1.4

Expected Release Date : 2025

Important Update on Version 1.4 Release

Mar 31, 2025

Version 1.4 in January 2025, later adjusting our timeline to early 2025. During development, we’ve made significant enhancements—such as a complete overhaul of the app’s UI/UX and valuable new features like Markdown editing—that have required additional time and care to ensure stability and reliability.

A key goal of the redesign was to streamline the experience—reducing the number of taps needed to perform actions and making the app faster and easier to use. Your thoughtful feedback has been instrumental in shaping this update, and we’re deeply grateful for your input.

While we’re excited about these improvements, integrating them has introduced complexity and a few unforeseen issues, which we’re actively resolving. We’re also addressing previously reported concerns, such as search functionality issues, which will be fully resolved in this release.

As part of these major changes, we’ll also be introducing Space File version 2 in this update. Many of the improvements in Version 1.4 required fundamental changes to how Space Files work behind the scenes. The new version of Space File is smaller, more efficient, and designed to support more flexible and powerful capabilities in future updates.

We’re genuinely very close to launching, but we still can’t provide an exact release date. We sincerely apologize for this uncertainty and any inconvenience it may cause.
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Our team firmly believes in launching a polished, reliable product later rather than releasing something below your expectations too soon. Your experience and satisfaction are our top priorities.

Looking ahead, Version 1.4 also marks a shift in how we work. We’re improving our internal processes to ensure faster bug fixing and smoother delivery of new features going forward.
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Thank you again for your patience, ongoing support, and valuable insights. We’ll provide another update as soon as Version 1.4 is ready.


Thanks again for being part of this journey,
— Penloop Team

1.3.1

Dec 15, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Correct spacing issues on the home screen of the calendar.
• Redesign the stopwatch and timer history screens.
• Fix incorrect display of the context menu on iOS deviceswith Display Zoom enabled.
• Fix occasional flashing on the home page whenadding or removing items from favorites.
• Ensure the “Recent” section displays all items.
• Address keyboard responsiveness issues on certain pages.
• Various bug fixes and improvements for better stability and performance.

1.3

Nov 24, 2024

Enhancements

Plan Better with Insights

• Easily visualize your data and make more informed decisions. Now, with the new analysis feature in your log list, you can view detailed reports directly in the app, offering various insights to help you plan your life more effectively.

Access Everything Faster with the New Home Screen

• Save time and reduce taps so you can focus on what matters. Now, when you open the app, you’ll instantly see what’s happening today, with quick access to your favorite and recent items—all at a glance.

Get Excited with Real-Time Countdown

• In events and reminders, you can now choose a custom countdown format for each item. Watch as the countdown ticks down in real time, keeping you on track for upcoming events.

Inclusive Experience with Multi-Language Support

• We’re making our software more accessible and user-friendly for everyone, no matter where you are. Now with support for: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, and Thai.

Quality of Life Improvements

• UI Scaling for Mac: Mac users can scale the UI with various scaling options, resolving small UI issues and enhancing the overall experience.
• Quick Access to Device Settings: Added a “Device Settings” option in the app’s settings for faster access.
• Expanded Favorites: You can now favorite more than just folders and tags, allowing quicker navigation to any item within the app.
• Flexible Reminder Due Dates: You can now remove due dates from reminder records.
• Expanded Instant Add: Now functional in more parts of the app for quicker item creation.
• Improved Log List Detection: The Log List now detects the first number in any text.
• Smart Event Date Adjustment: Changing an event’s start date now automatically adjusts the end date to keep the same duration.
• Calendar Sub-view Memory: The calendar now remembers your last sub-view for a more seamless experience.
• Simplified Tag Management: Managing tags is now easier with context menu options available for each tag.
• What’s New in Settings: Added a “What’s New” section in settings to keep you updated with the latest features.

Attention to Details

• Easier Button Interaction: Buttons on the bar are now easier to press for a smoother experience.
• Added haptic feedback and enhanced context menus for smoother interactions.
• Enhanced Animations: Improved animations across various elements for a more polished and fluid user experience. Added a subtle animation when tapping the search in the text editor for a more dynamic feel. Animation for adding or deleting logs in the Log List now matches the flow of other page animations.
• Pixel-Perfect Precision: Design precision has been refined down to the pixel level on each page for a cleaner look.
• Improved Browser Page UX: Enhanced the UX of the Browser page by adding a description to make navigation clearer.
• Better Item Selection UX: Improved the user experience when selecting items for more intuitive interactions.

