Welcome to the Logos mobile app! In this article, we’ll briefly walk through the basic features of the app. For more detailed help, visit the Logos Support center. We also have a large collection of videos to help guide you through some of the Logos Mobile app’s most popular features.
Note: Some features available below may require the latest version of Logos Bible Software.
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1. Setup the App
The first time you open the Logos mobile app, you’ll be presented with three options.
Note: If you’ve already logged in, skip ahead to get oriented.
- Create my free account for brand new Logos users who want to create an account.
- Sign in for existing users (If you’ve forgotten your password, you choose to sign in and then tap Forgot your password?).
- No thanks, I just want to read the Bible for now! is for users who want to dive into the Bible without signing up or signing in. This option also appears on the Sign up and Sign in screens. You can Sign in or Sign up after selecting this option by tapping the More Items icon
, then tapping Settings, and finally tapping Sign in.
Note: Tapping either of the first two options will advance to a screen where you can enter your account information. If you select option 3, the initial login screen will open every time you open the app.
2. Get Oriented
When opened, the app opens to your last-viewed resource in the central tabs view. If you have multiple resources open, swipe to switch between them.
Did you know? You can change the default font size, spacing, theme (i.e., light or dark mode) of the app from the panel menu settings. Learn more.
A navigation bar at the bottom of the screen provides quick access to the major sections of the app (Logos mobile for phone shows a limited set of options). If you can’t see these options, tap the top bar of the screen to bring up the navigation bar. Tap any icon to view the respective area.
- Home (
) gives you quick access to your reading plans, quickstart layouts, lectionaries, prayer lists, and more. It also displays featured Faithlife content, and links to popular resources and media. To close the Home Page, tap Done on the upper right of your screen. Learn more about the mobile Home Page.
- Library (
) holds all your books. By default, all your books stay in the cloud, though you can tap the download icon
to place a book on your phone or tablet for offline use. Learn more about the mobile Library.
- Search (
) provides quick access to a blank search tab. Limit your search by resource, range, or many parameters. Note that of the many ways to search in Logos, this is the most generic and open-ended. Learn more about searching.
- Bible (
) opens your Top Bible. You can access this option in the Tabs view on non-tablet devices. Learn how to set your Top Bible.
- Factbook (
) opens the Factbook.
- Docs (
) opens a list of your recent Logos documents.
- Tools and Guides (
) opens a list of tools and guides available in Logos.
- Store (
) opens the Logos store.
- Tab View (
) opens an overview of all opened tabs. Each tab represents an open resource, search, guide, or any other feature. You can split tabs between two items, link tabs to scroll together, save tab layouts for use later, and more.
- Layout (
) offers a set of pre-defined layout places for your current panel. Learn more about layouts in the Logos Mobile App.
- The More Items Menu (
) expands a menu with access to all of the areas and features available within the Logos app. It’s a great place to go if you can’t remember where to find a specific feature.
Did you know? You can set a preferred Bible as the default Bible for any opened passage, guide, or tool. Learn more.
3. Navigate Resources
You can open an resource you own from the Library . While reading any resources, you have access to additional tools and menus to help you get the most out of your study.
Highlighting Tool
To highlight any phrase, press and immediately drag to apply your most recently used highlight. To change or delete any highlight, tap the highlight to show the Selection Menu. The top section shows your most recently-applied highlights. You can access additional highlights by tapping the more actions icon .
Selection Menu
Tap any sentence to select it. For larger or smaller selections, drag one of the blue handles to set your selection. The Text Selection Menu is resource-dependent, so each selection card will reflect the selected content.
The menu includes three sections.
- Highlights: select or delete a highlight style.
- Guides and Tools: quick access to common guides and tools.
- Info Cards: preview cards for Factbook entries, original language word info, and more.
Navigation bar
The top navigation bar provides helpful context-aware options and tools.
- Tap
to return to your last position in the current resource.
- Use the search bar to navigate to a new location in the resource (e.g., “John 1:1”).
- Tap the Table of Contents icon
to visually navigate to any section of your current resource.
- The Panel Menu (
) holds a variety of powerful tools and features, like view settings, where you can adjust font size, change to a dark theme, and more.
4. Engage in Study
The Logos Bible mobile app flexes and adjusts to each user. As you study, you’ll find paths that work best for you. Because everything syncs between devices and platforms, you’ll always have access to your latest notes and resources. Here are a few of the most popular study methods and tools.
