1.3.11
2024-04-03
- Fixed an issue from the last update where textbox insertion was not working properly when the pen tool was activated.
1.3.10
2024-04-02
- New: Persistent text tool mode. Replaces the "insert textbox" action for easier creation and positioning of textboxes. Tap on the canvas to place a textbox, which can be moved while typing. The tool is hidden by default. It can enabled via "customize toolbar" if it is not visible on the toolbar.
- New: Automatic textbox sizing. Textboxes now automatically adjust to your text size. Manually adjust the size by dragging the handles. Double-tap any handle for automatic size fitting.
- Fixed several issues that prevented the proper copying and pasting of text in textboxes.
1.3.9
2024-03-05
- Updated UI now allows finer font size adjustments.
- When a notebook is shared in PDF format, the exported file now includes the document's outlines.
1.3.8
2024-02-19
- Resolved an iCloud synchronization issue that could arise when users delete their data via the Settings app.
- Fixed the issue that "Save to Noteful" when sharing may not functional when used within the app itself.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3.6
2024-01-29
- New: Crop and resize page option that can add margin space.
- Changed the"Go to Page" button location to make it easier to tap.
- Optimized image display performance.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.3
2023-11-16
- New: Create reusable stickers from images or drawings, and then add them to your notebooks.
- New: Arrange stickers into sticker collections.
- New: Option to add the Tape tool to the toolbar as a separate tool.
- New: Customize the orders of tools in the toolbar. Long press on any tool to display the option screen.
- Fixed a display glitch when moving or resizing image objects with border.
1.2.39
2023-10-22
- New: “Send to back” and “Bring to front” options for changing objects’ orders within a layer.
- New: Options to group and ungroup multiple objects.
- Image objects can now be rotated directly without first choosing “Resize” option after selection.
1.2.38
2023-10-09
- General stability improvement when opening multiple large PDF files. Reduce the chances of seeing a “blank background” when viewing large PDF. In the previous versions, one way to recover from “blank background” was to close the opened notebooks or restart the app.
- Fixed an issue that caused copying and pasting pages from very large PDF to fail sometimes.
- Fixed a potential issue where, when restoring a large archive from data export, the operation may halt without importing all the notebooks.
- Minor change in how screenshots are captured. Now it includes every objects in the region, even those on locked layers.
- Added timestamp to archive filenames by default.
1.2.37
2023-09-24
- New: “Draw on Hover” option for Pen Tool. Some users experienced with drawing broken lines with the Pen Tool but not with other tools such as the Lasso Tool. It might be casued by a hardware problem if Apple Pencil’s pressure reading is too low. When enabled, the app will attempt to resolve the problem and the results may vary.
- Fixed a potential issue where data export could produce archive files with missing files. It is recommended that the user re-export the data.
- Fixed an issue where TabBar would not work properly when setting the bottom position on iOS 17.
- Improved multiple selection in notebook thumbnail view. Slide your finger horizontally to select multiple pages.
- Minor UI changes in Presentation Tool.
1.2.36
2023-09-17
- New: Action to display or hide all adhesive tapes on the page.
- New: Option to add screenshot directly to the page so this can be done with fewer taps than before.
- New: While typing in textbox, support for inserting stickers from system’s Emoji keyboard.
- Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when searching certain PDFs.
1.2.35
2023-08-30
- Improved the stability of the app when searching in large PDF files.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused objects to become invisible after pasting selection.
- Optimized the performance of searching.
1.2.34
2023-08-24
- New: Option to toggle pen pressure measurement correction. This new “Enhanced Sensitivity” option is located on the 2nd tab of the pen tool screen.
- Due to many user requests to reduce "changes in stroke appearance” while writing, turning off the option can mostly remove the fluctuations of stroke appearance.
1.2.33
2023-08-22
- Fixed the issue where the ball-point pen's motion smoothing setting was reset after app restart.
- Fixed an issue where weird artifacts were frequently visible when drawing slowly with the laser pointer.
- Fixed a potential issue that caused empty document display when viewing image-heavy PDFs.
- Fixed a potential issue that caused pen strokes to be longer than normal, as they were drawn without touching the screen. If you still experience this issue, please contact support.
1.2.32
2023-08-16
- Minimized the undesirable effect of 'shrinking pen strokes' by increasing the stroke rendering qualities. If you still experience this issue, please contact support.
- General improvement in display performance slightly reduces the frequency of seeing blurred screens.
1.2.31
2023-08-12
- New: Motion smoothing that helps to reduce wobble when writing. Old users can enable this function in pen settings. Using a value of 0 will provide the same experience as before.
- New: Option to delete current page from notebook without entering thumbnail view.
