Gospel Library App Suggestions

Two suggestions:

1) the pictures on the Gospel LIbrary app that are in the lessons no longer allow you to enlarge them when you click on them. I need this for teaching.
2) I want to be able to highlight in the side window that shows up when you click on a scripture in a lesson.

Thanks.

bps22 wrote:Two suggestions:

This is a user-to-user forum, and app developer sightings here are infrequent. But if you will send your excellent suggestions through Feedback in the GL app, the developers will see them.

Do you have an example of an image that's not enlarging when you tap on it? I was able to tap to enlarge some images.
What version of Gospel Library are you running, and on what platform (iOS, Android, Windows 10)?

Probably unlikely but I was wondering if we could integrate having a feature that would enable someone to start a fresh set of markings and notes within the Gospel Library but still all be linked to your account. Along the same lines as if you bought a brand new set of scriptures. You have the old notes and markings but in a different set.

It would be especially useful for people that are taking CES courses or serving missions. Also, I've been using the app pretty much since it came out and my 10 year old self marked things that aren't that useful.

Make margins on the sides of the scriptures and conf issues. Its nice to use notes for longer notes but being able to write on the margins without having to click on notes would be so great.

As a Gospel Library App User, I would like the ability to create a clear "Layer" over the scriptures in the App so that whenever I want to study a specific topic, rather than having to purchase yet another paperback Book of Mormon, I can have a layer for only that topic and this would allow me to mark scriptures on the Layer, rather than directly on the scriptures themselves.

Given, I want to study a new topic
When I open the Scriptures in the Library App
Then I can create a new layer on which to mark scriptures that I feel are relevant to my study topic rather than directly on the scriptures themselves

Given I want to mark scriptures for my study topic
When I create a new "Layer"
Then I can choose the universal marking style for that Layer (color, and block or underline) and all scriptures for that layer will be marked with the universal marking style I choose

Given I want to study a different topic and mark the scriptures just for that topic
When I access the scriptures in the App
Then I can create a new Layer with it's own universal marking style

Given I want to read my scriptures without the marked scriptures for my study topic
When I access the scriptures in the App
Then I can hide the layer

Given I want to read my scriptures with scriptures from one or more of my Layers showing
When I access the scriptures in the App
Then I can unhide the layers for as many of the layers for which I want the marked scriptures to appear as I read.

Given I have been asked to give a lesson or talk on one of the topics I have studied
When I access the scriptures in the App
Then I can chose for that topic's Layer to be displayed over the scriptures so I can see the marked scriptures for that topic to help me prepare my lessonl/talk

Given I want to see all of my Layers
When I have accessed the scriptures in the App
Then I can navigate to a drop-down control that lists all of my saved topic Layers

Given I want to select Layers to hide and Layers to show
When I am looking at the drop-down control that lists all of my saved topic layers
Then I can check or uncheck Layers for which I want the topic(s) marked scriptures to display or be hidden

Given I want my Layer to synchronize across all my devices and the Church website
When I make a change on one device or on the Church website
Then I will see that change synced on my other devices and on the Church website

@robsaby, you have obviously put a lot of thought into your study desires. As posts to this forum will likely never make it to those who direct the programmer's priorities, I suggest you send it to the feedback email for the app itself. I don't see an email for the iOS version, but for the Android version the public email posted on the google play store is: android-support@churchservicemail.org

I'm sure if you are on iOS, they can forward your request to the correct team.

@davesudweeks

Thanks for your reply. Yes, after I posted my feature request I saw where someone else was told the same thing. I didn't realize this was for users only and that the developers didn't venture here much. So, I went into the App and found the feedback link and posted my request there. It has been accepted and will be reviewed for inclusion in the App. I really hope they do add this. The whole trying to remember what marking style I chose for a certain topic is getting old.

I was wondering if when you try to define a word it not only uses what’s online but if it’s also in the topical guide we could use that too. So we can get the internet and the scripture definition. Even when it’s not highlighted. (:

Hey! I love the highlighting and note tools, but I often wish I could take several separated sections from the text and make it into a note. For instance, on the Title Page of the Book of Mormon, I would want to highlight the verse like this:

"And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ."

In the current version, I would have to make two separate highlights to put "condemn not" and "that ye may be found spotless" together. If there another way I could make that into one highlight (so I don't have to put two notes into my "All Notes" section)?

I think this would be a good edit because then I could relate specific separate parts of the text together in an easier way.

