The latest version of PocketBible for macOS (version 3) is now available!
This version requires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, or M4 processor). With Apple quickly abandoning Intel, it’s unlikely we’ll do a version of PocketBible 3 for Intel processors. Instead, we’ll continue to distribute version 1.4 for those who want to get the last bit of life out of their older, Intel-based Mac.
This new version is built from the same code that powers PocketBible 3 for Windows. Or rather, we should say that the Windows version is built from the same code that powers PocketBible 3 for macOS. We’re 100% macOS-based here, so all development was done on the Mac. The framework we use (Electron) allows us to build for Windows by simply building the app on a Windows machine. Once that version was released, we simply packaged up the Mac version we had already been using and made it available here.
Version 3 can be installed alongside the current version (1.4.2) of PocketBible for macOS. The two versions don’t interfere or cooperate with each other. They are entirely separate apps.
Your Advanced Feature Set subscription for PocketBible 1.4.2 for macOS will enable the Advanced Feature Set in PocketBible 3.
If you have the “Legacy AFS for PocketBible for macOS” (purchased before the AFS became a subscription), almost all the AFS features in version 3 will be enabled. The exception is the ability to view HTML documents that link to PocketBible. That is a new feature added in version 3, so it is not part of the legacy AFS.
Click here to read more about PocketBible 3 and to download.
If you want to keep your old PocketBible 1.4.2, just answer “Keep Both” when macOS warns you that you already have an app called “PocketBible”. It will add a number onto the name of the app, so it will likely be called “PocketBible 2”. That’s not a version number; it’s just means it’s the second app called “PocketBible” that you installed.
Are You Abandoning my Intel-Based Mac?
We’re not, Apple is. All new Macs since about 2023 have been Apple Silicon-based. macOS 26, released late in 2025, is the last version of macOS that will run on Intel-based Macs. Apple will discontinue support and security updates for that version of macOS in late 2028.
We plan to make the older version of PocketBible available at least through 2026 and to offer tech support no longer than October 31, 2028.