Rocket Typist

Rocket Typist


Boost your typing!


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3.0.9for iPhone, iPad
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Daniel Witt
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15.4 MB
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Mar 9, 2024
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About Rocket Typist

During our daily routines, we often find ourselves repeatedly typing similar text over and over again. Rocket Typist is your solution for saving valuable time while typing. Let Rocket Typist create and insert text and image snippets on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Rocket Typist is the text expander that the Apple platform deserves.

STREAMLINE SNIPPET MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMIZATION:

Rocket Typist offers a centralized repository for easy snippet organization and editing. You can sort your snippets into folders, ensuring a tidy and structured workspace. Plus, Rocket Typist supports various snippet types, including plain text, formatted text, code, and image snippets, allowing you to tailor your content to your specific needs. Quickly find and insert snippets, even in large collections, using advanced search and filter options or the snippet keyboard. Once you have collected your snippets, you will never have to type them again.

USE MACROS TO ADD DYNAMIC ELEMENTS TO YOUR SNIPPETS, MAKING THEM MORE VERSATILE AND ADAPTABLE:

Easily enhance your snippets with macros for text, date, key functions, and more. The Labeled Macros Hub provides you a central location to edit and apply macros consistently across multiple snippets. Gain clarity and confidence with the ability to preview your snippets, complete with all macros applied, before inserting them, ensuring your content is just as you envision it.

EXPERIENCE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES:

Rocket Typist offers you the flexibility to work effortlessly on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Whether you're composing text on your computer or on the go with your mobile devices, the power of Rocket Typist is always at your fingertips. What's more, with iCloud synchronization, managing your snippets becomes a breeze as they seamlessly flow across all your devices, ensuring that your most essential content is never out of reach, no matter where you are.


Rocket Typist is free in its basic version. In the settings, you can upgrade to Rocket Typist Pro to unlock all features. Rocket Typist for Mac is not available on the Mac App Store but can be downloaded from the developer's website.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.0.9

Last updated on Mar 9, 2024
Old Versions
NEW: The date macro is now being translated into the system language, not the app language. This means that date formats are supported even if the app does not support this language overall.
NEW: Pressing cmd-F now activates the search field.
NEW: The way a sidebar item looks when the title is being edited has been improved.
NEW: You can now edit the title of folders and snippets directly in the navigation bar on iOS and iPadOS.
NEW: Enabling Abbreviations now also activates Auto-Paste since most users prefer to use both options together. The previous separation could cause confusion.
FIX: If you couldn’t activate abbreviations because the app isn't included in the accessibility settings, and an error message may did not always appear.
FIX: The macro editor may was delayed when clicking on a macro.
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Version History
3.0.9
Mar 9, 2024
NEW: The date macro is now being translated into the system language, not the app language. This means that date formats are supported even if the app does not support this language overall.
NEW: Pressing cmd-F now activates the search field.
NEW: The way a sidebar item looks when the title is being edited has been improved.
NEW: You can now edit the title of folders and snippets directly in the navigation bar on iOS and iPadOS.
NEW: Enabling Abbreviations now also activates Auto-Paste since most users prefer to use both options together. The previous separation could cause confusion.
FIX: If you couldn’t activate abbreviations because the app isn't included in the accessibility settings, and an error message may did not always appear.
FIX: The macro editor may was delayed when clicking on a macro.
3.0.8
Nov 17, 2023
NEW: Enhanced speed working with the preview and macro editor.
NEW: On macOS you can now quit the app even if the snippet or folder settings are being presented.
NEW: Plain text and code snippets are now smaller in size, take less disk and cloud space and sync faster.
FIX: Addressed a problem that had the potential to yield a blank snippet text.
FIX: Changing the selected snippet quickly could crash the app if the snippet type changed as well.
FIX: The editing of abbreviations could cause a problem with the sorting and scrolling of the snippet list.
FIX: The functionality of the "+" button to create a new abbreviation was occasionally unreliable.
FIX: The preview was not consistently updated accurately when displayed alongside the snippet text.
FIX: There was an empty menu item in the window menu bar.
FIX: Using multiple snippet macros in the same text could lead to wrong results in the preview.
3.0.7
Nov 15, 2023
FIX: On iOS and iPadOS the software keyboard showed the search text as a red text.

