Bible Analyzer for Mac

Good program with a lot of study resources. The interface takes some getting use to.

I thought I knew all Bible Software for Mac and never was 100 % convinced of any. And then MacUpdate showed me the free Bible Analyzer yesterday. I immediately fell in love. A Bible software from Bible believers with several editions of the KJV and older English Bibles, Webster's 1828 Dictionary, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, plus the best and fastest search in any Bible program. I am blown away. This is my new main tool, and Accordance, MacSword and Online Bible are second. Praise the Lord!

I'm a Liberation Theologist (a Christian Marxist, if you will), whose friends, colleagues, and family exist along a spectrum from conservative religious to atheist. I understand the hostility that many have to organized and institutionalized religion, but I would ask you to remember that while much evil has been done in the name of God, much good has been done as well. For every racist who spews hate and intolerance, there is a Martin Luther King, Jr. For every fundamentalist who refuses to see our common humanity, there is an El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. For every conservative who blames the poor for their plight, there is an Oscar Romero. For every coward who fails to stand up or speak up when others are being oppressed, there is a Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For every elite who uses religion as a tool to make people into enemies, there are others whose purpose is to help us recognize each other as "Friends". I know there's a lot of crazy and ignorant stuff happening these days, much of it caused by religion, but I would ask my atheist and agnostic brothers and sisters to try and be more tolerant of spiritual folk. Critique them for what they say and do that harms others, but don't attack them for personal beliefs which simply help them make some sense of the world. You can call it opium, but frankly, we all need drugs to get through this. :-D

I did a review and rated this so I am not sure why there is no Rating... here is my review and I will restate my Rating. Let me start the review by laying out my experience. I have been involved in computers for several decades and I have a number of other Bible software programs, specifically: Logos 4 & 5 ; Accordance 9 & 10 ; QuickVerse 2011 & 10 ; WordSearch Bible 9 & 10 ; The Word ; The Online Bible ; Sword Searcher 6 ; and e-Sword. I do not have BibleWorks or the PC Study Bible. Having mentioned the above I still would not call myself an expert user of any of the packages. I use Accordance the most and then Logos and then it is a toss up for third place in my usage pattern between Bible Analyzer and WordSearch Bible s/w. Value: It is my contention that Bible Analyzer is the best bargain available except for using the internet. It works on multiple platforms and the developers have been responsive. They do not seem myopically focused on financial gain and update their software regularly. The Premium Modules range from $3-$100 with only 1 module costing $100, 1 cost $15, 5 costing $10, 5 costing $7, 14 costing $5, and the rest under $5. These premium modules are not usually just one resource. They also have a large number of FREE modules. I quickly tried to count and it seems to be over 100 volumes. Their Mac version is a recent venture and they are probably not used to the Mac community yet so I am uncertain as to whether they monitor MacUpdate. Hopefully they have the resources to do that, but they do not seem like a high profit margin endeavor. They offer some unique content not to be found in other offerings and in other cases their content is considerably less in price. The value is as good as it gets. Stability: I have never had a crash with any of their s/w. They update their software and offer additional content regularly. This is all too rare. Just check out their web site and it becomes obvious they are constantly working on the product. Ease of Use: The UI is satisfactory relative to other offerings, but it is a Windows look and feel. Features: The features are good, but they are not as sophisticated as those offered by Logos and Accordance. I will remind you here that both Logos ($300-$5000 and more) and Accordance ($50-$2300 and more) can be very expensive. They offer the Bible Analyzer on all THREE major Operating Systems (Windows XP-7 — OS X 10.5-10.8 — Ubuntu 8.04-12.04) and they do NOT exclude Leopard and Snow Leopard users (which comprise the bulk of Mac users) as many recent Mac application offerings do!!! I especially appreciate this as I have and run all three Operating Systems. I wonder why MacUpdate hasn't expanded their model to Windows and Linux. The Bible Analyzer startup cost to users is $0... FREE!!! so I would recommend you take a look at Bible Analyzer as it might be just what you are looking for. Kudos to the developers for creating a great product and offering it free except for some extra add-on Premium modules. Extra accolades for constantly adding both free and low cost content and enhancements to Bible Analyzer!!! For the price Bible Analyzer is among the best available if not THE best app of its type available at this time (Dec 2012).

Let start the review by laying out my experience. I have been involved in computers for several decades and I have a number of other Bible software programs, specifically: Logos 4 & 5 ; Accordance 9 & 10 ; QuickVerse 2011 & 10 ; WordSearch Bible 9 & 10 ; The Word ; The Online Bible ; Sword Searcher 6 ; and e-Sword. I do not have BibleWorks or the PC Study Bible. Having mentioned the above I still would not call myself an expert user of any of the packages. I use Accordance the most and then Logos and then it is a toss up for third place in my usage pattern between Bible Analyzer and WordSearch Bible s/w. Value: It is my contention that Bible Analyzer is the best bargain available except for using the internet. It works on multiple platforms and the developers have been responsive. They do not seem myopically focused on financial gain and update their software regularly. The Premium Modules range from $3-$100 with only 1 module costing $100, 1 cost $15, 5 costing $10, 5 costing $7, 14 costing $5, and the rest under $5. These premium modules are not usually just one resource. They also have a large number of FREE modules. I quickly tried to count and it seems to be over 100 volumes. Their Mac version is a recent venture and they are probably not used to the Mac community yet so I am uncertain as to whether they monitor MacUpdate. Hopefully they have the resources to do that, but they do not seem like a high profit margin endeavor. They offer some unique content not to be found in other offerings and in other cases their content is considerably less in price. The value is as good as it gets. Stability: I have never had a crash with any of their s/w. They update their software and offer additional content regularly. This is all too rare. Just check out their web site and it becomes obvious they are constantly working on the product. Ease of Use: The UI is satisfactory relative to other offerings, but it is a Windows look and feel. Features: The features are good, but they are not as sophisticated as those offered by Logos and Accordance. I will remind you here that both Logos ($300-$5000 and more) and Accordance ($50-$2300 and more) can be very expensive. They offer the Bible Analyzer on all THREE major Operating Systems (Windows XP-7 — OS X 10.5-10.8 — Ubuntu 8.04-12.04) and they do NOT exclude Leopard and Snow Leopard users (which comprise the bulk of Mac users) as many recent Mac application offerings do!!! I especially appreciate this as I have and run all three Operating Systems. I wonder why MacUpdate hasn't expanded their model to Windows and Linux. The Bible Analyzer startup cost to users is $0... FREE!!! so I would recommend you take a look at Bible Analyzer as it might be just what you are looking for. Kudos to the developers for creating a great product and offering it free except for some extra add-on Premium modules. Extra accolades for constantly adding both free and low cost content and enhancements to Bible Analyzer!!!