It would be helpful if we could use the night and underline tool in the notebook. That we you could creat a key for your marking style and even go back to highlight important thoughts and impressions that came during studying.

jacobsamuelthomas wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 7:13 pm It would be helpful if we could use the night and underline tool in the notebook. That we you could creat a key for your marking style and even go back to highlight important thoughts and impressions that came during studying.

There isn't a direct way to do this currently – however, one potential workaround is to use the bold, italic, or underline tools in the note editor to mark important phrases when you go back to read through a note.

the index for scriptures needs to have a list view option. Not being able to see a full page at a time because of large empty spaces is inconvenient.

The cursor keys need to work everywhere.

If these features are already present somewhere why aren't they in settings?

I have checked every option I could find. List. Appearance. Font. Others too.

Good morning and Happy Sunday, I am not sure if this has been shared before, but I would love to see an update in which the user of gospel library does not have to download every piece of content that they wish to view. My suggestion is to take the streaming approach to consuming media, with the example of spotify, I do not need to download every song/album that I listen to, rather I use my data or wifi to connect. If people would like to download content to listen to outside of a good signal then I think that there should be an option to download but it should be a secondary option rather than the first. I would love to talk about it more.

Is there a way I can make my global marking a yellow underline? And then change the style on other things if I want?

brandonmwilson92 wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 10:39 am Good morning and Happy Sunday, I am not sure if this has been shared before, but I would love to see an update in which the user of gospel library does not have to download every piece of content that they wish to view. My suggestion is to take the streaming approach to consuming media, with the example of spotify, I do not need to download every song/album that I listen to, rather I use my data or wifi to connect. If people would like to download content to listen to outside of a good signal then I think that there should be an option to download but it should be a secondary option rather than the first. I would love to talk about it more.

I'm curious to hear more about what you feel would be the benefits of this approach. A lot of users want to minimize how much data their app uses, because cell phone plans often charge based on data used. Streaming is technically a download behind the scenes. The only difference is that a stream is a temporary download that removes itself when you navigate away. So, if you wanted to stream something twice (say, the current Come, Follow Me chapter), your device would have to download it twice.

If you want to stream without downloading, a workaround today would be to just use Gospel Library Online in a web browser.*

*Unfortunately, loading a page on Gospel Library Online can use more data than downloading a book in a Gospel Library app, due to the Javascript, header, footer, and other resources that load on the Church website. For example, loading this talk in Chrome transferred 2 MB of data according to the Chrome developer tools; but downloading the full October 2022 conference with all talks to the Gospel Library app is a 203 KB download.

Jefry wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:26 pm Is there a way I can make my global marking a yellow underline? And then change the style on other things if I want?

The Gospel Library app (at least iOS, Android, and Gospel Library Online – not sure about Windows) remembers the highlight style you used most recently. So, if you highlight something and set it to a yellow underline, the next highlight you create will automatically be a yellow underline.

To change the color of an existing highlight, you can tap on the highlighted word(s) (don't long-press on the words – just do a quick tap). This will select the highlight and bring up the annotation menu. From there, you can change the color of that highlight. Unfortunately, there's not a way to change the color of a lot of existing highlights all at once, if that's what you're trying to do.

I would like an option to change the color/appearance of the footnote links that are JST. I find myself clicking every link looking for any JST verses

westinator2 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:56 pm I would like an option to change the color/appearance of the footnote links that are JST. I find myself clicking every link looking for any JST verses

This is an interesting idea – your best bet may be to send this suggestion via in-app feedback in Gospel Library: overflow menu (three dots in the top right) > Help > Send Feedback. The team that responds to Gospel Library feedback emails prepares a report of the most common feature requests that's reviewed by the Gospel Library product manager regularly.

As a workaround to avoid constant clicking, on a tablet or on a phone in landscape, you can pin the sidebar open so that related content remains visible while you're reading the chapter.

westinator2 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:56 pm I would like an option to change the color/appearance of the footnote links that are JST. I find myself clicking every link looking for any JST verses

Another suggestion and what I teach my Seminary students to do is to mark the footnote itself, just the small letter in the verse in red or a specific color, then they know they need to look at the JST.

I will open the related content section and scan it to find the next JST then I know how far I can read before I need to look at the footnote.

