We’ve reached the point in the testing of PocketBible 3 where we’re ready to let a larger group of people play with it and poke holes in it.
We’ve had a small group of invited testers using it over the last 8 weeks or so. It’s not perfect but it’s very usable. So we’d like to open it up to anyone who’d like to try it.
You can run this new version alongside either or both PocketBible for Windows Desktop (version 1.x) or PocketBible for Windows Store (version 2.x). None of the three versions of PocketBible for Windows interfere with each other, share any data, or even know that the other is there. The exception is if you have notes, highlights, bookmarks, or daily devotional reading progress that you sync to our server and share with PocketBible running on your other devices. In that case, changes you make to your notes (for example) in the beta version will/should show up on your iOS or Android device. And changes on those devices will find their way to this new Windows version.
Because your user-create data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, and devotional reading progress) is important to you, we give you the option to have us make a backup copy as you launch into testing. Then you can either use the beta version while signed into your Laridian account, knowing you can always recover your data as it existed the day you signed up, or you can use the backup account that we create for you to do all your testing in. You won’t be able to sync your user data with your other devices in the latter case, but we encourage you to log into the backup account on at least one of them so you can test the sync features.
To sign up for the public beta, fill out the form here. We’ll send you further information on where to go to download the app.
What’s the latest update? Been waiting a long time for this thing to finally be released….
Are you on the beta testing team? That’s where the updates are being posted.
No, but I a customer who paid extra money to Laridian 3 years ago to contribute toward its development. Would be helpful to know where this is and approx time to primetime.
Where it is is public beta, which has been available for download since mid-May. We’re currently on beta version 19. The last feature being tested is the updater, so when you follow the instructions in the blog article above, you’ll end up downloading beta 18. Then do a “check for updates” to get beta 19. There are some in the discussion saying the app has been ready for full release for a while now. As you know from keeping up with the previous blog articles, we don’t talk about release dates until we get there. In the meantime, we’ve been keeping everyone up-to-date on our progress through these blog artices, then, for everyone who cares, through the discussion forum for the beta.