The Best Free Bible Software?

Which of the 'free' Bible software packages out there is the best? What does it offer? How does it compare to the others? What should you look for in a 'free' Bible software package? We compare Bible Discovery, Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible, E-Sword, Laridian PocketBible, and PocketSword from Crosswire.
Hopefully this will encourage you to try one of these packages and help you make an informed choice.

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction to Best Free Bible Software
00:35 About the Channel
01:05 You Get What You Pay For: Public Domain Material & Copyrights
03:05 Criteria for Evaluating Them
06:35 Bible Discovery
08:25 Bible Gateway
10:15 Blue Letter Bible
12:35 E-Sword
14:05 Laridian/PocketBible
16:20 Sword Project
18:17 My Choice?

Links to their Websites

Books:
Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts. Second Edition, Cascade Books, 2015
Print or eBook versions

Reading the Bible with Giants on Apple Books
An interactive versions with images, video and other features not available in print versions - highly recommended if you have an iPad or Mac. Free sample chapter also.

The philosophical basis behind reading the Bible in conversation with our tradition:
Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics, Pickwick Publications, 2009.

Friends:
Edge of Faith: Art & Culture Through a Christian Lens magazine

Fuller Theological Seminary

Accordance Bible Software:

Logos Bible Software:

[BrianMarcWhittaker]

Second look and LOWER the grade? LOL!!! As a teacher/professor, that is HILARIOUS! I'll use that one.

[jessman]

E-sword has been awesome for me. I absolutely love it.

[bilquinc]

I have e-sword, BLB, Logos, Olive Tree, Accordance, and I use them all. when I can’t find something in one I simply look to another and yes I am looking to purchase a payed plan of Logos or Accordance just haven’t made a defiant decision yet. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and advice. Your videos great to watch.

[JosephAlanMeador]

Blue Letter Bible is a pretty incredible free resource, especially on the "desktop" version. Thanks for this rundown!

[aronburrell]

Blue letter is a great study tool, I love that I can search the Strong’s number and bring up Strong’s info, vines definitions, and thayers lexicon all on the same page.
On a side note from a denominational perspective if you appreciate the viewpoint of Calvary chapel, the audio commentaries are a gold mine. thousands of sermons from Chuck Smith, Chuck Missler etc.

[babasingapura]

My first choice is Logos Basic for free. It is limited to their LEB Bible translation, but you get the Lexham Bible Dictionary, an excellent up-to-date resource, and the Faithlife Study Bible, not well known but usable. A big plus point is that they give a couple of free books every month, some of which are commentaries. All these at no cost. And the free software is excellent on both desktop and mobile.

Second choice is Olive Tree. You get several good modern translations for free, and you can get the very good ESV Global Study Bible for free also. However you are stuck with outdated free Bible dictionaries. This would be the choice to keep things simple. But if you intend on going further, the feature set simply cannot compare to Logos.

As for Accordance, it doesn’t meet the video’s criteria at the free tier.

Thanks for this video with good points made.

[sdd]

TheWord is my favourite free Bible software.

[danielsunday]

Bible discovery ends 14days
And i am from Nigeria

[truthmatters]

I do not see you mentioning Bible Analyzer. I find it more powerful than e-Sword and other free Bible software.