The more you guys out there support me with your feedback and positive reviews, the more I’ll keep polishing and adding to the apps. Thanks, all.

iTunes reviews over 3 months.

Not entirely my choice but I’ll be removing support for iOS6 from all apps by the new year. Compatibility will start from iOS7.

Developing and testing for iOS6 using Xcode is no longer supported by Apple as standard. Of course, with fiddling there are ways to make it work but I’d rather spend time adding new features than having a hair-pulling battle with Xcode. Just to let you know.

• iOS7 upgrades for all apps are on the way (it’s a biggy)
• Detailed, online manuals for all apps are coming soon.
• Much to my wife’s dismay, the to do list for new features is still as long as ever.

As always, your reviews and emails keep me in front of the Mac and continually updating the apps. Thanks everyone.

• Dropbox deck format now in standard text - edit decks on your Mac/PC
• SRS setting: adjust the number of new, red stickies introduced during study
• More notification options - now work when app is no longer running (as it should)
• Minor bug fixes and corrections*

Available next week.

v1.7 has just been uploaded for review ready for sale next week. A quick lowdown:

New
✩ Touch the colour piles in the study view to see their contents
✩ The study algorithm's spacing (SRS) can be changed
✩ New option in list view shows "Last asked" for each sticky

Changed
✩ Splash-screen

Fixed
✩ Slight blurriness in tile view when zooming in using the pinch gesture
✩ Other minor changes

v1.6 has just been uploaded for review; available next week. Main changes:

✩ Completely polished and rewritten HSK Vocabulary decks
✩ Added multi-info deck list (see below)
✩ Added colour (level) chooser in list view (see below)
✩ Added export (copy deck contents to clipboard)
✩ Added Jump button when editing to speed up entry
✩ Added TAB button to import
✩ Fixed study slow down when studying for hours at a time
✩ Fixed lock rotation bug when relaunching the app
✩ Fixed possible crash when renaming a deck
✩ Changed import to include CL (now at 6 fields per sticky)
✩ Changed audio to also work when your device is in mute mode
✩ Faster screen redraws in "Tile" view

Next update in the works: adjustable SRS intervals to tailor your studies.

My tireless, constant and bad-for-my-health slaving over Xcode has produced another feature worthy of an update - an improved study algorithm.

The algorithm is now a mixture of timed and frequency based SRS study giving the best of both worlds by spreading your study over a longer period of time without overloading you when you miss a couple of sessions.

Coming to all apps within the month.

Many enterprising users have not only been busy mastering the built in decks but also making their own, personal decks based on textbooks they’ve been using. This got me a thinking: Why not make a central database so everyone can share these great decks?

If you have a nice deck that you think others may benefit from, let me know.

Once I get a little collection going I’ll make them available to all users within the Japanese and Chinese apps via a simple browser.

After a lengthy battle with some misbehaving code (a nice way of saying I fixed a bug) the Dropbox username/password is now “Set once and forget” for backing up and restoring.

Updates are being uploaded as I speak.

Now that Flash! is finished and currently waiting for approval, I can spend a bit of quality time with some updates.

I hope to update all apps this month with minor fixes and a few data corrections.

Either this month or next, I’ll be adding a brand new example sentence database to the Japanese app. Far bigger and better than the current version. Dictionary support is also on the to do list.

The Kana app has all the sounds for both hiragana and katakana built in but I’ll also be adding audio for the example words, too (courtesy of my wife - I haven’t told her yet..)

As well as “Flashcard Exchange” adding “Quizlet” to the Flash! app is in the pipeline.

What do all these settings in my app mean? Hopefully this new page will answer some of your questions.

A feature conspicuous by it’s absence, it’s now time to allow you guys and gals to import your own data.

Up until now I have been reluctant to spend too much time adding import functionality as I’ve always believed that if the original data was good enough to start with, it wouldn’t be required. But, I’m bored and I want to add some new features for you all.

I’ll be offering an “import text box” within the app. Just copy and paste your data into this box (maybe from an email or notepad) and the app will automatically format the data ready for study. I’ve looked at iTunes synching functionality but I tend to use my phone away from my computer a lot so I’m more interested in making the iPhone (or whatever) a self contained study device without the need for connecting a cable.

If you have any thoughts or opinions, I’d be very interested to know. I’m aiming for an October update for Kanji and Chinese.

✭ Backup and restore individual files using “Dropbox” (not to be confused with import/export - see FAQ)
✭ Orientation lock
✭ Better randomisation during study
✭ Many internal improvements and an oil change.

The app is now called “StickyStudy: Japanese” to stop confusion. For me. Available in a week or so.

I’m interested in honing the learning algorithm of all the apps. As you may or may not know, the study order reflects the order in the browse view: randomise the browse view and the study order will follow suit. This is a little counter-intuitive as it should be independent of the browse view. Work in progress.

Feedback! Please! If you don’t tell me, I’ll probably never know.