The option to have two languages shown at once. That way, one can, for example, read the English and Spanish translations of the Book of Mormon.
I think implementing this language feature will allow people to better learn language through the gospel of Christ, and also be helpful with missionaries as they learn from the Scripture

There is a dual (multiple) language capability available, at least on the Android version. I am guessing this is also available on iOS. This feature is not showing side by side pages in the two different languages but on two screens. Unfortunately both screens cannot be displayed at once and side by side. But it is easy enough to switch screens. The languages have to first be downloaded within the app. Once the second screen is open and the same content is selected then change the language.

The enhancement would be to have the ability to display two screens side by side. An additional enhancement would be to link the two screens such that scrolling or navigating in one screen would result in corresponding changes in the alternate language screen.

Any features or suggestions you would like to see should be submitted by way of the in-app feedback found in the Help menu. It is highly unlikely that any feature suggestions in this thread or any other thread will be seen by anyone with the authority to make programming decisions.

The new option of adding a talk for Relief Society lessons is great except for the fact that we aren't supposed to focus on the talk as much as we are the topic. I would love to see this change so Sisters can find the topic and even resources that would best help their study for each Relief Society lesson.

With the addition of a ward's hymns and upcoming lessons to the app, I would love for the Gospel Library app to be able to hold the ward bulletin - that week's sacrament agenda, speaker names (maybe even links to their subjects/talk materials), prayers, ward/stake business and announcements/calendar items. Currently our ward uses the church's email tool and a social media page for ward communication. This would be great because it's an app everyone uses so it would allow us to eliminate the social media page while not asking members to install another app.

With the addition of a ward's hymns and upcoming lessons to the app, I would love for the Gospel Library app...

Suggestions like this are best submitted via the Church's Feedback process, available inside the Gospel Library app, or at the bottom of most Church webpages. This Forum is primarily user-to-user interactions, those Church employees who might be able to record and act on your suggestion, are unlikely to visit the Forum.

We've seen a lot of new features in the Gospel Library app's home screen, and I suspect the Church isn't done. That said, I'm uncertain how much they would prioritize including the sacrament agenda, given the variability and fluidity of these types of things. Some units don't use the calendar, others live it. At times ward/stake business is finalized that same morning. And there's units where many members aren't comfortable with using an App and would prefer something physical, so you might have to duplicate information in a printed bulletin and then in the app, or have somebody manage syncing separate bulletin info. So I expect they would weigh the utility of providing something like that, with the worldwide applicability from unit to unit.

But it's worthwhile Feedback, everyone should always feel free to share with the Church what they feel would be helpful.

It's worth noting that the calendar is already available in the Tools app.

Muy buenos días Hermanitos!!, les comento que en esta nueva Actualización, en el Inicio no me sale el Icono de la Imagen de: las Escrituras, Música, Temas y Preguntas y Adultos!!, por favor revisar, Gracias!!!!

Antonito2030 wrote: Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:31 am Muy buenos días Hermanitos!!, les comento que en esta nueva Actualización, en el Inicio no me sale el Icono de la Imagen de: las Escrituras, Música, Temas y Preguntas y Adultos!!, por favor revisar, Gracias!!!!

¡Buenas tardes! Hubo un problema hace algunos días en que varias imágenes desaparecieron en la versión de Biblioteca del Evangelio para Android. Esto debe resolverse en algunos días con una actualización de contenido.

When I do a search in the app (I am using it on a PC in Windows 10) it does not do what I ask. For example, if I choose the OT book of Genesis and I search for "Levi" and I specifically press "Search for "Levi" in Genesis? " it gives e search results in all of the Old Testament. This completely undermines the main reason I use the app.

Some translation mistakes are in the new preach my gospel in the Finnish language! For the invitations, instead of using the direct "will you" translation, it has been translated as "can you" or "do you want to" for many of the invitations in chapter 3! It would be a great blessing for the missionaries to have the correct translations!

myriama wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:46 am Some translation mistakes are in the new preach my gospel in the Finnish language! For the invitations, instead of using the direct "will you" translation, it has been translated as "can you" or "do you want to" for many of the invitations in chapter 3! It would be a great blessing for the missionaries to have the correct translations!

Use the feedback link found at the bottom of the web page for the online Gospel Library or the Help > Send Feedback feature in the mobile app to get this information to the responsible people for such issues. It is unlikely your post in the forum will be seen by those same people since the forum is primarily user-to-user discussion and self help with others just like you.

