The Optimists Books1.36 - App Store

Discover a treasure trove of wisdom and inspiration with this remarkable app that brings together two beloved books from 1907 and 1910. Originally gifted to the app creator's grandmother as a young girl in the 1920s, these books have stood the test of time and continue to offer uplifting messages that resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds.

With the entire contents of these two books now available in one easy-to-use app for iPhone and iPad, you can start your day on a positive note with a message of hope, inspiration, and optimism. Each day, you'll receive a carefully curated thought or quote from one of hundreds of authors, accompanied by a non-denominational prayer that reinforces the message and helps you apply it to your own life.

As you use the app, you'll discover a wealth of tools and features that make it easy to customize your reading experience. You can sort and search messages by author, date, or topic, and save your favorites to come back to later. You can also easily share messages with friends and family via text, social media, and more.

What's more, this app is completely free of ads and in-app purchases, so you can focus solely on the positive and inspiring messages that it offers. And if you ever have any comments, suggestions, or requests, the app creator is always happy to hear from you.

So why wait? Start your journey towards a more positive, optimistic, and fulfilling life today by downloading this amazing app. You'll be amazed at how much of a difference it can make in your daily life, and in the lives of those around you.

Version History Added a menu item to show all my other apps. 1.36 Aug 13 Updated the Rate/Share/Contact screen 1.35 Jul 24 Minor Change. 1.34 May 24 Updated for iOS 26.2 and had to raise the minimum iOS to 13 to comply with new iOS version 1.33 12/20/2025 Fixed a bug with loading the books text file on iPads 1.32 10/02/2024 I had to change the way the books text file is loaded on the initial first time the app is opened. 1.31 10/02/2024 Updated for iOS 17 1.30 10/01/2023 Updated Description 1.29 04/26/2023 Updated for iOS 16 1.28 10/19/2022 Updated for IOS 15. 1.27 09/22/2021 Removed the Google Mobile ads 1.26 03/11/2021 Fixed a minor bug on smaller screens with setting a day as favorite 1.24 02/03/2021 Changed the minimum iOS version back down to 12.4 so those of you who are limited by your device can still use this app. 1.23 10/27/2020 Upgraded to iOS 14. 1.22 10/13/2020 Made an adjustment to the wallpaper on the poem viewer screen 1.21 08/17/2020 Fixed the rate/share functions on iPads with iOS 13.4.1 1.20 04/24/2020 Minor appearance improvements. 1.9 03/11/2020 Minor appearance improvements. 1.8 01/10/2020 Added the capability to select which wallpapers you want to see in the lists and the viewers. You can access this through the "User Defaults screen, the Available Wallpapers button. Added Scrolling to the User Defaults screen. 1.7 12/23/2019 Updated the iOS to 13.2 and added a menu item to the Rate/Share screen to view the apps web page 1.6 12/07/2019 Fixed the share this app function for iPads 1.5 10/31/2019 Changed some deprecated functions and updated the target to iOS 13.1 1.4 10/31/2019 Fixed some minor appearance issues 1.3 08/06/2019 Bug fix on the User Default Screen on iPhone 10's where the wallpaper switch was not working 1.2 07/20/2019 New Link to Web Page 1.1 07/12/2019