For people new to Bible software, what sets the different Bible software packages apart from each other?

To understand this we asked four well known Bible Software companies to answer some questions.  Here are some of these questions and the answers by the organizations verbatim below:

Question: For someone who has no knowledge about Bible software, what sets your software apart from the competition?

Answers below:

Olive Tree:

There are several things that distinguish Olive Tree from other mobile Bible software companies:

1) We support a number of handheld devices: twelve different operating systems in all, which includes millions of different devices.

2) We have a very large product selection (almost 400 titles) which means you are more than likely to find Bible versions and related materials to meet your needs.

3) We offer over 100 free resources.

4) iLumina MOBILE – a multi-media product that includes Bibles, Bible study tools, video tours of places in the Bible, and animations of Bible stories.

5) Our Learning Center that provides video tutorials for the BibleReader software, users manuals, articles expounding on specific products and application features and blog entries related to using newly introduced BibleReader features and resources.

6) Original Language support with parsing information for the Greek New Testament, LXX (Greek Old Testament), and HMT (Hebrew Old Testament).

Laridian:

Frankly, all Bible software is pretty much alike. There may be minor features here and there that are different, but like word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation managers, Bible software has a feature set that is well-known and widely implemented.

Our company, though, specializes in mobile computing. So we try to have high-performance, low-cost software for a variety of the most popular mobile platforms. Even our desktop product has mobility at its heart -- it has a sophisticated synchronization manager that keeps your notes, highlights, and bookmarks database synchronized between all your mobile devices and your desktop.

eSword:

Price (free), usability (easy/intuitive), customization (smorgasbord of resources - you choose what you want to study with).

Logos:

Logos Bible Software has two distinct benefits: First, we offer the largest digital library for Biblical studies, with more than 7,000 digitized and tagged titles. Second, we use specialized tools and automated reports to help bring to your attention the books you need when you need them. No one has time to read 7,000 books, so our software takes the passage, topic, or word you’re studying and helps you quickly find relevant material in your digital library.