(This update is only available on iOS and iPad OS as there aren't any changes for the macOS version of the app.)
3.0.6
Nov 15, 2023
NEW: The appearance of the options macro and in the preview mode has been adapted to look the same on all platforms and using less space.
NEW: If you are using macOS and the editor window is in preview mode, the snippet text editor will now automatically hide if there is not enough space to display both the preview and the text editor side by side.
NEW: On macOS you can now switch between macros in the preview window using tap and spacebar without having to activate text navigation in the system settings. (macOS 14+ only)
NEW: The app icon now doesn’t appear in the dock anymore when using a snippet that has configurable macros.
NEW: Adding and removing links has been improved on iOS and iPadOS.
NEW: Changing the snippet sortation now makes sure the selected snippet is still visible in long snippet lists.
NEW: Improved the speed pasting of snippets that insert clipboard content.
NEW: Now you can also export snippets within a general category using the context menu, not only snippets in folders.
NEW: Searching for snippets now shows you the number of found snippets at the bottom of the snippet list.
NEW: The colors of the key callout of the snippet keyboard can now also be adapted.
NEW: The design of the preview window has been updated.
NEW: The design of the snippet list has been slightly improved.
NEW: The list of existing text and options macros is now sorted alphabetically.
NEW: The preview in the editor on macOS can now be displayed below the snippet text. You can switch between different configurations the View menu.
NEW: The spacebar has been added to the list of the special key macro.
NEW: The transparent background of the preview window that appears when inserting snippets on macOS can now be disabled in the general app settings.
NEW: You can now hide the current clipboard content in the preview.
FIX: On iOS and iPadOS abbreviations that start with special characters did not expand correctly.
FIX: A custom separator of a multi choice options macro may have not worked in preview mode.
FIX: In some cases the search includes snippets that had been deleted.
FIX: In some cases you may have been asked for a date even if the picker option of the date macro was off.
FIX: It was possible that date macros added a days twice.
FIX: It was possible that on iPhones, some of the keys of the snippet keyboard might have been partially hidden.
FIX: Selecting a snippet while searching did reset the search results.
FIX: Some description text was displayed at the wrong place.
FIX: Some functions of the snippet context were only applied to one of all selected snippets.
FIX: The "Show all Macros" option did not work on macOS.
FIX: The application experiences a crash when utilizing certain snippets that are not stored within a folder.
FIX: The compatibility with Stage Manager on macOS has been enhanced.
3.0.5
Oct 31, 2023
NEW: The appearance of the snippet search menu has been enhanced to provide better clarity.
NEW: In the keyboard settings on iOS and iPadOS, you are now provided with the ability to modify the color style of the snippet keyboard.
NEW: In the keyboard settings a new toggle has been added that allows you to choose whether or not you want delimiters like space removed.
NEW: Now, you have the option to hide the number of times snippets have been used in the list of snippets.
NEW: The snippet and folder settings now include the display of information such as the date of creation.
NEW: The way the snippet window on macOS works with spaces has been improved.
NEW: You can now hide the emoji key on the snippet keyboard.
FIX: Changing the title of a snippet may not have worked.
FIX: Sorting in the "Most Popular" category now works.
FIX: The application may experience crashes due to specific snippets formats.
FIX: The functionality of the snippet menu was not consistently reliable when used in conjunction with full screen applications.
FIX: The preview window wasn't always reliable when using full screen apps.
FIX: There was an incorrect key present on certain keyboard layouts on the iPad.
3.0.4
Oct 29, 2023
NEW: Abbreviations may now include colons (:), question marks (?), and equals signs (=).
NEW: Opening the snippet editor on macOS is now much faster.
NEW: Scrolling through the snippet list on macOS is now noticeably smoother.
NEW: Now, you have the option to manually select a keyboard layout in the keyboard settings of Rocket Typist. If there is a layout missing, please inform me so that I can include it in the next update.
NEW: On iOS and iPadOS, you now have the ability to add links.
NEW: The colors while editing a title or abbreviation on macOS are more distinct now.
NEW: You can now easily export all snippets of a category or folder either through the File menu or the context menu of the sidebar.
NEW: A sharing button has been added on top of the editor on iPhones and iPads so you don't have to long press on a snippet anymore
NEW: An option has been added to switch between Ascending and descending snippet sortation.
NEW: Changing the text font size now also changes the size of the macro icon.
NEW: Drag-and-drop functionality for snippets into and from the snippet list has been enhanced.
NEW: If you use the same snippet multiple times in a row, it now remembers the previous configuration of its macros.
NEW: Inserting a new macro on iOS puts now puts the curser behind the new macro, not in front of it.
NEW: On macOS the macro preview window now shows up next to the position of the cursor if you configure it that way in the app settings.
NEW: Snippet documents now have an icon on iOS and iPad OS.
