3.6.2
2022-11-23
This update includes bug fixes.
3.5.7
2021-12-21
Bug fixes.
3.5.6
2021-04-06
Bug fixes.
3.5.2
2020-10-27
Update for new display resolutions.
3.5.1
2020-08-07
Bug fixes.
3.4.2
2020-04-25
Optimized: mouse and trackpad experience on iPadOS 13.4 and later
Resolved: sometimes you may unable to input text or use shortcuts via hardware keyboard
3.4.1
2020-04-01
Fixed: highlights may saved with invalid format
Fixed: highlights may failed to render
Fixed: the app may quit unexpectedly after you select a paragraph on article (macOS)
Resolved: Spotlight Search may stop indexing articles, folders and highlights (iOS/iPadOS)
Resolved: Save Image from Share Sheet is not working on iOS/iPadOS 13.2 or newer
3.4
2020-03-25
New English fonts, improved performance and bug fixes.
3.3
2019-11-21
You can now add search engines in Aurora Reader. This update also includes bug fixes and improvements.
3.2
2019-11-13
• Reader view now supports link previewing
• Reader view now supports image previewing
• Paragraph selection and highlighting are more convenient
• Supports Auto Pronounce
• Adds multiple keyboard shortcuts
• Adds a download link of Aurora Reader for Mac in Settings view
• Additional bug fixes and improvements
3.1
2019-10-13
• Supports Dark Mode on iOS and iPadOS 13
• Supports Multi-Window on iPadOS
• Supports pronouncing English/Chinese words via Siri
• Improves layout when using large text
• Adopts SF Symbols
• Additional bug fixes and improvements
3.0.4
2019-07-19
This update includes bug fixes.
3.0.3
2019-06-09
This update includes bug fixes.
3.0.2
2019-04-05
Aurora Reader 3.0 includes 50+ feature improvements, and 3 exciting new features: Search, Organize, and Listen.
SEARCH
• Rewind your reading journey with Search
• Search saved articles, notes, folders and more from iOS home screen or in-app search bar
• Accurately locate sentences and paragraphs with Full-Text Search
ORGANIZE
• Organize your articles and notes with Folders
• Enjoy the freedom to create unlimited folders and subfolders
• Quickly find your folders with Search
• Use Drag & Drop to move and reorder your folders, articles and notes
LISTEN
• Listen to articles with high fidelity voice, hands-free and eyes-free
• Check currently reading paragraph on in-app Now Playing view. Find some unfamiliar words? just tap to look up
• Listen with just your Apple Watch (requires watchOS 5.0 or later, and a pair of Bluetooth headphones)
• Switch between multiple speech languages and voices
3.0.1
2019-04-04
Aurora Reader 3.0 includes 50+ feature improvements, and 3 exciting new features: Search, Organize, and Listen.
SEARCH
• Rewind your reading journey with Search
• Search saved articles, notes, folders and more from iOS home screen or in-app search bar
• Accurately locate sentences and paragraphs with Full-Text Search
ORGANIZE
• Organize your articles and notes with Folders
• Enjoy the freedom to create unlimited folders and subfolders
• Quickly find your folders with Search
• Use Drag & Drop to move and reorder your folders, articles and notes
LISTEN
• Listen to articles with high fidelity voice, hands-free and eyes-free
• Check currently reading paragraph on in-app Now Playing view. Find some unfamiliar words? just tap to look up
• Listen with just your Apple Watch (requires watchOS 5.0 or later, and a pair of Bluetooth headphones)
• Switch between multiple speech languages and voices
3.0
2019-04-03
Aurora Reader 3.0 including 50+ feature improvements, and 3 exciting new features: Search, Organize, and Listen.
SEARCH
• Rewind your reading journey with Search
• Search saved articles, notes, folders and more from iOS home screen or in-app search bar
• Accurately locate sentences and paragraphs with Full-Text Search
ORGANIZE
• Organize your articles and notes with Folders
• Enjoy the freedom to create unlimited folders and subfolders
• Quickly find your folders with Search
• Use Drag & Drop to move and reorder your folders, articles and notes
LISTEN
• Listen to articles with high fidelity voice, hands-free and eyes-free
• Check currently reading paragraph on in-app Now Playing view. Find some unfamiliar words? just tap to look up
• Listen with just your Apple Watch (requires watchOS 5.0 or later, and a pair of Bluetooth headphones)
• Switch between multiple speech languages and voices
2.4
2019-02-24
This update includes improvements for Notification Preview interface, and optimization for iOS 12.2 beta.
* Notification Preview now requires iOS 12 or newer
Recent updates:
• Boost Mode for word defining: tap a word, and get definitions with minimum lag
• Membership Sharing: share your current annual membership with one of your family member, for free. If you upgrade to the new Annual Membership - Family plan, you can share your membership with up to six family members.
2.3.1
2019-01-19
This update includes several bug fixes.
Recent updates:
• Boost Mode for word defining: tap a word, and get definitions with minimum lag
• Membership Sharing: share your current annual membership with one of your family member, for free. If you upgrade to the new Annual Membership - Family plan, you can share your membership with up to six family members.
2.3
2019-01-03
Introducing Boost Mode for word defining: tap a word, and get definitions with minimum lag.
Introducing Membership Sharing: share your current annual membership with one of your family member, for free. If you upgrade to the new Annual Membership - Family plan, you can share your membership with up to six family members.
