Daily Office Lectionary Reviews

I downloaded app and opened it. Screen said earl t an update or data refresh. Screen said do not close app until download is complete and daily reading is displayed. Tapped START and when download finished DailyOfficeLectionary did not display anything. iPad home screen appeared. Trying to open DailyOfficeLectionary briefly displays a front prayer book then return to IPad home screen. I deleted DailyOfficeLectionary and reinstalled several times with the same result.

This new version is not as good. It no longer the ESV. Don’t know what version it is now. Missing also is the option to have it read to you. Just not as good as it was.

The Daily Office is part of my routine, and Jim Coates’ app is a perfect fit with my BCP. It’s especially helpful because we travel a lot. While I have other daily reading apps, this one suits me best, and I missed it when it was down for a few weeks.

This might be ok but the index doesn't download so I can't find the dates. Also, I see only psalms. I thought I was getting all the readings. Can anyone help me? (Please continue to read for update.)

Hopefully this will encourage anyone having problems. I ordered DailyOfficeLectionary on my new 2017 iPad. The index would not show dates. I deleted app, turned iPad off and reloaded twice and saw no change. Then my husband realized DailyOfficeLectionary had also come up on his iPad and all was working correctly. I checked my iPhone and it, too, had DailyOfficeLectionary and it was working correctly. But the index still wasn't loading on my app. I deleted it again, and one more time, and finally I got the index to load. So, all in all, it's working well and I like having the readings in one place. I'd give it 5 stars if I had not had so much trouble getting this set up.

The basics work fine. I would be willing to pay up to $10 yearly for DailyOfficeLectionary.

I have been using DailyOfficeLectionary since 2011. Stopped working at beginning of new church year Dec 2014. Had to delete app, then re-install. There are no instructions on how to use, and seems to be significant lag in execution on my iPad. I also find the new format "busy". I read first thing in AM, and would like it to look simple and plain.

As far as I can tell, this is still the best app for American daily lectionary.

DailyOfficeLectionary is excellent. It makes it incredibly easy to access the daily offices.
When I had a problem with a program glitch Jim Coates responded personally even though he was out of the country. He also let me know when he had fixed and updated DailyOfficeLectionary . That is service above and beyond!

So many features, like the ability to select a date, and best of all it’s accessible without a Wi-Fi connection so you read anywhere at anytime. Been my go-to for several years now.

The low reviews must have been people who were caught between updates, and never reached out to ask for help.

Great communication from the developer, and phenomenal resource for both personal and pastoral use!!

Love the NRSV option, and other features! It’s great help to always have it open on the current date, yet make every other day viewable as well!

DailyOfficeLectionary is a great resource for your walk with God. It just works. It is laid out well and doesn’t get in the way of reading. Preferences for reading version (NKJV and NRSV) as well as type face and size are easy to use. Recently I had occasion to get in touch with Jim with a question and he got back to me quickly even though, as it turned out, he was on a trip to the Holy Land. I highly recommend DailyOfficeLectionary.

I really enjoy DailyOfficeLectionary but I do have one question for you. I like to read the Lectionary before going to sleep. How do I change the color of the screen to black?
Thank you

This is unquestionably the best lectionary app for iOS! The service provided by Jim Coates is quick and personal. Within a couple of hours after my email was sent Jim was responding with help. DailyOfficeLectionary is intuitive to use and allows for some customization in the font choice and size of the font. My only request for improvement is to allow for font color and background color. Also, why not create an app with the entire Book of Common Prayer? We would pay handsomely for such an app. I have about 6 different lectionary apps and this is my favorite! Thanks Jim for your service!

Thanks for your good work on DailyOfficeLectionary, but unfortunately, I'm having trouble having it load

This is the best of its kind. It really is. I also really enjoy being able to choose my own font. Thank you for this wonderful resource which enriches my Bible reading.

I use DailyOfficeLectionary every day!!! Unfortunately today the Lectionary Index is not displaying today. Looks like app was updated yesterday which might have caused this problem. Also saw in the comments that this has happened before. 🥺

Thanks for the tip. I deleted DailyOfficeLectionary & reinstalled it, and it worked fine after that!!!

DailyOfficeLectionary is back and working great, worth the wait. Best on out the for the daily readings!

I’m so glad for DailyOfficeLectionary, which my wife and I use daily.

The Daily Office Lectionary is the functional center of my daily devotions. DailyOfficeLectionary is clean and functional. I love it’s simplicity and focus. Rev. Frank Costenbader.

Such a fabulous resource for ingesting the lectionary.

This is a blanket review for all of Jim’s apps. If you like this one, please consider looking at everything he has created. These apps are by no means perfect, but they are a good faith effort by an obviously devout Christian to share his gifts by creating apps that can assist others in worship and prayer. I had the good pleasure of sharing an email exchange with Jim and he assured me that he is working on getting his older apps updated. So I will wait patiently while he works to bring us something new. In the meantime, the current versions are entirely functional, if not always pretty, and do what they are meant to do. The rare glitch can be overcome by reinstalling DailyOfficeLectionary , which is not really a big deal. If you’re looking to live a more reverent life, please support Jim by downloading DailyOfficeLectionary, as it is reasonably priced and useful.

Might I suggest for a future release, combining the 4 BCP apps into one single app so that the Sunday and Daily readings, as well as the Psalter and Prayers are all in one convenient place? You could charge $5.00 for it, which is about the combined price of the 4 individual apps, and I think it is a reasonable price to pay for an app that makes the Book of Common Prayer so accessible.

Blessings

I have been using DailyOfficeLectionary for several years and it is very well thought out. In addition the author responded very quickly to an issue with reinstalling.