2.9
2019-06-06
o Leave voice message for podcaster (starting with Story Spectacular by Angela Ferrari). Requires parent approval.
2.8
2019-05-14
o UI improvements
o Faster load time
2.7
2018-08-11
• Introducing in-app subscription. Basic version includes in-app visual ads along with limits on certain features. Premium monthly subscription removes in-app visual ads along with unlimited Downloads, Playlist Items & Subscribed shows.
2.6.1
2018-08-07
Fix minor iPhoneX UI bugs.
2.6
2018-08-04
Minor improvements.
2.5
2018-07-30
Find and play the episodes you previously listened to directly from Apple search bar (spotlight search).
2.4
2018-05-09
・Now you can easily buy books from your favorite podcaster. When you are listening to an episode, just click "..." option and you will be able to buy the book from the web store set up by the Podcaster. Currently available for "Story Spectacular" Podcast by Angela Ferrari. We are adding more shortly.
2.3.2
2018-03-30
∙ Fix a crash on iPad
2.3.1
2018-03-27
• Added Religion category [contains Christianity, Christmas and Christmas Carols for now. We will be adding more religions to this category shortly]. Note that this content in this category WILL NOT be available in other categories e.g., let's say there is a religion story about dinosaurs, then that story won't be accessible inside Dinosaurs category.
2.3
2018-03-20
• Search for episodes specific to an age category e.g. tigers, ballet, calculus, mars, self-driving cars, nanotechnology etc.
2.2
2018-03-14
• Popular request.. "Christianity for Kids" now available for 8+ year olds. Hallelujah!
2.1
2018-03-10
• Go Girls! -- Celebrating International Women's Day with a new category of inspirational stories for girls!
• Subscribe Shows -- Based on requests from a lot of you!
• Playlist Support -- Again a lot of you wanted this functionality so that you can add your favorite episodes to listen later.
Keep writing to us and tell us what we should do next :) Enjoy!
2.0.3
2018-03-03
• Added more categories -- Planes, Cars, Ships, Trains (5+), Learn Korean (8+), Learn Japanese (5+), Physics (12+), Chemistry (12+), Philosophy (12+), Anatomy (12+), Society & World (12+)
2.0.2
2018-03-03
• Added Sports (12+ ) on request from Simone W.! Also, added several other categories:
Myths & Legends (8+), Save the Earth (8+), Interviews (8+), Let’s talk Books (5+) , Learn German (8+)
Learn Mandarin (8+),
Learn French (5+), Learn Italian (5+), Poems (8+), American History (8+)
2.0.1
2018-02-12
• A lot of you asked us to add a news podcast for kids. We looked around but to our surprise we couldn't find any such podcast. So we decided to create our own! Introducing Leela Kids News Podcast Channel for 8+ year olds -- we will have inspiring, educational and entertaining news from --all over the world-- just for kids! If you are interested in participating, please write to us at kidsnews@leelalabs.com.
2.0
2018-01-31
• Support for iPad (a *lot* of you requested that and here it is!)
• Support for Landscape mode for both iPhone and iPad
1.9.3
2018-01-30
• Added new category "Learning Languages" for 5+ yr olds based on emails from lot of you! We are starting with Learning Spanish & will be introducing more languages shortly.
• Minor bug fixes and UI improvements
1.9.2
2018-01-27
• Added new category "Improve Memory" for 8+ yr olds.
• As part of our efforts to make Kids Listening Experience interactive and fun, Kids can now quickly vote on a question in a podcast. We are partnering with Brains On (fabulous science podcast from American Public Media and supported by National Science Foundation) for their upcoming "Dolphins vs. Octopuses" episode next week!
1.9.1
2018-01-18
• Added multiple new categories for 5 year+ olds -- Learn English, Audio Books, Explorer & Maths
• Change click behavior in Episode/Show view -- Now clicking anywhere in the row will either play the corresponding episode (Episode View) or display more details about that particular show (Show View)
1.9
2017-12-16
• Happy Christmas! Two new categories -- Christmas Stories & Christmas Carols
• Ability to turn off Auto Next Play Episode (based on feedback from Kirsten)
1.8
2017-12-14
• Offline Listening -- Download episodes to listen during flights or areas with low/no Internet connectivity. Yay!! [Feedback from multiple users]
• All Shows View -- See all podcast shows belonging to an age group in one place. You can also search through the shows to find your favorite show -- this would help in cases when you don't want to listen to episodes based on a category but instead want to just listen to your favorite show. [Feedback from multiple users]
• Fix minor bugs
1.7.3
2017-12-11
• Minor bug fixes and fix for a crash (Some users may have experienced iPhone reset while using the app; it is due to an issue in Apple software and not in our app. To fix that please upgrade to latest iOS 11.2. Reported here: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/2/16727112/iphone-crash-bug-december-2nd-2017)
1.7.2
2017-11-28
• Improved Dashboard Interface + Configure Push Notifications On/Off
• Bug fixes (Episode Sharing)
1.7.1
2017-11-25
• Fix a crash for iOS 10.x users that got introduced in v 1.7 (sorry!)
1.7
2017-11-23
• Introducing content for Parents! Yay!! Click on parenting icon on first screen and you will be taken to our main app Leela. Why another app? Content for parents is likely to contain material that may not be suitable for kids and we wanted to keep Leela Kids App a safe listening environment for kids.
• Sort Episodes by Duration and Published Date
• Sponsored Episodes - One sponsored episode (from podcaster) may appear at the top of results.
• User Episode rating will not be shown to other users; instead will just be used for building personalized recommendation for that user. Engaged Listens will still be visible to everyone. We believe this offers the best listening experience to all.
Keep writing to us. We love hearing from you! support@leelalabs.com