7.0.4
2023-11-16
Enjoy this small update with a few new things:
• Improvements to Siri shortcuts
• Improved Apple Watch support for complications, quotes, and insults
• Many bug fixes and other improvements
7.0.3
2023-07-30
Over 20 million downloads!
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
7.0.2
2023-06-20
Over 20 million downloads!
Hello Shakespeare fans! To celebrate 15 years of being the best Shakespeare app on the App Store, this is the biggest update we've done in a while—and it's a doozy.
• NEW! 14 new apocrypha plays (which Shakespeare may have had a hand in writing), including breakdowns, analysis, and detailed descriptions of each. Also included are Third Folio and quarto editions of these plays. (Add-on)
• NEW! "Shakespeare for Kids" curriculum for teachers containing 36 activities for children grades 1-5 (Add-on)
• NEW! Newly redesigned Play Breakdown sections give you an easy way to see every detail at a glance.
• NEW! Newly redesigned Dramatis Personae provides extensive details about every character.
• NEW! Customize your Home Screen all new beautiful "woodblock" style images that are AI generated
• NEW! In addition to the First Folio, the following quartos are now included for deeper study: Henry IV, Pt. 1 (Q1), Henry IV, Pt. 2 (Q1), Henry V (Q1), Love's Labour's Lost (Q1), The Merchant of Venice (Q1), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Q1), Much Ado About Nothing (Q1), Romeo & Juliet (Q2), The Taming of A Shrew (Q1), Titus Andronicus (Q2), Troilus & Cressida (Q1) (Pro)
• NEW! Easier text highlighting — just select text and tap "Highlight" (Pro)
• NEW! Customize your home screen to change the order plays to the First Folio order
• NEW! Advanced search now includes searching types of shared lines (initial, medial, final) (Pro)
• NEW! Character statistics like longest speeches and number of asides (Pro)
• NEW! Edith Nesbit's book "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare" is now included
• NEW! Mary Macleod's book "The Shakespeare Story-Book" is now included
• NEW! Character Arc Visualizer now shows aggregate statistics for play genres and character genders (Pro)
• NEW! Add Quote of the Day to your lock screen
• NEW! Dictate your notes
• All editions are editable in Scriptigo, our companion script app
• All new editions are searchable (use modern spelling to search original spelling editions too!)
• Improvements to printing, search, and dark mode
• General bugs and usability improvements
There are many other updates, too many to list, including suggestions from you! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need help.
This will be the last version to support iOS version 14 so please update your devices.
6.7.3
2022-12-17
Another update to the best Shakespeare app for almost 15 years!
• Fix for more complex search terms
• Fix for adding notes, and notebook view
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device to ensure you get the latest features and improvements!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
6.7.1
2022-10-16
Another update to the best Shakespeare app for almost 14 years!
• Minor bug fixes and improvements
• Update the app name on Apple Watch
This is the last version to support iOS 13 so please update your device!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! General notes: now you can write general notes on a play in the Notes section (instead of just attached notes to parts of the play text)
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
6.6.1
2022-07-08
New in this release? Just some small bug fixes and improvements.
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.6
2022-06-25
New in this release? Some great features for teachers and students:
• NEW! A 17-week semester course with a teacher curriculum designed to be used for any single play (add-on).
• NEW! Grammar section to study difficult aspects of Elizabethan speech.
• NEW! Notes have live links.
• Small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.5.5
2022-05-17
New in this release? Just some quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
• NEW! Added a section about Shakespeare signatures.
• Lots of small bug fixes and minor improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.5.4
2022-03-31
New in this release? Just some quality of life improvements and bug fixes.
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.5.2
2022-01-19
We've incorporated your feedback into this update, which includes:
• NEW! Improvements to the new modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! If you have the add-on for modern translations, you can now adjust their visibility to minimize distraction.
• NEW! Expand and collapse the character descriptions on Dramatis Personae pages to see just a list of characters in the play
• NEW! Search by both languages and dialects used throughout the works
• General bug fixes, dark mode and small usability improvements
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.5
2021-12-09
Another great update to the best Shakespeare app! This update includes:
• NEW! Modern spelling search of Folios and Quartos: just enter the modern spelling of a word and find all alternate spellings where it's located. For example, search for "color" and find "colour", "cullor", and "collour".
• NEW! Better images galleries for portraits of Shakespeare and browsing manuscripts
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements for iOS 15 and the new iPad mini
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! Added Quartos for King Richard II, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, and Hamlet
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.4
2021-10-01
Another great update to the best Shakespeare app! This update includes:
• NEW! "Loose" searching now enabled you to find what you're looking for even if you've misspelled a word.
• NEW! Now browse the home screen of plays in "icon mode" rather than list mode. Change this option in the settings to whatever your preference is
• NEW! Added Romeo & Juliet, First Quarto
• NEW! Use the sonnet tag filter to filter and organize the sonnets by thematic tags
• NEW! MLA citation—just select some text and choose the MLA option to create a citation for you to copy.
• NEW! Statistics added for each character for the most common words a character speaks in the whole play and number of times these words are spoke by other characters to provide insight into what they might be thinking or feeling
• NEW! Toggle character and scene statstics on the Scene Breakdowns and Dramatis Personae for easier skimming/reading
• Improvements to dropcaps and other typography to make the works a little more readable
• General bug fixes and small usability improvements, improvements to dark mode
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss a recent update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Added King Richard II First Quarto.