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- Split screens, linked tabs, and saved layouts
- Notes, clippings, and highlights
- Reading plans
- Reference Scanner
- Original language study
- Four ways to search
Note: For more detailed help, visit the Logos Support center or view our large collection of videos to help guide you through some of the Logos Mobile app’s most popular features.
Split screens, linked tabs, and saved layouts
You can set any tab to show two resources and then link them to scroll together. Not only does this take advantage of your screen space, but it also enhances your study be making more information visible at a time.
Note: If you need some help setting up layouts, go to the mobile home screen and choose a default Quickstart layout. Learn more about split screens, linked tabs, or saved layouts.
Notes, clippings, and highlights
There are several ways to mark important details in your study. Knowing which tools are available to you can help you choose the best tool for each portion of your study.
- Notes: Notes are your personal comments on any book in your library. Tap and hold until blue handles appear and the word is selected. Drag the handles to complete your selection and then tap Note in the selection menu. This anchors your personal comments to your selected text and inserts a small note icon by default so you can quickly view your note. The notes tool makes it easy to sort, filter, and search to find previous notes. You can also group individual notes by notebooks for further organization. Learn more about the notes tool.
- Clippings: Clippings are personal collections of saved quotations. They help you pull together important quotes and insights on any theme, passage, or topic. To add any selection to a clippings document, tap and hold on your book until blue handles appear and the word is selected. Drag the handles to complete your selection and then tap Clipping in the selection menu.Learn more about the clippings tool.
- Highlights: You can quickly highlight any word or phrase by tapping and immediately dragging. This applies your most recent highlight. Learn more about the highlighting tool.
Reading plans
You can set aside books to read, create reading plans for nearly any book in your library, and receive daily reminders to engage in your reading plans.
The Reading tab in the Library holds your saved books for reading later and any reading plan—those shared with a group, personal plans, and plans you’ve already completed.
- Save books to Read Later: Logos mobile lets you mark books you’d like to read later. Tap the more options icon
- Create a reading plan: Tap the more options icon
- Set up notifications: In the Settings menu you can set up a reading reminder to be notified to read each day. Tapping the notification opens the app.
Note: Learn more about reading plans in the Logos mobile app.
Reference Scanner
Snap a photo of a Bible reference in a book, bulletin, and more, and the Logos mobile app will open your Bible to that reference. You can use an existing photo on your device or scan a document live.
- Open the More Items menu
- Tap Scan to take a picture of your references. Logos will identify any references in the photo.
The reference scanner returns a list of biblical references from your preferred Bible. Tap a reference to expand it and view the entire verse. You can even save the list of references as a passage list.
Note: Learn more about the Reference Scanner.
Original language study
The mobile app includes several ways to study original languages.
- Selection Menu
The easiest way to study original languages is with the Selection Menu. Tap a verse or double-tap a word to open the menu. The Info Cards offer quick access to original language study tools.
- Exegetical Guide
While viewing any verse, open the More Items Menu (
Note: You can also access the Exegetical Guide from the Selection Menu.
Four ways to search
With the Logos Bible mobile app you can run basic and intermediate searches to scan through your open resources or search within your entire library for words or phrases.
There are four primary methods to search:
- Selection menu: search your entire library for your selected word or phrase
- Lookup menu: search your top Bibles for your selected word
- Actions menu: search within an open resource
- Search tool (tap the search icon
While you can configure any of the methods to fit any search need, their defaults help you run the distinct search types listed above. Here are a few customizations you can add to any search:
- Find a phrase containing all of the words: add multiple words with spaces between each (e.g., faith hope love)
- Find a phrase containing any of the words: add multiple words with commas between each (e.g., faith, hope, love)
- Find exact wording: surround any phrase with quotation marks to return only results with your precise phrase (e.g., “faith and hope”)
- Exclude a term from search: add a hyphen before any word to exclude it from your search (e.g., faith hope glory -charity)
- Find references to a verse: surround a verse reference with angled brackets (e.g., )
- Find word combinations: use operators like AND, OR, and AFTER (e.g., joy AND peace) to locate specific word combinations
- Access Logos datasets: use search parameters like (e.g., <person Judah (patriarch)>) and (e.g., <Lemma = lbs/el/λόγος>).
Note: Learn more about searching in the Logos mobile app. For more information on using search operators, check out the Advanced Searching section of the Logos help file.