5.3.24
2026-06-04
Bug fixes and improvements.
5.3.22
2026-03-16
This update introduces Liquid Glass support and quality‑of‑life improvements to make navigating and reading in the app feel smoother and more modern.
- The app now supports Apple’s newest UI experience, Liquid Glass, bringing a more fluid, polished interface to supported iOS26+ devices.
- Additional performance tuning and UI refinements to keep the app feeling fast, stable, and responsive.
5.2.20
2026-01-19
Bug fixes and improvements.
5.2.15
2025-12-16
We've been busy with some backend improvements, performance boosts, and reliability updates.
5.1.12
2025-11-05
- There's a new way to read! Scroll Mode lets you move through your EPUB books in a continuous, uninterrupted reading experience.
- We’ve made behind-the-scenes improvements to boost app performance and enhance your overall experience. Expect quicker load times and a more responsive feel throughout the app.
5.0.20
2025-09-22
Bug fixes and improvements.
5.0.18
2025-09-08
- Simpler Navigation: Find what you need faster. Less tapping, more learning.
- Fresh Visuals: A cleaner, more modern design that’s easy to look at (even during late-night study marathons).
- Streamlined Interactions: Everything just works better. Fewer distractions, more flow.
4.5.10
2025-07-21
- We’ve rolled out some subtle but important improvements to make sure everything works the way you expect (and maybe a bit better!). Fewer bugs and a more polished experience overall.
4.4.7
2025-05-22
- Bug fixes and improvements.
4.4.5
2025-05-05
- This latest update brings enhanced usability and experience - making interactions within the app better than before.
4.3.9
2025-03-03
- Kortext Library is now available. Within Kortext Library, you can access content provided by your institution.
- Improvements to user experience and overall performance.
4.3.8
2025-02-26
- Kortext Library is now available. Within Kortext Library, you can access content provided by your institution.
- Improvements to user experience and overall performance.
4.2.10
2024-12-12
- You can now minimize your notes while in our Reader! View the book's content with your notes docked for easy reference. Simply swipe up from the docked position to access your notes anytime.
- Now compatible with Siri! Simply ask Siri to open a book with Kortext or launch the Kortext app, making it even easier to dive back into your reading with voice commands.
- You'll now receive a helpful notification reminding you to turn up the volume if your device is muted or has no volume while using Read Aloud.
- Now when choosing Kortext to open a file on your phone, the file will instantly open and be saved locally within the app for your convenience.
- We've made some overall improvements make your reading journey even better.
4.1.7
2024-10-15
This update includes performance and UI enhancements making your favourite study app even better. Also, open your recent books right from your home screen with the new home screen widget. It’s designed to be quick, convenient, and always within reach. Enjoy the new experience!
4.0.12
2024-08-26
- Various improvements to app performance and features to enhance the overall experience.
3.3.36
2024-07-10
Bug fixes and improvements.
3.3.35
2024-06-24
- Introducing My files, a new area to upload and store your files in the cloud. Supported file types include: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX
- Improvements to user experience and overall performance
3.2.6
2024-02-05
- Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.9
2023-10-31
We're excited to introduce a fresh new look and enhanced user experience! This update brings significant UI improvements, making your interactions with the app smoother and more enjoyable than ever before.
What's New:
- Collections: Introducing a new dedicated section for collections. Most notably, all Kortext users will have access to over 13,000 eTextbooks for free through the Kortext Open Resources Collection.
- Streamlined Navigation: We've reorganized the app's navigation and search to make it even more intuitive and user-friendly.
- iPad Split Screen: Use Kortext side by side with your other iPad apps.
- iPad Apple Pencil Support: Navigate and enhance your note taking experience on your iPad using the Apple Pencil.
- Optimized for Different Devices: Looks and functions flawlessly across various devices and screen sizes.
- Performance Improvements: Behind the scenes, we've worked hard to enhance the app's performance and responsiveness. You'll notice quicker load times and a generally snappier feel.
- Bug Fixes: We've squashed several bugs and made stability and login enhancements.
3.0.0
2023-09-27
We're excited to introduce a fresh new look and enhanced user experience! This update brings significant UI improvements, making your interactions with the app smoother and more enjoyable than ever before.
What's New:
- Collections: Introducing a new dedicated section for collections. Most notably, all Kortext users will have access to over 13,000 eTextbooks for free through the Kortext Open Resources Collection.
