Paid for subscription which I never received and support doesn’t answer chat and Apple won’t refund.
Paid for subscription which I never received and support doesn’t answer chat and Apple won’t refund.
Missing Septuagint
Although the app is a beautiful rendition of the Vulgate, it is missing the entire Vulgate including the books of the Septuagint. Given it was compiled by St Jerome, I believe it is important to include all the books from the 4th century, not just the Rabbinical canon from the 11th century.
A great Latin refresher
If you are familiar with the New Testament and are able to interpret some Latin, this may be a great way for you to encourage retention of the Latin language. I use the Latin Vulgate Bible in order to increase my ability to understand Latin vocabulary. Using my understanding of the verses in English, I am usually able to figure out the words I do not know and see how they are being used. It is also helpful to read the Bible in a different language because there are different words for “love “ and for “you” ; and there are other words that could change the meaning that you are getting from reading only in English.
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Not working
Kept crashing when choosing books. This happened with an Ipad.
A great Latin refresher
If you are familiar with the New Testament and are able to interpret some Latin, this may be a great way for you to encourage retention of the language. I use the Latin Vulgate Bible in order to increase my ability to understand Latin vocabulary. Using my understanding of the English, I am usually able to figure out the words I do not know and see how they are being used. It is also helpful to read the Bible in a different language because there are different words for love for you, and other words that could change the meaning and you are understanding, compared to reading in English.
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Response from developer
Hi Dablll! Your review means a lot to us. Thanks for a 5-star rating!
Language
Not in English as they claim
Just in Latin
Expected the Latin /English version since I got it in the US store. For Latin speakers only
Insight
To look at the scriptures through the lens of the Latinists brings perspective not otherwise available thanks for making it free
No longer functions
A bug prevents me from navigating to different texts—I’ve been stuck on Ps 22 for weeks. Attempts to get to a passage other than the one I’m on, except for a very narrow window (other chapters in Psalms) lead to a crash. If fixed, I’ll change the ratings, beciase it used to be quite handy.
ad interruptions
Ridículos full page ad interruptions when you’re conducting research or moving from text to text.
Cannot change font size
Cannot show English with Latin, cannot change font size.
Beautiful
If I were better at reading Latin I would use it more. Nonetheless, I’m glad this resource exists. Pax!
Crash problems
Looks great, at least the content that doesn’t crash every single time I try to go to it. Restarting the phone and deleting and reinstalling the app doesn’t help. If the problem is ever fixed, I’m sure I’ll give it a higher review at that time.
Political ads in the Vulgate???
I’ve tried to activate the zero ad feature & nothing happens at ALL. Fix it please. Also there I am reading an excellent edition of the Vulgate & JOE BIDEN SHOWS UP IN A VIDEO AD- IN THE HOLY BIBLE???? ST JEROME IS ROLLING OVER IN HIS GRAVE.
If you are forcing ads down readers throats at least stick to the sunblock ads. Church & State do not mix!
If you are forcing ads down readers throats at least stick to the sunblock ads. Church & State do not mix!
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I tried this app’ but it always crashed
I would not say it was very useful.
Bug problems
I mostly can read the Old Testament, but crashes when I scroll down to the New Testament
App crashes.
This app crashes whenever I try to go to the New Testament.
Good, but crashes
good app, in looks and content, but I can’t scroll past hebrews when trying to look at a new testament passage without the app crashing, everytime.
Really good but a few issues
The new update to this app turned a good resource into a great one! Interface is very easy and streamlined, and the text is very accurate (based on my comparisons to a printed Vulgate and to the Gutenberg Bible). I use this app to keep my Latin sharp during spare moments and to compare an older translation to my modern ones. Used in conjunction with a good Latin dictionary, you can get a lot of meaning out of the particular word choices in this version and their ancient/medieval contexts.
My only problem is that it hasn’t been functioning too well lately. The options for disabling ads don’t work, my app crashes whenever I scroll past 2 Timothy in the menu (effectively cutting me off from accessing the last several books), and when the verse of the day does appear (which seems to be random) it is sometimes just a black screen. If these are fixed I will change my review to 5 stars, because this is otherwise an excellent app.
My only problem is that it hasn’t been functioning too well lately. The options for disabling ads don’t work, my app crashes whenever I scroll past 2 Timothy in the menu (effectively cutting me off from accessing the last several books), and when the verse of the day does appear (which seems to be random) it is sometimes just a black screen. If these are fixed I will change my review to 5 stars, because this is otherwise an excellent app.
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Distracting Ads
The only thing I don’t like about this app is the advertisements that run at the bottom. They are extremely distracting.
