3.5.1
2020-04-01
● Fixes an issue that causes the app to crash at launch
3.5
2020-02-26
• Various bug fixes and UI improvements
• Adds ability to download ebooks as ePub file and open with third-party apps
• Adds new AR scenes for select philosophers that can be accessed from their respective profile screens
• Adds a variety of new AR objects
• Adds new AR masks:
◦ Plato
◦ Thomas Hobbes
◦ Martin Heidegger
◦ Michel Foucault
◦ John Stuart Mill
◦ Simone de Beauvoir
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Roger Bacon
◦ Lady Damaris Cudworth Masham
◦ Herbert Marcuse
◦ Friedrich Hayek
3.4
2020-01-22
• Various bug fixes
• General user interface improvements
• New wallpaper generator
◦ Customize your device's home and lock screen with your favorite philosopher
◦ Access the generator through the "Profile" tab
◦ Generate a Live Photo to make your lock screen even more fun
• New app icons for:
◦ John Locke
◦ Niccolò Machiavelli
• Added philosophers:
◦ Roland Barthes
◦ Jane Addams
◦ Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.3
2020-01-03
• Improved caching
• Fixes issues that caused popup messages to not appear on iOS 13
• Celebrate philosophers' birthdays on their profile page
• Minor performance and user interface improvements
• Adds new philosophers
◦ Thomas Nagel
◦ Guy Debord
◦ Carl Jung
◦ Seneca
3.2
2019-11-11
• Fixes bug that prevented deep links from opening correct page when app was no longer in memory
• Adds support for "Full Page" screenshots in system markup editor
• Minor performance and user interface improvements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Xenophanes
◦ Zeno of Elea
◦ John Dewey
3.1
2019-10-11
• Fixes a crash that could occur on philosophers map screen
• Fixes an issue that would cause philosophers birthday notifications to not appear
• Fixes an issue that would cause some deep links to not open to the correct page
• Minor UI improvements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Elizabeth Anscombe
◦ Denis Diderot
3.0
2019-09-25
Major update with support for many iOS 13 features:
• Dark mode support
• Interactive context menu support (long press on items to view preview and options)
• Multi-window support on iPads that offer multi-window support
• “Find in text” option for articles and ebooks from share action
• Register for notifications on philosophers' birthdays and death days from the settings screen
• Various bug fixes and user enhancements
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Slavoj Žižek
◦ Georges Bataille
◦ Jean-François Lyotard
2.14.1
2019-08-06
• Fixes a crash when loading AR screen
• Adds new items to AR Gallery
◦ Michel Foucault statue
◦ Various new virtual books
2.14
2019-05-13
• Fixes crash when visiting “About” screen
• Better error handling
• Adds Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy links
• Redesigned options menu
• Adds new “Objects” section to AR Gallery with virtual objects:
◦ Panopticon
◦ No Exit sign
◦ Plato's Allegory of the Cave
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Montesquieu
◦ Gilles Deleuze
◦ Johann Gottlieb Fichte
2.13.1
2019-04-29
• Fixes an issue that causes a crash when attempting to fetch assets after failed download
• General better error handling and empty states
2.13
2019-04-22
• View all categories and downloaded audiobooks in one place directly from the "Stone" screen
• Adds following books to AR book shelf:
◦ Discipline & Punish
◦ The Primacy of Perception
• Adds Frantz Fanon AR face mask and AR bust, as well as Jeremy Bentham AR face mask
• Fixes issue where AR Gallery would not appear after previously being dismissed
• Some AR content is now downloaded on demand
• Completely redesigned iMessage sticker pack
• Adds philosophers:
◦ Thales of Miletus
◦ Louis Althusser
2.12
2019-04-04
• Adds new AR gallery that allows you to view, place, and pose with some of your favorite philosophical books and busts of your favorite philosophers
• Adds Today Screen widget to quickly be inspired, intrigued, or provoked by a philosophical quote
• Fixes misplaced switch on quiz filter screen
• Fixes document scroll position not saving correctly
• Adds ability to begin text to speech from selected text on document reader screen
• Adds new serifed font for reader screen
• Alternate app icons now include:
◦ Albert Camus
◦ Diogenes
◦ Michel de Montaigne
◦ Bertrand Russell
◦ Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Francis Bacon
◦ Luce Irigaray
2.11
2019-02-26
• Various cosmetic changes for a better experience.
• Fixes an issue where colors were not appropriately set for the selected color theme.
