Chapters - Notebooks for Writing
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2.0.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Chapters - Notebooks for Writing
Chapters lets you create and manage multiple notebooks, each fully searchable and with its own settings.
Keep a travel journal, a photo log, a notebook about ongoing work projects, and your own personal diary in one app.
Manage writing projects. Create as many notebooks as you want and fill each with as much as you need to write. Choose a color theme, font, text color, and page color for each notebook.
Focused writing. Multiple photos per entry that you can move, resize, rotate - your words flow around them. Reliable storage, autosave, and passcode lock protect your words; share or read them on your computer with PDF, text, and email export. You can also create backups and save them to other apps such as Dropbox, Drive, and Evernote.
Add a passcode to lock the app and keep your writing private.
Enable word count to see how much you've written. You can also enable the extra keyboard buttons to jump forward and backward by word or character with a single tap, saving you time so you can focus on writing.
Work while using other apps with support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad.
Not interested in managing multiple notebooks? Have a look at Chronicle, an app that focuses on keeping a single personal journal. Chapters can import .backup files from Chronicle (as well as the .cbackup files from the older Chronicle2 app)
FEATURES
* Create as many notebooks as you need to group related writing
* Notebook themes (Classic color and 7 new colors)
* Put photos where you want. The text wraps around them.
* No limit to the number of photos you can put on the page
* Pick a font and font size just like you do in iBooks
* Customize the text color of your journal
* Easy back-dating; tap to adjust the entry date as needed
* Resize and rotate photos. Tap for a fullscreen, zoomable version.
* Customize your journal's page color
* Crisp PDF export preserves layout and photo placement
* Export your entire journal as a plain text file
* Fast search that provides context around keywords
* Distraction free writing in portrait or landscape mode
* Support for Dynamic Type means text is never too small to read
* Extended keyboard makes it easy to insert timestamps into your writing
* Turn word count on to see a total as you type
* Optimized scrolling; scroll back a whole year in a few seconds
* Set a password to protect your journal entries
* Export single entries via email, with photos embedded
* Chapters remembers where you were in each notebook
* Arrange your photos by dragging them; rotate with two fingers
* Autosave and undo while you're writing
Please note that drawing/handwriting aren't supported.
ACCESSIBILITY
Stop squinting. In addition to being able to adjust the journal's font size, you can change the system's Text Size from the Settings app to make the UI text in Chapters easy to read. I've also added accessibility and VoiceOver improvements.
SUPPORT
Contact me at slidetorock.com with questions / suggestions.
Keep a travel journal, a photo log, a notebook about ongoing work projects, and your own personal diary in one app.
Manage writing projects. Create as many notebooks as you want and fill each with as much as you need to write. Choose a color theme, font, text color, and page color for each notebook.
Focused writing. Multiple photos per entry that you can move, resize, rotate - your words flow around them. Reliable storage, autosave, and passcode lock protect your words; share or read them on your computer with PDF, text, and email export. You can also create backups and save them to other apps such as Dropbox, Drive, and Evernote.
Add a passcode to lock the app and keep your writing private.
Enable word count to see how much you've written. You can also enable the extra keyboard buttons to jump forward and backward by word or character with a single tap, saving you time so you can focus on writing.
Work while using other apps with support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad.
Not interested in managing multiple notebooks? Have a look at Chronicle, an app that focuses on keeping a single personal journal. Chapters can import .backup files from Chronicle (as well as the .cbackup files from the older Chronicle2 app)
FEATURES
* Create as many notebooks as you need to group related writing
* Notebook themes (Classic color and 7 new colors)
* Put photos where you want. The text wraps around them.
* No limit to the number of photos you can put on the page
* Pick a font and font size just like you do in iBooks
* Customize the text color of your journal
* Easy back-dating; tap to adjust the entry date as needed
* Resize and rotate photos. Tap for a fullscreen, zoomable version.