- Eraser tool can be used to remove adhesive tapes. This helps making removing adhesive tapes easier.
1.2.30
2023-08-06
- New: Add adhesive tapes using the highlighter tool. Cover parts of your notes with tapes. Test your knowledge by tapping on the tapes to reveal or hide the covered parts.
- New: menu option to duplicate selected objects in edit menu.
- Fixed an issue that caused line artifacts to show on dark objects after modifications.
- Fixed an issue that Lasso tool selects shapes with empty fill color incorrectly.
1.2.29
2023-07-26
- New: “Save to Noteful” action is available for sharing multiple files from other apps to Noteful. The action can be found on the action list of iOS share sheet. To send a web page as a PDF from the Safari app, choose PDF format when sharing.
- Fixed the issue of wrong notebook names when importing files via drag and drop on Mac.
- Fixed an issue that Lasso tool selects shapes with empty fill color incorrectly.
- Fixed the issue that “Move to layer” menu options were missing on Mac.
1.2.28
2023-07-13
- New: Ruler tool for drawing angled lines. The tool icon can be hidden from the options if desired.
- Minor tweaks in strokes' rendering.
- Minor improvement to reduce pen tool latency.
1.2.27
2023-07-04
- New: Cornell paper templates. 2-column and 3-column paper templates are now available along with other options.
- New: There are 11 different background colors available for the paper templates. (Existing users can access these options by tapping on the Reset button, which will reveal the new choices.)
- New: Option to adjust paper templates’ line color.
- New: Option to sort notebooks by creation time, either in ascending or descending order.
1.2.26
2023-06-27
- New: In thumbnail view, dragging a page thumbnail to the side will open a new window at the page location.
- Increased the smoothness of the laser pointer line drawing in the presentation tool.
- Fixed an issue that caused the layer display to not refresh in horizontal view.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused text style to be losted after finishing editing a textbox.
- Fixed a text selection issue on certain PDFs when using. To refine the selection range, use finger or lasso tool to tap and hold, drag the handles to adjust the selection.
1.2.25
2023-06-15
- This update has addressed a lagging issue that was reported by some users following the previous update to the ink engine. If you are still experiencing this problem, please contact support@getnoteful.com.
1.2.24
2023-06-12
- New: Pen tool settings for adjusting pen pressure and stroke width variations.
- Enhanced ink engine that improves the dynamic response to pen pressure.
1.2.23
2023-06-01
- Changing the pen size in the pen tool and highlighter tool options now also updates the pen size saved in the pen favorite.
- Fixed the problem where shape recognition sometime result in slightly rotated shapes.
- Fixed the issue with using shape recognition with the highlighter tool in the last version.
1.2.22
2023-05-31
- New: The highlighter tool can now highlight text on PDF by directly holding onto it.
- New: The toolbar position adjustment feature is now unlocked in the free version, making it more accessible to all users.
- New: Added a Translate function for selected text
- Improved snapping accuracy when drawing long slant lines.
- Fixed a problem that sometimes may prevented the default text style from being saved correctly.
1.2.21
2023-05-16
- New: Set the line height of textbox.
- When runnning on macOS, the lasso selection context menu behaves in a more standard way. Press the right mouse button to display the context menu.
- Fixed app crash when accessing the add page UI on iOS 15.
- Minor UI refinements.
1.2.20
2023-04-29
New: Keyboard shortcut support. To reveal the available shortcuts, press and hold the ⌘(Cmd) key on the keyboard.
1.2.19
2023-04-09
- New: Custom paper background color.
- Fixed an issue that cause page number indicator to appear in an incorrect position after switching app.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the paste menu to not show.
- Improved iCloud sync handling when the current iCloud account user changes.
1.2.18
2023-03-20
- New: Add custom paper templates that can be used in any notebook.
- Fixed rename dialog layout issue when on-screen keyboard was shown.
1.2.17
2023-03-02
- New: Back/forward buttons for navigating to the previous pages. The buttons are visible when page scrolls.
- New: Option to adjust the position of page number indicator.
- Fixed an issue that caused AirPlay presentations to stop syncing when multi-tasking.
- Fixed notebook tags cannot be saved when running on macOS.
- Fixed an issue that cause the first stroke not to be recognized after text selection.
- Fixed a display issue that the eraser tool may stay on the screen after tool switching.
- Fixed display problem with custom pen sizes on color picker.
1.2.16
2023-02-09
- New: Option to change toolbar to non-dark theme.
- New: Create notebook and pages from scanned documents.
- New: Importing files now support image formats. Images can be inserted as pages.
- Drawing lines now can snap at 45-degree angles.
