It crazy how many websites out there around bible collect information and share it with third parties. I looked at a bunch and couldn’t find anything that’s completely private.
Worst case, I would OK with them collect information but not share any information with third parties.
Don’t have an answer but I’m genuinely surprised and impressed that the majority of responses aren’t people being snarky about religion and instead, just folks trying to help you out!
Good luck!
Lemmy might be touchy about religion but it has a passion for data privacy
It’s because anyone is free to learn/study/worship.
It’s only a problem if you try to force it on others.
OliveTree. Excellent app for study. They have literally everything including devotional. It’s the power app for study.
another option is to have an epub version of it that you can load into a reader. you should be able to add bookmarks etc. It might not be as feature-rich as an app, but if you want privacy, it’s about as close to reading a book as you’re going to get.
I think the trick is the daily devotional, they’ll want to know who you are to deliver that.
Bible Gateway is great if you just want the text, multiple translations even.
Why does it has to do anything with me? Just pick out a verse and provide devotional on it.
They likely keep track of who has been delivered which devotional to avoid duplicates.
If you use a debian or debian- derivated distribution, you can install it with
apt install bible-kjv.Does the Crossway ESV app do it? The issue with open source bible apps is that they rely on public domain translations, but Xiphos and AndBible are alright
Press tab a few times in TempleOS.
you version has no ads, not sure about tracking. does have decent devotionals and no account required
That’s what used till now, then I found it shares data with third parties
ah that’s too bad, I’ll have to keep an eye on the thread then
For your phone? On iOS, the most popular Bible app doesn’t have ads.
I want privacy
This might be of interest but the UI looks bad
https://github.com/maxlit/grepbible-server?tab=readme-ov-file
For android:
https://github.com/yukuku/androidbible
And found this insane open source OP one for multiple platforms https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible
For me, something based around Sword is important, as it allows you to use a bunch of different Bible versions, commentaries, dictionaries and other works that you can freely download from various repositories. My app of choice is AndBible, and I recommend it wholeheartedly. I don’t know whether or not they collect any information, but I believe they do have a warning before you search for Sword modules, since accessing those databases can identify you as a Christian.
EDIT: No, sorry, the warning is on BibleTime, my desktop app of choice.
Is it possible to get AndBible modules on Xiphos? I find it hard to find good Sword modules
There aren’t AndBible modules, but the Sword modules are independent, so you can just install whatever modules you want with either front-end.
For additional Sword modules, try looking on Bible.org and CrossWire.
Any way of getting the ESV? 😬
They don’t publish an ESV Sword module any more, sorry! I have one I bought a while back, and have manually installed every time I change phones.
Anyway of… Obtaining an older leaked copy online?
With some googling, I found on a forum a script you can use to download the text and bundle your own ESV Sword module. Try searching for ‘“ESV” sword module’.
Word is that E-Sword has an ESV license, and it doesn’t look terribly expensive.
Here you go: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-condensed-satanic-bible/id466101301
I don’t own this bible myself, but it has good review score (3.9 out of 5 stars)
