Sunday, November 2, 2025 — Today we released the long-awaited PocketBible 3 for Windows. The new app is available for download from our website.
Coincident with this release, the old Windows Desktop (version 1), Windows Store (version 2), and Windows Phone versions of PocketBible have been retired.
How To Upgrade
Current users of the Windows Desktop version of PocketBible who are running Windows 10 or 11 can update by syncing their user data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, and devotional reading progress) to our server (assuming you’ve been doing that from time to time and want to keep this data), then download the new version by following the instructions below.
Current users of the Windows Store version of PocketBible who are running Windows 10 or 11 can update by syncing their user data (notes, highlights, bookmarks, and devotional reading progress) to our server (assuming you have the Advanced Feature Set, which is required in order to use that feature on the Windows Store version of PocketBible), then download the new version by following the instructions below.
To install PocketBible 3 for Windows, go to https://laridian.com and select the Windows platform from the list on the right. Select the large PocketBible graphic and follow the download instructions on that page. The new version doesn’t replace your old version; it’s an entirely new app. Once you’re sure it’s going to work for you, you can remove the old version.
Advanced Feature Set Users
If you own a subscription for the Advanced Feature Set for PocketBible for Windows Store, your subscription will just work on the new version. It will automatically enable the AFS once you launch the new app and register.
If you own the old “legacy” AFS version for PocketBible for Windows Store from before it became a subscription, your AFS will also be recognized by PocketBible 3 once you register. However, you will only have access to the AFS features that are implemented in the new version and were present when you purchased your copy of the AFS. Most of the features of the Windows Store AFS are standard in this new version. The only two features that your legacy AFS will enable are named layouts and text-to-speech. To get the rest of the AFS features, you’ll need a subscription.
Future of Versions 1 and 2
We are stopping distribution of older versions of PocketBible immediately.
We don’t have an official end date for tech support for the older versions, but we will be encouraging everyone with any problems at all to upgrade. We will eventually announce an end to support; probably sooner for version 2 than for version 1, since users of version 2 can likely run version 3, while users of version 2 still running Windows XP, Vista, and 7 won’t be able to run this new version until they upgrade their hardware.
Caveat Emptor
There are sure to be problems for a little while now that this version is getting wider distribution. Our beta testers have been working on it since March, so we have a lot of confidence in it. If you run into problems, contact tech support and let us know.
Well PocketBible 3 is amazing. Will take some time to get use to it but so easy to navigate through it . Much better than 1 & 2
Congratulations, Laridian team on such an outstanding achievement! I know it’s been quite a challenge to develop a fully transformed Windows application for PocketBible has been quite the arduous journey, and I certainly appreciate all the diligence and hard work that has brought us to this release. Also, I think you’ve made a great choice in moving to the Electron platform, which will help development for Mac OS, iOS, and Android platforms as well. Thank you! The irony in all of this is that I am no longer using Windows, but a Mac. I know that you are a Mac-First company, and so I am excited to see these features eventually end up in the Mac OS application, which is already quite good. However, you’re giving me a good reason to pull out my old Windows laptop and give this wonderful new application the drive.