NEW: Snippets with long lists of macros now work better on small devices when configuring them with the snippet keyboard.
NEW: The context menu for a snippet in the snippet list is now also accessible by clicking on the snippet type image.
NEW: The selection of snippets and categories or folders is now persisting between launches.
NEW: The snippet type image has been added adjacent to the snippet name within the navigation bar on iOS, enhancing the ease of identification for the respective types.
NEW: Then creating a new snippet, the list of snippets now scrolls to the position the new snippet.
NEW: When pasting a snippet on Mac, the snippet editor doesn't close anymore, making it easier to test snippets.
NEW: You can now enable/disable the haptic feedback and the audio feedback of the snippet keyboard on iOS.
FIX: In some scenarios, if the synchronization looked as if it was not working properly, snippets may did not appear in the snippet list.
FIX: In some cases the delimiter key was being added to the final snippet multiple times.
FIX: Changing font attributes on iOS in formatted snippets could delete the selected macro.
FIX: Drag and drop of macros within text on iOS and iPadOS has been improved.
FIX: Fixed popup issues when retrying PayPal payments for Rocket Typist Pro.
FIX: If the abbreviation is configured to be triggered without a delimiter, one character has been removed unnecessarily.
FIX: Importing snippets on iOS did not work if the app was already running in the background.
FIX: In a few scenarios, the Welcome View was displayed too frequently.
FIX: In certain instances, the snippet list wasn't sorting correctly by title.
FIX: In some cases the text in the snippet editor did not break if it was too long.
FIX: Macros without a label may have been displayed only once in the preview.
FIX: Setting a long title did not work on some devices.
FIX: Sometimes the text field of a preview wasn't highlighted by default.
FIX: Sometimes, selected snippets on macOS were unintentionally deselected or selected unexpectedly.
FIX: The app could crash with large snippets.
3.0.3
Oct 18, 2023
NEW: The snippet keyboard’s abbreviation detection has been improved.
NEW: The colors of the snippet keyboard have been adjusted slightly.
FIX: The Setapp integration on iOS devices has been improved.
3.0.2
Oct 15, 2023
NEW: In order to give the snippet keyboard a more distinctive appearance, it now has a unique style featuring black and yellow keys. I hope you like it! :)
NEW: The snippet keyboard on iOS now also supports more languages and layouts, including QWERTZ with ÜÖÄ and AZERTY.
NEW: The snippet keyboard on iOS now gives a haptic feedback while typing.
NEW: Clicking on the folder shortcut in the sidebar on macOS, now opens the folder settings.
NEW: Find & Replace has been added to the snippet editor on macOS.
NEW: Now, on macOS, you have the flexibility to drag the preview window simply by clicking and dragging from anywhere within the window.
NEW: On macOS the preview translucent window background is now darker to make the text better readable with a white background in dark mode.
NEW: The macOS preview window now supports scrolling for longer views.
NEW: The options macro editor has been improved on iOS.
NEW: The status bar item now provides an indicator when a snippet has been utilized.
FIX: On some Macs Rocket Typist could get slower over time and eventually stopped working until it was restarted.
FIX: When previewing large snippets, the scrolling within the box was locked.
FIX: Sometimes the Pro version was activated on iOS without having purchased it before.
FIX: Canceling the preview window on macOS did not hide the app icon again.
FIX: Previewing a particular snippet configuration could potentially lead to an application crash.
FIX: Previously, clicking on the 'Keyboard Settings' section had the potential to cause the app to crash on iOS.
FIX: Removing or adding the menubar item could lead to a crash.
FIX: Some translation mistakes have been corrected.
FIX: The format toolbar on the snippet editor sometimes disappeared.
FIX: The number of snippets next to a folder or category in the sidebar did not update in all cases.
3.0.1
Oct 13, 2023
NEW: Text macros with identical labels are no longer displayed multiple times in the preview, resulting in a more compact preview / keyboard window.
NEW: Text alignment options have been added to the small toolbar for formatted snippets on the Mac.
NEW: Text undo has been added to the Mac snippet editor.
NEW: The email address field in the activation window is now more visible.
NEW: The preview now shows the exact key or shortcut name of a key macro.
NEW: When changing the title of a snippet in the macOS snippet list, the sort order isn't updated until you press enter.
NEW: When inserting a snippet with a textfield macro, the first textfield is now automatically focused.
FIX: The tabulator key macro did not work with certain configurations.
FIX: In certain instances, the snippet list wasn't sorting correctly by title.
FIX: In some applications using the cursor macro with other macros did not work as expected.
FIX: On iOS the Setapp integration did not work as expected.
FIX: Some emojis weren’t displayed correctly in the snippet menu.
FIX: Sometimes multiple editor windows were shown.
FIX: The snippet title on iPhone was causing a choppy animation.
3.0
Oct 12, 2023

Rocket Typist FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Rocket Typist.
iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Rocket Typist supports English, French, German
Rocket Typist contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Rocket Typist Pro
$9.99

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