- Streamlined Navigation: We've reorganized the app's navigation and search to make it even more intuitive and user-friendly.
- iPad Split Screen: Use Kortext side by side with your other iPad apps.
- iPad Apple Pencil Support: Navigate and enhance your note taking experience on your iPad using the Apple Pencil.
- Optimized for Different Devices: Looks and functions flawlessly across various devices and screen sizes.
- Performance Improvements: Behind the scenes, we've worked hard to enhance the app's performance and responsiveness. You'll notice quicker load times and a generally snappier feel.
- Bug Fixes: We've squashed several bugs and made stability enhancements.
2.4.112
2023-07-25
Bug fixes and improvements.
2.4.111
2023-04-03
- You can now sign in through your institution using your university login details, via email and password and with an access code provided by your institution.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
2.4.105
2023-03-07
- Bug fixes and improvements.
2.4.7
2022-12-08
- Bug fixes and improvements.
2.1.3
2022-09-26
Bug fixes and improvements.
2.1.1
2022-08-22
- Enhanced Rich Text Formatting. We’ve released a significant upgrade by enhancing the notes capabilities to introduce rich text editing. As of today, you can add styling such as bold, italics, underline, numbering, bullets, hyperlinks and add inline images or videos within the text.
- Bug fixes and improvements
2.0.425
2022-03-28
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.414
2022-01-24
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.406
2021-11-25
- Now you can add and view your own content from your iPhone and iPad in Kortext. This new feature will give you anytime, anywhere access to your PDF and EPUB files.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.396
2021-09-07
- Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.344
2020-12-16
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.0.342
2020-11-30
- Bug fixes and performance improvements
2.0.325
2020-09-22
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.320
2020-08-28
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.312
2020-07-21
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
2.0.306
2020-04-16
- Onboarding improvements.
2.0.303
2020-03-30
This release addresses a login issue certain users were experiencing when no books existed on their bookshelf.
2.0.288
2020-03-09
- Performance enhancements
- Bug fixes
2.0.281
2020-02-06
- Improved in-app Customer Support
- Fixed layout issue with annotation popup
- Performance improvements
2.0.259
2019-11-27
- Improved PDF search
- Improved download process
- Bug fixes
2.0.247
2019-10-29
- Added support to open DRM protected books from external libraries
- Improved stability and speed
2.0.236
2019-10-08
- Improved Table of Contents stability.
2.0.235
2019-10-02
This release introduces a fresh new look and feel for Kortext.
- Massive performance improvements
- New and improved user experience
1.4.208
2019-04-23
- Upgraded our EPUB3 reader for improved performance and less memory consumption;
- Minor bug fixes
1.4.196
2019-03-13
Improved ePub3 and bookshelf performance.
1.4.194
2019-02-15
Our latest update provides significant work to enable ePUB3 content to display seamlessly. Listen to audio extracts or what videos embedded within the content, to provide a rounded, user experience.
1.4.172
2018-09-19
Enhancements and Bug Fixes.
1.4.158
2018-07-16
- Accessibility upgrades to our Read Aloud functionality
1.4.140
2018-04-24
What’s New
· This release includes general fixes and stability improvements
1.4.135
2018-04-04
NEW Referencing and Citation Tool
Add references and citations to your etextbooks in Harvard and APA (Cite Them Right 10th Edition) styles.
*Please note that this feature is still in BETA.*
0.95.117
2018-01-18
· Upgrades to Read Aloud for full iOS 11 and iPhone X compatibility
0.94.108
2017-12-04
- New to Kortext? Create an account straight from the app to access content on your bookshelf, and load in your own content.
- Upgrades to make sure Kortext is fully compatible with iOS 11.
0.93.97
2017-10-22
• Zoom in and flick away images in ePub files
• Updates to shared notes
• Visual improvements to Read Aloud
• Enhanced Inking functionality
• Guest login
0.92.90
2017-09-25
General updates and fixes.
0.91.86
2017-09-14
It is here … freehand drawing, highlighting and note taking gives a significant boost to this update of our iOS application. The ability to create an account directly from the application further improves the user experience. Headline changes include:
• Freehand drawing, highlighting and note taking
• Create an account with Kortext on your first visit
• Neater storage and syncing of your annotations
• Cover image display improvements
• Even easier to download your books
• Reset your password more easily
0.88.70
2017-07-12
• Quick fix for disappearing icons in the navigation bar
0.88.68
2017-06-17
•Beautifully displayed book titles
•Navigate your content easily with intuitively presented bookmarks
•Enhanced search at your fingertips
•Bugs fixed to improve your experience
0.87.66
2017-05-10
• Numerous cosmetic improvements, in response to your feedback.