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
6.3
2021-07-16
A small, but good release which includes:
• NEW! Added King Richard II First Quarto.
• Improvements to the lexicons and popover timing
• General improvements and bug fixes
If you're using Shakespeare in an interesting way, please share your story with us by opening "Share my Story" in the menu. We'd love to hear from you!
Did you miss the last update? Here are a few of the new things we added:
• NEW! Every scene now has scene times to help you make sense of time, either based action in the plays or historical events. This is the first time any edition has tackled this complex subject.
• NEW! Search improvement: now set a custom search proximity to find words nearer or farther from each other
• NEW! Search filters for Elizabeth, Jacobean, or apocrypha works
• NEW! New quartos added for King Lear, Hamlet, and King Richard 2—plus an improved compare tool on iPad
• NEW! Search additional lexicons: In addition to Schmidt's Lexicon, you can now search Onions' Glossary and Dyce's General Glossary
5.5.2
2020-03-17
This update contains:
• Fixed a bug with notes and sharing notebooks
• Minor improvements
If you missed any of our recent updates, they contained the following:
• NEW! Customized quote of the day: quotes are now related to many international holidays and random on other days.
• NEW! Use the lexicon to look up words in addition to the built-in dictionary
• NEW! Import bookmarks and notebooks from iCloud
• Minor bug fixes, bookmarks improvements, and dark mode improvements
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.5.1
2020-02-25
This update contains:
• NEW! Customized quote of the day: quotes are now related to many international holidays and random on other days.
• NEW! Use the lexicon to look up words in addition to the built-in dictionary
• NEW! Import bookmarks and notebooks from iCloud
• Minor bug fixes, bookmarks improvements, and dark mode improvements
If you missed any of our recent updates, they contained the following:
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.5
2020-02-20
This update contains:
• NEW! Customized quote of the day: quotes are now related to many international holidays and random on other days.
• NEW! Use the lexicon to look up words in addition to the built-in dictionary
• NEW! Import bookmarks and notebooks from iCloud
• Minor bug fixes, bookmarks improvements, and dark mode improvements
If you missed any of our recent updates, they contained the following:
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.4.3
2020-01-10
This update contains various minor improvements to dark mode.
If you missed any of our recent updates, they contained the following:
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.4.2
2019-12-11
This update contains various minor improvements and bug fixes.
If you missed any of our recent updates, they contained the following:
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.4.1
2019-11-15
The updates keep getting better and better! This version contains the following:
• NEW! Export any of Shakespeare's plays as a script to the Scriptigo app (find it on the App Store!)
• Improvements to Dark Mode, other small bugs
This is the last version to support iOS 11 so update your device now to receive future updates.
If you missed our last HUGE update, it contained the following:
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
• iOS13 compatibility and many small improvements and bug fixes
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
5.4
2019-09-25
This is a HUGE update to bring iOS 13 compatibility to Shakespeare Pro as well as a few new features, including:
• NEW! The Spanish Tragedy is now included in the app in the apocrypha section, complete with character descriptions and more.
• NEW! A collection of over 300 quotes are now in the Study section, sortable by speaker and play.
• NEW! Now you can read the original First Quarto of Double Falsehood
• A lot of small usability improvements and bug fixes
Of course, if you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
If you missed our latest releases, here are a few highlights:
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random sonnet from the collection of 154 sonnets
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random quote from a collection of over 400 quotes.
• NEW! The First Quarto of King Lear is now included. The Shakespeare Pro app already contains the entire First Folio in original spelling, but now we've added an important Quarto.
• NEW! Comparison view: You can view any First Folio version side by side with the modern of the play. Even compare Folio and Quarto in the same view.
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
5.3.1
2019-07-29
This is a small update to add the Sir Thomas More facsimile and fix a bug with the Quote of the Day. If you have any trouble get in touch with us at support@playshakespeare.com.
If you missed our latest releases, here are a few highlights:
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random sonnet from the collection of 154 sonnets
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random quote from a collection of over 400 quotes.
• NEW! The First Quarto of King Lear is now included. The Shakespeare Pro app already contains the entire First Folio in original spelling, but now we've added an important Quarto.
• NEW! Comparison view: You can view any First Folio version side by side with the modern of the play. Even compare Folio and Quarto in the same view.
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
5.3
2019-07-13
A lot of great new features included in this update! Keep your suggestions coming!
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random sonnet from the collection of 154 sonnets
• NEW! Ask Siri to recite a random quote from a collection of over 400 quotes.
• NEW! The First Quarto of King Lear is now included. The Shakespeare Pro app already contains the entire First Folio in original spelling, but now we've added an important Quarto.
• NEW! Comparison view: You can view any First Folio version side by side with the modern of the play. Even compare Folio and Quarto in the same view.
• Greatly improved and faster play viewing and navigating, under the hood improvements
• Printing improvements
• Minor bug fixes and usability improvements
If you missed our last release, here are a few highlights:
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
5.2.2
2019-04-02
Only fixed a bug with sonnet audio in this release, but if you missed our last release, here are a few highlights:
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
5.2.1
2009-12-15
Only minor bug fixes in this release, but if you missed our last release, here are a few highlights:
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
5.2
2009-12-15
A major-minor release the following additions:
• NEW! Use any play as a cue script: just choose your character in the Character Highlighting settings.
• NEW! New settings to show/hide the top & bottom bars on iPad
• Improvements and bug fixes