2026.4
2026-02-25
1. Code maintenance
2026.2
2026-02-14
1. Refinements to the subscription logic. In case you run into any issues please do not hesitate to contact me
2026.1
2026-01-20
1. 'Stack Trainer' is moved to a subscription model supporting a 3 months subscription and an annual subscription. Existing users will continue as purchased users and will not notice the change. A big thank you to all early adopters who enabled this important milestone towards a sustainable future for 'Stack Trainer'!
2. Code maintenance
2025.5
2025-10-24
1. A new mode named 'Each Position' is added. 'Each Position' starts off from the stack in random order challenging you to identify each position's card. Depending on the active filter either exactly 52 cards, or just the 12 court cards, the 26 black or impair cards, etc., are dealt with no repeats until the final card is reached. The time for each cycle is reported and copied to clipboard in [min:sec] time format.
2. The 'Next Card' mode was modified and is made subject to the active filter. If, for example, the filter is set to 'Impair' then any next card shown will be on an impair stack position. This modification allows to parse each 2nd card in a stack back and forth.
2025.4
2025-10-19
1. A new mode named 'Each Card' is added. 'Each Card' starts off from the stack in random order challenging you to identify each card's position. Depending on the active filter either exactly 52 cards, or just the 12 court cards, the 26 black or impair cards, etc., are dealt with no repeats until the final card is reached. The time for each cycle is reported and copied to clipboard in [min:sec] time format.
2. The single tap gesture, used to initialize new cycles, is now replaced by the more pronounced double tap gesture. It is also moved to the lower section of the screen to avoid potential conflicts with the swipe action on the upper screen.
2025.3
2025-01-24
1. The new Stack Filter menu allows to filter the stack to meet a set of criteria. Filters can be set for
- ranges 1-13, 14-26, 27-39, 40-52,
- a custom range set through a dialogue box
- pair and impair positions
- red and black cards
- any of the four suits
- court and number cards
2024.1
2024-01-04
1. Code maintenance
3.3
2021-05-28
1. User defined peg words for cards and numbers, named "House Peg Cards" and "House Peg Numbers", can now be provided through the Settings panel.
2. The "Show Stack" option now also includes the sequences for the peg words. Included is also a check on the element count.
3. A complete set of the three files required for user defined stacks and peg words, i.e. myStack1.txt, myPegCards1.txt, and myPegNumbers1.txt, is automatically provided in the app's document folder. These files serve as templates to make providing customized peg sets easy.
4. The app's document folder, named gicStack, is now accessible through the File app (which is available on latest iOS environments).
5. Code maintenance
3.1
2019-08-06
1. Code maintenance
3.0
2013-05-16
1. Two new approaches: 'Get Card' and 'Get Position'. These two approaches allow to query cards at random positions, and vice versa.
2. The new approaches are also supported on the interactive stack viewer to deliberately query cards and positions in context of the entire stack.
3. A new toolbar 'back' button, which enables to toggle the approach backwards. This complements the already existing 'forward' button.
4. These enhancements make v3.0 a major release.
5. Code maintenance