* Customize your journal's page color
* Crisp PDF export preserves layout and photo placement
* Export your entire journal as a plain text file
* Fast search that provides context around keywords
* Distraction free writing in portrait or landscape mode
* Support for Dynamic Type means text is never too small to read
* Extended keyboard makes it easy to insert timestamps into your writing
* Turn word count on to see a total as you type
* Optimized scrolling; scroll back a whole year in a few seconds
* Set a password to protect your journal entries
* Export single entries via email, with photos embedded
* Chapters remembers where you were in each notebook
* Arrange your photos by dragging them; rotate with two fingers
* Autosave and undo while you're writing
Please note that drawing/handwriting aren't supported.
ACCESSIBILITY
Stop squinting. In addition to being able to adjust the journal's font size, you can change the system's Text Size from the Settings app to make the UI text in Chapters easy to read. I've also added accessibility and VoiceOver improvements.
SUPPORT
Contact me at slidetorock.com with questions / suggestions.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.0.0
Last updated on Dec 22, 2016
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
More than 6 YEARS on the App Store! Big changes to support more devices, multitasking, and iOS improvements.
App updates clear the previous reviews. Thanks for taking the time to update your review/rating for new releases!
- New setting to show entry and photo storage; you can force deletion of temporary files to save space
- Support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad
- Improved handling of iOS Text Size settings adjustments
- Improved PDF rendering / printing
- Better, sharper photo thumbnails
- Extended keyboard layout adjustments
- Notebook covers are more adaptive and look better on all devices
- Improved code to handle deleting temporary exported/shared files to cut down on storage
- Updated search library to improve journal indexing
- Fix for jumpy behavior when rotating device while viewing a journal entry
- Fixed bug that caused words to underlap keyboard while typing
- Better support for input assistant buttons on iPad keyboard (undo, copy, paste)
- Fixed bug in app's settings that occurred when scrolling up and down rapidly
- Updated share/export dialogs (removed previous workaround for iOS 8 issue)
- Search results reload to reflect any changes in system text size
- Updated layout to work better no matter what screen size you have
- Faster launch and improved launch screen for all devices
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing date of old entry
- Improved support for iOS 9 and 10 (maintains iOS 8 compatibility)
- Updated alert views, action sheets, and popovers
- Privacy lock enhancements, especially for older devices
- Ability to export all entries as a text file
- Faster backup and export creation
- Ability to Mail your backups or you can 'Open In...' to save them elsewhere
- App keeps recent backups, cleans up older ones to save storage
- Fix for database concurrency issues that could lead to rare crash
If you've been using the previous version, this update will migrate your data when you launch the app. If you have years entries and photos, the migration could take a couple minutes. Please leave the app open and running until it completes.
More than 6 YEARS on the App Store! Big changes to support more devices, multitasking, and iOS improvements.
App updates clear the previous reviews. Thanks for taking the time to update your review/rating for new releases!
- New setting to show entry and photo storage; you can force deletion of temporary files to save space
- Support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad
- Improved handling of iOS Text Size settings adjustments
- Improved PDF rendering / printing
- Better, sharper photo thumbnails
- Extended keyboard layout adjustments
- Notebook covers are more adaptive and look better on all devices
- Improved code to handle deleting temporary exported/shared files to cut down on storage
- Updated search library to improve journal indexing
- Fix for jumpy behavior when rotating device while viewing a journal entry
- Fixed bug that caused words to underlap keyboard while typing
- Better support for input assistant buttons on iPad keyboard (undo, copy, paste)
- Fixed bug in app's settings that occurred when scrolling up and down rapidly
- Updated share/export dialogs (removed previous workaround for iOS 8 issue)
- Search results reload to reflect any changes in system text size
- Updated layout to work better no matter what screen size you have
- Faster launch and improved launch screen for all devices
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing date of old entry
- Improved support for iOS 9 and 10 (maintains iOS 8 compatibility)
- Updated alert views, action sheets, and popovers
- Privacy lock enhancements, especially for older devices
- Ability to export all entries as a text file
- Faster backup and export creation
- Ability to Mail your backups or you can 'Open In...' to save them elsewhere
- App keeps recent backups, cleans up older ones to save storage
- Fix for database concurrency issues that could lead to rare crash
If you've been using the previous version, this update will migrate your data when you launch the app. If you have years entries and photos, the migration could take a couple minutes. Please leave the app open and running until it completes.