Bug Fixes

• The item count on the home page no longer exceeds the item title, resolving the issue where it was too wide.
• Opening settings on Mac has been fixed and now works as expected.
• Tags and folders now correctly show the type of item inside them, addressing the issue where this information was missing.
• Recurring events now properly display on the calendar, fixing the issue where they wouldn’t show up.
• The countdown display error has been corrected, ensuring the countdown is now shown correctly.
• Missing columns in the calendar view of log records have been fixed.
• Reminders now show the correct due date, even when changing the due date of repeating reminders rapidly.
• A crash when canceling edits to Apple events in calendar views (list view, month, and year) has been fixed.
• The repeat function for events and reminders now works correctly when selecting a custom date with the “Every Week” option.
• An issue with the Apple Calendar integration setup, where incorrect behavior occurred when canceled, has been resolved.
• The display order of calendar items has been fixed to show them correctly.
• Timer and stopwatch bugs have been resolved, ensuring they work properly even when pressing start/stop multiple times.
• When adding or editing Log List data, the app now properly replaces the previous log entry without asking to apply changes; it uses the selected option instead.
• The issue with Log List data display, where it showed incorrect results after canceling an edit, has been fixed.
• Various bug fixes and improvements for better stability and performance.

A Special Thank You

• We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Arthit S. for his invaluable support in translating the Thai language, and to Tomáš S. for his thoughtful review and contributions in refining the Slovak language. Your dedication and expertise have played a crucial role in helping us connect with a wider audience, and we deeply appreciate your time and efforts. Thank you!

1.2

Sep 23, 2024

Enhancements

Snippets Supports

• Quick Copy Feature: Easily copy titles, notes, and other details for efficient snippet management—ideal for users who frequently save and organize snippets.

Enhancements for Text Editor

• Expanded Text Editing Area - Increased the available space for text by reducing the toolbar margins.
• Hide Metadata During Editing - Version and modification info are hidden while editing to provide a cleaner view, and will reappear once editing is complete.
• Combined Image Preview and Drawing - Merged image preview with drawing tools, allowing drawing and zooming directly on images.
• Added Share Sheet to Image Preview and Drawing - You can now easily share images and drawings directly from the preview and drawing modes using the new share sheet feature.

Other

• Bulk Tag Management - Add and remove tags in bulk for better organization.
• Enhanced Mouse Hover - Improved mouse hovering experience on iPad and Mac.
• App Settings Support - Added support and recommendations on the app settings page.
• Log List Enhancements - Identifies if a log entry is a number and displays both the difference and the percent difference between numerical log entries.
• Redesign the Auto-backup page
• Update the app icon for iOS 18.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where events and reminders were displayed in the wrong time phase.
• Corrected the size of the checkmark button in RTFD files when unarchiving Space Files.
• Improved icon resolution to prevent pixelation and missing details.
• Resolved the problem of notifications appearing on the incorrect file.
• Fixed the issue with removing bookmark images not working properly.
• Addressed the problem of the keyboard covering the text editing area on iPad.
• Corrected the issue where tapping a notification would not navigate to the related page.
• Fixed various other minor bugs and crashes.

1.1.1

Aug 24, 2024

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash occurring when adding new log data too quickly while creating a new log list record.
• Corrected text overlap issues on the folder and calendar pages.
• Resolved issue with Calendar Request not appearing on macOS.
• Addressed various other minor bugs.

1.1

Aug 21, 2024

Enhancements

Improve Introduction for New Users

• Revamped the Welcome Screen and enhanced the user experience for Space creation.
• Added a default “Penloop” folder on iCloud Drive for convenient access to your Space.
• Redesigned the Menu and Settings to be more user-friendly, with added explanatory text throughout the interface to clarify features.

Auto-Save Notes

• Add auto-save each individual notes
• To enable auto-save functionality, we completely rewrote the save-load algorithm. The app is now 8 times faster, offering a significantly snappier experience.
• In recent tests, loading time for 500 articles on a single page improved dramatically from over 30 seconds to just 4 seconds on an iPad Pro 10.5 (2017). Performance may vary on different devices.

Apple Calendar Integration

• Added support for Apple Calendar integration with a native Apple interface (available on iOS 17 and later) Users can now include calendars from Apple Calendar, select which ones to display, and view them seamlessly within the Penloop calendar.

Optimize for older devices

• We’ve received numerous reports of poor performance on older devices, so we decided to rewrite many UI elements using a new algorithm to improve efficiency.

Other

• Journals are now displayed on the Calendar.
• Added support for auto-capitalize, auto-dashes, and auto-quotes.
• Enhanced user experience for Bookmarks, Log List, Timer, and Stopwatch.
• Enhance the user experience for syncing data between devices.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where events and reminders were displayed in the wrong time phase.
• Corrected the size of the checkmark button in RTFD files when unarchiving Space Files.
• Improved icon resolution to prevent pixelation and missing details.
• Resolved the problem of notifications appearing on the incorrect file.
• Fixed the issue with removing bookmark images not working properly.
• Addressed the problem of the keyboard covering the text editing area on iPad.
• Corrected the issue where tapping a notification would not navigate to the related page.
• Fixed various other minor bugs and crashes.