The ability to split the screen so you can have 2 different scriptures or other books open at the same time would assist with studying.
Thank you

CCMaxwell wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:46 pm The ability to split the screen so you can have 2 different scriptures or other books open at the same time would assist with studying.
Thank you

It is unlikely any decision maker who can consider your input will see your post in the forum. The forum is not official feedback. It is user-to-user discussion and support. Follow the instructions in my post just before your post to submit feedback.

How awesome would it be if you could view a history of scriptures you've marked and easily jump to things you recently discovered, so you can share inspiration with others.

kscottlignell wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:01 am How awesome would it be if you could view a history of scriptures you've marked and easily jump to things you recently discovered, so you can share inspiration with others.

Marked scriptures can be viewed by clicking on the "annotations" link on the homepage of Gospel Library.

I think it would be wonderful to add a widget where users can add their own highlighted passages, something they are pondering, or a scripture/quote they are trying to memorize. This would make it available on lock or Home Screen and be able to increase exposure.

holliejollie1227 wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:36 am I think it would be wonderful to add a widget where users can add their own highlighted passages, something they are pondering, or a scripture/quote they are trying to memorize. This would make it available on lock or Home Screen and be able to increase exposure.

You will need to send that suggestion through the in-app Send Feedback feature found in the Help menu. This thread only discusses the app suggestions. No one with decision authority will likely see this post or even this thread since there is no indication that they visit the forum.

Please, please, please, have the app automatically save notes while you type them. It does this through the web browser. But does not when you use the app on a phone. I do not know how many times I have been writing a long note on a verse of scriptures, only to have my note close when I switch apps, etc, and lose everything because the note didn't autosave. Please have it automatically save regularly!

aaronjpoe wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:48 am Please, please, please, have the app automatically save notes while you type them. It does this through the web browser. But does not when you use the app on a phone. I do not know how many times I have been writing a long note on a verse of scriptures, only to have my note close when I switch apps, etc, and lose everything because the note didn't autosave. Please have it automatically save regularly!

The iOS version of Gospel Library does save notes automatically every few seconds. Are you on Android? If you send it in as a feature request through the app (Help > Send Feedback), it will get aggregated into a report with other feature requests that the Gospel Library product manager reviews regularly.

It would be nice if we could just upload the whole program onto gospel library so that everyone has it. We already have the songs and the lessons. I love those updates. I look forward to seeing more. Thank you!

I would like to be able to add past conference talks to the upcoming RS lessons listed in the app. Because of Ward Conference and the stake asking to do the lesson instead, we had to move back one of our scheduled lessons, but because it was from a previous conference, I am not able to add that talk to the upcoming lessons. I think there should be a way to filter past talks and add them.

AnnaRHafen wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 1:04 am I would like to be able to add past conference talks to the upcoming RS lessons listed in the app. Because of Ward Conference and the stake asking to do the lesson instead, we had to move back one of our scheduled lessons, but because it was from a previous conference, I am not able to add that talk to the upcoming lessons. I think there should be a way to filter past talks and add them.

You're not the first to ask about this! The following thread has some helpful details about why the Gospel Library App does not allow us to do what you're requesting:

I found it in the app, but it doesn't allow you to choose a talk from the previous conference, and we have one remaining from that conference this next week. Why doesn't it allow you to change to a previous conference?

I think it would be awesome if we in the Gospel Library app could create scripture chapters, talks, or other audio related content to make a “playlist” like let’s say I have certain talks I want to listen to while I’m on the treadmill but I don’t want to keep having to find the talk, but make a playlist of my own need. Or for students who have multiple talks and scripture to listen to.

Please add color coding the scripture hyperlinks, ex: green=definition, red=translation, orange=JST, blue=related scriptures and topics
Thanks,
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kenewald wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:42 pm Please add color coding the scripture hyperlinks, ex: green=definition, red=translation, orange=JST, blue=related scriptures and topics
Thanks,
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Nobody here can do anything toward implementing your suggestion, because the forum is basically a user-to-user discussion forum. Please use the relevant Feedback button or link to submit the suggestion.

Biscgriffin wrote: Fri Oct 17, 2025 10:30 am I think it would be awesome if we in the Gospel Library app could create scripture chapters, talks, or other audio related content to make a “playlist” like let’s say I have certain talks I want to listen to while I’m on the treadmill but I don’t want to keep having to find the talk, but make a playlist of my own need. Or for students who have multiple talks and scripture to listen to.

Gospel Library now has a Playlists feature!