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Version History
2.0.0
Dec 22, 2016
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
More than 6 YEARS on the App Store! Big changes to support more devices, multitasking, and iOS improvements.
App updates clear the previous reviews. Thanks for taking the time to update your review/rating for new releases!
- New setting to show entry and photo storage; you can force deletion of temporary files to save space
- Support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad
- Improved handling of iOS Text Size settings adjustments
- Improved PDF rendering / printing
- Better, sharper photo thumbnails
- Extended keyboard layout adjustments
- Notebook covers are more adaptive and look better on all devices
- Improved code to handle deleting temporary exported/shared files to cut down on storage
- Updated search library to improve journal indexing
- Fix for jumpy behavior when rotating device while viewing a journal entry
- Fixed bug that caused words to underlap keyboard while typing
- Better support for input assistant buttons on iPad keyboard (undo, copy, paste)
- Fixed bug in app's settings that occurred when scrolling up and down rapidly
- Updated share/export dialogs (removed previous workaround for iOS 8 issue)
- Search results reload to reflect any changes in system text size
- Updated layout to work better no matter what screen size you have
- Faster launch and improved launch screen for all devices
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing date of old entry
- Improved support for iOS 9 and 10 (maintains iOS 8 compatibility)
- Updated alert views, action sheets, and popovers
- Privacy lock enhancements, especially for older devices
- Ability to export all entries as a text file
- Faster backup and export creation
- Ability to Mail your backups or you can 'Open In...' to save them elsewhere
- App keeps recent backups, cleans up older ones to save storage
- Fix for database concurrency issues that could lead to rare crash
If you've been using the previous version, this update will migrate your data when you launch the app. If you have years entries and photos, the migration could take a couple minutes. Please leave the app open and running until it completes.
More than 6 YEARS on the App Store! Big changes to support more devices, multitasking, and iOS improvements.
App updates clear the previous reviews. Thanks for taking the time to update your review/rating for new releases!
- New setting to show entry and photo storage; you can force deletion of temporary files to save space
- Support for Slide Over and Split View multitasking on iPad
- Improved handling of iOS Text Size settings adjustments
- Improved PDF rendering / printing
- Better, sharper photo thumbnails
- Extended keyboard layout adjustments
- Notebook covers are more adaptive and look better on all devices
- Improved code to handle deleting temporary exported/shared files to cut down on storage
- Updated search library to improve journal indexing
- Fix for jumpy behavior when rotating device while viewing a journal entry
- Fixed bug that caused words to underlap keyboard while typing
- Better support for input assistant buttons on iPad keyboard (undo, copy, paste)
- Fixed bug in app's settings that occurred when scrolling up and down rapidly
- Updated share/export dialogs (removed previous workaround for iOS 8 issue)
- Search results reload to reflect any changes in system text size
- Updated layout to work better no matter what screen size you have
- Faster launch and improved launch screen for all devices
- Fixed a crash that could occur when editing date of old entry
- Improved support for iOS 9 and 10 (maintains iOS 8 compatibility)
- Updated alert views, action sheets, and popovers
- Privacy lock enhancements, especially for older devices
- Ability to export all entries as a text file
- Faster backup and export creation
- Ability to Mail your backups or you can 'Open In...' to save them elsewhere
- App keeps recent backups, cleans up older ones to save storage
- Fix for database concurrency issues that could lead to rare crash
If you've been using the previous version, this update will migrate your data when you launch the app. If you have years entries and photos, the migration could take a couple minutes. Please leave the app open and running until it completes.
