Too many. Im trying to slim down...

First of all, the app is worth purchasing. The HCSB notes, access to Strongs Concordance for a quick peek at the Hebrew and Greek, maps, and articles are phenomenal when I dont have my personal library on hand. So dont let the price discourage you. This app offers more value than the hard copy HCSB study edition. The HCSB is a solid translation and a nice balance between formal and functional translational styles. When preparing a sermon, the ESV, NLT, HCSB, and the NKJV (for kicks anyway, never hurts to take a look at what the Majority Text approach has to offer) are my favorite editions for comparing translational choices.

Points of improvement are as follows.

1) The two pane window approach is great and works well from a "study bible" perspective, but when there isnt a paragraph gap in the text, its difficult to get the hidden menu bars to reappear without selecting a word and having Strongs Concordance pop up in the Full Screen Text mode. Best to stick with the Book Style With Margins viewing mode and/or enable the Toggle Toolbars as one of your gestures (such as double tap). Minimalism is nice when maximizing a view, but frustrating when it is not easily reversed.

2.) They are a little slow in keeping up with Apples hardware release tempo. I still have black bars on the top and bottom of my iPhone 5. I was running this app on an iPhone 4 (which I got 2 and a half years out of). Its nice to leave the hardware lag behind, but I would really like to take advantage of the additional real estate that my new phone has to offer. I have used this app on an iPhone 4S as well. If you have a 4S or iPad 2 and above, you will be happy with the responsiveness.

3.) It would be wonderful if parsing were present as an add on buy in the library which could then be viewed in one of the split window panes. I would pay more than $10.00 for that feature.

4.) Here is my biggest one and it needs to be fixed ASAP. Put the Split Window option in the Display Options! I can lose my two windows and spend 10 minutes trying to get it back. For me, this is by far the most frustrating element of this application.

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