• You can now hold down on any book cover (in Covers view) to show a new menu that allows you to delete the book and also show information about that book.
• Tidied up the list view to make everything a bit clearer (such as which books you've already downloaded!).
• Updated app icon.
Please keep your comments coming! We value your feedback. You can reach support by tapping the appropriate link in the info panel.
0.86.62
2017-04-05
We’re always working to improve the app. This release features:
• Colour me beautiful! Making notes in the app just got even better. Users can now select a colour for their notes as well as their highlights.
• Edit on the go. In previous releases, editing of notes and highlights could only be done from the notebook. We’ve changed that and you can now edit your notes and highlights on the page.
• Other performance enhancements
0.85.61
2017-03-04
NOTE: This version addresses a crash seen by certain users when opening a book on iOS 8. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
This release contains:
• Improvements to syncing of notes & highlights to support smooth transitioning between Kortext platforms
• Enhanced accessibility through the addition of new Read Aloud functionality
• Bug fixes & improvements
0.85.60
2017-02-22
This release contains:
o Improvements to syncing of notes & highlights to support smooth transitioning between Kortext platforms
o Added labels to annotations in the notebook so that users can easily identify notes from highlights
o Enhanced accessibility through the addition of new Read Aloud functionality
o Bug fixes & improvements
0.84.51
2016-12-13
• Updated UI on login screen
• Performance enhancements and bug fixes including fixes for:
• An issue users had when selecting text on a 3D touch device.
• An issue with the display of highlight colours in night mode.
0.83.48
2016-10-04
+ optimised for iOS 10
+ new UI for a consistent user experience across all Kortext platforms
+ fixed an issue some users were having with multiple downloads
+ general UI and performance enhancements
0.82.46
2016-06-04
Office 365 integration updates:
+ added "back" navigation to OneDrive folders
+ added support for certain ePubs that were not being properly recognised as ePubs
+ fixed Office365 logout issue
+ fixed issue where note could not be shared to OneNote on create (now, it can)
+ removed "Page" prefix when sending note to OneNote
+ added network verification for access to OneDrive and sharing to OneNote
Other UI updates:
+ improved UI when selecting sharing options (using bright icons when sharing option is selected)
+ now updating 'Save' button whenever any sharing option is chosen (including OneNote)
+ improved user notifications
+ various other bug fixes/improvements
0.82.44
2016-05-12
+ integration to Office 365:
- share notes to OneNote
- browse your OneDrive account
- import OneDrive documents into Kortext
+ share/export notes to e-mail address
+ share notes with groups
+ performance optimization for iOS9
+ various other bug fixes
0.81.40
2016-01-24
+ iOS 9 support/optimization
+ improved note sync support, especially for ePub documents
+ added support for multiple highlight colours (for PDFs and ePubs)
+ added dictionary lookup support (for word definitions)
+ added 'copy' support
+ now showing time on annotation timestamps
+ updates to branding (splash page, colours)
+ various other improvements and bug fixes
0.80.36
2015-11-10
v0.80.36:
This version fixes a bug that was introduced in version 0.80.35 that was causing the app to quit unexpectedly for certain iOS 7 users. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
v0.80.35:
- simplified login/deactivate process
- deactivating now frees up your device activation slot (note: will not work for users that were logged in on a previous version)
- deactivating now clears your bookshelf of any Kortext books (note: this is done since Kortext books can no longer be accessed after deactivating)
- more optimizations to document rendering
- added bookshelf refresh button, to force re-sync of bookshelf from server
- online and offline sync support for PDF notes
- various other UI tweaks and bug fixes
0.80.35
2015-11-01
- simplified login/deactivate process
- deactivating now frees up your device activation slot (note: will not work for users that were logged in on a previous version)
- deactivating now clears your bookshelf of any Kortext books (note: this is done since Kortext books can no longer be accessed after deactivating)
- more optimizations to document rendering
- added bookshelf refresh button, to force re-sync of bookshelf from server
- online and offline sync support for PDF notes
- various other UI tweaks and bug fixes