1.1.3
Apr 30, 2013
- Notebook title appears in backup file name
- Fix for bug that caused page color settings to revert (thanks Mark)
- Updated 3rd party libraries
- Fix for issue that could cause crash when tapping Entries button
From before:
- Improved search (app will update on first load)
- Better and more secure passcode protection
- New font selection menu
- Better Retina display support
- Ability to adjust screen brightness
- Additional page background colors
- Fix for 'lost' off-screen photos
- Updated Google Docs export
- Reduced memory usage
- Fix for bug that caused page color settings to revert (thanks Mark)
- Updated 3rd party libraries
- Fix for issue that could cause crash when tapping Entries button
From before:
- Improved search (app will update on first load)
- Better and more secure passcode protection
- New font selection menu
- Better Retina display support
- Ability to adjust screen brightness
- Additional page background colors
- Fix for 'lost' off-screen photos
- Updated Google Docs export
- Reduced memory usage
1.1.2
Mar 6, 2013
- Improved search (app will update on first load)
- Better and more secure passcode protection
- New font selection menu
- Better Retina display support
- Ability to adjust screen brightness
- Additional page background colors
- Fix for 'lost' off-screen photos
- Updated Google Docs export
- Reduced memory usage
- Bug fixes
- Updated libraries for 3rd party components
Did you know that two novels were written in Chapters, and some have been journaling for more than two years using the app? Thanks for your support!
- Better and more secure passcode protection
- New font selection menu
- Better Retina display support
- Ability to adjust screen brightness
- Additional page background colors
- Fix for 'lost' off-screen photos
- Updated Google Docs export
- Reduced memory usage
- Bug fixes
- Updated libraries for 3rd party components
Did you know that two novels were written in Chapters, and some have been journaling for more than two years using the app? Thanks for your support!
1.1.1
Aug 3, 2011
This release contains a fix for a rare situation that caused newly-composed entries to not save (a few things had to happen for this to occur; I'm sorry if you ran into this issue).
- Better support for returning you to previous entry selections within a notebook
- Fixed some small memory leaks on the export screen
From before:
- New cover style for notebooks
- Navigate by swiping across the page
- Support for longer passwords
- Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
- Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
- Lock icon shows on notebook cover
- Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental taps
- New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries
- Better support for returning you to previous entry selections within a notebook
- Fixed some small memory leaks on the export screen
From before:
- New cover style for notebooks
- Navigate by swiping across the page
- Support for longer passwords
- Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
- Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
- Lock icon shows on notebook cover
- Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental taps
- New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries
1.1.0
Jul 15, 2011
- Fixed a situation that could lead to app failing to save entries (this occurred after deleting an entry and then starting another within a second)
- Remember position in entries list better
And from before:
- New cover style for notebooks
- Navigate by swiping across the page
- Support for longer passwords
- Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
- Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
- Lock icon shows on notebook cover
- Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental taps
- New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries
- Fixed a couple small memory leaks
Thanks for your support!
- Remember position in entries list better
And from before:
- New cover style for notebooks
- Navigate by swiping across the page
- Support for longer passwords
- Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
- Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
- Lock icon shows on notebook cover
- Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental taps
- New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries
- Fixed a couple small memory leaks
Thanks for your support!
1.0.9
Jun 15, 2011
* New cover style for notebooks
* You can navigate entries by swiping across the page
* Support for longer passwords
* Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
* Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
* Lock icon shows up on cover
* Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental touches
* New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries (good for times you accidentally tap compose and then immediately tap Done)
* Found and fixed a couple small memory leaks
Thanks again for your support and suggestions!
* You can navigate entries by swiping across the page
* Support for longer passwords
* Password-protected notebooks can't be deleted without password confirmation
* Password-protected notebooks lock when you switch to another app
* Lock icon shows up on cover
* Moved timestamp button to prevent accidental touches
* New setting to prevent saving new-but-empty entries (good for times you accidentally tap compose and then immediately tap Done)
* Found and fixed a couple small memory leaks
Thanks again for your support and suggestions!