- Fixed an issue that may cause horizontal line to disappear when using Lasso tool.
- Fixed AirPrint doesn’t work when printing using Share Sheet.
- Fixed an issue that may crash the app when tapping on recording tool.
- Fixed translations in Japanese and Italian.
1.2.9
2022-10-31
- New: Action to open document in new window.
- New: Zoom window supports alternate layout position for left-hander.
- New: Zoom window supports right-to-left language writing.
- Improved PDF text selection for some right-to-left text.
- Improved the support of three-finger swipe undo gesture on iPadOS 16.
- Make it easier to revert page background to previous PDF page after applying standard paper template.
- Optimize file sizes when duplicating pages from another notebook.
- Improved document search that high frequency word searches might not be able to return all results.
1.2.8
2022-10-21
- New: Zoom window for writing.
- Fixed some landscape PDF pages’ background was not painted correctly since the last update.
- Long press on saved colour to display the delete menu.
- Fixed an UI layout issue on iOS 16.
1.2.7
2022-10-03
- New: Dark mode support. Options to choose between using light and dark apperance.
- Tapping on writing and recording will jump to the writing time. Fixed this not working with line shapes.
- Tapping outside of a lasso selection will first deselect the objects instead of showing the paste menu.
- Fix an UI layout issue on iOS 16.
1.2.6
2022-09-27
- Fixed an issue that has potential to cause notebook to fail to save when opening the same notebook multiple times in Split View.
1.2.5
2022-09-25
- New: Action to insert the contents of another notebook into the current notebook.
- Outlines are also imported when inserting the pages of a PDF file to the current notebook.
- Fixed UI layout issues on some screens.
- Fixed an issue that prevent lasso tool from rotating vertical lines.
- Fixed an issue that horizontal lines may not render correctly after resizing.
1.2.4
2022-09-15
- New: Hand tool that supports scrolling pages with Apple Pencil or one finger.
- New: Reset button that resets Eraser Tool to default settings.
1.2.3
2022-09-03
- Palm rejection improvement when using Apple Pencil.
1.2.2
2022-09-02
- New: Straight line mode in highlighter tool.
- New: Speak text selection.
- Automatically deselect lasso selection after changing layers to avoid causing confusion.
- Improved notebook thumbnail display performance.
- Improved rectangle shape recongition in auto-shape.
- Fixed a problem that caused the app to use more than necessary disk space.
- Fixed a problem that causes potential missing strokes when pasting.
- Prompt user to update microphone privacy setting when there’s recording permission problem.
- Improved iCloud sync stability when app versions don't match.
1.2.1
2022-08-24
- Palm rejection improvement with Apple Pencil.
- Improved rectangle shape recongition in auto-shape.
- Can use saved pen colours for text color when formating text with formatting toolbar.
- Fixed layout problems in some UI views.
- Improve stability of auto-backup when uploading large files.
- Improve stability of data export when exporting large files.
1.2
2022-08-16
- New: Organize notebooks using both folders and tags.
- New: Data export was updated to support folders.
- Exported file archives which contains multiple notebooks can be imported directly.
- Fixed: Tags can be dragged to the root level.
1.1.33
2022-08-02
Performance improvement when viewing large pdf file.
1.1.32
2022-07-30
Fixed a crash issue when using iOS split screen.
1.1.31
2022-07-27
- New: Presentation mode.
- New: 16:9 and 4:3 paper sizes.
1.1.30
2022-07-16
Fixed circle shape recognition issue.
1.1.29
2022-07-14
Fixed highlighter color issue. Highlight line objects are editable.
1.1.28
2022-07-12
- New: Support curve shape in shape recognition.
- New: Open password encrypted PDF files.
- New: Line objects are now editable.
- Improved shape recognition accuracy in some cases.
- Fixed localization in editing menu.
- Fixed highlight selection options in lasso and eraser tools.
- Fixed highlight rendering issue in last version.
1.1.27
2022-07-10
- New: Support curve shape in shape recognition.
- New: Open password encrypted PDF files.
- New: Line objects are now editable.
- Improved shape recognition accuracy in some cases.
- Fixed localization in editing menu.
1.1.26
2022-06-30
- New: Move object selection to another layer.
- Reduced flicker while zooming documents.
- Fixed an issue that toolbar icons may disappear when using split view.
- Fixed an issue that taking screenshots on some monochrome PDFs could result in incorrect images.
1.1.25
2022-06-21
- Fixed low rendering quality when exporting to pdf and when zooming in.
- Fixed straight line sometimes can't be recognized.
- Adjust the last handwriting pen according to user feedbacks. Make taper effect more natural.
- Fixed the issue that changing page scrolling direction would jump to the first page.