2.2
2018-12-28
Introducing Membership Sharing: Share your current annual membership with one of your family member, for free. If you upgrade to the new Annual Membership - Family plan, you can share your membership with up to six family members.
2.1
2018-11-28
• New: Use Face ID, Touch ID or device passcode to unlock Aurora Reader
• Improvement: Reader extension now shows explanation when no URL can be found in shared content
• Fix: Newly archived articles occasionally restored to unarachive state
Aurora Reader 2.0 is here!
Highlights & Notes
• Aurora Reader backup and sync all of your highlights and notes via iCloud, automatically
• Customize your highlights with 6 vivid colors
• The new Notes tab is easy to reach, and let you view all of your highlights and notes in one place
Additional new features and improvements
• Enabled full screen experience on the new iPad Pro
• Simplified onboarding experience
• A new Today widget that shows your recent saved articles
• New home screen quick actions for quickly jump to different in-app UI
• Bottom toolbar on article view are now slidable, and let you easily switch tools
• Improved performance for definition look up
• On iPhone, definition views now always shown above your selected words, so you can always close them easily with just a swipe up
2.0.1
2018-11-14
2.0.1
• Improved format for Chinese and Japanese definitions
• Improved Dictionary Manager UI
• Improved Notification Content UI
• Other bug fixes
Aurora Reader 2.0 is here!
Highlights & Notes
• Aurora Reader backup and sync all of your highlights and notes via iCloud, automatically
• Customize your highlights with 6 vivid colors
• The new Notes tab is easy to reach, and let you view all of your highlights and notes in one place
Additional new features and improvements
• Enabled full screen experience on the new iPad Pro
• Simplified onboarding experience
• A new Today widget that shows your recent saved articles
• New home screen quick actions for quickly jump to different in-app UI
• Bottom toolbar on article view are now slidable, and let you easily switch tools
• Improved performance for definition look up
• On iPhone, definition views now always shown above your selected words, so you can always close them easily with just a swipe up
Additional bug fixes
• Resolved an issue on iOS 12 that cause incomplete definitions on some words
• Resolved some frame drop issues for article view
• Fixed an issue that cause weblinks hard to selected on some devices
• Fixed an issue that cause Reader Action extension always failed to show multiple article views for multiple input URLs
2.0
2018-11-08
Aurora Reader 2.0 is here!
Highlights & Notes
• Aurora Reader backup and sync all of your highlights and notes via iCloud, automatically
• Customize your highlights with 6 vivid colors
• The new Notes tab is easy to reach, and let you view all of your highlights and notes in one place
Additional new features and improvements
• Enabled full screen experience on the new iPad Pro
• Simplified onboarding experience
• A new Today widget that shows your recent saved articles
• New home screen quick actions for quickly jump to different in-app UI
• Bottom toolbar on article view are now slidable, and let you easily switch tools
• Improved performance for definition look up
• On iPhone, definition views now always shown above your selected words, so you can always close them easily with just a swipe up
Additional bug fixes
• Resolved an issue on iOS 12 that cause incomplete definitions on some words
• Resolved some frame drop issues for article view
• Fixed an issue that cause weblinks hard to selected on some devices
• Fixed an issue that cause Reader Action extension always failed to show multiple article views for multiple input URLs
1.6.2
2018-09-26
• Updated for iPhone XS Max
• Bug fixes
1.6.1
2018-09-08
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes bug fixes.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.6
2018-09-01
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes new features and bug fixes.
• Added multiple new features and enhancements for Article Reader
- Optimized format of code block, and supports scroll horizontally to view completed code
- Optimized format of table view
- Optimized format of quote sentences
- Decrease the font size of captions and footnotes
- Images now display within round rectangles
- Supported load web inner frames
• Supported save GIF images to iOS Photo Library
• Added batch deletion UI for history articles
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.5
2018-08-20
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes new features and bug fixes.
• Supported search saved articles via Spotlight
• Supported preview article files via Quick Look
• Improved sync performance for reading progress
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.4
2018-08-15
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes improvements bug fixes.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.3.2
2018-07-31
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes bug fixes.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.3.1
2018-07-28
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes bug fixes.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.3
2018-07-11
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes new features and bug fixes.
• Added 3D Touch previewing. You can now use 3D Touch on reading list to preview articles and perform quick actions
• Added a new button on reading list for import weblink
• Improved Safari definition view
- Add quick actions
- Fixed a problem that cause Tap to Look Up failed to activate on some devices
• Other UI updates
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.2
2018-07-01
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.1
2018-06-18
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes new features and bug fixes.
• Now supports pronunciation
• A new toolbar for definition view, let you copy, share, or speak selected words or sentences
• Now you can swipe to right to archive an article from reading list
• Optimized register processes for new users
• Optimized for iOS 12 beta
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.0.4
2018-06-08
Thank you for using Aurora Reader! This update includes bug fixes.
• Initial compatible changes has been made for iOS 12 beta
• Fixed a crash that occur on some devices that running iOS 12 beta
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us by sending an email to lightscreen.app@gmail.com
If you enjoy Aurora Reader, please consider leaving a positive review on App Store, thank you :)
1.0.3
2018-06-03
Introducing Aurora Reader, the best way to read foreign language articles on mobile device.
1.0.2
2018-06-01
Introducing Aurora Reader, the best way to read foreign language articles on mobile device.
1.0.1
2018-05-31
Introducing Aurora Reader, the best way to read foreign language articles on mobile device.