1.0.8
Jan 16, 2011
Thanks for all the great feedback. Though it's not required, consider creating a backup or export before updating.
Note that this update requires iOS 4.2 or greater.
- Fixed crash that occurred when you tapped settings button twice
- Added edit button on entries listing for easier deletions
- Added sort by title to notebook listing (alphabetical sort)
- Added Dropbox text file export option
- You can now specify the ordering of your exports (newest first or oldest first)
- New extended keyboard buttons to quickly skip forward/back by character or word
- Improved accuracy in word count
- If you have an external keyboard, the app will adjust the screen as expected.
- Added light gray page background color option (in addition to sepia and white)
- Added chapters:// url scheme so you can open the app from Safari
- Cleaned up some screens, made appearance more internally consistent.
- Some text labels and fields weren't aligned, so I adjusted them by a few pixels
- Found a fixed a small memory leak on notebook gallery screen
Note that this update requires iOS 4.2 or greater.
- Fixed crash that occurred when you tapped settings button twice
- Added edit button on entries listing for easier deletions
- Added sort by title to notebook listing (alphabetical sort)
- Added Dropbox text file export option
- You can now specify the ordering of your exports (newest first or oldest first)
- New extended keyboard buttons to quickly skip forward/back by character or word
- Improved accuracy in word count
- If you have an external keyboard, the app will adjust the screen as expected.
- Added light gray page background color option (in addition to sepia and white)
- Added chapters:// url scheme so you can open the app from Safari
- Cleaned up some screens, made appearance more internally consistent.
- Some text labels and fields weren't aligned, so I adjusted them by a few pixels
- Found a fixed a small memory leak on notebook gallery screen
1.0.7
Dec 20, 2010
Take a moment to create a backup or export your writing before updating.
- Fixed the notebook cover font issue (previously the font would revert to the default after opening a notebook)
- Performance enhancements (reduced memory usage)
This update corrects an issue introduced in the previous update. I'm incredibly sorry about missing that during testing. It affected roughly a third of users, most running iOS 3.2. I tried to fix it as fast as possible but with any update there's at least a few days wait while the software is reviewed for inclusion on the store.
I hope to earn your trust again. The reviews were beautiful before that incident and I'll work hard to make sure this never happens again.
Contact me if you need anything!
- Fixed the notebook cover font issue (previously the font would revert to the default after opening a notebook)
- Performance enhancements (reduced memory usage)
This update corrects an issue introduced in the previous update. I'm incredibly sorry about missing that during testing. It affected roughly a third of users, most running iOS 3.2. I tried to fix it as fast as possible but with any update there's at least a few days wait while the software is reviewed for inclusion on the store.
I hope to earn your trust again. The reviews were beautiful before that incident and I'll work hard to make sure this never happens again.
Contact me if you need anything!
1.0.6
Dec 15, 2010
As always, consider making a backup from within the app before updating. Contact me if you need help.
*** There are some reported issues with iOS 3.2. If you're running iOS 3.2 you should wait for the 1.0.7 update ***
Mostly a maintenance release, with a couple extras:
* Added clear button to make editing notebook title easier
* App uses 10-30% less memory in many cases, especially when dealing with photos.
* Photo thumbnails are now a little larger by default
* Better autosave support to prevent data loss on new OS version (thanks Alex)
* Link detection; any URLs you type can be tapped and opened
* REMOVED Zapfino font
* ADDED Courier font at the request of a couple writers (especially screenwriters).
* Fixed memory leak on main notebook gallery page
* Fixed rare but possible crash situation that occurred when you tapped on an entry to edit it
NOTE: the first time you view older entries with many photos you may notice a lag as the app optimizes the photo for use with the new version.
ANOTHER NOTE: An issue with fonts on the notebook covers reverting to the default will be fixed in the next update (already submitted)
*** There are some reported issues with iOS 3.2. If you're running iOS 3.2 you should wait for the 1.0.7 update ***
Mostly a maintenance release, with a couple extras:
* Added clear button to make editing notebook title easier
* App uses 10-30% less memory in many cases, especially when dealing with photos.