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Diogenes of Sinope
◦ Auguste Comte
2.10.1
2019-01-04
• Fixes crash when favoriting philosophers
• Fixes issue that would cause unfavoriting philosophers to not work
• Other cosmetic and layout fixes
2.10
2019-01-03
• Adds new dark mode color scheme that can be activated on the settings screen accessed through the profile tab
• When answering quiz questions you now have the option to show philosophers' name below their picture; this can be activated on the settings screen in the quiz tab
• Fixes crash that would occasionally occur while taking quiz
• Fixes issue that would cause tab bar to layout incorrectly
• Typos and various other cosmetic fixes
• Added new philosophers:
◦ William of Ockham
◦ Anne Conway
2.9
2018-12-04
• Renders at full screen dimensions for new devices
• Fixes issue with swipe back animation that would cause interface to enter bad state
• New "Ideas" screen where you can view summaries of philosophers' major ideas and how they relate to each other
• Quizzes now ask about major ideas
• You can now filter by question types on quizzes
• New "About" and "Acknowledgements" screens in the "Profile" tab
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Dante Alighieri
◦ Mary Wollstonecraft
2.8
2018-10-23
• Fixes crash on iPad when attempting to share audiobook URL
• Adds ability to share audio downloaded files and remote audio track URL's by swiping left on audio playlists
• Fixes issue that prevented sticker pack from launching
• Improves Spotlight search and adds Siri Shortcuts integration
• Fixes issue that caused Cicero's quotes and dates to be incorrect
• Adds new profile tab where you can find favorited philosophers, quotes, and downloaded audiobooks
• Adds new ability to add your own responses to philosophical quotes
• Adds new philosophers:
◦ Anna Julia Cooper
◦ Thomas Kuhn
2.7
2018-10-09
• Fixes audio player seeking glitch on smaller iPhones
• Improves speed of switching to Philosophers tab
• New in-app search experience
• New ability to remove philosophers from quizzes
• Improved related quotes screen
• Added ability to interactively dismiss category screens by swiping down when at the top of the collection of philosophers.
• Fixes crash related to resizing app in iPad split screen
• Fixes issue that cause ebook labels to be clipped
• New philosophers:
◦ Angela Davis
◦ Michel de Montaigne
◦ Francis Fukuyama
2.6
2018-07-12
• You can now view related quotes by tapping on philosopher's quotes on philsooer's profile screen to open the new "Thread" screen
• Quotes are now searchable in Spotlight and open to their respective "Thread" screen
• You can now copy quotes to the system clipboard by long pressing on quotes
• Expanded support of peek and pop on ebooks list, audiobooks list, philosopher profile screen, and quote thread screen
• Fixed a bug that prevented alternative icons from being set on iPad
• General bug fixes and UI polish
• Added new philosophers:
◦ Epicurus
◦ Jean Baudrillard
2.5
2018-06-28
• Adds reader mode for encyclopedia articles and now Gutenberg Project texts (The Gutenberg Project catalogues classic texts in the public domain)
• In reader mode, articles can be played using text to speech
• Fixes bugs related to audiobook playback
• General bug fixes
• Added new philosophers:
◦ Edward Said
◦ Max Weber
◦ Walter Benjamin
2.4
2018-06-13
• Fixes issue where remote/system playback controls would not work
• Fixes issue on iPad where downloaded audiobook artwork would not layout correctly
• General bug fixes
• Added new philosopher:
◦ Herbert Spencer
2.3
2018-05-30
• Adds ability to listen to Librivox audiobooks. (Librivox are recordings of classic works that are made available to the public domain)
• Adds new philosophers
◦ Cicero
◦ Marcus Aurelius
◦ Edmund Burke
◦ Henry David Thoreau
◦ Sojourner Truth
• General bug fixes
2.2
2018-05-19
- Fixes issue that prevent app shortcuts to not deep link to correct philosopher
- Adds new alternative app icons
- Adds AR experience on iPhone X
2.1
2018-05-07
- General bug fixes
- Reduced asset sizes for a smaller app bundle
- Improved animations
- Added lots of new quotes
2.0
2018-03-16
App redesign and update for new devices.
Added sticker pack.
1.3
2015-11-04
More iOS 9 enhancements. iPad multitasking. 3D touch peek and pop capabilities. Better answer interaction and animation.
1.2
2015-10-09
Minor bug fixes
1.1
2015-03-01
UI Enhancements
Minor Bug fixes
New In-App Purchase adds over twenty more philosophers.