1.1.24
2022-06-13
- New: Writing pen with more thickness variations.
- Fixed not being able to draw simple dots with finger tap gestures when Apple Pencil is not connected.
- Fixed inability to import PDF files ending with “PDF” file extension.
- Fixed some layer thumbnails not showing up.
- Fixed UI transition animation not pointing to the correct notebook in library view.
1.1.23
2022-06-04
Improved shape recognition accuracy.
1.1.22
2022-06-03
Improved shape recognition accuracy.
1.1.21
2022-05-27
- Support recording playback while app in background.
- Fixed shape recognition may crash the app.
- Improve audio recording stability in some cases.
1.1.20
2022-05-25
- New: Save default style for textbox.
- Improved shape recognition for some cases.
- Fix zooming problem with large page sizes.
- Minor UI fixes.
1.1.19
2022-05-18
- New: Tap on writing and recording will jump to when it was written.
- New: Rearrange the orders of color presets.
- Enable text selection with finger.
- Tags are sorted in display.
- Fixed the eraser tool being hard to see on dark backgrounds.
1.1.18
2022-05-07
- New: Support user installed custom font.
- New: More paper template options.
- New: Drag selection to another window with lasso tool.
- Fixed an issue that notebook may jump to random page with horizontal layout.
- Stability improvement.
- Improve PDF rendering sharpness.
1.1.17
2022-05-01
- New: Improved UI to create subtags.
- New: Support reorganizing tags by drag-and-drop in the main navigation view.
- New: Auto-backup now split large pdf files into multiple files to reduce upload time.
- Fixed notebook sort order with numbers
- Fixed an issue that notebook often open at page 1
1.1.16
2022-04-24
New: Copy PDF Text
1.1.15
2022-04-15
- New: Support hex color input and new color dropper.
- New: Data export feature to export all notebooks for backup.
- Stability improvement in Auto-backup and exporting large pdf files.
- Enhance Style view to show selected objects’s current attributes.
- New: Option to disable pull-to-add page gesture.
- Performance improvement in document grid view.
1.1.14
2022-04-05
- Improve iCloud sync performance and reduce disk space used
- Fix a potential issue that may cause incomplete notebook save
- Stability improvement
1.1.13
2022-04-01
- New: Outlines of shapes become erasable.
- New: Free version can create up to 2 outlines and bookmarks.
- Improvement of shape recognition in certain situations.
- Fix incorrect stroke rendering in a particular case.
1.1.12
2022-03-31
- New: Outlines of shapes become erasable.
- New: Free version can create up to 2 outlines and bookmarks.
- Improvement of shape recognition in certain situations.
- Fix incorrect stroke rendering in a particular case.
1.1.11
2022-03-25
- Added additional language translations.
- Stability improvement
1.1.10
2022-03-18
- The number of free notebooks has been increased to 10.
- Fix an issue that causes the app to consume more space than necessary.
- Fix importing document from another app may fail the first time
1.1.9
2022-03-06
- New PDF text search, notebook and tag name search
- New graphics quality option in PDF export
1.1.7
2022-02-17
- New dragging and dropping selection to other apps with lasso tool
- New option to change tab bar position for left handers
- Revamp export UI design
- Stability improvement
1.1.6
2022-02-12
- New export notebook to images option
- Fix Keep iPad Awake may not work after app restart
1.1.5
2022-02-05
- Able to change recording playback speed
- Improve shape recognition in certain cases
1.1.4
2022-02-04
- Fix white background when dragging and dropping transparent images from some apps
- Palm rejection improvement
1.1.3
2022-02-02
- Fix white background when dragging and dropping transparent images
- Add function to export audio recording in notebook to files
- Stability improvement
1.1.2
2022-01-29
- Support dragging and dropping images or text from another app
- Support dragging and dropping files from Files app
- Fix an cropped page issue on some imported PDF files
- Fix some common crash issues
- Eraser tool performance improvement in a specific case
1.1.1
2022-01-26
- Add 5 notebook limit to free version.
- The notebook limit will not apply to old users who have first downloaded Noteful version 1.1 or earlier.
- Minor UI bug fixes
1.1
2022-01-15
- Multi-page editing features are unlocked in the free version
- Free version can create up to 2 layers
- Performance improvement with large paper size notebooks
- Experimental auto-backup (Pro feature)
- Improve shape recognition accuracy
1.0.18
2022-01-13
- Fix app instability when scroll through very long document quickly.
- Fix incorrect page orders when importing file or when pasting multiple pages to a notebook.
1.0.17
2022-01-02
- Pinned pages are also synced
- Improvement on selecting small shapes
- Improvement on using lasso tool to select small area