* Photo thumbnails are now a little larger by default
* Better autosave support to prevent data loss on new OS version (thanks Alex)
* Link detection; any URLs you type can be tapped and opened
* REMOVED Zapfino font
* ADDED Courier font at the request of a couple writers (especially screenwriters).
* Fixed memory leak on main notebook gallery page
* Fixed rare but possible crash situation that occurred when you tapped on an entry to edit it
NOTE: the first time you view older entries with many photos you may notice a lag as the app optimizes the photo for use with the new version.
ANOTHER NOTE: An issue with fonts on the notebook covers reverting to the default will be fixed in the next update (already submitted)
1.0.5
Nov 5, 2010
* Minor fixes (rotation position issue, memory leak)
* If a photo can't be imported you'll get a message now
* If a photo can't be imported you'll get a message now
1.0.4
Oct 3, 2010
* Dropbox support. Now backup files can be automatically uploaded to your Dropbox account for safekeeping.
If you own Chronicle for iPhone you'll be able to easily import any backup files you create on your iPhone/iPod.
If you own Chronicle for iPhone you'll be able to easily import any backup files you create on your iPhone/iPod.
1.0.3
Sep 24, 2010
* New sort option for notebooks
* Quick-list makes finding a notebook easy
* Ability to pick notebook cover font
* Optional word count feature
* Support for bullet lists and manual timestamps
* Some additional in-app help
* Bug fix for low-memory situations
t's generally prudent to save a backup file to your computer or export a copy of your notebooks periodically. You don't have to do this before you update, but it certainly can't hurt.
Thanks again! Your suggestions and feedback make this app what it is and determine what it can become.
* Quick-list makes finding a notebook easy
* Ability to pick notebook cover font
* Optional word count feature
* Support for bullet lists and manual timestamps
* Some additional in-app help
* Bug fix for low-memory situations
t's generally prudent to save a backup file to your computer or export a copy of your notebooks periodically. You don't have to do this before you update, but it certainly can't hurt.
Thanks again! Your suggestions and feedback make this app what it is and determine what it can become.
1.0.2
Sep 11, 2010
Before upgrading, export a copy of your writing using one of the export methods. This won't affect anything on your device, it's just a precaution so you have a copy of your writing in some other format.
* Support for maintaining photo's aspect ratio (non-square thumbs)
* Ability to create backup files. You can restore from these files in the event of data loss.
* Note that if you have Chronicle for iPad you can create a backup and import it into a Chapters notebook (and vice versa)
* Choose a softer page color if white is too bright
* Notebook covers enhanced a little; more to come
* Some bug fixes and performance enhancements
Thank you! Please let me know if you have questions or need help!
* Support for maintaining photo's aspect ratio (non-square thumbs)
* Ability to create backup files. You can restore from these files in the event of data loss.
* Note that if you have Chronicle for iPad you can create a backup and import it into a Chapters notebook (and vice versa)
* Choose a softer page color if white is too bright
* Notebook covers enhanced a little; more to come
* Some bug fixes and performance enhancements
Thank you! Please let me know if you have questions or need help!
1.0.1
Aug 26, 2010
* Support for exporting your writing in PDF format
* Fixed issue for those using bluetooth keyboard
* Export methods respect the vertical ordering of your photos
* Fixed an issue that made scrolling on the gallery screen awkward
* Fixed some website export issues
* You can now cancel out of the lock screen for convenience
Thanks for the suggestions! Perform a sync and export your writing before updating.
* Fixed issue for those using bluetooth keyboard
* Export methods respect the vertical ordering of your photos
* Fixed an issue that made scrolling on the gallery screen awkward
* Fixed some website export issues
* You can now cancel out of the lock screen for convenience
Thanks for the suggestions! Perform a sync and export your writing before updating.
1.0
Aug 3, 2010
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