Youversion tips and tricks

Help

The Youversion Help Center is a good to place to go to answer questions!

Account

It's worth getting a YouVersion account. That allows access to offline bibles, reading plans, etc.

Offline

There are always times when you would like to read the Bible, but don't have a reliable data or WiFi connection. For me, this typically occurs at church! To remedy this:

1. Download an offline version based on Android or iOS instructions.
2. If you're in a location with a flaky connection, turn on airplane mode. Otherwise, your phone will try to use the data connection, waiting in vain for a response, even though you have an offline version available. With airplane mode on, the phone knows not to even request data, instead going straight to the offline version stored on your phone.

Reading plans

There are lots of reading plans. It's probably easier to browse through the plans on a tablet or laptop, but then do the reading on your device. I've enjoyed a chronological plan.

Verse picker

Most of the time, I want to move to a given book and chapter of the Bible, but I don't have a verse in mind. So, I turn the "Show verse picker" option off, which makes it just a bit faster to navigate. However, when listening to a sermon, I know the chapter and verse, so I turn the verse picker on. To switch this in Youversion:

1. Click on the menu icon.
2. Scroll down to the bottom and tap on settings.
3. Scroll down to the "Show Verse Picker" option and enable or disable it.