty string in notes (i.e. search for "*") to speed up listing notes.
    • Enhancements to the algorithm that iterates over notes. Speeds up note searches when you have a very large data set ( > 1000 notes).
  • iPhone/iOS4-only Features
    • Support task switching.
    • Fixed rotation lock on iPhone
• Version 1.3.0 / App Store May 17 2010 First iPad version; server synchronization of user-created data
  • iPhone and iPad Features
    • User data synchronization with iPocketBible.com server
    • User data backup/restore to iPocketBible.com server
    • Screen brightness setting (Dim the screen for reading at night independent of the backlight setting)
    • Multiple panes (Two for iPhone, five for iPad. View multiple books simultaneously, or multiple passages in the same book)
    • Decreased page-loading time (thus launch time)
    • Splash screen now covers window drawing, then fades (OK, not exactly a feature, but it's cool)
    • Gradiated title bars
    • Calculator-style go-to for Bibles (Select the book, then use numeric pad to enter chapter and verse)
    • Notes list now shows excerpt of note instead of excerpt of verse
    • Improved error messages when nothing is found as the result of a search. Try to tell you how to fix it.
    • Updated help
  • iPad-only Features
    • Toolbox keeps search results and lists of notes, highlights and bookmarks available all the time.
    • Library search (All searches search your entire library, not just the active book)
    • Notes search (Search your notes using Boolean operators, just like you search the Bible)
    • Book notes (Add notes to non-Bibles)
    • Edit note while using program (Makes it easier to copy/paste verses into your notes)
    • View search results, lists of highlights/bookmarks while using program
    • Lock panes so they don't sync to content movement (Handy while writing notes or following cross-references out of a search)
    • Additional margin and leading in single-book view (Makes for a pleasant reading experience)
    • Bk/Ch/Vs go-to has bigger buttons for iPad; laid out 10 buttons wide
    • Removed “lock rotation” setting. iPad has a hardware switch for this.
    • New title bar style
• Version 1.2.0 / Build Dec 20 2009 / App Store Dec 29 2009 Devotional progress tracking
  • PocketBible now tracks your progress reading through devotional (daily reading) books like through-the-Bible reading plans.
    • Select a start date for each devotional book
    • Mark today's reading, current reading, or selected reading as “completed”
    • Title bar turns green for readings you've read; red for those you need to read
    • Today button now activates new Devotional menu when selected while a devotional is active. Gives access to devotional features including new reading progress view and settings
    • “Catch Up” function lets you quickly adjust your reading plan to put you back on schedule
    • Open Book screen uses color coding to indicate which devotional books you need to read today to stay on schedule
    • Progress tracking is optional
  • Added frequently requested “Forward” and “Bookmarks” buttons to the tool bar when in landscape mode (where there is room for more buttons than in portrait).
  • Color-coded the book name buttons in the Go To Verse “Bk/Ch/Vs” selection process. Colors correspond to well-known sections of the Bible (Pentateuch, History, Wisdom, etc.) to make it easier to spot a particular book.
  • Added more “short-cut” buttons to the Go To Verse spinner corresponding to the sections of the Bible mentioned above.
  • Minor updates to the Context menu for non-Bibles to remove inactive choices.
  • Improved handling of saving your notes when the phone rings or you get a text (or simply exit the program) to eliminate potential loss of data.
• Version 1.1.0 / Build Oct 29 2009 / App Store Nov 12 2009 Attach notes to verses
  • Ability to attach notes to Bible verses
  • Pasteboard (clipboard) support
  • Rotation lock
  • Changed layout of search input to avoid selecting highlights and categories. Users are accidentally searching non-existent highlights and getting zero search results. The new layout will help.
  • Added more info to “no matches found” message to avoid the same problem as above.
  • Changed tap-and-hold delay to 500 msec from 1000 msec to more closely match Apple's tap-and-hold delay.
  • Close the context menu after choosing to toggle Strong's numbers on/off
  • Implemented underline and strike-through
  • Be more rigorous about the way we determine the type of the book. This will move a very small number of books from the “dictionary” or “commentary” section to “other” books.
  • In connection with the last change, send “look up” requests to “other” books so they can try to respond if possible. Again, a very small number of books are impacted.
  • Changed the title field on search results to truncate on the left instead of on the right so you can see the most detailed portion of the title in non-Bibles. (This makes sense when you see it but is hard to describe.)
  • Fixed proximity picker position in landscape mode
  • Fixed Spanish book names in both 3-tap and spinner go-to controls
  • Fixed OT/NT buttons in Spanish Bibles
  • Fixed reversed Hebrew strings
  • Ignore touches that come in while we're in the process of going somewhere. Otherwise we can have weird zooming issues.
• Version 1.0.1 / 1.066 / Build Sep 20 2009 / App Store Sep 30 2009
  • Synchronization was effectively always on. Fixed so it honors the setting in the menu.
  • Once zoomed for link disambiguation, it was possible to choose something from the menu or tap the title bar and confuse the app about the zoom state of the text. Fixed so that any interaction with the program resets the zoom state.
  • Following a link to a Strong's number would display the preferred (or default) Strong's dictionary, but other Strong's dictionaries would not follow when synchronization was on. Fixed so all sync links to dictionaries result in proper synchronization.
  • Registering an email address containing a + (plus sign) failed. Probably other special characters would fail, too. Fixed to use proper URL encoding.
  • Significantly beefed up the error handling while communicating with the server to register new users, send login credentials, and download your books. Eliminated the now-famous “(null)(null) Customer ID (null)” message that was so informative.
  • Changing from “reference only” search results to one of the results with excerpts would result in a correct results list but some excerpts missing. Fixed to always check the selected results format and always reformat each result.
  • Fixed typos in Welcome and Help documents. (These are downloadable now using Add/Remove Books.)
  • Built with book reader engine 1.066 which contains support for a new Bible translation.
• Version 1.0.0 / 1.065 / Build Aug 24 2009 / App Store Sep 16 2009
  • Initial release on the App Store